Category: Training
SOAR Training: One Steps (Soo Ki / Jok Ki)
This week we will work on One-Steps: Soo Ki for hand techniques and Jok Ki for kicking techniques. Most of you are likely ready for striping. One-steps are where a memorized technique meets timing, distance, and targeting (TDT), and another person. The sequence matters,… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: One Steps (Soo Ki / Jok Ki)”
SOAR Training: Hyungs (Forms)
This week we return to Hyungs, the living textbooks of Tang Soo Do. A form is more than a sequence to remember for testing. It is a structured way to practice direction, balance, stance, power, breathing, focus, and recovery. When the sequence becomes familiar,… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: Hyungs (Forms)”
SOAR Training: Sparring Drills and Free Spar
This week we will focus on sparring. Free sparring is not the place to abandon our basics. It is where we test whether our stance, guard, distance, timing, targeting, and control still work when another person is moving and making decisions. We will build… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: Sparring Drills and Free Spar”
SOAR Training
Ho Sin Sul: Self-Defense is More Than Techniques This week we will be focusing on Ho Sin Sul (Self-Defense). Many people think self-defense begins when someone grabs your wrist or throws a punch. It actually begins much earlier. Self-defense begins with awareness, confidence, posture, distance… Continue Reading “SOAR Training”
SOAR Training: One-Steps
This week our attention turns to One-Steps (Il Soo Sik Soo Ki & Jok ki). One-steps are far more than memorized sequences for belt testing. They are laboratories where we learn to transform the techniques found in our hyungs into practical self-defense. Every block,… Continue Reading “SOAR Training: One-Steps”
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