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MuSulHak
"Martial Technique Study"
 

The name of the art has a broader and more in-depth meaning which we recognize. Mu means "Martial or Military", Sul means "Art, Skill, Technique, Method, and Tactics, and Hak means "Study, Science, Learning, and Knowledge".

 
Mu
Martial
(lance + stop) "The lances that stop the hostile incursions, thus allowing the people to prosper." (Wieger 178)
KeonJangHalMu military; warlike, fierce; firm; violent (Grant 114)
military; war; weapons (Wieger 657)
military; connected with boxing skill, swordplay, etc.; valiant, fierce (Wu 732)
BU,MU military (Hadamitzky 220)
 
Sul
Technique
(natural powers + phonetic)
JaeJuSul device, artifice; trick; mystery; art, method; profession, occupation (Grant 198)
Shù a path; an art; magical tricks (Wieger 640)
Shù art, skill, technique; method, tactics (Wu 637)
JUTSU art, technique; means; conjury (Hadamitzky 99)
 
Hak
Study
(hands + action and reaction + a cover + disciple) "Both hands of the master, acting from above upon the darkness which covers the mind of the disciple." (Wieger 109)
BaeUlHak learning (Grant 290)
Hsiaó to learn, to study (Wieger 599)
Xué study, learn; imitate, mimic; learning, knowledge; subject of study, branch of learning; school, college (Wu 784)
GAKU science, study (Hadamitzky 88)