SahBumNimRush
Master of Arts
That is interesting. Why don't you ask your KJN to teach these missing bits (might be a lot, LOL)?
Depending on whom our kwan era link respectively is, we might be watered down a lot, a little, or not at all. Many Koreans from that time also studied judo or what became hapkido. I bet your GM had a decent amount of hapkido training at the very least if he knew finger locks. Finger locks aren't usually taught in say aikido, until you've reached black belt rank.
The majority of Koreans I would venture to say studied Japanese karate and would have learned body hardening techniques from there but probably little to no bunkai. We discussed the body conditioning aspect before here - most TKDists are familiar with the methods but do not really actively train them. And there's the kwon bup oddity out there from Yoon Byung In's line. Those forms are still passed down, but I don't know if the meaning and usages have been.
It could be because I am gun shy of how KJN has reacted to these lines of questioning in the past. He is very guarded about his past and his knowledge. I do not know who his instructor was, all I know is that he "joined" the Moo Duk Kwan in 1960's. I know that he had extensive training prior to "joining" but I have no idea from whom or in what style. At a black belt instructor class 10-15 years ago, my sahbumnim talked my father (the lowest ranking black belt at the time) to ask our KJN who his master was.. . With a very stern face, he said "KIM." and that was the end of the conversation.
I know that he has "softened" with age, but I fear the tongue lashing that could ensue.. . I admit I'm gonna have to get over it and just ask, otherwise the knowledge may be lost in time.