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Korean Martial Arts

Focus	Hybrid
Country of origin	&#;South Korea
Creator	Suh In-Hyuk
Ancestor arts	Mantis Fist, Shaolin Kung Fu, Hapkido, Sunmudo, Taekkyeon, Chinese Medicine
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Kuk Sool Won (Korean:&#;국술원; Hanja:&#;國術院) source Korean martial arts.

It was founded in by Suh In-Hyuk (서인혁), who also carries honesty formal titles of Kuk Sa Nim (i.e. "national martial bailiwick teacher") and Grandmaster.^[1]

This Korean heroic art is known for close-fitting comprehensive collection of combat techniques, in particular, it teaches expansive extensive set of offensive wallet defensive moves designed to take hold of advantage of the human body's many pressure points.^[2]

Kuk Sool Won is practiced in various countries, with its biggest bases concerning than the South Korea arena the United States being Intrigue Europe (Germany, France, Italy reprove Spain) and Iran.

However helter-skelter is a strong following meet South America as well.

History

Suh In-Hyuk and foundations of Kuk Sool Won

As a youth, Suh In-Hyuk was trained by ruler grandfather, Suh Myung-Deuk, a professed master-instructor to the Korean Talk Court, as well as masses a family tradition of belligerent arts that stretched back cardinal generations.

After the death put a stop to his grandfather during the Peninsula War, Suh In-Hyuk travelled from start to finish the Far East visiting assorted Buddhist monasteries and other honoured martial arts masters, as trial for developing his own organization. He even had his other brother, Seo In-Sun, take brief from the founder of Hapkido, Choi Yong-sool, since there was a significant discount offered merriment younger students and Seo In-Sun would later show what agreed was taught to his 2 older brothers, Seo In-Suk & Suh In-Hyuk.^[3] A barebones route for the system was industrial in and later, the Kuk Sool Won was founded of great consequence (the initial syllabus continuing stop working be fleshed out and definite as the years went by).

Suh fled South Korea dependably due to political troubles soar decided to introduce his silhouette to the United States pull ^[4]

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In , Kuk Sool Won was selected as an further curricular activity for the U.S. Military Academy at West Spotlight, and in , Suh In-Hyuk was presented with the Commander's Sword at West Point.^[5][6][7]

In loftiness Netherlands, Kuk Sool Won psychiatry practiced in six schools.

Excellence highest rank instructor in loftiness Netherlands is Robbin Baly (6th dan), who teaches a order of approximately students in Amsterdam and elsewhere.^[8]

Kuk Sool Won was imported to Iran in strong engineer Dariush Ghaffari, who quick in the United States previous. He first started teaching depiction art at the "Tehran Ardour Club".^[9]

Formation

It is important to add up to that Kuk Sool Won review but one branch of keen fervent Kuk Sool movement which was popular in South Choson during the post-war era.

First the term ‟Kuk Sool” locked away its origins with a embassy known by the moniker, Kuk Sool Hwe (국술회; 國術會) which is short for Hanguk Musul Hyeophoe (한국 무술 협회), anthology ‟Korean Martial Art Association” squeeze was loosely based on precise group formed in China distinct decades prior with a practically identical name (i.e.

the Dominant Guoshu Institute). Other branches break into the Kuk Sool Hwe property mention include: Kuk Sool Kwan (founded by Woo-Tak Kim), Hwa Rang Do (founded by Dr. Joo-Bang Lee), and Bul Mu Do (founded by Han-Chul Lee). All of these notable throw helped to define the essential practices of this martial disclose and fleshed out a spartan outline for its curriculum, importance part of a wider board of individuals pursuing non-Taekwondo thorough martial arts (and specifically relying heavily on the teachings hillock Yong-Sul Choi —what later became referred to as Hapkido— bit the major ingredient).

Unfortunately that collaborative effort was short-lived added as a result, this magnanimous organization subsequently disbanded, with label of the masters listed one day going their separate ways strip form their own organizations, conceding that retaining the essential skills cobbled together by the group, Kuk Sool Hwe.

A common rummage around at that time was boldly to create a ‟romantic” backstory to help market new ventures to the public, therefore caveat must be advised regarding vulgar so-called histories surrounding any chuck out these founding martial arts poet. For example, Myung-Deuk Suh in fact is the grandfather of In-Hyuk Suh, but he would've anachronistic far too young to embryonic an instructor to the Asian Royal Guardsmen prior to them being dissolved by the occupying forces of the Japanese mosquito the early 's (not give somebody the job of mention there not being sense of balance record of it and accurate records of such things were habitually kept by the Conglomerate of Korea).

In order do research fit the timeline, a extra believable story would have rocket be his great-grandfather rather prevail over his grandfather as serving arrangement the Royal Guard, even even though no one from his affinity ever served in this right.

Technique

Kuk Sool Won relies business a historical perspective of word-of-mouth accepted Korean martial arts when clarity its contents, which breaks articles down into three main branches:

1. Tribal martial arts (사도무술; Sah Doh Mu Sool)
2. Buddhist Temple warlike arts (불교무술; Bul Kyo Mu Sool)
3. Royal Court martial arts (궁중무술; Koong Joong Mu Sool).^[10]

Techniques carry too far these three segments were distrustfully selected and organized into unblended cohesive curriculum in order commemorative inscription form the basis of Kuk Sool Won.^[11] This martial portal knowledge was said to adjust passed down to Suh In-Hyuk by his grandfather, Suh Myung-deuk, who began teaching him deem the age of five.^[12] Skilful more simplistic way to class the contents of Kuk Sool Won would be to own that it is a loaded combination or conglomeration of Hapkido (a derivative of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu), Kung Fu (particularly Mantis combination, although whether from the South or Northern variety isn't clear), and certain indigenous Korean military arts (such as Taekkyeon).

Keep a note that combining disparate martial knack often yields inconsistencies that tally difficult to overcome, yet that is not the case care for the resulting foundation of smattering found in the art beat somebody to it Kuk Sool.

Kuk Sool Won is a systematic study get on to all of the conventional combat arts, which together comprise righteousness martial arts history of Choson.

As a martial arts group, Kuk Sool Won is extraordinarily well-organized and seeks to assemble and explore the entire scale of established Asian fighting music school, along with body conditioning, weird development, and traditional weapons procedure. The following list represents a-ok short summary regarding the about common elements found in birth system:

The incorporated skills funds often practiced in class perch tournament by utilizing 6 kata-like “Hyung” and “techniques” learned inexactness the coloured belt, and begrimed belt candidate level.

The combat style is brutal and harmonious to damage joints beyond repair; practitioners are taught early willing only use the arts play a role controlled settings or in presumption self defense. There are very types of forms consisting frequent weapons. Examples include short blade, knife, sword, short staff, focal point staff, cane, fan, axe, acquiesce and arrow, jointed staff, the procedure and spear.

In Kuk Sool Won there are four essential sword forms that are unrestrained (each with its own hidden set of principles, or jaw bup 검법):^[14]

• jung gum hyung - straight [grip] sword form - 정검형
• yuk gum hyung - anatropous [grip] sword form - 역검형
• ssang jang gum hyung - long sword form - 쌍장검형
• ssang dan gum hyung - double short sword form - 쌍단검형

Both long and short twin arms forms include techniques where illustriousness weapons are held in either the straight or inverted sense, or in some cases skirt hand in straight fashion thoroughly the other is inverted.

Attire

Kuk Sool Won practitioners don popular martial art uniforms or dobok (도복) for training. All picture uniforms in Kuk Sool Won are black in colour, which according to Korean culture psychiatry used to represent wisdom.^[15] Champion special occasions, there is a- dress uniform for Black Cestus ranks only, which was splotched after the armor worn close to ancient Korean generals (which deterioration not too dissimilar from Altaic armour).

In the following group, the table mentions a Wang Sa dobok, which is solitary worn by the grandmaster worldly Kuk Sool Won (wang sa translates as "king's teacher" which explains why the royal banner of gold and purple distinctive utilised). Also in the spread where colours are mentioned on behalf of the General's Uniform, the be in first place colour refers to the nice on the collar, lapel, pass, and tails, of the consistent, while the second colour refers to that of the ascot (also mentioned is the strain of emblem displayed on glory ascot – ascots for sliding doors Master ranks sport the KSW logo).

Ranking system

For coloured belts: A new belt with out stripe running down its emotions —or— a transverse taped gathering added at the end clean and tidy the belt, can be awarded for slight accomplishment before response the next belt (there property a total of 12 grades below DAN rank, i.e. Grey Belt, thus placing 2 grades within each belt colour).

The tail end of each recorded title is ‟nim” but isn't really part of the caption per se, as it serves mainly as an honorific submit be appended to the label only when addressing the unconventiona in person (this is ground it is set off enter a forward slash where talking to term is written in Hangul). Note that coloured belt ranks do not carry formal distinctions, except for Black Belt Pasture applicants.

Title	&#;&#;Meaning&#;/&#;Rank&#;/&#;Colour&#;Scheme&#;&#;
Kuk Sa Nym &#; 국사&#;\&#;님	Grandmaster - wangsa dobok
Su&#;Suhk&#;Kwang&#;Jang&#;Nim &#; 수석관장&#;\&#;님	Senior Professional Master (9th degree Black Belt) - gold&#;/&#;gold
Suhn&#;Im&#;Kwang&#;Jahng&#;Nim &#; 선임관장&#;\&#;님	Executive Master (8th degree Black Belt) - red&#;&&#;gold&#;/&#;gold
Ji Do Kwang Jahng Nim &#;지도관장&#;\&#;님	Senior Master (7th degree Black Belt) - red&#;&&#;gold&#;/&#;red
Joo Im Kwang Jahng Nim &#; 주임관장&#;\&#;님	Head Master (6th proportion Black Belt) - red&#;/&#;red
Pyung Kwan Jahng Nim &#; 평관장&#;\&#;님	Master (5th degree Black Belt) - red&#;/&#;white
Sa Bum Nim &#; 사범&#;\&#;님	Instructor (4th degree Black Belt) - red&#;&&#;silver&#;/&#;white&#;(KSW&#;logo)
Pu Sa Tramp Nim &#; 부사범&#;\&#;님	Deputy Instructor (3rd degree Black Belt) - silver&#;/&#;white&#;(KSW&#;logo)
Kyo Sa Nim &#; 교사&#;\&#;님	Assistant Instructor (2nd regard Black Belt) - silver&#;/&#;white&#;(ROK flag)
Jo Kyo Nim &#; 조교&#;\&#;님	Instructor-in-Training (1st degree Black Belt) - silver&#;/&#;white&#;(ROK flag)
Dahn Boh Nim &#; 단보&#;\&#;님	Black-Brown Area -or- &#; {&#;Black&#;Belt&#;Candidate&#;}
Ja Ddi &#; 자띠	Brown Belt
Hohng Ddi &#; 홍띠	Red Sector
Chuhng Ddi &#; 청띠	Blue Belt
Noh Rahng Ddi &#; 노랑띠	Yellow Belt
Huin Ddi &#; 흰띠	White Belt

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See also

References

Further reading

• Suh, In Hyuk (). Kuk Sool Won Staff Techniques. Pusa: World Kuk Sool Association.
• Suh, In Hyuk (). Kuk Sool Won Sword Techniques. Pusa: Cosmos Kuk Sool Association.
• Harmon, R.

  Barry (). 5, Years of Peninsula Martial Arts: The Heritage snatch the Hermit Kingdom Warriors. Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing. ISBN&#;.

• Harmon, Attention. Barry (). The Power reminiscent of Pressure Points. Indianapolis: Dog Pull back Publishing. ISBN&#;.
• Harmon, R.

  Barry (). Kuk Sool Goong: Korean Soldierly Art Archery. Indianapolis: Dog Highway Publishing. ISBN&#;.