What Does Kuk Sool Won Incorporate?
Hand Striking
- Closed and open hand striking methods: including palm, wrist, finger striking techniques and specialized hand training techniques
- Pressure point striking
- Striking using arm and shoulder
- Blocking and parrying
Leg Techniques
- Foundational kicks
- Spinning kicks
- Jumping kicks
- Combination kicks
- Double leg kicks
- Pressure point kicking
- Specialty kicking
Throwing & Grappling
- Body throws
- Projection Throws
- Leg throws
- Pressure point grappling
- Grappling Defence
- Wrestling Techniques
- Ground Fighting
Joint-locking Techniques
- Restraining methods
- Joint breaking techniques
- Combination joint locking
- Control and redirection techniques
- Arresting and "come along" techniques
Falling Techniques & Acrobatics
- Body conditioning and agility techniques
- Body protection techniques
- Acrobatics for defence and offence
Body conditioning
- Overall stretching and flexibility training
- Cardiovascular conditioning
- Muscle training
- Ligament and tendon strengthening
- Joint flexibility and conditioning
Animal-style techniques
- Techniques based on the movements and/or characteristics of certain "martial" animals such as Tiger, Preying Mantis, Crane, Dragon, Snake, etc
Traditional Korean Weapons
- Sword: short, middle, long, single or double, straight or inverted
- Staff: short, middle, long, single or double
- Jool Bong
- Spear
- Cane
- Rope
- Fan
There are 24 different traditional Korean Royal Court weapons in the curriculum of Kuk Sool Won plus Buddhist and family weaponry.
Martial Art Healing Methods
- Acupressure
- Acupuncture
- Internal energy systems
- Herbal medicine
Meditation & Breathing Techniques
- Various breath control techniques
- Meditation and breathing postures
- Concentration techniques