As mentioned before, most of the Korean martial arts became popular in the world is a codification recently on the basis of ancient methods, rebuilt more or less faithfully. One of these products certainly among the most interesting, complete and widespread is the kuk sool won (Association of Korean national martial arts). It was founded in 1961 by In Hyuk Suh, whose family, which now lives near Daegu - in the eastern lands of South Korea - was somewhat different in martial arts from 16 generations well. The kuk sool won more than 3600 technical, which would stretch In primarily, in a Corsican search lasted more than 50 years, the three Korean historical arts, sahdo mu sool, boolkyo mu sool and koong joong mu sool.
The same founder says: "When I was young, I opened my eyes to the world of martial arts. Dimentico of everything that was not training, sometimes even scordandomi to sleep and eat, viaggiai from province to province and from village to village, to be trained for more than a hundred teachers who refused to know its name. I taught the secrets of generations of martial arts one by one, sometimes with some of these teachers who just sent me a special technique, and after years of apprenticeship and research esitavo for me to keep all these precious art of my ancestors. .. ".
Indeed, the kuk sool won really spans every area of martial arts: kicks, punches, and other techniques of percussion, with virtually every part of the body as possible (head, shoulders, elbows, knees, hands and feet), and articular levers, projections, swept, and atterramenti falls. It then passes to the practice army, which includes all 24 traditional weapons used by ancient warriors of koong joong mu sool (including sticks and swords of different shapes, and the range runs from war). An area as rich and interesting is the practical interior, with a number of breathing techniques and meditation that enable the development of powerful energy, usable soon. In advanced levels, this type of teaching includes elements of oriental medicine, such as massage, acupuncture el'erboristeria. All this gives rise to a system that manages to nicely modular aspects of soft and hard combat, and the interior, according to the motto "you won hwa" (smoothness, circularity, harmony).
The masters of kuk sool won, in fact, take particular philosophy of style, again, in a modern, to increase the strength and balance of the mind of the disciple does not mean that prevail in this rightly idea for where the spiritual-philosophical concepts are not much useful until they are applied in practice: "The philosophy of martial arts is all in your practice," says the fact the undisputed In Joo Suh, younger brother of the founder. Last but not Finally, the inspiration movements fighting the animal world, with the practitioner of kuk sool which must adapt to their body characteristics dell'aquila (dok-soo-ri), Tigre (I-rang-ee ), mantis (sama-gi) and then snakes, leopards, bears and cranes. Each animal, in addition to suggest different types of movement, transmit the practitioner, through coded specifically, its own characteristics. The side racing is very developed in the art of In Hyuk Suh, with competitions forms only with bare hands and arms, defended by two and three opponents and breaking techniques. In the United States, a country where western arrived in 1974 and where it is more widespread, the kuk sool won was considered martial art that trains students in a manner as possible close to real combat. At the same time, however, this art is very wide, covering a wide range of issues. These two features have been the kuk sool won was chosen to teach the cadets of the prestigious United States Military Academy West Point, which can be a good testimony to the effectiveness of this method Korean, because the approach of the instructors West Point martial arts part of their account that they were born in a military for the victory in the war on enemies. Before the introduction to West Point, the art had already been taught the American military during the Korean War and later the body of marines and some special forces of the Republic of Korea.
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