12/28 Springfield Class

KJN taught class tonight. It was as always a fantastic class.
I personally had connection / concentration issue. It seemed to come and go for me.
There were times where I was immersed in the moment and then lost as to where I was going and what motion was next.

There was some talk by KJN about taking more time at home to practice. This I must admit has been slipping as of late for me.

Thursday is our last class of the year and KJN wants a nice big class to close it out. So come one come all :)

See you Thursday I hope.

Patent Pending Soo Bahk Do, Kyo Sa Approved Snow Shoveling Technique

Just kidding no patent pending but I do approve of my method ;)


Having our first big snow of the season I rediscovered my Soo Bahk Do inspired snow shoveling move.

1. Load up the shovel with snow.
2. Left hand about middle of shovel handle, Right hand at end.
3. Left leg is forward Right is behind.
4. Push your hip forward moving your right leg forward pushing the thigh against the shovel handle at about mid point between your two hands.
5. As soon as your thigh hits the handle push down with your Right (rear) hand making your thigh the pivot point while your hip and leg continue to push forward and up.
6. Use your Left hand to guide the shovel and snow to its destination.

No back bend or back muscle should be used for this technique. Very lows stress and relatively easy to shovel the heavy snow of the East Coast without getting a sore back or over stressing yourself.

Let it snow!

My first class

The village of Cronton on Hudson accepted my proposal to teach Soo Bahk Do as part of the towns recreation offerings!


I will be teaching 8 classes 7pm-8pm every Wednesday starting January 19th at the Muni building.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Village+of+Croton-on-Hudson.+1+Van+Wyck+Street+Croton-on-Hudson,+NY+10520&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Croton-On-Hudson+Parking+Prmts,+1+Van+Wyck+St,+Croton-on-Hudson,+NY+10520-2525&gl=us&ei=KU_UTN7sBoT58AapoZiPCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

This will be an introduction class which I hope will continue and become something more.

My kids have told me they wish to help out. So this could be my way to get them back into the studio. :)

11/5/10 Springfield Class with KJN

I missed Tuesdays class due to school being out for my kids and Ian’s broken wrist over the weekend.

KJN taught class last night. As always it was a class full of information most of which I am sure I will miss in this post.

First this Tuesday 11/9 is SBD anniversary so it is a good date to try and bring anyone who might have been absent for a while back.



We working on Chil Sung Il Ro:

1. hips move the hands... People have a tendency to do the breathing motions like the first one moving the hand/arm before the hip. The hands hardly move for these motions but more follow their natural position when the hip moves. We only guide them into position.
   • The right hand for the first motion is level so you could put a tea cup on it. Elbow with slight bend.
2. second motion,
   • again arms/hands are pulled into position from the hip.
   • Final position has the right hand solar plexus level and 3-5 inches away from your chest.

Combos:

1. Attacker 3 punch high attack


2. Defender
   
   
   
   • retreat into a hugle stance while doing a double high block: arms parallel to ground at 90 degree angle up
   
   
   • second retreat using sacaro jip remaining in hugle stance and simultaneously blocking with open hands in front of face and lower.
   
   
   • third motion is imediately after block, side step into double back fist and reverse round house kick.
   
   
   

10/26 Springfield Class with SBN Weber

KJN has not returned from Korea yet so KJN Weber taught us again.

We had a good review of some of our basics with a concentration on utilizing the hip correctly ( the never ending quest ). I have been lax on this blog while KJN has been away but I have not yet missed a class (well I can only make it once / week). I have been posting on the SBD facebook wall pictures from each class. Last nights was a bit small with only 4 of us but this gave us the ability to really focus in on our individual needs.

SBN Weber also gave us a nice combo which is a potential for sparing.

1. From a open fighting stance accept a front kick (or other direct attack) with an unbendable arm turning the body. You should be in a sacrojip stance with your front arm (unbendable) in front of you between your legs having accepted the attack.
2. At this point you are close to your attacker and your hand is not far from the groin area. Utilizing a short twist of the hip and your body mass, a quick back fist to the groin. You should end up in a sacrojip stance again.
3. from here a short reverse punch which will not be fully extended since you are so close.

One could imagine all sort of alternative followups after the initial accepting of the attack.

i.e. after the groin attack it would be very easy to slide your front foot behind your attacker and put your front arm out in front of them across their chest or throat and sweep them down.


We also reviewed Du Moon and Jung Jul Hyungs.

This and last week SBN Weber went over 2 different meditation techniques.

1. For each breath concentrate on counting. One count for each breath up to 4 and then start over. This point of this is to concentrate on nothing else and let your body and mind just rest with one focus and only one.


2. Imagine yourself sitting at the bottom of a lake or the sea looking up from very deep down. It is silent and calm. Relax and if any disturbance enters into your mind put it into a bubble and let it float away. Again the focus is on letting everything go and letting the body and mind recover.

Missing entries

I have been to the last two classes but have not had a chance to write about it.
SBN Weber taught class.

KJN has has asked me to post pictures to facebook after each class. I tend to make the Tuesday class.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kwan-Jang-Nim-HC-Hwang/157485267781?v=wall

Other news would be that I submitted my application to start a class once/week with the town Croton-on-Hudson.

10/7 Springfield class

SBN Bonsignore taught class tonight. We had about 6 people only.

We focused mostly on hyungs:

I struggled with the basics being very tense for some reason and was only able to focus on getting through the forms. We did a good number of reps which certainly helped but I require some more self study with reps.

We (Sam Don’s) did two forms:
Du Moon
Jin Do

I also got some help with my Peet Chagee. After thinking I did a decent job on this kick or many years I discovered at a previous class that I have been twisting my upper body the wrong direction. This is going to take some re-learning. SBN Bonsignore put me in front of the mirror for 10 min which helped me get the basics correct.