Had a great Christmas Eve workout earlier this evening. Started with a morning work session (one English class) finished by 10 a.m. Got home, to help fix a dumpling meal to enjoy mid-day; rested/napped mid-day, and then feeling pretty good - A fresh mind and relaxed body! So, we find time to work on some rudimentary routines for my son to develop from. He rehearsed his part pretty well, then started to talk and ask questions, mostly about elbows! He inticed me to show him some elbow gestures and techniques. WE discussed some Korean terms commonly used to express certain elbow techniques - I demonstrated assorted elbow strike usage; then, elbow grabs, i.e. hapkido joints manipulation. He loved it and was intrigued by the words and actions we shared. I performed a list of forms, from Pyoung-Ahn and upward that had any form of elbow technique used within them, like pyung-an form 3, one) modifying the turning escape, two) the skipping back elbow, shoulder punch... He promptly (in play fight learning fashion used some elbow techniques on me. Eventually our discussion led us into a quick review of our own KDW forms, such as Ki-bon the differing level versions of Kong Dae Hyung. He did the first half of Kong Dae hyung intermediate version just for giggles; it stems from what Master Kong talk us as Chair Fighting - defending oneself from a casual seated position. He gladly knelt and squatted on a mat in front of our full length mirror and followed me through the introductory portion of the self-defense form pattern; then I performed the whole version for him to witness. He gladly mimiced the kicks sneaking out from the kneeling position as I had once so proudly performed in my youth! From there, we talked about how the arms and body interact in natural crossing for power and protection, coordination by scissoring action, and up & down (opposite) changes! I emphasized that most of our school or KDW club patterns reiterate this concept from our MDK background. As we can find, when we turn the body as a wind-up the arms naturally cross in preparation to a defense and subsequent transition to the next moves - A good example is in the classic form routine of Ship-soo. Those who know it can analyze it more for themselves: for example, the back-stance side mountain blocks, then change to turning side to side, followed by the successive high blocks near the end - with the turns, the arms naturally cross and torque for the next count. The succession is not always followed because sometimes the next set of movements stems from a complete change of momentum, but generally speaking, we can analyze that most of the time, it is a natural law that the timing and coordination will fall into place. Again, Ive reiterated this phenomenum through the KongDaeWon series of patterns - facing movements: front and sideway interchange; left complimenting right, and vice versa; hand & foot - if we block to the side, we also kick to the side, in augmenting the fighting motions; the switch or changes should come naturally to help defend other directions, such as kick and balance prep for landing in defense of a new opponent! It was greeat for re-capping on these ideas and movements that I do not often get to review and share. Although my son is little, well HE ASKED FOR IT! Bless his little heart - just like me, he LOVES TO TALK. And, through our conversations, the thoughts become actions. I gives me a chance to practice from our discussions. The same as this forum for me to share training insight when possible.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:40:55 +0000
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