About Us

A Comprehensive Martial Arts System

Kuk Sool Won is a systematic study of all of the traditional martial arts, which together comprise the Martial Arts history of Korea.  As such, Kuk Sool Won is extremely well organized and seeks to integrate and explore all aspects of the traditional Korean martial arts.   As a martial arts system, Kuk Sool Won covers the entire spectrum of established Asian martial arts and body conditioning techniques, as well as mental development and traditional weapons training.

The following list includes some, but by no means all, of the elements of Kuk Sool Won.

Joint Locking Techniques

• Holding/restraint methods
• Redirection techniques
• Joint locking techniques

Hand Techniques

• Blocking
• Open and Closed hand strikes
• Pressure Point strikes
• Grappling

Leg Techniques

• Basic kicks
• Spinning kicks
• Jump kicks
• Specialized kicks
• Combination kicks

Body Conditioning

• Stretching
• Cardio exercise
• Calestenics
• Muscle Toning

Mental Training

• Focus
• Concentration
• meditation (non-religious)

Weapons Training

• Jul Bong (nunchaku)
• Staff (short, middle and long)
• Sword (single, double, straight, inverted and cutting)
• Spear
• Knife throwing
• Knife techniques
• Cane techniques
• Rope techniques
• Fan techniques