Kuk Sul Won Video

**EternalRage** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 5:04pm

http://hapkido.re.kr/hapkido/3388/movie_53.asf

A demo clip. This was posted on MAP forums. I'm posting it for entertainment value, they can do some nice trickx.

**nezha** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 6:43pm

ouch. crazy how they willing smack themselves into the floor like that. and then get back up and yell. lots o martial artists dont like this stuff, but i think it is cool as long as they dont present it as a fighting system

wushu is better :)

**Method2Madness** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 6:53pm

those were the most dramatic break falls i have ever seen. Nice acrobatics though.

**Wolf** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:04pm

Originally Posted by nezha

ouch. crazy how they willing smack themselves into the floor like that. and then get back up and yell. lots o martial artists dont like this stuff, but i think it is cool as long as they dont present it as a fighting system

wushu is better :)

There's a lot more to Kuk Sool than what you saw there. It's not a performance art like modern wushu. Kuk Sool is basically Hapkido with a few extras. Now if you're not into TMA's at all or think they're all worthless then it may not make a difference. I just thought I'd point out there's more to Kuk Sool than what you're seeing.

**daimyo** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:12pm

Are acrobatics part of Kuk Sool Won's curriculum? For example, do you have to know how to do a cartwheel to get X belt? The breakfalls I can understand, but some people aren't able to do those flips and stuff. I wish I knew how to do those things, very flashy.

**Wolf** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:15pm

Acrobatics are part of the curriculum, as in they're taught. However, they're not required for promotion. I can do cartwheels and 1 hand cartwheels just fine, but I can't do front flips and back handsprings. I still promoted though because it wasn't part of the tests.

**HwangJangLee** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:21pm

im pretty sure that thats not required but i dont take ksw. oh and the chick wasnt very good but still :hitit: :5butthead . Only cool thing she did was arial. and it was pretty sexy when she grunted. mmmm :love7: :ohyea7qh:

**Lights Out** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:24pm

Well, this people can jump.

I guess that the swords displayed weren´t katanas, but a korean type of sword. But why did they sheat them samurai-style?

**HwangJangLee** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:26pm

because kumdo is pretty much the same thing as kendo.

**BackFistMonkey** · Posted On: 1/19/2006 8:58pm

More Crappy Form Fairy Xtreme (non)Martial Action .

Nothing to see here unless you wanna sit through ten minutes of forms and compliant SUPER Flashy Hapkido .