Are there any other KSW practicioners here?

[The BB of C]

I see a lot of Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do. But what about Kuk Sool Won? Does anyone else in this forum practice or know about it?

[bushido_man96]

I have heard of the style, but have not been exposed to it yet. Does it include a lot of weapons work, or is that at the higher levels?

[The BB of C]

It does have 24 different weapons. Daggars, spears, nunchucks, canes, tonfas, Korean swords, short sticks, knives, throwing knives, bo-staffs and fans to name a few. But at my school we're not allowed to use any of them until we're black belts.

[bushido_man96]

What does your colored belt curriculum consist of?

[The BB of C]

(From youngest to oldest)

White

Yellow

Blue

Red

Brown

Black-Brown

Black

10 degrees to black.

[KarateEd]

I have a little Kuk Sul Won training, but it is not my primary art.

Ed

[The BB of C]

What level did you get to?

[KarateEd]

I earned a yellow belt

Ed

[bushido_man96]

What is included in your colored belt curriculum?

[KarateEd]

bushido_man96,

From my experience in KSW, it consisted of many of the typical Korean kicks and punches. It seems that some more advanced kicks were introduced rather early in the training, really before the basic front snap kick, roundhouse, and sidekick were "properly" developed (of course "properly" developed is my own opinion, someone else may have a different standard for "properly" developed). The white belt and yellow belt forms were rather elaborate, though pretty. Also, they introduced some joint locking/pressure point techniques quite early in the training. I enjoyed this.

Ed