Saturday, August 11, 2007

Kyuksuldo (격술도)





As I've mentioned in my other post. I'm a practioncer of Kyuksuldo, and I've decided to post some materials on my blog today. I don't have any personal pictures or videos myself to upload, but here's some that's on the internet. My 관장님 has plenty of videos of his demonstration in the Korean military base on his computer; after seeing a kyuksuldo vid on youtube (an unknown person not affiliated with our organization uploaded our video), he asked me to make a youtube account for him so he can post more videos. So expect more in the near future!

disclaimer: I do not claim to be an Kyuksuldo expert nor a blackbelt. These vids and photos were taken before my time in Kyuksuldo.



Grappling:

http://aura.iple.com/pages/external/external_movie.asp?usernum=14403588&movieseq=3633694&companycd=4

Gun defense:

http://aura.iple.com/pages/external/external_movie.asp?usernum=14403588&movieseq=3633694&companycd=4

Kyuksuldo demonstration for South Korean soldiers:















Despite what impression the vids and pics give you, my 관장님 is not an active military instructor. He is ex-military, so are all, or at least most, of the guys in the vids and pics are ex-military too when the photos were taken. However, a few of his students are ex-Special Forces or ROK Marines. Active-duty soldiers do receive Kyuksuldo training, but they they are only get sent for training during the weekends.

The World KSD Federation (세계실전격술도총본관)operates two civilian dojangs in South Korea. One is in Incheon and the second dojang is operated in Cheonan. Unlike regular commericialized schools, there is a lot of emphasis on improving physical strength and endurance.

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