Kuk Sool Won Modesto Demo - Gene Gause #21

[1975metalbeast]

I was at a hapkido seminar with Master Dave Weatherly back in 1994. I was a 1st gup in hapkido at the time. I had always been a kicker & was doing some kicking drills. Master Yang came over to me & said "Kick me in the head" I tried & before I could even chamber my kick he hit me with multiple palmstrikes. Tried again, with the same result. Also saw him do a palm strike on Master James Allison's head at that seminar. Sounded like a gun went off when he did it.

[silvershay04]

i got a gold medal for ghumha hyung in 2010

[commandersprocket]

I studied at his school in San Jose in the late 80's. He was grandmaster level, I've since taken a lot of martial arts classes, I haven't seen any schools with better pressure points and techniques since then.

[Dragonkarma]

Traditional Korean martial arts use either "sool" ( techniques) or "Bup" ( the law or method of ). Any art using the ending "DO" ( pronounced doe ) is either a Japanese off-shoot or a newly formed martial art. The "DO" means "way of". Some times it means " way off".

Example-Hap Ki Do is the Korean language pronounciation of Ai Ki Do. The Koren version is more aggressive and uses many kicks.

[wuwei87]

I'm pretty sure the "Do" in Kuk Sool Do is the Korean word 도, meaning "way" -- from Japanese and ultimately from Chinese 道, "dao" -- and is not the English verb "do." If this is the case, then it should be pronounced [doh].

[PauloPelle14]

is the "Do" in "Kuk Sool Do" have a korean translation or does it stand for the english meaning?