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9th Taekwondo Festival Due in New York on June 23

SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States Taekwondo Education Foundation (USTEF) plans to hold its 9th annual New York Times Square Taekwondo Festival on June 23, bringing together about 5,000 participants, including American students learning the Korean martial art, organizers said Saturday. The festival, which was begun in 2008 to promote taekwondo among [...]

Korean SEALs Master Terrifying MUSAT Combat Training

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – MUSAT, or Multi UDT/SEAL Assaulting Tactics, is a form of close-encounter combat training used often by the UDT/SEAL units and the Special Warfare Flotilla of the Republic of the Korea Navy. At first glance, the discipline is reminiscent of the Filipino martial art Kali, or knife fighting, although more [...]