Meanings
- uncountableA set of unarmed combat techniques in Korean martial arts.
The 18 martial techniques begin with unarmed training, or gwonbeop, including punching, wrestling and kicking , all of which are fundamental to the higher levels of armed training.
2002 07, Korea Now
Origin
- Korean권법(拳法)
- Englishgwonbeop
Borrowed from Korean 권법(拳法) (gwonbeop).
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