Category: Training
Soar Training: Test Prep
It’s time for our Summer Belt Test! YAY! We will have five students testing for the next rank on Saturday. So, that means our focus will be on everything for Monday and Wednesday. We will complete as full a review as possible. For those… Continue Reading “Soar Training: Test Prep”
Soar Training: Ho Sin Sul
Training this week is Ho Sin Sul or self-defense. This week we will shift our focus to close-quarters defense by closing the distance for grabs, clinches, throws, and joint locks. There are many ways to escape from or evade various attacks, and we will begin reviewing… Continue Reading “Soar Training: Ho Sin Sul”
Soar Training: Jok Ki
Jok Ki (Kicking Techniques) are the bread and butter of Korean Martial Arts. In the world of karate, Tang Soo Do’s differences are most apparent in kicking – dynamic, high, and arial. I want you to concentrate on combination and consecutive kicking while “Crossing the… Continue Reading “Soar Training: Jok Ki”
SOAR TRAINING: SOO KI (수 기)
Happy Memorial Day! We will not have class on Monday in observance of this national holiday. Most of us, when we think of karate or martial arts, we think of fast, responsive hands: seeing, reacting, and countering an opponent’s strike. In Tang Soo Do,… Continue Reading “SOAR TRAINING: SOO KI (수 기)”
Soar Challenge: 100 Standing Base Get-ups
Here is a new challenge for you all. It is called a standing base. You begin with your back on the ground. Maintain one hand in front of you as a guard. Use you other hand and your legs as a tripod to stand… Continue Reading “Soar Challenge: 100 Standing Base Get-ups”
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