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Welcome to Cascade Moo Duk Kwan, Traditional Korean Martial Arts in Skagit Valley, WA.
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The journey to a 4th-degree black belt is not easy: Roughly 50% of martial art beginners quit within the first few weeks, and only about 10-12% remain after one year. Only 1 to 5 people out of every 100 eventually tie a black belt (midnight blue) around their waist. In most studios, of the students…
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World Moo Duk Kwan was founded November 9th, 1945 in Seoul, Korea. The 80th anniversary was celebrated October 20th and 21st of 2025 and attended by 8 of our students. Two of our Sam Dan (3rd degree midnight blue belt) practitioners tested for their Sa Dan (4th degree midnight blue belt) at the Korean Shim…
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“Beginners are guided by oral teaching. Gradually one applies [them]self more and more. Skill will take care of itself.” – Song of the Sip Sam Seh In our Moo Duk Kwan flag, the blue scroll stands for scholarship. Chang Shi Ja (Founder) Hwang Kee believed that martial artists must be both warriors and scholars to…
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