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kwan

noun
1
A school, hall, or federation associated with a particular style of Korean martial arts.
"He trained for years at a taekwondo kwan near his home in Seoul."
"Different kwans developed their own variations of the same core techniques."

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In plain EnglishA training school or organised style-lineage within Korean martial arts such as taekwondo.

Word Forms

kwans plural, Kwans plural

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