Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do Moo Duk Kwan One Step Technique

The Moo Duk Kwan was a society of martial brotherhood in Korea that chose to not sportify technique during mid-century Korea. Most Tang Soo Do and a small lineage of Tae Kwon Do practitioners owe their ancestry to this school of thought as founded by Grandmaster Hwang Kee.

One step fighting is a traditional practice form done with a partner to build attributes. Often done in addition to free-fighting, self defense, and target/power exercises, one step techniques may be done empty handed or with weapons/vs. weapons. The goals of this type of training include; development of martial respect, distancing judgment, precision of aim, repetition and memorization of combinations, balance throughout, ki-ahp or thoracic strength, speed, timing, stance practice, and the fighting spirit.

Here Mr. John McGee (left) of TKD Moo Duk Kwan and Mr. Bolejack (right) of Tang Soo Do demonstrate basics for students and Grandmaster Chuck Blackburn at a recent promotional testing. Kwang Jang Nim Blackburn is a student of Jae Chul Shin and Kwang Kee and earned his first Dan (black) belt in 1968 while stationed in Korea. For more information, questions, send me a note I'll try to respond as quickly as possible. Thank you.

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• moo duk kwan
• one step
• chuck blackburn
• tang soo do
• spencer bolejack
• john mcgee
• land of the sky martial arts
• traditional training

[navmacshop]

Is this Mr Blackburn,thats used to teach Tang soo do in Fort Walton Bch,Fl.I learn this one step sparring back in 1968,got my black bell with mr Blackburn in 1969,hi was a 2th Dan,those where great days.my name is Tony Navarro

[WindRider707]

@navmacshop the very one! I'll pass along your hello, thanks for visiting.

[DunkableDave]

i heard Tang Soo Do is more about power and Tae Kwon Do is all about speed these days.

is that true?

[WindRider707]

@DunkableDave - I wouldn't say that, because there are things unique to each school, and each student, that defy generalizations. Someone might make that statement, however, since TKD is more often used as a sportive engagement with various point systems and many traditional TSD schools do not stop a match when a point is scored, so practitioners learn to handle follow through, counter attack, and so on in the chaos of attack/defense.

[9thstreetbrandt]

nice to see some traditional tang so do. -Brandt Thiem, 1st dan, under GM Lee, Institute of Tangsoology.

[NDestinationUnknown]

Gotta Love Tang Soo!!!

[OmegaSupreme89]

@WindRider707

well hes so fast but i reconize many of that tecniques, are not in a especific order, suki dae ryo, y saw #6, the #11, the #8 and many others i dont remember

[gymotb]

can i ask why you guys are checking your distance between each one step, thats normally something that you would teach a begginer before there distance perseption kicks in ?

[WindRider707]

and if you keep going there is more

[jessica5000000]

@11xr1east its not meant for that. one step sparring isn't meant to be actual practical self defense. its made to teach basic punch defense to white belts up to intermediate level ranks. and its done by black belts mostly to keep the old traditions alive.

[neveranygoodnameslef]

I miss Tang Soo Do, I'm in Karate now and it's a bit different. 

[pollykot03]

this is not orig one step fighting the philippine moo duk kwan is the best right performance of one step fighting.one step sparring,hoo sin sol!!!!!!

[teachur]

Greetings! This is GM Blackburn. Thanx for all your questions, comments and thoughtful responses.

Please let me clarify one step spars as I teach them. To me, the main purpose is to develop conditioned responses to a hand coming at you, armed or not. Also, it makes the student aware of body TARGETS and body WEAPONS; learning to use the appropriate body weapon(s) for each target. Also, it teaches you total control of your techniques and trust in your partner. Contact me at spiritualma@gmail.com