page_title: Gwonbeop
section_title: Muye Jebo ("Martial Arts Illustrations")
hierarchical_section_title: Gwonbeop / Contents and structure / Muye Jebo ("Martial Arts Illustrations")
caption_attribution_description: English: Muye Jebo - 1st page of commentary
context_page_description: Gwonbeop is a system of unarmed methods in Korean martial arts which was developed during the Joseon era. It is the Korean rendition of the Chinese quan fa.
context_section_description: CHOE Gi-nam (Hangul: 최기남, Hanja: 崔起南)(1559 - 1619) organized the Muyejebo sokjip (무예제보 속집, 武藝諸譜續集, “Martial Arts Illustrations”) and it was published in conjunction with the alternate work authored HAN Kyo in 1610. Included in this former treatise were chapters on the use of the Wol-Do, Hyup-Do, and Gwon Beop suggesting that this work was intended as an enhancement of the work by HAN Kyo rather than as a replacement for it. The figures used in Choe's book reflect the postures seen in General Qi's manual, making it reasonable that at least some of the methods were identified and functioned in the original manner identified by General Qi. However, the Korean listing provides only the title and does not characterize the nature of the method. In addition the methods have been rearranged, perhaps to reflect an alternate set of priorities regarding the associated techniques. The final two pages also show these methods organized into a continuous series or Form (K. Hyung) providing a kind of mnemonic device by which individuals were able to recall the requisite methods and, by extension, techniques associated with the methods.
caption: Muye Jebo - 1st page of commentary
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