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Assessment by hapkido-info.net
This book gives an overview of various Korean weapons and their handling. The descriptions are partly rather detailed. However, this book should not be understood as textbook, but rather as a source of information about Korean weapons.
Picture quality: Good
Number of pictures: Satisfactory
Description: Satisfactory
Contents: Sufficient
Structure: Good
Judgement: A good book. Absolutely worth reading!
Covertext
THE FIGHTING WEAPONS OF KOREAN MARTIAL ARTS
BY IN HYUK SUH AND JANE HALLANDER
In the late 1950s, In Hyuk Suh organized and sys-temized Korea's scattered martial arts techniques into a single system. He called it ,,kuk sool won," or Korean national martial art association. Kuk sool won rapidly grew in Korea, finding favor not only with its countrymen, but also with visiting American servicemen.
Twenty years later, after receiving requests to take his new martial art to the West, In Hyuk Suh established the kuk sool won headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. Word Spread fast about a Korean martial art that could be all things to all people. Whether it was self-defense, weapons training, mental or physical conditioning, every aspect of the martial arts was covered under the umbrella known as kuk sool won.
In his first book aimed at the general public, In Hyuk Suh examines the topic of Korean weapons, induding: the favorite weapons of Korea's early warring factions; royal court weapons; and kuk sool won staff and sword forms.
This is the long-awaited work from the grandmaster of the world's leading traditional Korean martial art system
Contents
FOREWORD
CHAPTER ONE
KOREA´S ANCIENT WARRIORS 1
CHAPTER TWO
SADO MU SOOL´S SWORD 10
CHAPTER THREE
SADO MU SOOLS SIAFF 23
CHAPTER FOUR
THE WEAPONS OF BULKYO MU SOOL 33
CHAPTER FIVE
THE WEAPONS OF KOONG JOONG MU SOOL 43
CHAPTER SIX
ROYAL COURT WEAPONS 53
CHAPTER SEVEN
JUNG GUM HYUN (STRAIGHT SWORD FORM) 67
CHAPTER EIGHT
JOONG BONG HYUNG (MIDDLE STAFF FORM)122
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 161
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