TSDTexan
Master of Arts
If you were cast as yourself in a remake of your life... what martial art would you choose to learn as your first or primary art, instead of what you learned then?
Instead of Korean Karate (TSD) forever, I would have chosen Gongkwon Yusul in Austin, Texas when a school was planted there (circa 2011). While also working on learning GracieBJJ, and Kyudo.
In short... what happened in 1996... some Korean martial artists took note of BJJ and evolved their standup striking arts to address the ground game in a systematic and methodical manner. Then they opened their first school outside of Korea in Brazil in 2006.
Why Brazil? Maybe to test their product in the land of BJJ.
gongkwon yusul martial arts Korean MMA jujitsu
Gongkwon Yusul is a modern Korean martial art system founded by Kang Jun in 1996. Its main influences include the martial arts of Hapkido, Hakko-ryu Jujutsu, Yudo and Kyuk Too Ki (Korean style Thai Boxing/Shoot Boxing). Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking, and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather than the static applications, more in common in traditional styles of Hapkido.
Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking, and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather than the static applications, more in common in traditional styles of Hapkido.
It also varies from traditional Hapkido in that many of its hand techniques are strongly influenced by Western boxing, and that a significant part of Gongkwon Yusul training is in groundwork, applying techniques more akin to judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, than most Hapkido styles.
In a sense Gongkwon Yusul is an attempt to combine the practical, free-flowing technique application, often seen in mixed martial arts, whilst still retaining many traditional martial art attributes, such as uniforms, terminology, and ranking structure.
Since its foundation the art has grown rapidly in its home county of Korea with many dojangs around Seoul and also some regional areas of South Korea. This martial art is not widely known outside of Korea; however, there have been dojangs opened in other countries. The first was established in Brazil in 2006.
Instructor - Trainingcontent Kampfkunst Martial Art Gongkwon Yusul
And Wille Nelson apparently is a 5th dan in it.
The sad thing is... there are already CON-artists selling fake certifications so fake schools can teach (ahem rob students)
Instead of Korean Karate (TSD) forever, I would have chosen Gongkwon Yusul in Austin, Texas when a school was planted there (circa 2011). While also working on learning GracieBJJ, and Kyudo.
In short... what happened in 1996... some Korean martial artists took note of BJJ and evolved their standup striking arts to address the ground game in a systematic and methodical manner. Then they opened their first school outside of Korea in Brazil in 2006.
Why Brazil? Maybe to test their product in the land of BJJ.
gongkwon yusul martial arts Korean MMA jujitsu
Gongkwon Yusul is a modern Korean martial art system founded by Kang Jun in 1996. Its main influences include the martial arts of Hapkido, Hakko-ryu Jujutsu, Yudo and Kyuk Too Ki (Korean style Thai Boxing/Shoot Boxing). Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking, and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather than the static applications, more in common in traditional styles of Hapkido.
Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking, and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather than the static applications, more in common in traditional styles of Hapkido.
It also varies from traditional Hapkido in that many of its hand techniques are strongly influenced by Western boxing, and that a significant part of Gongkwon Yusul training is in groundwork, applying techniques more akin to judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, than most Hapkido styles.
In a sense Gongkwon Yusul is an attempt to combine the practical, free-flowing technique application, often seen in mixed martial arts, whilst still retaining many traditional martial art attributes, such as uniforms, terminology, and ranking structure.
Since its foundation the art has grown rapidly in its home county of Korea with many dojangs around Seoul and also some regional areas of South Korea. This martial art is not widely known outside of Korea; however, there have been dojangs opened in other countries. The first was established in Brazil in 2006.
Instructor - Trainingcontent Kampfkunst Martial Art Gongkwon Yusul
And Wille Nelson apparently is a 5th dan in it.
The sad thing is... there are already CON-artists selling fake certifications so fake schools can teach (ahem rob students)
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