Category: Training
SOAR Training: Sparring Drills and Free Spar
This week we return to sparring drills and free sparring. Good sparring is not a contest to see who can move fastest or hit hardest. It is controlled training in timing, distance, targeting, defense, recovery, and judgment. We will begin with stance and guard,… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: Sparring Drills and Free Spar”
SOAR Challenge: Iron Chamber II
Hip Strength • Active Range • Kicking Control Challenge Due: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 The first Iron Chamber Challenge emphasized the ability to establish and hold a dependable side-kick chamber. Iron Chamber II asks you to control what happens next. Each repetition begins in… Continue Reading “SOAR Challenge: Iron Chamber II”
SOAR Training: Ho Sin Sul, Weapons, and Looping Drill
Congratulations to our newly promoted 7th Gup (Sr. Orange Belts). Well done! I also want to extend a hge thank you to the new Soar Tang Soo Do Black Belt team. Training This week we return to Ho Sin Sul, weapons, and the Looping… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: Ho Sin Sul, Weapons, and Looping Drill”
SOAR Training: One Steps
This week we return to One-Steps: Soo Ki for hand techniques and Jok Ki for kicking techniques. One-step practice is cooperative training. The defender cannot learn recognition, distance, and position unless the attacker gives a clean, predictable feed. The attacker cannot train safely unless… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: One Steps”
Meditation of the Week: Integrity
“Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.” ~ Proverbs 13:6 The Greek words alētheia (ἀλήθεια) and alēthes (ἀληθής) are translated as “integrity” in the New Testament and mean “truth or the state of being true.” Jesus is referred to as a man of integrity… Continue Reading “Meditation of the Week: Integrity”
