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Learning Korean: Martial Arts Terminology (full book and audio CD set) Format: Book and Audio CD Set Release Date: Aug 2005 ISBN: 0977122204 Price: $29.99 Additional Information: New students will benefit from learning some of the language and terminology, enabling them to more quickly understand instructions during class. Additionally, instructors may benefit by being able to refine their pronunciations. Additional Images The most important thing is that the "subject matter experts" used to create the book studied various Korean arts. There are some terms very specific to Tang Soo Do, others specific to the Olympic Taekwondo, and some that are just Korean. The English speaker who helped with the book and recorded the English Audio is a Grandmaster in Tang Soo Do and a native English speaker (Grandmaster Richard Byrne, from Massachusetts). The Korean speaker who helped with the book editing and recorded the Korean audio is a Master in TaeKwonDo and several other forms (Master Dohyun Chang, from North Carolina). The book's first 15+ pages are an overview of Hangul (Korean alphabet). After that, the pages follow the tracks of the audio CD. NOTE: Korean martial arts schools or instructors may order multiple copies (10 or more) for a reduced rate. Our sales department can provide you with a cost estimate outlining rates for larger orders.

The book and corresponding audio tracks are designed to help martial arts students learn the Korean terms used during training. This audio CD and companion book are sold as a set in a shrinkwrapped case.   The audio CD tracks help students learn terminology they might need in studying Korean martial arts.  Several tracks cover counting in Korean and Sino-Korean, colors (as in belts), and polite phrases.  Additionally, th 48-page book that comes with the CD and the Tracks pages display the terms in English and Korean with a pronunciation guide. The book also includes an anatomical terms illustration and a Hangul character guide. The text also contains an introduction to Hangul writing to help you better understand the Hangul depicted in the book -- or on the signs in your own do jang.  Audio terms are spoken in English by an English-speaker, followed by the same term spoken in Korean, twice, by a Korean-speaker. New students of Korean martial arts will benefit from learning some of the language and terminology in advance, enabling them to more quickly understand instructions during class.  Instructors may also benefit by being able to listen to the Korean speaker and refine their pronunciations. English Speaker: Grandmaster Richard Byrne (Byrne's Tang Soo Do) Korean Speaker: Master Dohyun Chang (White Tiger Tae Kwon Do) The book's first 15+ pages are an overview of Hangul (Korean alphabet) written by Jin Yang, a native Korean speaker. After that, the pages follow the tracks of the audio CD.	Here are the track titles: Track 1: Getting Started (23 words, including gup, nim, do bok, shi jak, ...) Track 2: Class Start/Finish Terms (12 words, including cha ryut, ahnja, mook nyum, ...) Track 3: Counting to Twenty in Korean Track 4: Counting Beyond Twenty (30, 40, 50, ... 100) Track 5: Counting Thousands in Korean (1000, 2000, ... 10,000) Track 6: Counting to Ten in Sino-Korean (il, yi, ... Sip) Track 7: Basic & Directional Terms (20 words, including ha dan, choong dan, sang dan, ho sin sul, il soo sik, ...) Track 8: Stances (16 words, including kima jaseh, joonbi jaseh, hu gul jaseh, ...) Track 9: Kicks Part 1 (20 words, including dolryo cha gi, e dan ahp cha gi, ...) Track 10: Kicks Part 2 (12 words, including murup cha gi, ghwi gi, nara yup cha gi, ...) Track 11: Blocks (14 words, including mahk ki, hadan mahk ki, ahneso bakuro mahk ki, ...) Track 12: Punches & Hand Motions (19 words, including choong dan kong kyuck, kwan soo kong kyuck, yuk soo, ...) Track 13: Helpful Korean Phrases (22 words, including anio, ahn nyong ha seh yo, jo yong, ...) Track 14: Anatomy Part 1 (20 words, including pal, bal gup, tok, noon, bal, ...) Track 15: Anatomy Part 2 (21 words, including son mok, yip, da ri, ...) Track 16: Positive Terms (12 words, including myong ye, woo ae, choong sohng, heem, ...) Track 17: Colors & More (14 words, including pa rang, gum jung, bal gang, nok saek, ...) Then there are additional pages of the types of martial arts, and additional phrases.