I see the standardized Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul as a product of the martial arts franchise. Everything is controlled so that everyone does the same thing, making the marketed product exactly the same as every other. This is how any other franshised organization markets their products, including McDonalds. The benefit of these techniques is that they make it easy to teach and test large groups of people.
I am not a fan of the standardized Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul in many of the SBD/TSD orgs. I think that they teach students movements that would be ineffective in a real fight. I think that they eventually squash a student's ability to think creatively. Also, every student is not built the same, so forcing every student to do the same techniques may or may not work. My teacher refused to teach them to us and instead, he taught us what he was taught in the early 80s.
Yet, the concept of Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul is extremely important to our martial art.
When I think about how I want to teach Tang Soo Do and how I want to approach the concept of Ho Sin Shul and Ill Soo Shik, I try to hold the following principles in mind...
1. Teach the student how to efficiently move their body.
2. Challenge the student to challenge their bodies.
3. Help the student find techniques for their bodies.
These are the enduring understandings that drive my curriculum and my teacher is backward designed from these prindicples. Thus, in order to earn Green Belt at my dojang, the students must meet the following requirements for Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul.
Ill Soo Shik Applications of the Forms
5 bunkai from strikes _____
2 bunkai from wrist grabs _____
2 bunkai from lapel grabs _____
1 bunkai from lunging grab _____
Demonstration of defense against random hand techniques _____
Demonstration of defense against random foot techniques _____
Proper distance, timing and control _____
Kyusho pressure points, location, direction of strike, and application
Gall bladder 20 _____
Spleen 21 _____
Bladder Strike _____
Stomach 9 _____
Stomach 5 _____
Large Intestine 18 _____
Lung 8 _____
Heart 6 _____
Stomach Plexus _____
Ho Sin Shul Tuite (grappling) application
Joint locks
Koto geye osh _____
Eekyo _____
Nikyo _____
Sankyo _____
Ude Garame _____
Ude Tori _____
The Three Deprivations _____
Three theories of Joint locking, pain compliance, throwing, breaking _____
Throws
Dashi Barai _____
Sotogama _____
Hosoto Gari _____
Suquee Nage _____
Knowledge of Kusuri, Kusushi, Kake, and Kime _____
One of the things that becomes apparent is that the source material for all of this is the hyung. Our hyung include all of the effective fighting material our system needs. No one needs to pull in anything else from other systems to round TSD out. The bottom line is that I see Ill Soo Shik as Bunkai/oyo and Ho Sin Shul as tuite and this is how I see their place in Tang Soo Do.
Tang Soo!
upnorthkyosa
PS - I've heard rumors that the SBD federation is changing their Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul to fit the applications of the Chil Sung and Yuk Ro Hyung. I am very interested in that material and I think it is a step in a direction that I would be willing to persue.
I am not a fan of the standardized Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul in many of the SBD/TSD orgs. I think that they teach students movements that would be ineffective in a real fight. I think that they eventually squash a student's ability to think creatively. Also, every student is not built the same, so forcing every student to do the same techniques may or may not work. My teacher refused to teach them to us and instead, he taught us what he was taught in the early 80s.
Yet, the concept of Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul is extremely important to our martial art.
When I think about how I want to teach Tang Soo Do and how I want to approach the concept of Ho Sin Shul and Ill Soo Shik, I try to hold the following principles in mind...
1. Teach the student how to efficiently move their body.
2. Challenge the student to challenge their bodies.
3. Help the student find techniques for their bodies.
These are the enduring understandings that drive my curriculum and my teacher is backward designed from these prindicples. Thus, in order to earn Green Belt at my dojang, the students must meet the following requirements for Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul.
Ill Soo Shik Applications of the Forms
5 bunkai from strikes _____
2 bunkai from wrist grabs _____
2 bunkai from lapel grabs _____
1 bunkai from lunging grab _____
Demonstration of defense against random hand techniques _____
Demonstration of defense against random foot techniques _____
Proper distance, timing and control _____
Kyusho pressure points, location, direction of strike, and application
Gall bladder 20 _____
Spleen 21 _____
Bladder Strike _____
Stomach 9 _____
Stomach 5 _____
Large Intestine 18 _____
Lung 8 _____
Heart 6 _____
Stomach Plexus _____
Ho Sin Shul Tuite (grappling) application
Joint locks
Koto geye osh _____
Eekyo _____
Nikyo _____
Sankyo _____
Ude Garame _____
Ude Tori _____
The Three Deprivations _____
Three theories of Joint locking, pain compliance, throwing, breaking _____
Throws
Dashi Barai _____
Sotogama _____
Hosoto Gari _____
Suquee Nage _____
Knowledge of Kusuri, Kusushi, Kake, and Kime _____
One of the things that becomes apparent is that the source material for all of this is the hyung. Our hyung include all of the effective fighting material our system needs. No one needs to pull in anything else from other systems to round TSD out. The bottom line is that I see Ill Soo Shik as Bunkai/oyo and Ho Sin Shul as tuite and this is how I see their place in Tang Soo Do.
Tang Soo!
upnorthkyosa
PS - I've heard rumors that the SBD federation is changing their Ill Soo Shik and Ho Sin Shul to fit the applications of the Chil Sung and Yuk Ro Hyung. I am very interested in that material and I think it is a step in a direction that I would be willing to persue.
