SBN Doug

Kuk Sool Won can vary slightly based on location of school. However, the most standard is: We can't test more frequently than every 3 months. Our belts go white, yellow stripe, yellow, blue stripe, blue, red stripe, red, brown stripe, brown. It then takes two stripes on the brown to be considered blk belt candidate. Each increment I described is at least the three months I mentioned above. The quickest someone is allowed to progress is usually 2 yrs to brown, and at least another 2 yrs to get to black. We are then required to wait 2 yrs before beginning to test for 2nd degree, another 3 yrs after promotion to begin testing for 3rd, etc. That's why they stress to us from the very beginning that it will take Patience and Perseverance (the two P's) for us to succeed in KSW.

Are you trying to say only the Shotokan members are the "enlightened" ones here??? :dodgy: Just kidding. Stiring up trouble.

I guarantee you, in certain situations, I can break a hold with certain pressure points. However, they are better at setting someone up for a hold, than to escape from one.

I don't agree. If the combat was to take place in his school, the sensei is responsible (legally anyway). But since we're some of the best armchair quarterbacks there are......you probably should have stated your point before leaving.

:lol: :lol: Not bad. FYI The largest mental hurdle I've had to conquer thus far was when I was unable to break on a low spin kick for my brown stripe. I was obsessed until the next test with breaking that @#$% board. :kaioken:

In our art, it is to practice speed and accuracy of the technique. Whether it be a hand strike or kick. As we become better, we add more boards to practice generating even more speed.

Sounds like the sensei had a hellava lot more sense than the guy who challenged you. He knew you would seriously injure his guy if he allowed you all that freedom. I'm not a violent person, and I hopefully won't see as much action as you've seen in the past few weeks for another few years. However, I can't stand someone making a challenge, and then not even allowing grappling. They want no groin shots--wear a cup. They want no head shots--wear sparring gear. They want no knee shots--o.k. that could be crippling, but still...they made the challenge. But no grappling!!!???? Why don't you just sit down a play a game of tiddly winks to settle it? [ This Message was edited by: KSN Doug on 2001-12-11 06:21 ]

I don't know TKD belt ranks. How many months/yrs does your blue belt (on average) equate to?

On a lighter note, Congradulations Kungfuwoo. Keep those two P's in mind, and you'll be to black in (what will seem like) no time.

Angus, why is it you always seem to get into these surrounded by groups things? It sounds like you already realize that, no matter what you think of a particular art, it's more admirable to keep your mouth shut than to start dis'n it. So I won't lecture you on that. It was my understanding that if a challenge is made, it is the challenger going to the other school. Since it is he officially doing the challenging, shouldn't it be held either at your new school, or a neutral location if you don't have one yet? It is my firm belief that there is no bad martial art, only bad instructors. One martial art may be better in certain situations than others (like street fights), but even the most kata ridden, traditional to the 'nth degree, never spar against anyone art is better than not training at all. It will, when taught properly, still instill disipline, confidence, and honor which are traits that are poorly lacking in todays society. O.k., I'm gettin' off my soap box now. [ This Message was edited by: KSN Doug on 2001-12-10 06:59 ]

We don't get into DEEP meditation, but we do have a number of meditions we practice. We have breathing medition where we have five postures that we consentrate on breathing from low in the abdomen. We have a sword meditation, where we are kneeling and go through a number a hand positions with proper breathing before we pick up our sword for cutting practice. And we have a simple 1 minute meditation at the end of class, where we are in kneeling posture, right hand cupped in the left just below the navel. We focus on controlling our breathing after a vigorous workout, and running through all our grappling techniques or forms in our head.

At what level are you considered "advanced" enough to be using aerial kicks? And, which aerial kicks are taught first? We start on jumping front, round, and side kicks around red to brown belt level (varies a little from school to school). Then we get into the jump spin and so on at around blk brown.

Ah ha. I never read past the first post before. I thought poomses were something exclusive to TKD. In Kuk Sool Won, we refer to them as Hyung as well. My favorite so far, due to its challenging nature, is Baek Pahl Ki Hyung (108 Ki form). Its based on the Buddhist philosphy of breaking the 108 torments that every man/woman posses as given by Mother Nature (don't know the details). Sufice to say, it is a rather long one, and demands good balance, breath control, speed and power control. The one I'm learning now, for third degree, is Kyuk Pah Hyung (power-break form). Its interesting, but no where near as long or as difficult as Baek Pahl Ki Hyung.

I don't know of any, that wouldn't hurt your back, without buying a machine.

Its not in KSW as far as I know. Unless it's one of the really high ones that's not written down anywhere.

Well that's an interesting set up. Welcome.

Ah, well you'll fit in well here. There are plenty of eclectic and traditional points of view here. Welcome.

Welcome Henry, Working with a sword already? Wow, I had to wait until after I had my black belt in my art before they allowed me to work with a real sword.

You haven't seen my diet. I'm not exactly the poster child for nutrition.

You are correct, I'm KSW through and through. My last post is actually asking any TSD practicioners if their kicks (and now punches)are the same as ours in KSW and in TKD.

Hey Kickchick, I've seen some posts somewhere about vitamins that are supposed to help with flexabilty. Are you familiar with anything like that?

Whenever I've had someone try and go all out on me, I usually keep moving in circles. Similar to a boxer evading a stalking apponent. They usually pause, after trying a time or two, in order to try and time their attack with your circle. The instant they pause, is when I move in. Making each contact a quality strike is mearly a matter of proper execusion of the technique. And that will come from repetition. Proper hip rotation, full extention, and (like Angus and Ken have said) having combinations of techniques that work well for you are some examples.

Oh grrrreat. Now the jerk knows he needs to pull out that knife or gun he may have in order to beat you. :kaioken:

That's exactly what I was looking to find out. Is it the same for Tang Soo Do? My next question would be on hand techniques. Our reverse punch starts at the hip, fully extends with the back of the hand facing down (like the old fashioned boxing photos) and turns over as the fist strikes the target. Also, our palm strike is fully extended when the elbow is still slightly bent. How about TKD, TSD, and Hapkido?

Few! run for it Jiggy!! Joanne, I thought the same thing when I first came to this board. But then I read enough of his posts to realize otherwise. Take my word for it, as much as you can take the word of a total stranger you have never even seen, Jiggy is just foolin' around.