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Almost every month I get a comment or outright asked in our Martial Arts Studio, “But will this work on a Big man?” or “How do I take someone down that is bigger than me?” This tutorial will deal specifically on How to Take Someone down that is MUCH bigger than you.

Regularly, tutorials are a step-by-step process leading to an end goal. However, when defending yourself, if you perform one of these steps well, the scuffle could end very shortly and you have just taken down someone that is MUCH bigger than you.

* This tutorial is only for self-defense and in a situation you have already tried to leave and talked your Continue Reading…

This is one you will probably email to all your friends. Adapted from a recent video interview that got a lot of bad press for Scientology. However, he was apparently Hilariously talking about Kuk Sool! Who woulda thought?!?!

* Big Thank You to AirNick productions for puttin’ this video out there. Hilarious job.

As you know I offered an unbelievable Web Site Critique offer to Kuk Sool Instructors everywhere this last Holiday Break. So I thought I would list them here and give them some link love.

Kuk Sool Won of Menlo Park (California)  // Pu Sa Bum Nim Kristin Quintana

Kuk Sool Won of Costa Rica // Kwan Jang Nim Dickson Kunz

Kuk Sool Won of Muncie (Indiana) // Jo Kyo Nim Ken Ring

Kuk Sool Won of Burton (Michigan) // Pu Sa Bum Nim Kenneth Wright

I was surprised no international people tried to take me up on this offer as a lot of the UK Kuk Sool Schools have good websites but may be a little lacking in the Search Engine Optimization. Oh well. I hope that everyone I gave critiques to finds some time to implement them and have them work out for their school. Best of luck!

Awesome Video explaining the significance of our Martial Arts history of Open Hand Techniques, Fan Techniques, Cane Techniques, and Korean Rope Techniques.

* You gotta love the “Supermanesque” Music they have going on in this movie.

Kuk Sa Nim performs Sohn Mohk Soo wonderfully. These videos Kwan Jang Nim Gene Gause are puuting up on YouTube are great because they show Kuk Sa Nim breaking down the technique so you can see the joint-locks and pressure points. I would suggest notcing how fluid and effortless Kuk Sa Nim’s techniques are. Not to mention his minimal foot movement.

More props to Kwan Jang Nim Gene Gause and his school for releasing these awesome videos. This video is extremely awesome because it slows down each technique to show you the joint-lock and manipulation every time. Enjoy!

Kwan Jang Nim Dickson Kunz sent me an email today kindly correcting me on my Sept.7 Blog post Kuk Sool Won Weapons - Complete with Pictures with regards to what was posted about Straight Swords and Curved Swords. The email from Master Kunz was too good not to share so below is Kwan Jang Nim Kunz explaining the difference between a Straight Bladed and Curve Bladed Sword.
The reason you only see curved blades in cutting demos is because the tempering process changes the crystalline structure of the metal, causing it to ‘bend.’ Only double edged swords are straight (the curve on one side ‘cancels out’ the curve on the other). In olden times, practice swords were only made of wood due to the expense of metalworking. Nowadays, it’s still considerably cheaper to own a metal practice sword than one that is tempered for cutting, just as a wooden practice Continue Reading…

Here’s the video from the Purdue Kuk Sool Won Club I just passed on to JKN Brandon. Props to Hong Tti Tony (filming, compiling, and editing) and everyone in the video.

The Club website can be found here: Purdue Kuk Sool Won - Martial Arts Club

It is the Holiday season and with the season comes gifts. So I thought I would give away some of my knowledge.

As you could probably figure out I am a Web Developer/Designer as well as a Kuk Sool Instructor. Since I give away my Kuk Sool knowledge why not give away some of my web knowledge?

So here is the gift:
Any Kuk Sool School Owner who emails me will receive:

Free Website Critique and Advice
Internet Marketing Advice
Search Engine Optimization Tips
and How to Better use the Dojang website for current students

All of these things will help your school grow and give you things you want as a student.

So if you are a school owner drop me an email at stpaulksw@gmail.com or if you are a student send your instructor the link for this post by emailing it to them or clicking on the “Email this Post to a Friend” link at the Continue Reading…

Maybe so one day, you can do something like this: