Category: Training

Soar Training: Kicking Week

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 aerial. I want you to concentrate on combination and consecutive kicking while “Crossing the… Continue Reading “Soar Training: Kicking Week”

Soar Challenge: 100 BURPEES 🤨

Your challenge this week is endurance and stamina while building the explosive power needed for your hyungs and aerials. The challenge is 100 burpees. Try to jump as high as you can, and for an extra challenge, perform a knee tuck, bringing your knees… Continue Reading “Soar Challenge: 100 BURPEES 🤨”

Soar Training

We will continue training one-steps, forms, and weapons. I want to add the looping drill to this week’s schedule. It is early February, and I plan to host a test at the end of March. Start preparing now.

Soar Training: Ho Sin Sul

This week’s focus will be on Ho Sin Sul – Self-defense one-steps – and on Concentration. Be prepared to spend some time practicing your forms. Please review and practice according to your required study sheets. Concentration (Chung Shin Tong Il): the ability to focus mental effortWhen… Continue Reading “Soar Training: Ho Sin Sul”

SOAR TRAINING: SOO KI (수 기)

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, we drill and practice these responses in a format called Il Soo Sik Soo Ki Dae Ryun or… Continue Reading “SOAR TRAINING: SOO KI (수 기)”