tommarker Posted May 29, 2003 Posted May 29, 2003 Doug (and others), Do you have nunchaku in your KSW curriculum? In my research, I found a lot of references to a special nunchaku called 'jul bong'. It seems that (and I couldn't find a picture yet) that the string connecting the two is considerably longer than the Okinawan counterpart. Sounds great for snares and chokes, but like it might get some getting used to for swinging strikes. Is there a particular focus with how the jul bong is taught in KSW? Is it taught more as a swinging flail type weapon, a close quarter impact and locking weapon, or a mix of the two? Is there a jul bong hyung? Thanks, Tom I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
SBN Doug Posted May 29, 2003 Posted May 29, 2003 The jul bong is actually not a "formal" part of the training. Then again, neither is archery or knife throwing, but we learn those too. As a result, no hyung is taught, at least not up through any level I know of yet, for them. I believe you're right, regarding the length of traditional jul bong, but we usually train with "normal" length rope or chain. And, I don't know what you classify as "considerable", but I think it's only a little longer than its Japanese counterpart. Personally, I'm not fat, but am a tall guy with broad shoulders (no I'm not looking for a date), so I would have liked training with a longer length of rope. The normal use taught is the usual striking use. Spinning, passing, rebounding, etc. However, we also learn rope techniques, which I could easily apply to a longer rope jul bong. Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
battousai16 Posted May 29, 2003 Posted May 29, 2003 yeah, in hwarang do you work with nunchaku as well, only we don't call them that or jul bong, we call them ssang jyel bang. identicle to nunchaku. only difference is if we call them nunchaku, we have to do pushups "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
tommarker Posted May 29, 2003 Author Posted May 29, 2003 Doug, Thanks for the info! I was aware of KSW rope techniques, and I imagine it wouldn't be much of a stretch to apply a lot of them to jul bong I'm not sure what considerably longer means either... it was in the particular article without pictures. I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
SBN Doug Posted May 29, 2003 Posted May 29, 2003 only difference is if we call them nunchaku, we have to do pushups Kuk Sool Won - 4th danEvil triumphs when good men do nothing.
SaiFightsMS Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 Never call your M-16 a gun in basic training or you get the same result.
tommarker Posted May 30, 2003 Author Posted May 30, 2003 battousai16, yea, the term i was most familiar with was ssang chul bong. I don't mind using the word nunchaku, but I hate hearing "numchucks" I'm no longer posting here. Adios.
battousai16 Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 me too "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai
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