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Post by Colin Wee on Mar 1, 2004 17:20:10 GMT 8
“The 19th King of the Korguryo Dynasty. He recovered all the lost territories including the greater part of Manchuria. The foot diagram represents the expansion and recovery of the lost territory” (http://www.itatkd.com/pattern_kwanggae.html). According to www.tkdtutor.com/10Patterns/10KwangGae/KwangaeInfo.htm, “Kwang Gae was very bold and ambitious when he was young and, after he succeeded to the throne, he undertook the great task of expanding the land holdings of the Koryo Dynasty. During his reign, he regained all the lost territories. According to the record embedded in his great tombstone, 64 castles and 1400 villages were attacked and conquered by Kwang Gae”. Most of whatever little appears in our research points to the expansion and recovery of lost territory when discussing Kwang-gae. Such a mindset as Kwang-gae had calls for a fighter to have both great determination and a macro-perspective of the combative landscape. Most fighters have narrowed tunnel vision when approaching an enemy. Given the realities of streetfighting or multiple person drills, there will be other enemies around, and the environment can always be used for or against you when fighting.
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Post by Colin Wee on Nov 30, 2005 11:16:38 GMT 8
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Post by Colin Wee on Jan 4, 2006 23:14:58 GMT 8
The Kwang Gae we practice has more variations with the current ITF pattern than any other pattern to this level. The following describes variations: Step 1: Rather than hanging the leg to the left and in the air, the leg is brought up to the knee and stamped down when the palms strike together. Step 4 & 6: This is done with a diagonal step forward. Some videos I see for TKD patterns online show a normal lunge or walking step forward. Step 5 & 7: This is a normal soodo rather than a low soodo. Step 16 & 20: This is a backfist for us. I'm not sure but I think you do a hammerfist. Step 25 & 29: done with a diagonal step backwards. iaomas1.proboards14.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Usethisboardtodiscussapplicationsformovementscontainedinpatternskataforms&thread=1127200702&page=3
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Post by Colin Wee on Jul 26, 2006 15:51:34 GMT 8
Step 1: Don't hold on to my hands! This is a nice defence against someone grabbing your wrists from the front. Just do the upward circle with your hands and bring the top of their wrists together over their head ... hard. If you do it fast it becomes surprisingly easy to do!
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Post by Colin Wee on May 22, 2007 13:09:42 GMT 8
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