STANDING ON YOUR OWN

Standing On Your Own Two Feet Enter Teuk Gong Moo Sool (Part 3) By Master Guy Edward Larke

Ki-bon Jah-sae Hyung (Basic Stance Pattern):

First you start at attention.

Then you go forward to attack. Following that you step back into the defence position.

Then you move to the front and perform a wide circular high block with your right arm followed by a lunging punch. After, repeat the same motion with a left block and right punch.

Next you step to the right and perform an angular knife hand strike and palm strike while moving into a forward stance. Repeat to the opposite direction.

The next step is a cross stance done to the right with a knife hand strike aimed at the throat. After, repeat the actions to the left side.

What is Song MooThen drop to the right into a bending Kwan Hapkidoback stance with the knife edges of the hands protecting the groin and Sbn Ramón Navarrothe top of the skull, immediately springing to the other side afterwards.

The next step is an interrupt stance to the left with a left hand face block and reverse punch being employed. This is reversed to the right side.

Turn to the left and look downward as you block outwards with your left arm and punch at an imaginary assailant on the ground. Repeat to the right. Then you move to the front and go into a one leg standing position with the right leg raised and high and low blocks performed. Quickly repeat on the other side.

Finish with the attention stance and salute.

The stance form is detailed on this periodical’s website. Other differences will be discussed in far more detail in a further issue. Anyone interested in learning more about this neoclassical military art can contact me or the association at http://www.tgms.or.kr. Master Guy Edward Larke has dedicated his life from a young age to the pursuit of the martial arts, Asian culture and hopology. It led him to Korea in 2000 and has lived there since then. He lives in Seongnam city with his wife Gi-Ryung and son Alexander. He holds black belts in Teuk Gong Moo Sool Taekwondo, Hapkido, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Korean kickboxing, Karate-do, Wushu, Cheonji-muye-do, and various other arts. Currently he teaches martial arts in addition to writing for various magazines and running Kisa-Do Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at kisadomuye@gmail.com.