Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim

Eosin Panther sells a "soft belt" that a lot Korean stylists like. It comes in 1 3/4" & 2". I like mine so much that when I tested for 3rd Dan, I sent it back to them to add another stripe. To each his own. really? that sounds cool...do they have a website???

Sometimes i often use lesson plans that i just type out on word and put a time frame next to it and i just leave a ten minute buffer just in case i run over on anything, and i always have extra things just in case i run under and on my attendance sheet i mark just above the date in shorthand what we did. hope that helps. in tang soo, k.chuilli

Kong sang koon...i love that form and i think it looks great. it is quite lengthy though but the techniques are awesome. good luck, hope this helps. in tang soo, k.chuilli

hi, i know that haidong gumdo is a korean sword art i was just curious if anyone knows anything about it, particularly those who take it and if you know of any in massachusetts... thanks in tang soo, k.chuilli

lets keep in mind kempo is chinese and japanese so while it is very similar, you will find many stark differences as well, that will aid in your training in both arts, but whatever you do, check it out first, feel it out, by no means take what we say to heart, just put it in the back of your head and go check some places out!

i dont know all that much but i do know there is a great deal of tae kwon do studios in australia. but otherwise good luck. in tang soo, k.chuilli

It's not Korean but i am a tang soo do-ist as well and i cross train in kempo, and i love it, it makes me think and it is very similar in many ways to tang soo do. good luck in your search. in tang soo, k.chuilli

Well i study, kempo. and the only difference is the spelling. nothing else. the only difference is in the translation of the Kanji to english when they brought the art over to america. he rules of Kanji say that when a character (which is one written word) ends in an "n," the "n" is pronounced, when spoken; with the exception, that when the "n" is followed by another character , which begins with a "p," the two characters are unchanged in the written form and the "n" is pronounced "m". So the art of Ken-po follows this rule thus changing it to Kempo in english. So, if following the correct Kanji translation, it is spelled "Kenpo" and pronounced "Kempo". It is only in transliteration that Kenpo is written Kempo. The words Kenpo and Kempo are both pronounced the same and both mean "Law of the Fist." It's sort of like saying "Qi" or "Chi." Generally, though, the more "traditional" (lightly used) forms of Kempo use the "Kempo" form, while the more non-traditional or contemporary versions use "Kenpo." So ta-da, there you go, no difference.

We ki-hap in training and i think it is very useful, firstly when people ask why i say it is intimidating when done right, secondly it helps make you loose becuase you cant hit things(i.e. boards) when completely rigid, and thirdly it sparks energy, and lastly, when you know you are going to get hit and can do nothing about it, if you ki hap and let the energy out as the technique hits you and the energy comes in and you tighten up at the same time, it could make the difference between a broken rib and a bruised rib.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. and also, the better fighter will come out on top so it does depend on skill level and fighting ability. in tang soo, k.chuilli

Well after being in tang soo do for an extended period of time i decided to go back to my childhood martial art of chinese kempo. so i asked my master first and i believe that it was the right thing to do and secondly the professor im training under asked me if i did the second i stepped in his dojo. but my instructor does not care, well i wont say care because he loves that im broadening my horizons i suppose you could say but i would want my students to ask because some of my students i would not want at other schools, i would tell them to wait to acquire more rank and knowledge because the other school is going to ask you questions and things and to be honest, and unfortuantely, some of them, i would not trust them to remember all their materials for both arts and the respect thing of another school is so huge. so it takes a special person to cross train i think. but thats just what i would want my students to do, and i think others appreciate it. in tang soo, k.chuilli

alright, title's self explanatory so i'll start with mine... well i was at my dojang one night working late one very stormy night. two other black belts who were there sparring and flirting(they were an item at the time) were working on things as well. so im over in the corner working with my chuks, and like i said it was really storming outside, so im in there twirling these things about at lightening speed and the power goes out completely, and i proceeded to smack myself square in the face with one of my chuks from shock that the lights went out all of a sudde. so when the lights turned back on like 3 seconds later, due to generator power, there was a rather large red mark on my forehead, not to mention the other two black belts heard the thump :-/ yea i felt wicked awesome after that....not.

I think that the nice thing about learning weapons is that they don't have to be ratcheted to a style in particular. My TKD school doesn't teach weapons, so I do SCA combat, and do a lot of research on Medieval Combat to supplement it. yes that is indeed one perk, but i personally love to attatch the weapons to specific art because i can learn their forms which in turn means i learn their bunkai, and then when i cross train i can see how other styles use them, so im the type who would like to learn about it through a style, then maybe create some creative weapon froms on my own. but yes that is also the lovely thing about weapons, their weapons, not a specific style. in tang soo, k.chuilli

I think that the nice thing about learning weapons is that they don't have to be ratcheted to a style in particular. My TKD school doesn't teach weapons, so I do SCA combat, and do a lot of research on Medieval Combat to supplement it. yes that is indeed one perk, but i personally love to attatch the weapons to specific art because i can learn their forms which in turn means i learn their bunkai, and then when i cross train i can see how other styles use them, so im the type who would like to learn about it through a style, then maybe create some creative weapon froms on my own. but yes that is also the lovely thing about weapons, their weapons, not a specific style. in tang soo, k.chuilli

well its founded by chuck of course and his first art was tang soo do, so it has alot of tsd stuff in there, and i know i certainly do well in tourneys and the few people that do them at our studio. but thats all i got for yah. good luck. in tang soo, k.chuilli

I train in two but i have been at it for quite a while, and they compliment each other quite nicely. but if you think you can handle it without one suffering go for it. in tang soo, k.chuilli

Staff and knife are fairly beginner things, but do you study a martial art??? if so you might want to do something that pertains to your style. good luck in tang soo, k.chuilli

definately go and watch all your options, and i know that i take tang soo do and kempo and tang soo do has very deep stances so, if that is within reach, that might be of interest to you. it also will aide in arm strength. in tang soo, k.chuilli

for us we have, 10th gups, all the way down to 1st gup which is our last belt before black belt, then the training black belt candidates keep their red belts but are considered cho dan bos which means 1st degree black belt candidate. then they get their black belt, cho dan, 1st degree, then ee dan, second and so on. hope this shined some more light on that for you. in tang soo, k.chuilli

congrats! Tang Soo!

Chiulli, There is no Tang method of Kung Fu. The Tang in Tang Soo Do is from the hanja used to write karate, not relationships to kung fu. According to Hwang Kee, the original martial art he taught was Hwa Soo Do not Soo Bahk Do. Soo Bahk was referenced in korean texts, but was chosen as the new name of the martial art of the Moo Duk Kwan in honor not as a tie in to an ancient martial art. Us Tang Soo Do practitioners are similar to japanese stylists because the Grandmasters of many of the Kwans of the mid 20th century Kwan's actually trained in japanese karate. Tang Soo Do forms were transmitted to us not from China, but from Japan and Okinawa. alright as soon as i get the chance i'll make sure my master knows there is no tang method of kung fu. and yes tang soo do in korean for most part means karate, not the direct translation but the meaning translation. and i did not mean to say original but soo bahk do came before tang soo do which is why we study the Moo duk kwan STYLE of the ART tang soo do. and you will find similarities to japanese AND chinese in tang soo do because martial arts all came from the same place, and branched off to their own ways which is why tang soo do is a Korean style because it was made with korean thoughts and ideals in korea by a korean and so on and so forth.

Wow thats actually kind of funny because that happens all the time. we have about 8 full time instructors and i happen to be one of them. we have four different schools with the master teaching at our headquarters studio. so everything at headquarters has been the same FOREVER. but at other studios some new instructors like to make up new variations and just different things some times. and we deal with seeing it at lower rank tests because they are not usually too far off but still annoying nonetheless. but we do want to tweak it when they get to red belt, so we have red belt and black belt classes once a week, every wednesday night and our two masters teach it mostly everytime. so thats how we solve that. good luck though, i truly understand your frusteration. in tang soo, k.chuilli

everyone has to be in good attendance(missing no more than 3 days in a 3 month cycle, with a two day a week class attendance minimum) for obviously no less than three months. so typically we do not have this issue. i like our system. in tang soo, k.chuilli

yupp im a 1 3/4 advocate as well, hangs nicely, breaks in easier, and yea the 2inchers are wicked hard to keep tied in the beginning.

fighting out side the dojo, unless clearly in self defense... trying to teach by yourself, like creating your own mini do jang without asking promoting someone without notifying anyone stealing from the studio, because we run on and honor system and some of our lockers with our stuff is in it, and sometimes checks are handed to instructors in hopes they will make them to our master being disrespectful(three strikes, unless severe) being in trouble with the law