A national classic "Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji" is a military book dealing in a comprehensive and systematic way with the martial art movements.
This block-printed manual was published in 1790.
It gives explanation of different hand martial arts, swordsmanship, spearsmanship, cudgelmanship, horsemanship and other Korean traditional martial art movements as well as some martial art movements of neighboring countries with illustrations.
In April Juche 41(1952), during the period of the Fatherland Liberation War, President Kim Il Sung gave an instruction for collecting the historical documents, books and remains on a nationwide scale to carry forward the heritage of national culture.
And he took measures to collect the national classics by dispatching the relevant officials to various parts of the country.
As a result, the national classic "Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji" was discovered and donated to the then National Central Library.
It is now kept at the Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang.
"Mu Ye Do Bo Tong Ji" is of weighty significance in studying the root and history of Taekwon-Do and further developing the traditional martial arts created by the Korean nation.
The book was registered to the memory of the World Register by UNESCO in 2017.
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