Modern Times
Taekwondo Song Moo Kwan still exists today. In the form of a Korean social club, Won Sik Kang is the President of Song Moo Kwan, having been appointed by Byung Jick Ro.
Hee Sang Ro, Byung Jick Ro's son, runs the World Song Moo Kwan Association, a global martial arts organization, plus his private business that carries on the traditional training developed by his father. It serves as a resource for martial artists with Song Moo Kwan lineage, or those interested in traditional Taekwondo training.
The official training curriculum endorsed by Taekwondo Song Moo Kwan is the Kukkiwon curriculum. Song Moo Kwan as all kwans, support the World Taekwondo Federation, the Kukkiwon and the Korea Taekwondo Association, which Ro had helped to establish.
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