As the result of ceaseless efforts to establish martial arts for national defense, Joseon Dynasty could have its own system of martial arts by the eighteenth century. It can be called as the 'Official martial arts of the late Chosun Dynasty' because i...
As the result of ceaseless efforts to establish martial arts for national defense, Joseon Dynasty could have its own system of martial arts by the eighteenth century. It can be called as the 'Official martial arts of the late Chosun Dynasty' because it was made at the national level and used to train and test it's soldiers. So it is natural if you think it should have an specific name. So the purpose of this study is to make it clear what the name was by searching examples in various records both official and nonofficial. In result, we could know that the official name was 'Sippalki(十八技)' and China, Korea and Japan had a common tradition that arranged martial arts in 18 ways as done in 'Shbbnwy(十八般武藝)' or 'WyShbfan(武藝十八番)'.