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Pictured at the right is In Hyuk Suh, founder and Grandmaster of
Kuk Sool Won.
When Kuk Sa Nim (Grandmaster) was young he devoted himself single
mindedly to the martial art world. His focus was solely on training,
forgetting everything else, sometimes even forgetting to eat and sleep.
Traveling from province to province and village to village, he learned
from over one hundred masters. They taught him the hidden secrets of
martial arts that have been developed and refined over centuries by
generations of martial artists. There were masters that only taught
him one special technique. After years of learning and research
Kuk Sa Nim did not want to keep the priceless arts of his ancestors
to himself. After much meditation and consideration, he decided to
teach the ancient martial arts of Korea to the public. This is when
he founded Kuk Sool Won, the Korean National Martial Arts Association.
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What Is Kuk Sool Won? |
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Kuk Sool Won is a systematic
study of all of the traditional fighting arts
which together comprise the martial arts history of
the Korean nation. As such, Kuk Sool Won is an
extremely well-organized system of martial arts which
seeks to integrate and explore all aspects of the
traditional Korean martial arts.
As a martial arts system, Kuk Sool Won covers the
entire spectrum of the traditional Asian fighting arts
and techniques of body conditioning, as well as mental
development and traditional weapons training. These include, but
are not limited to the following.
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• Hand Striking
• Leg Techniques
• Throwing and Grappling
• Joint-Locking Techniques
• Falling Techniques and Acrobatics
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• Body Conditioning
• Animal-Style Techniques
• Traditional Korean Weapons
• Martial Art Healing Methods (beginning at Instructor Level)
• Meditation and Breathing Techniques
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As you can see, Kuk Sool Won covers an extensive variety of techniques
and martial arts methods, but it is not merely concerned with the
physical methods of attack and defense. Kuk Sool Won includes the
study of healing techniques, the development of internal power, and
physical conditioning. Training in Kuk Sool Won also helps to
instill self-confidence and self-discipline, a calm self-assurance,
and the psychological and spiritual values which are traditionally
associated with the martial character. Mental and physical well-being
is of primary importance in Kuk Sool Won.
Although Kuk Sool Won as it is practiced today is relatively new, its
roots stretch far and deep to the very beginnings of the Korean people.
As students of Kuk Sool Won, this early history and the ancient
traditions upon which our art is founded should be as important to us
as the physical techniques themselves, for it is only from our
understanding and appreciation of these classical roots that we are
able to grow as students of the martial arts.
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Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Nevada City, California,
U.S.A. (530) 478-1412
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