My first ever Live training session

This is my first ever live practise session. As of November2020 there is no regular Dojang practise allowed in my town because of COVID-19. So to motivate myself, and to perhaps give some motivation and structure to others training I went on my Dojang’s Facebook group and did a live training session. 

Its all in Norwegian language but it should be very easy to follow along the session if you know the Taekwondo terms.

The Original Koryo Hyung Part 2: Kim Daeshik version

In part 1 I wrote a general overview on the history of the form, who developed it, the different main
versions out there, and then I promised that in this part I would look at the performance of the form itself. I have selected the Kim Daeshik version to be the first one, as this is the oldest published version out there. 

The book "Karate and personal self defense" written by Kim Daeshik and Tom Leland back in 1971. If you remember the form was developed between 1965-1967 before it was replaced in 1972, so while the book is very close to the making of the form, there is a little gap between the introduction of the form and the publication of the book. As for Kim Daeshik himself, I think he is one of the best kept secrets of "Kukki-Taekwondo". He is no longer with us, and I am very sad that his work did not get more widespread recognition because he did write some awesome material during his career. The book this form is from is not one of them though, but it does contain a few gems like the original Koryo. I will try to write more about Kim Daeshik in the future and give a few book recommendations, because seriously some of his works are must reads. This post also lets me introduce my own teacher; Master Erling Oppedal. I sometimes get negative feedback on this blog since I am "rocking the boat" so I have purposefully kept him a little anonymous on this blog, but I asked him if he could pose for the illustrations for this post and I was so happy when he said yes :-D 

So with those introductions out of the way let us jump into the form itself :-) 

“Train along video” Home training helper

Recently our Dojang made a bunch of reference videos to help home practise. I was in charge of editing the videos, so after making those I repurposed footage of me into a “train along” video :-) My teacher does all the traditional commands, he counts and I do the techniques. So if you do a quick 10-15 minute warm up, press play and follow me, then do some stretching and or strength after the video and you’ve done a great traditional Taekwondo training :-) 

I do hand techniques, foot techniques and forms in this clip. If the video is well received I’ll try to get going on some dedicated home training videos👍🏻 

On another note, I’m nearly finished with the first post on “original koryo” performance, the Kim Daeshik version so stay tuned for that in the near future :-)