SO-SAN 西山

is the pseudonym of the great monk Choi Hyong Ung (1520-1604) during the Lee Dynasty. The 72 movements refer to his age when he organized a corps of monk soldiers with the assistance of his pupil Sa Myunh Dang. The monk soldiers helped repulse the Japanese pirates who overran most of the Korean peninsula in 1592.

李朝高僧 – 崔玄应 (1520-1604)的雅号。这套拳的72个动作指他在72岁时,在学生四溟堂的协助下,组织了一队僧侣士兵以对抗在1592年在朝鲜半岛横行的日本丰城秀吉海上侵袭。