Tag: Kuk Sool Won
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Americanized
Have you ever hear someone use the word “Americanized” as an insult? Maybe not directly, but in an insulting way? I have, and it’s getting harder for me to keep quiet about it when it happens. Here’s why. When someone laments the “Americanization” of something, they are speaking from a culturally conservative point of view.…
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Good Pain vs Bad Pain
I can’t find a good online definition for “pain”. They all talk about physical pain being “discomfort caused by illness or injury”. Martial artists, heck, anyone who has done fifty sit-ups on a whim knows that pain doesn’t have to come from “illness or injury”. Do me a favor. Reach over and pinch your arm. Feel that? Is there…
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Introductory Classes
If there is one thing that my students and I all agree on, it is that we need a new location for our school. Something permanent where we can stretch out, push ourselves, enjoy ourselves, and become the best martial artists that we can be. In order to do this, we simply need more students.…