woman, trust me, this strike hurts no matter what gender you identify with.
Applications of Soft Internal Techniques
SBN Mary Cayte Reiland
Applications
of Soft Internal first internal move we learn in Chil Techniques Sung Ee Ro Hyung. You begin by SBN Mary Cayte Reiland, USA starting in a Sa Ko Rip Jaseh (back stance) with your arms crossed, In martial arts, we practice hands open. From there, you move moves in one of two ways, either slowly into a Jung Gul Jaseh (front “Weh Ga Ru” (hard style) or “Neh Ga stance), uncross your arms, and Ru” (soft style). Hard style techniques in some instances, close your fists. (i.e. punching, blocking, kicking) When performed in the Neh Ga Ru are the first type of technique each style, this doesn’t look like a gigantic student learns, and the techniques movement; however, with practice most frequently practiced during and time (and a little out-of-the-box class. Neh Ga Ru techniques are not thinking, you would eventually learn introduced until a student is at least a what this move really is. red belt, and these moves are taught typically through the instruction Consider this scenario. If of the Chil Sung and Bassai forms. you were faced off with someone, Today, we are going to discuss the and you found yourself in the clinch different moves and how they can be position, with your opponent in your applied in self defense. face, trying to overpower you. How simple would it be to grab ahold of Before we get into your opponent’s clothing, crossing technicalities, I will say one more your arms as before, and then pull, thing. None of these answers are trying to uncross your arms? This wrong, but neither are they the only would easily choke your opponent, answers. I researched these forms and force him/her to let go of you, extensively when preparing this giving you time to get away. Also article, and in my research, I saw a consider what comes after the internal lot of different applications. None of move in Chil Sung Ee Ro… a front them are wrong, as they all contain kick. Thinking more liberally about the moves of the forms, but there are applying this, you most definitely those that are better than others, and wouldn’t have enough space to front those are the applications I will be kick your opponent while choking discussing today. them, but you can perform the first part of a front kick… a knee strike, To start, let’s talk about the directly to the groin. Speaking as a
Now we will look more closely at Chil Sung Il Ro Hyung, where we have even more internal moves. Consider the first move of the form. We begin in a back stance, your front hand high, and your back arm low, but both at the sides of your body. Moving into front stance, we perform the move known as “hugging the tree”, where your arms move in front of your body, with your back arm flipping over so your palm faces the ground. I’ll say it again here, this move doesn’t look like much when you perform it in the form, it may even leave you scratching your head a little, as it did for me when I first learned it. How could I possibly apply this movement? Well, here’s an answer. Consider if you’re squaring off with your opponent in a fighting stance, and this person attacks you with a front kick. First, you get out of the way by moving to the side of your opponent’s leg into back stance, your back arm moves out to your side, and your front arm moves out to your other side. Using this move, you catch your opponent’s leg mid air with your back arm, and maneuver your front arm to push at your opponent, so their stance is unsteady. Then, performing the move in a Weh Ga Ru style, your back arm moves to the front, and fips over. Doing this forces your opponent on to the ground, where if untrained, your opponent would hit his/her head, and be knocked out. Let’s discuss another movement from Chil Sung Il Ro, the last move, which also occurs in other Chil Sung forms, so we know
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