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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    I tried Googling the apparent Korean name but got nowhere - but then my Korean language skills are nil so thats no surprise! Couldn't find...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Oct 14, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    Bruce I think we all hear what you're saying but.......that makes it even more imperative to see just what the truth is. When I made the...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Oct 13, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    OK, I'm going to try and stay within the borders of taste for this post, however its hard as some of the issues raised in the last two posts...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 30, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    OK, thanks for explaining that Ironic isn't it? First conversation on here for ages and it gets derailed by idiot posts. No wonder the forum is...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 29, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    The Kuk Sool List

    apologies for bringing this old thread back to life, but here are two more independent groups which I believe were missed earlier Kuk Sool Mu...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    SsangKall there are more articles by the same author available from his webpage at http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml I...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    OK, I see what you're getting at now Given the death rate in a medieval society, what you suggest wouldn't surprise me at all - but it still...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    here she is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Jeongseong same family? or not?
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    Not sure I follow your logic there However what IS fact is that one of the 17th Century queens was from the Seo clan...... can't find the...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    But that wouldn't matter would it? Its the passing (or not) of the tradition through generations of purported descendents which matters. There...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    I hoped this may shed some light on things http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/docs/park_military-examinations-in-late-choson.pdf its an...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    another little nugget http://www.koreabrand.net/en/know/know_view.do?CATE_CD=0005&SEQ=2208 this discusses the Korean habit of keeping family...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    this wasn't supposed to start a peeing contest on the lines of "my master is more truthful than yours" - which someone appears to have wanted to...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Judging at a Open Tournament

    it could be worth reading this document, especially appendices 2,3 & 4 which show the criteria used by the UKNAS open tournaments...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 25, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool
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    Seo family in the Royal Court

    So that wiki article is consistent, and even indicates that the Seo clan was persecuted by the Japanese - which could explain the gaps in the...
    Post by: jamesdevice, Sep 25, 2012 in forum: Kuk Sool