The first “dynamic” technique you learn in Kuk Sool is called Maek Chi Ki:
The set is about hand strikes to particular points. Some are pressure points, some are not; the intent is to hit places on the body where you can do the most damage. For instance, strikes to the temple, strikes to the side of the neck (jugular vein), soft cavities. When people say “hit him in the face”, that’s not specific enough. Side of the jaw? chin? to the nose (and then upwards, into, downwards?), temple, crown, ears. Learn to go for specific places, increasing your chance of hitting them and doing maximum damage.
Now, no one attacks this way (with a kick and punch), but as a teaching tool it strives to help teach distance, timing, footwork, movement, blocking, avoiding. While the set seems very simple, it’s one well worth practicing over and over, working to get as fast as possible while staying highly accurate.
One interesting thing about this particular presentation of the set is the contents of the set. As Maek Chi Ki is taught today, the set differs in about half of the strikes/techniques. What the video shows is an old version of the set, and if you have a copy of Dr. He-Young Kimm’s Kuk Sool book, you’ll see his version is the same as what’s shown in the video. I don’t know when or why the set changed, but it did. IMHO, there’s merit in both. Take a look around the 1:41 point in the video (after the 4-knuckle strike to the windpipe). The two techniques at that point in the video are single-hand techniques: same hand blocks then strikes. I’m unaware of any modern technique in Kuk Sool that formally teaches that.
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