While Aikido is not a bad choice, you might want to look for a Hapkido class in your area. IMO, Hapkido is very much more like the joint locking...
Maggie, if I recall correctly, he is in/near Pittsburgh.
Sadly, that school has closed. I called master Sun Guh Yea (who is a very high ranking master--though I'm going by memory and surely misspelled...
Is he not with the WKSA or something? Either way, until we can figure out some school to go to once a while, any training we do would be...
That's only 40 minutes away from me! If we can all get together we could certainly practice again! Would you happen to have his contact info?...
Maggie, I'm all for it. I'll try sending you a PM with my contact info, but you may have to post a few more times before the system let's you read...
Obewan, I just read your reply (as well as Maggie's)--I've been away for a while. It would be fun to get together with either or both, or join...
I have DVDs 2 through 4, IIRC. They are a good reference for form and technique, when the textbooks by themselves aren't enough. IMO the textbook...
PM sent, Critical Dog.
I'm not really looking for them, but am rather trying to compile a complete list. If you know the Korean names for the books and year of...
I've never cared for the General uniforms. Although I appreciate the concepts and tradition behind them, and understand the strips represent...
Welcome, PSBN!
I figured I'd add a little to this, since I tried calling master Sung Gu Yea yesterday. His school has closed; his contract/lease for the dojang...
Those would be the ones. Not that I'm about to fork over that much for them :)
Just getting back into practicing now, after 9 or so years, that is a question I have been asking myself quite often :)
Do you know about what year that was printed, Obewan?
Hello, I recently joined MAP and thought I'd check in. It's been a while since I practiced TKD, but got up to 2nd Dan in the WTF class back in...
Thank you, Xanth
So while reading through the old threads in this forum, I ran into mentions of a couple (now out of print) KS books I didn't know about, and...
I consider myself very fortunate to have briefly met CM Sims at a few KSW tournaments in St. Louis. I have nothing but admiration for him: his...
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