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All right, it’s not a Korean stylist, but this was too much fun to pass up.
Special thanks to Ken Schalk Pu Sa Bum Nim for forwarding this one!
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* The Video includes all quotes, but we also typed them out below because they scroll a little fast. Enjoy the great advice from Sun Im Kwan Jang Nim.
Kuk Sool Won Practice Basics:
Memory
Strength
Stretch
Center Balance
Stamina
Power
Connection
Meditation
Speed
Kuk Sool Won Practice Principles:
Stop Leads the Hyung
Low Stance
Power Hands
Look Straight Ahead or At Your Hands
No Emotion
No Expectation
Punch is always lower than shoulder. Thumb stays on the outside. Stance is always 90 degrees. Balance is always center. Eye contact is always straight ahead or at your hands.Keep your head level when you connect stance to stance. Your head should remain at the same height, or level.One who connects the stance fast without power looks sloppy, and will have poor results.Practicing with stops refines your power. One who goes fast, and the form still looks good, has been practicing correctly.Without thinking about the principles and technical details during practice, you may have a fun and a good Continue Reading…
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I’m thankful that I co-own a martial arts school and don’t have to have a real job.I’m thankful for every student who walks through those doors. I’m thankful for a family that loves and supports me, even if they can’t remember the name of whatever it is that I do all the time.I’m thankful to work with other instructors who share a love of Kuk Sool and who make me laugh, inspire me, and add to the enjoyment of what I do every day.I’m thankful to work under an instructor whose talent, energy, and ambition have made this school so successful in so many ways.I’m thankful that what I wear to work is so darn comfy.I’m thankful that I get to wear other, more flattering clothes too sometimes.I’m thankful to have so many friends that I love and am loved by. I’m thankful for every day I live without pain.I’m thankful Continue Reading…
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From guest blogger, Mel JKN:
There are times in Kuk Sool when we’re not part of what’s going on. We may be waiting for the class before ours to finish, we may be waiting while our instructor teaches a technique to our partner, we may be watching a tournament, or we may be sidelined due to an injury. What do we do with that downtime? Turn our brains off and drift into La La Land? Of course not. All of those scenarios are important learning opportunities. We can learn a great deal from actively watching our fellow students. Things that my instructor has told me time after time suddenly become clear when I see someone else making the same mistake. When I listen to him explain a technique, I always hear something new that I missed when I learned it the first time around. Every time I watch my peers Continue Reading…
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At our school, Steffen PSBN, our head instructor, uses both the Korean and English names of kicks, hand strikes, forms, etc. in nearly every class. Yes, if there is a preponderance of white belts, he will certainly use much more English than Korean. But at some point every student (whether he noticed or not) has been exposed to the Korean names for nearly everything we do.
We also provide an extensive Korean vocabulary list in our Introductory Packet. And, now, I am slowly getting everything on the blog, so that when that day comes, our students are ready.
What do I mean by tbat day? I mean that day when you, flush with your shiny new red belt, stare at PSBN’s smiling face as he asks you to show him Ba Kkat Da Ri Cha Gi, and you have absolutely no idea what on earth he is talking about. And then Continue Reading…
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Posted by Steffen Pu Sa Bum NimCommand on November-4-2008 |
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get out and vote. Or there will be push-ups.
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In continuing adventures of Not A Linguist Or Korean Expert, I’m going to keep heading down the road of getting all the Korean that is contained within our Introductory Packet (remember that folder I gave you your first day of class?) up on the blog. Today’s lesson, boys and girls, is the name of your rank and your form.
Just starting out? You probably have a white belt. Been here a while? Check the color of that purty sash-thingie at your waist. It’s your belt, and it’s not just flair. Your belt represents how long you’ve been training and corresponds to a rank. What’s your rank in Korean? Read on:
White belt – Hin dee
Yellow belt - Noh rahng dee
Blue belt – Chohng dee
Red belt – Hohng dee
Brown belt – Jah dee
Brown/Black belt – Dahn bo nim
If you have a black belt, well, I expect you know your rank in Korean Continue Reading…
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I’m lying. You can’t learn Korean in 5 easy steps, unless being born in Korea is the first step. But I do want to help everyone get past that blank, deer-in-headlights look when your instructor asks you to do “bahl koom chi cha ki” (all right, commentators — tell me what it is!).
We’ll start simple. How to count to 10 in Korean:
1 han nah
2 dul
3 set
4 net
5 dah set
6 yah set
7 il gohp
8 yuh duhl
9 ah hohp
10 yuhl
Okay, start saying that over and over. My kids learned it over lunch in one day, just counting again and again. Come back when you’ve got that, and we’ll talk about forms.
(Special thanks to Ken Pu Sa Bum Nim for promoting my screen name!)
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My ex asked me the other day how we were faring in the face of the “mini-Depression.” It’s a small business, he figured, and we don’t exactly offer what most people consider a necessary commodity. And the bleak economy is affecting almost everyone at some level. I told him the truth: we’re growing steadily, retaining students, and continuing to invest in the business. Yep, I’m definitely paying more for gas and groceries, but so far the effects of the pinch on most folks’ pocketbooks aren’t translating into a loss of students. But it got me thinking. I know I cringed when I paid for my kids’ activities this fall, not because those prices had gone up, but because the price of so many other things has gone up, and I feel less and less like we can afford “extras.” So, why have so many parents (and other adults) continued or Continue Reading…
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Steffen PSBN and I were talking business the other day — an activity that we call a “meeting” and that usually involves large quantities of bubble tea. We were talking about demographics: who is our market? what are they like? what DO they like? how do we reach them most efficiently? And we stumbled upon a great truth: martial artists read. Looking at our current student population, former students and instructors, we determined that Kuk Sool apparently appeals to bookish word nerds, ourselves included. (Yes. It’s a fact. Any conclusion reached under the influence of a strawberry kumquat black tea with pearls is an idea of great wisdom and undoubtedly true.) So we decided to make our upcoming Open House that much more fun by sharing some of our favorite martial arts books with our students and guests. We’re going through the bookshelves and hauling out, among others, The Art of Continue Reading…
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