What is Kuk Sool Won™?
Striking
- Closed and open hand striking
- Basic kicking
- Advanced kicking – jumping, spinning, double leg, combination
- Pressure point striking
Wrestling and Grappling
- Variety of throwing techniques
- Wrestling
- Ground fighting principles
- Defence from a variety of situations
- choking
- grabbing
- takedowns
- striking
Joint Locking Techniques
- Restraining methods
- Small joint (wrists etc) locks
- Control and Redirection techniques
- Arresting and pain compliance techniques
Traditional Forms (Hyung)
- Empty hand forms
- Weapons forms
- (Sometimes known as patterns or kata in other martial arts)
Falling and Acrobatics
- Safe falling techniques
- Agility and plyometric training
- Basic acrobatics
- rolls
- cartwheels
- basic tricking
- Advanced acrobatics
- flips
- twists
- combining tricks
Body Conditioning
- Bodyweight training exercises
- Cardiovascular training
- Build overall fitness and endurance
- Aid weight loss
Traditional Korean Weapons
- Sword (variety of lengths and styles)
- Staff (short & long, jointed staff)
- Spear
- Cane
- Rope
- Korean thumb-draw archery
- Knife throwing
Recovery and Mindfulness
- Meditation
- Breathing exercises
- Mobility training
- Stretching and flexibility training
As you can see, Kuk Sool Won™ covers an extensive variety of martial art techniques. But it is not merely concerned with methods of attack and defence, Kuk Sool Won™ also includes healing and recovery techniques and mental development, in addition to physical training. These are all of equal importance in Kuk Sool Won™ and helps to instill self-confidence and self-discipline, a calm self-assurance, and the values which are traditionally associated with the character of a martial artist.