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In 1985, a television talk show called 43AM Special featured a
segment on Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan. Lisa Kozak, a Cho Dan, and Dave Willard, a 3rd gup, were interviewed by Linn Sheldon, also known as Barnaby in the Cleveland area. Despite being sick the day of filming, Lisa, who was 19 at the time, powered through because, as they say in showbiz, "The show must go on." Dave, who was 17, assisted her during the interview.

Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art that is based on karate and may include fighting principles from taekkyeon, subak, as well as northern Chinese martial arts. It has been used by some Kwans to identify the traditional Korean fusion of martial arts styles since its inception in 1944. In the mid-1950s, Tang Soo Do became the basis for the martial art Taekwondo when the Korean Nine Kwans united.

Many Korean martial arts entities continue to use Tang Soo Do to preserve elements of Korean martial arts that evolved from the original nine kwans' Karate roots and were lost during the transition to Taekwondo. The techniques of Tang Soo Do combine elements of Shotokan, Subak, Taekkyon, and Kung Fu.

The term "Tang Soo Do" translates to "The Way of the Tang Hand" in Korean. The characters for Tang Soo Do can also be pronounced as "karate-do" in Japanese. The Chinese pronunciation of the characters is kong-shou-dao. Outside of the Far East, Tang Soo Do has become synonymous with the Korean martial art promoted by Grandmaster Hwang Kee.

The history of Tang Soo Do dates back to the 1940s when the original schools or kwans were founded in Korea. These schools were established by practitioners who had studied Okinawan karate and had some exposure to kung-fu. After the Korean War, more offshoot schools were formed. Despite efforts to combine kwans into a single organization, some schools chose to maintain their style and name, leading to the continued flourishing of Tang Soo Do and the development of new branches.