Comprehensive. Versatile. Wide-ranging. All-inclusive.

All, or each, of the above terms are, sometimes carelessly, used to describe a martial art in the hope that a potential student will walk through the door to the training area. Well, dear reader, I use those terms carefully and deliberately!

Kuk Sool Won^TM delivers! But only if you follow the three Ps:

Patience. Perseverance. Practice.

Actually, that should be five Ps:

Patience. Perseverance. Practice. Practice. Practice.

By the time a student is awarded a first degree black belt in this martial art, what has she/he learned? It is easy enough to give an answer using numbers:

• 231 self-defence techniques, which require knowledge and application of pressure points, joint locks, punches, kicks, throwing and breakfalls.

• Six forms, in which position of the feet is so important for balance, various kicks and punches have to be attempted, and proper breathing is essential.