Hello, I've been reading about this version of a Korean martial art - Choi Kwang Do - and as far as I can see, it is a sort of updated version of taekwondo (even though TKD is only 50 odd years old)
Has anyone come across this and if so, how does it differ from taekwondo?
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Wow, this takes me back.
Yeah, the Master of CKD kind of billed the whole CKD thang as; 'improper practice of TKD made me a cripple, but thru research I have re-made it into a safe form of practice which has cured me. You too can be effective with no sparring'.
I know Martial Edge's way favours a route that anyone from CKD can step up and defend it, but, for the record, I'd rather have sensible discourse outside a 'CKD vs the rest of the world' kind of format.
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This is a blast from the past. I remember in 1990 this was going to be the next big thing, with loads of photos in magazines of the founder doing high section twist kicks in a business suit.
I think the main difference to TKD was the punching. I can't remember specifics, but the punches had more of a rolling arching action than a straight punch. Hard to describe this technique in writing.
The main aim of the art seemed to be TKD with less stress on the joints. From an outsiders point of view it looked like it tried to achieve this by modifying techniques slightly rather than telling people not to lock their joints out when doing techniques to air or hitting pads.
To be honest I thought the art had died a death as haven't heard of it in years.
However, I never studied this art and the above is purely on my recollections of magazine articles from about 18 years ago.
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I've just found these links on youtube and perhaps I should have looked at this more closely years ago when I was more into TMA. I'm more into combat sports and realistic self defence these days.
The body mechanics are actually pretty similar to how I generate power for punches now - ie both feet pointing in direction of strike, rear heel off the ground, the hip really driving the strike (rather than dragging) and the striking tool coming out last. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQ2ILwC6hc&feature=related
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I met the founder and his senior grades when I interviewed him for 'Combat' magazine many years ago. he was a supple guy with some strange ideas, that didn't seem to work very well.
I certainly wasn't impressed. They also had some sort of sales scheme going through the clubs with water softeners - very odd.
I met a CKD teacher through a friend of mine a couple of years back, and trained with him a few times.
ChoiKwangDo is a strange beast. On the one hand, it does away with a lot of the flashier techniques of TKD, but on the other, the techniques it practices are... odd.
For example, I was told in order to pass the first grading, all I had to know was a rolling block and counter punch.
It's not my cup of tea personally... But I guess some people could make it work.
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