Agreed completely. Your positioning changes completely with this mindset. This is foundational to defense/combative groundwork. Great post herbo!
I agree with the functionality completely. Technique is technique. Intent is different. Hmmmm....I agree and don't agree. Sport based groundwork...
Whether it's taught directly or not, is secondary and potentially unfortunate. You should be able to execute your same locks and pressure point...
Hopefully I'm not sharing this out of turn SJN. Just figured I would pass this along.
Thanks much for the address Ona.
Jijang Bosal CKJN Lee. I remember how amazed I was by his ability to bend pipes between his bicep and forearm and hammer nails into boards with...
The story is true. IJS and I spoke at great length on this many years ago. It is a fascinating story from a man who is well liked on both sides of...
The color here is important as you still see evidence of red, red+yellow(gold), and yellow(gold) reflected in the uniforms of masters. Blue is...
Steve, Any relation? I knew a Steve Seo years ago. Had a brother and sister in the organization if I recall. :)
Scanning old posts, not trying to revive anything. But yes, my teacher is Master Lee, Chun Duk. I have also trained with GM Seo in Fremont and San...
I might "accidently" let stuff slip from time-to-time. I haven't been actively teaching for a while now albeit to the chastisement of my master...
Well, I've been silent on here for quite a while and intend to tread lightly on this topic. I do have a few comments that I'll share and wait for...
Nick, Classic. I needed that laugh. Great work! KJN Rich
I agree that a standard knife would be horrible for throwing. I am saying that I'm not sure it was called something different. Assumption is that...
Spot on.
Throwing knives are not a traditional weapon for Korean martial arts. It was a skill/technique taught with existing weapons. i.e a modified dan...
Gum (Swords) – 1) Jung gum / jang do/ yong gum / pyung gum – long sword 2) Joong gum –middle sword 3) Dan gum – short sword 4) Ah do – heavy...
Interesting interpretation. I agree with the statement that the blocks are there to move the attacker's hands out of the way. I'm not sure I agree...
I'm not sure what's been added since I was taught those techniques, but #1 was to the solar plexus and #2 was to the ribs. #1 started with a left...
Out of curiousity, who was your intructor?
Separate names with a comma.