Studying Kyokushin

[JungSooHan]

Hello, I wish to know how the translation from Jidokwan Taekwondo to Kyokushin would be? I admire how traditional your art remains after the decades wereas ive seen TaeKwonDo Degrade to a form of buisness than a way one should live his life. I was also wondering if the principles i learn and retain from Kyokushin could easily be translated back to taekwondo to create a sort of revitalization to the art.

[ojgsxr6]

Well, I know you'll have to learn how to kick again. Do yourself a favor and forget how you threw the TKD roundhouse. Your stance is going to be a little wider more like the muay thai/boxing stance than the side stance that is popular with TKD and most karate. This is coming from at least a year in a TKDesq karate school.

[JungSooHan]

Thank You For your Reply

[JungSooHan]

I was wondering if perhaps there were instructors of kyokushin in korea, there are are they great teachers?

[ojgsxr6]

If you're in Korea, I heard TKD is undergoing a great change. It's becoming more like Kyokushin/Enshin and some schools becoming more like Daido Juko.

I would check this thread out:
http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=33982

This member, Derauslander108, is probably the most knowledgable person on TKD I know. If there is a Kyokushin school in Korea he'd know about it, but if there is a TKD school that embraces it's roots he'd know about it too.

[kakatootoshi]

Dear JungSooHan,
Here are the contacts of kyokushin instructors in korea:

IKO-Matsui
Sensei Park Jae Keun
Branch Chief Tel: +82-2-32731311
Fax: +82-2-3272-8883
Kyokushin Karate Korea
#42,Yong Mun Dong
Yong San Gu
140-832, Seoul
e-mail: 48sports@daum.net

Sensei Kim Koung Hun
Branch Chief Tel: +82-51-555-2604
Fax: +82-51-555-2604
Mobile: +82-10-4843-7550
B1, Lucky minam Bldg. 1428-43 Onchon
2 Dong Dongrea-gu
Pusan
e-mail: kon1971@hanmail.net

WKO
Contact
Il-Nam Kim (1 Dan)
120 members
Address
203-6 2F, Jang Jun 1 dong, kumjungku, Busan, Korea
Tel/Fax
82-51-515-8334
E-Mail
kbcenter@naver.com

Kyokushinkan
Shin Tae Kyun
International Committee member, Asia
722-3, Banpodong
Seochogu
Seoul
137-040
(phone) 82-2-2203-6643
(fax) 82-2-2203-6612
stkdmkks@hanmail.net

[Martin H]

Kyokushin is actualy quite strong in korea. They have some very good fighters.

[JungSooHan]

Thank you.