tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post8503092082479275809..comments2024-03-22T19:24:38.860+01:00Comments on Traditional Taekwondo Ramblings: Reccomended reading part 2:Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-152080584657628102014-10-02T09:20:56.331+02:002014-10-02T09:20:56.331+02:00That might be right. I do hope that more start to ...That might be right. I do hope that more start to sit Down and actually read the writings of the early Teachers and masters and reintroduce the key concepts. We can not continue living on past honor. The fact that Taekwondo was a proven martial art in the Korean war and Vietnam war means nothing in the present if no one is following up and starts implementing the key concepts, techniques and Applications of Taekwondo training and technique. I hope that more and more People starts looking back and identify what has been lost and starts implementing it once more. Luckely there are still good instructors teaching Taekwondo all around the world. Hopefully they will get more attention in the time that comes instead of the mainstream sport.Ørjan Nilsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506123119682274818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-22520415581523075232014-10-01T13:35:45.581+02:002014-10-01T13:35:45.581+02:00It's because many of the martial arts students...It's because many of the martial arts students don't really want to be martial artists.They're just looking for a fancy hobby.Many students don't even want to get in better shape.So,there are many teachers/schools who provide exactly this kind of "training".<br />By the way I have both the book and encyclopedia of Choi Hong Hi.<br />Kostas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-57924404759956295532014-10-01T10:03:57.161+02:002014-10-01T10:03:57.161+02:00For myself my Dojang has always worked out of a Sc...For myself my Dojang has always worked out of a School gym so we have almost no Equipment other than kick Shields, pads and focus mitts. We have used both knuckle pushups, partner drills (knocking excersises as GM CHoi Hong Hi Calls them) as well as trees outside the School for training and hardening Our "Tools". In a book on Hojo Undo I recently read the Authors asked "Would you turn up on a Battlefield With a plastic sword or would you prefer a real one?" (Paraphrasing). I feel that many practise Taekwondo actually have "Plastic swords" eventhough the knowledge on how to develop true Power and forging the body into weapons is right there in the writings and teachings of the masters if we just look!:-)Ørjan Nilsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506123119682274818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-88636659428430726322014-10-01T02:56:00.891+02:002014-10-01T02:56:00.891+02:00I too wonder why traditional conditioning techniqu...I too wonder why traditional conditioning techniques and tools have mostly been "lost" in todays Taekwondo. As you said, Choi wrote about these practices. My grandmaster, Richard Chun and Master Doug Cook as well, have also included these training methods in their books yet I have never actually seen them in practice in a TKD dojang...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468141867061182955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-56891843121984144372014-09-30T11:05:08.518+02:002014-09-30T11:05:08.518+02:00I like his 1965 book because it predates the Sine ...I like his 1965 book because it predates the Sine Wave theory. I do belive that the Sine Wave can be used in certain downward attacks and certain grappling movements but the way it is done today I can not logically agree With. I have read some but not nearly enough) in his Encyclopedias. You can actually read them for free on the internett so if you are interested that is a good Place to start. He kept a lot of the Things from his 1965 book in his Encyclopedias including the gripping jars, blocking apparatus and even more extensive documentation of the striking post!. I only Wonder why these Methods of training is "lost" today in the lineages that claim their lineage back to him as he included it in their very textbooks!. And as Kukki TKD practisioners we are in a way practising the result of all the "Kwan" not only one as the kukkiwon syllabus was made by representatives from all Kwan including Oh Do Kwan. Myself I come from a Ji Do Kwan lineage and I think many Things I have been taught come from this influence rather than the Kukkiwon itself but overall based on Kukkiwon Textbook I will say that the Kukkiwon system itself is a great and pretty Complete striking system (even if it does lack in grappling and standarised self defense).Ørjan Nilsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506123119682274818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969550358686428094.post-35492197686432894522014-09-27T04:45:04.732+02:002014-09-27T04:45:04.732+02:00Great post. As a Kukki TKD practitioner I never do...Great post. As a Kukki TKD practitioner I never dove too deeply into GM Choi's works, and maybe I should have. His view of Taekwondo much more closely resembles the way I believe TKD should be practiced, and the way I learned from my teacher, coming from strong Moo Duk Kwan roots, much more closely resembles Choi's style of TKD rather than the Kukki style even.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468141867061182955noreply@blogger.com