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pray4wind
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Location: Columbus, OH
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: yong soo ji do |
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| I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what exactly yong soo ji do is? |
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Jason
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Location: Gahanna
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: Yong Soo Ji Do |
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Well, Master Circle would be way better to answer this and I'm sure he will when he reads it.
Yong Soo Ji Do is the way of defending one's family. It is one characteristic of our martial art, the defining one actually that distinguishes us from broader Tang Soo Do, emphasizing a style of body movement and striking. Body movements are meant to take on characteristics of the dragon's style of movement (Soo Ho Ji Moo). As we move further into YSJD curriculum it emphasizes receiving and utilizing energy flow to enhance and facilitate our martial art. Sah Boo Nim (Grandmaster Lee) is the one successor of this art which has been passed down Master to student (Grandmaster to Grandmaster?) dating back to the Koguryo dynasty from which our system takes its name.
That is the quick, and I hope mostly accurate, version of Yong Soo Ji Do. On technique you may have seen, the most basic ones, are Son Duk Tuk Bup (triangle striking). From there, it will build in many ways that at first feel very unnatural, but which are the source of tremendous power and fluidity as we slowly begin to understand and incorporate it into our training.
Hope this helps till Master Circle provides a more in depth answer for you.
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pray4wind
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: Thanks! |
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| Thank you very much Jason, that was way more information than I expected! I understand that a few students recommend this as it really helped them in regular classes. Is it then (tuesday) open to white belts? |
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Jason
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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It is Tuesday or Thursday after the adult class (so 9:30 ish). It would be open to you. Due to the very late time attendance is usually small. I believe that Todd may be the only regular student with others coming as schedules allow. Personally, I would love to come every week but have a obligations at home that make that extremely challenging. I can't recommend this highly enough. I've had some prior martial arts training (before Koguryo I mean) and have never seen or done anything remotely as beneficial as our YSJD training.
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