Choi Kwang Do: Outrageous claim on website

**RunningDog** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 9:52pm

There's a new CKD school local to me. I stumbled on a thread on MAP about their new UK website, www.gbckd.com.

The 'about' page contains the following claim:

"Choi Kwang Do was developed by Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi between 1978 and 1987 and has proven to be the most effective martial arts system in the world."

I'm considering paying them a visit and asking them to back up this claim in some way, and if they can't, to remove it from their website and literature.

I have a screengrab of the relevant page here

**Slipster** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 9:56pm

Did they say where CKD has been proven?

**HearWa** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 9:58pm

I see they're talking about all those "principles" again. I can guarantee you that when you visit and you ask for them to back it up they'll pull some BS like telling you, "Ok, I have a knife in my pocket," or telling you that on the streets they'll have friends there to help them beat you up. You know, a way to beat you without having any actual skill.

Good luck in whatever you try though.

EDIT: I hate it how "traditional MA" instructors think they're being clever when they come up with BS like that. It's not like you need CKD training to know enough to carry a knife or kick someone in the balls.

**Slipster** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 9:59pm

Choi Kwang Do is not designed for competition and does not follow the intensity of sports training. The system is meant for all individuals who want to learn real-life, practical self-defense skills and achieve a greater level of health and well-being, not people solely interested in winning trophies. Because it’s a non-contact, non-fighting, non-competitive art that stresses mental, physical, emotional and social development, Choi Kwang Do promotes non-violent resolutions to conflict, practical solutions to cardiovascular improvement, and enjoyable methods of exercise.

Ahhhh, I see now...

**RunningDog** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 10:03pm

"proven to be the most effective MA in the world" is a false claim, pure and simple, and I'd love to make them eat their words. But my legal-fu is weak.

**ironlurker** · Posted On: 1/31/2007 11:00pm

Nice find. They have a school in Dorking, I see. I visited the site:

Sports training has little to do with health
http://www.dorkingckd.com/choi-kwang-do.html

13. If accidental contact is made during training, students should stop and bow to one another as an apology, and for the other to show acceptance.
18. Always remember that what you are learning is a potentially deadly martial art.

http://www.dorkingckd.com/dorking-ck...etiquette.html

Best is the Close Range Defense Training
http://www.dorkingckd.com/choi-kwang...-training.html

I'd bet you cash this is a knife defense-

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Pressure Point or Reach Around? You tell me.