Dojang
도장
Training hall of Korean martial arts, mainly taekwondo and hapkido. Written with the same characters as the Japanese dojo (道場).
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Definition
Dojang (도장, 道場) literally means “place of the way” and is the Korean reading of the same characters as the Japanese dojo. It denotes the training hall of taekwondo, hapkido, tangsudo and other Korean arts. Etiquette is similar to the dojo's. Students bow on entering and leaving, and at the start and end of training salute the flag and instructor. The front wall often shows the Korean flag, the country's flag and the principles of the dojang (dojang hun). A dojang's head is called kwanjang, the instructor sabeom.
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Equivalent in another art
Hall where Japanese martial arts are practised. Literally “place of the way”, with its own etiquette, cleaning and a fixed arrangement of the space.
Wuguan武館Chinese martial arts school and training hall, literally “martial hall”. In Cantonese mo gun, in English often kwoon. Counterpart of the Japanese dojo.