SBN Doug

That's it Hwoarang, you keep reaching for those stars! Sorry, I'm not making fun. I would love to see something like that as well. However, in the years I've been on this forum, I haven't seen any source that wasn't refuted by another. You're venturing into a very ambiguous domain. Good luck.

Opps, sorry. I forgot about St. Paul. Ever since they changed the website, I keep forgetting to change the region when looking for schools. http://www.kuksoolwon.com/schools01a.html My appologies.

When we start sometimes depends on the school. I'm at 2nd dahn and testing for 3rd. I have to perform every technique, form and weapon on both sides. Typically we wait until at least 1st dahn before training both sides.

Closest official school is Chicago. You could try checking at the local universities to see if there is a club going, or just call world KSW headquarters and ask them. Sorry

Unfortunately, no. I never have the time of ability ($) to travel to tourneyments.

Hey, congratulations.

During regular class in the week, about 30 minutes. Typically students only attend one techniques class a week. I also have 2nd degree class on Saturday morning. And, if we work on techniques, it could be the entire hour.

We do bow to the flags in each class. In my Houston (KJN Harmon's) dojang, we all bow from kneeling position (unless physically unable to). In my Mahopac, N.Y. dojang, we bowed from standing position.

Lots of English followed by the Korean at the lower levels. As you get higher level, you use less and less English.

Guys, please do not go off topic any longer with the arm discussion. This post was only meant to address the benefits vs. physical health hazards regarding a 90 degree horse stance heald for long periods of time. Thanks.

Sorry, I don't remember the exact translation for Sensei, so I'll give an answer for Master AND Head Instructor. Never sparred a Master, but sparred the Head Instructor with mixed success. However, the Head Instuctors are now not as far ahead of me, so I'm holding my own. I've been demonstrated upon by both Masters, and even the Grandmaster once. While none have ever "injured" me, one is a little more rough than the others. I have heard he injured a few in the past, but he's much better now. "The Pain Locker" I Like that.

Moved to Karate forum.

Go watch a test of what you'll be doing after Dahn Bo Nim, you'll feel a lot better about this one. Lots of water before hand, don't over-practice, just keep the mind relaxed.

O.k., but you haven't told us HOW you said "Faceing the Black Belts." If you want to branch this topic off into techniques, we say ALL our kicks and hand strikes in both Korean and English(reps are counted in Korean), Grappling set in Korean but the number in English, Hyungs are said in Korean...etc

We bow to the different ranks only in the advanced classes. Otherwise, we only bow to the one leading the class. Our command is pretty simple. It's the rank we plan to bow to, followed by "ge". Facing the school Master: Kwahg Jahng Nim ge Bow: kyung neh But it's said all togeather, with a slight pause: Kwahg Jahng Nim ge, kyung neh 4th: Sa Bum Nim ge 3rd: Pu Sa Bum Nim ge 2nd: Kyo Sa Nim ge 1st: Jo Kyo Nim ge However, when we face the flags (U.S. first then KSW), they are objects not people, and are followed by "de". Facing the National flag (and bowing): Kuk Ki de, kyung neh

Brought back to the front due to additional questions on the topic.

If you use the searching functionality on this site (up at the top) you'll find lots of posts describing Hapkido. Here's an example: http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15945&highlight=hapkido Please add to one of these with additional questions and discussion. There's not a need for another, so I'm closing this one.

I don't know about that one for sure, but he doesn't look familiar. Interesting they reference the exact same 3 Kuk Sa Nim based Kuk Sool Won on, though. I know HRD and KSW were supposedly benefiting from one another at one point. Also, KSW and Hapkido almost merged a couple decades ago. Thus spawned Kuk Sool Won Hapkido, which I believe still survives today in Korea.

Yeah, I think 6 pages is way more than the topic needed. Closed

It hurts either way...that's the point, right?

6' staff. No new locks. Just lots of trapping and chocking, and HOG TIEING!

The 5 minute hold was only at the beginning of a test. The intent (IMO) was to immediately put a strain on your physical and mental state before taking you through the test.

You'll have to remind me where you are located. I've never been in a dojang where we payed for anyone less than a Master to come in and guest instruct. When I was up North, we would talk Master Sims into coming up about twice a year, 3 times at the most. I can't remember what our school owners would pay him, but it was between $30-$60 per student for a two (full) day workshop. If the school owners didn't come up with enough students to pay for his expenses + net income, they would make up the difference. However, like you mentioned, this was personalized instruction from a 7th degree Master, who went into great detail of how to perform the techniques. You'll have to give more details, perhaps in a PM, of your old instrutor's rank, why he left, why he thinks he should be brought back if he left, etc.

You can expect to test for at least two years fo all your bb levels. We performed: Single & Double Short Staff forms (Dan Bong) Long staff spinning, hyung & sparring Sword medetations Straight sword form Reverse sword form Cane techniques Rope techniques So, I misspoke. We didn't do Jool Bong, throwing knives, or archery, since they aren't requirements for testing.

This is the first time I've had him lead my test. He impressed me most with the way he used the test to teach us at the same time he was testing us. Of course, we're at a level now that there's no way we can fit in everything we know in 2 hrs. But he told us at the end that we each had our homework now, and he didn't need to tell us what that was. I like that. Kept us moving constantly for those 2 hrs, and at a pretty fevered pace at that. We darn near made it through everything despite the time. All basic kicks, punches, some advanced (jumping and spinning), regular hyung, then left handed hyung, skipped around under black techniques, then most 1st degree and all 2nd degree techniques, all weapons, and some breaking at the end. A darn good workout.