Tukong Moosul
Tukong Moosul
Tukong Moosul or Teuk Gong Moo Sul can be translated as Special purpose Martial Art. It was created for South Korean Special Forces.
Techniques Tukong Moosul is a blend of ?hard? and ?soft? styles of martial art. Its initial aim was to develop practical and effective martial art combat techniques for the use of soldiers. Tukong Moosul is characterized by the use of techniques derived from various other martial arts like Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Kung Fu, Hap Ki Do, Aikido, Ju Jutsu, and others
Tukong Moosul practitioner is trained in four areas of techniques; Throwing and leverage techniques, hand techniques, feet techniques, and weapons techniques.
Tukong Moosul techniques takes account of the fact that in actual combat distance from the opponent goes through several changes. Unlike most martial arts which have techniques for dealing with just two distances (basically hand striking distance and feet striking distance), Tukong Moosul provide for six distances using most effective techniques adapted from various other martial arts.
Main components of Tukong Moosul training as described by one of the founders, Won Ik Yi, are; Basic body conditioning to make the best use of it, More advanced conditioning of the body using acupuncture and acupressure, Movements of the body in forms and steps, Weapons techniques both modern and traditional, Ip-sun or Tai Chi, Ki Kong or Ki Energy Training.
History Around 1269 martial arts (Moosul) began to be practiced in Dae Yeon Sa Buddhist Temple in what is now North Korea. In seventeenth century temple was moved to what is now South Korea and several masters from China joined it bringing the influence of Chinese martial arts. Eun Kwang Bup Sa became head master of temple in 1955. Won ik Yi entered the temple as a child in 1964 and learned the martial arts there under Eun Kwang Bup Sa. He later joined the Korean Special Forces.
In 1970s due to inadequacies in martial arts taught to the military then and in response to a martial art developed for North Korean military, South Korean government wanted to create a more effective martial art for its soldiers. A commander of the Korean Special Forces General Chang Ki Oh ordered several martial art masters in Special Forces to create an elite, modern, and effective martial art. The masters involved were In Ki Kim, Yong Kwi Han, Sung Pok Choi, Sung Ho Lee, Jin Kwon Kim, and Won Ik Yi. Later No Won Park also contributed.
Resulting Moosul is an amalgamation of traditional martial art taught at the temple and the innovations based on scientific research and principles. Military version of Tukong Moosul then called Tukjun Moosul, was created in 1978. Special Tukong Battalions were created in Divisions of South Korean military with the result that hundreds of thousands of Koreans now know Tukong Moosul.
Tukong Moosul training has since spread to civilians and from 1980s to foreign countries especially United States. The aim of Tukong Moosul for civilians according Yi is to develop a sense of accomplishment, confidence in self, and understanding of value of life.