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Poll: What Rank Are You?

- Our first poll here on our Kuk Sool Blog so please vote and if you know anyone else online please send them an email or IM to vote too.

How Much Kuk Sool Do you Know?

- We break every rank down by techniques and forms to give you raw numbers on how many techniques there are, how many you know, and how close you are to knowing it all.

Lose 10 Pounds or More with Martial Arts

- I always get the questions “How do I lose weight when working out?” This post answers how to lose that weight you want with Kuk Sool

Video: Master Gary Evarts Breaking Demo

- Video I released from my personal stash from Troy 2006 of Master Evarts doing some pretty awesome breaking

Dissecting Your Rank

- Stuart Jo Kyo Nim from Texas Tech asked what we are all supposed to concentrate on at each rank. Ask and you shall receive.

Each belt we are required to not only memorize but to also learn how to do each movement. But how much do you know? How much of the curriculum do you posses in your brain right now? I think you will be surprised on how much there is to learn when you are going for your black belt.

Here is everything broken down by technique set, forms, and weapons. Take the final number you have learned and divide it by the total and that is a percentage of how close you are to black belt. The numbers below are very conservative because I made forms only worth 1 point, but I did add some extra sets to maybe compensate for it a little but.

* If you have a comment or you think there is some discrepancy, feel free to leave them in the comments below

Ever wonder where all these Kuk Sool schools are located? I have compiled a list of dojang / school totals in the various countries Kuk Sool is located in. USA, Korea, and the UK come out on top. An interesting thing about Korea is that almost every school has a Kwan Jang Nim as the Head Instructor (Some have a Sa Bum Nim). Also, the UK has a ton of schools for a much smaller land area compared to the US. If you think I have mis-totaled your Country or State leave a comment.

Here is the breakdown by state in the USA.