Words I never thought in my 40+ years I would ever use to describe myself. I began my martial arts journey at Kuk Sool Won Kirkcaldy in 2012 at 31 years of age to fill in my time after finishing my amateur show jumping career and to keep myself in shape. I don't...
And how it’s taken me a while to figure it out. I know I enjoy martial arts but I’ve never been able to say why, so over the last few months I decided to actually get to the bottom of it. It sounded like a pretty quick thing to do but how wrong I was: it took me quite...
Hey there, folks! Today, I want to dive into a topic that seems to come up regularly. I'm pretty sure many of you have had this same conversation before. So, picture this, I’m having a casual chat with a student who used to train Kuk Sool and I say: "Hey, you used to...
The Dojang is the place where we practice our martial arts. The word Dojang literally translates as Way-Place (Do-Jang). Or the place to learn the way. On the mats is a place of endless opportunities and possibilities for overcoming all kinds of limitations. Sparring...
2 years ago, during the lockdown, we decided to renovate an old mill that had been operating as a gym to give us the space we’d been dreaming about, allowing us to offer the more integrated approach to health and wellness that we’d been developing. What does...
I am going to come out and start saying Kuk Sool is an excellent Martial Art in its own right, but this is how it can fit with other sports and activities. We came to Kuk Sool Won in January 2015 at a point in my son’s sporting development that he was entering the...
Did you know there's foods that are full of anti-nutrients?They work to deplete nutrients from your body. Or may contain no nutrients at all! These are nutrients the body could've used to support your immune system. As a result limit repair within the body. Advice on...