The BB of C

The heart is the begin-all and end-all of martial arts. Without a good heart we have no endurance, no flexibility, and no room to exercise our physical bodies which leaves almost no room for growth in mind and spiritual bodies.

I do believe Kuk Sool is the closest thing to that though. As far as I know, it was founded in 1956 by In Hyuk Suh who studied the martial art of the royal palace, the martial art of the Korean Buddist temple, tribal martial arts, accupuncture, and gymnastics. They're all supposed to be Korean forms that have been used throughout the history of the Korean penninsula before the Japanese takeover.

Evil thrives when good men do nothing, Bushido_Man96

I think they should be whaling on people without the suit.

That looked pretty good and it was just a beginner doing it. I'll bet if you studied the video enough, you'd be able to do it yourself. Add speed and you've got a great tournoment form.

I've been doing push ups and crunches in my dorms in between classes.

I knew that as far as related or having similar techniques (I also see Aikido and Hapkido in there as far as style similarities) but I was asking about influence. Do you think it's just a cooincidence then that the warm ups are so similar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXjM1HZ7Zs&feature=related Take a look at the above video link before reading on. The Kuk Sool Won practitioners of this forum will recognize it. However, that is definately not a Kuk Sool Won class. Any Kuk Sool Won practitioner will tell you that In Hyuk Suh developed the style from learning the martial arts of the Royal Palace, Tribal/Family martial arts, and the martial arts of the Korean Buddhist temple. I sometimes hear some people telling me that there is a lot of Japanese influence on Korean martial arts and I understand why from a historical standpoint and even by watching the ways a lot of them condition themselves. I guess I always expected Kuk Sool Won as what was preserved through time and was one of the last few solely Korean forms. After stumbling upon this video at the top here, I am wondering if either this Japanese style had an influence on Kuk Sool Won. Or perhaps is it the other way around? Or is it all just one big coincidence? Does anyone here know anything about this? On an unrelated note: Observe the breathing exercise the master does at the end of the video. I watched that and the "Street Fighter" fanatic in me said "HADOUKEN!" then I looked in the comments section and according to one of the commentors, the master was who Gouken and Ryu were based off of so that movement was basically the original Hadouken. And because the warm-ups were so similar, I thought it would be cool to go around and tell my friends that I knew the same style as Ryu from "Street Fighter."

Or really bad endurance. But like Bushido_Man96 said, there is a possibility it could be an equilibrium problem. Have you ever had Virtigo in your life?

When I was in high school, I saw someone get tackled and having the back of his head beat in. He wasn't doing anything in reply. At first I thought it was because he was shook and off guard. So I jumped in, pulled them apart, and put the attacker in a parallel armbar/wristlock and held him there until the school's resource officer showed up. The next day, the victim came up to me and thanked me for helping him. He told me the only reason he didn't fight back is because New York State law sees him on equal terms as the attacker should he throw a punch back. Basically, if he defended himself, he would go to jail too. That's the wrongest of the wrong (as far as self defense laws go). To this day, I don't know how I wasn't punished for stepping in, but I'm glad I didn't get punished. Anyway, I told the victim to not be worried about punishments. I told him to be ready to defend himself on the street and in the courts at all times. His health is more important than anything that could happen as far as his self defense punishments. As for me, I'm always keeping an eye opent for opportunities to right wrongs like that in the legal system.

I have trouble even getting swords shipped.

I'm going to be seriously PO'ed if Tae Kwon Do gets cut from the Olympacs. That's the only sport I'd follow.

I always thought that all styles were combative too. I've just always worded it as "any one style is not more or less efficient than another except in rare circumstances." I believe that all martial arts are combative. But without a doubt in my mind not all martial arts schools are combative. Those are things like McDojos or simply schools that don't teach the style correctly or in a way that would produce a good fighter without the practicionter having to dip into other styles to become efficient. For example, most Tae Kwon Do schools in North America are black belt factories. However, most people understand that Tae Kwon Do (as a style) can produce fighters with very powerful and effective legs and reflexes.

*cough*McDojo*coughcough* I'm not sure if you can or cannot get out of it. Only way to know for sure is to try.

I see. So you're having a problem with it because he's overpowering you and you're not good enough yet to be able to counter people like that? The instructor part of me would tell you that this is good practice then. The other half of me is thinking maybe you should work with someone else who can show you the right way to do it until you get good. What do you think about that idea?

I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'll try to push out more. Does anyone else have some?

The people that train it for years and don't get it are the ones that don't understand that getting splits involves pain and knowing the difference between good and bad pain. As for you, you still have all sorts of potential. You just have to hurt yourself without hurting yourself.

Push yourself through it. Self discipline yourself. You'll lose motivation a lot probably during the first year or so. But drugs tend to do that to people's brains. If you can remind yourself to not give up because in the future you'll want to go back at it, and the only reason you want to give up is because you may have killed a few brain cells, than you should be able to push through it until you get the hang of it completely.

You took Aikido? I would suggest using his own motion against him.

As far as street goes, I don't believe in the existance of a fair fight, but I do believe there is a difference between honorable fighting and dirty fighting. The dirty fighting is generally using techiques and trying to do unecissary damage to an attacker. Like, after he's defeated and you know you can get away without fighting anymore but choose to gouge his eyes and break his neck anyway.

Indeed. But rarely. Do you agree?

I think they all work on two levels - healthy/sick and strong/weak. I believe the mind, body and spirit are connected and they all effect each other. The Healthy/Sick side of the level is that if one is healthy, the other two will become healthy and if one is sick the other components will become sick too. Healthy and sick are metaphorical terms. For example, if someone has a strong body and a good spirit, this person has potential to do a lot of good things. However, if their mind is not capable of solving problems, then the will to do good and the physical strength to do good becomes useless - or sick. And vice versa. However, if that person can balance all three of those on a Healthy level than it's all good. Then there's the next level which is Strong/Weak. On this level, though all the components are healthy, some may be stronger than others and will compensate for wherever the person is weak in the other two components. Let's say that a person has reletively healthy mind body and spirit. He can bench 400 pounds ten times and weighs 250 pounds and it's all muscle, but has trouble balancing a check book (numbers wise, not finance wise ). That's a strong body and a weak mind. Ideally, of course, we want all of them to be equal to minimize weaknesses that opponents we may have can manipulate. That's just what I've observed in my time. I'm still working out the whole theory in my head, but I think I grasp it a little bit better than most people my age (eighteen years).

I usually translate it as fighting for the right things. I've also said that it can mean using only the means necissary to win, as an example, never using a knife or a gun to defeat an unarmed attacker or not breaking someone's bones during a sparring session.

What is it to begin with?

I always respond "It's possible to move out of the way of that bullet and it is possible to take guns away from people."