Hwa Rang Do is the world's most comprehensive martial arts system.

The roots of what is now known by the modern martial art name Hwa Rang Do® "The way of the Flowering Manhood" or "The art of the Flower Knights," which was founded by Dr. Joo Bang Lee, originated from the combat skills of the Hwarang (Hwarang and Rangdo) system of the ancient Silla kingdom of Korea. These secret combat skills, which were called Um Yang Kwon, have survived the passage of time, and have been passed for 58 continuous generations.

It was almost a 600 year period that the ancient Silla Hwarang combat skills and its culture lived apart from society. During this Yi dynasty, the concepts and techniques of this Hwarang title were passed secretly generation to generation from monk to monk in the mountains of Korea. This was a unique period for the Hwarang combat skills because they were passed from only one master to one disciple. Also, along with passing on these combat skills, the Hwarang title was passed from master to student during this period. If the student had truly mastered this entire culture, the master would give the Hwarang title to the student before he died. This is the way the transmission lasted until passed to the monk Suahm Sunsa (aka Suahm Dosa). He was the 57th generation Hwarang title-holder.
<br> In the early 1940's Suahm Dosa began teaching his only two disciples at the So Gwang Sa Temple in North Korea. These lone disciples were Dr. Joo-Bang Lee and his brother Joo-Sang Lee. The two brothers began their martial skills study under the direction of their father who taught them his martial art skills from the time they were old enough to walk. Later Lee's father, who was a personal friend of Suahm Dosa, asked the master to train his sons in his secret ancient Hwarang combat skills "Um Yang Kwon" (soft and hard skills).
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These brothers began their training with Suahm Dosa at the ages of 4 and 5. This was the beginning of a father and son relationship between the brothers and the monk, which lasted for almost 30 years, from 1942-1969 until Suahm Dosa passed away. Then in July of 1969 before Suahm Dosa passed away, he gave the 58th generation Hwarang warrior title to Hwa Rang Do® founder Dr. Joo-Bang Lee. Nobody else learned these secret Um Yang Kwon combat skills other than our Founder and his brother, Joo Sang Lee. So the name of these techniques (Um Yang Kwon) are considered the same as the Hwa Rang Do® name. This is because the Lee brothers are the only ones to have trained in these skills . They then created the martial art identity Hwa Rang Do®.