The Cheongye Kwan Concept

The Cheongye Kwan’s concepts of combat incorporates the flowing application of changing from system to system without conscious thought. For example, a single opponent encounter may use a defensive combination of 3 or 4 styles in order to end the opponents attack. It may start with defensive blocking techniques that are utilised in Tang Soo Do or Kuk Sool Won and then lead into counter attacking measures from Taekwondo or Yudo and then culminate in the finishing of the encounter with tactics from Hap Ki Do or Tukong Musul.

Over time through training in the various methods and techniques, the students can then apply the concept to the attack by subconsciously knowing and choosing how much of each method is needed at each stage of the defence to be successful. The fight may only take place standing, and may not go to the ground, or it may go to the ground very quickly and take place on the floor. Using the Cheongye Kwan Concept will facilitate the students to develop over time a knowledge base of various methods that they can utilise and rely on at any given point during the fight.

All of this is done with a flow and without the deliberate thought of the styles being used, this is what we call the Cheongye Kwan Concept, subconsciously changing and adapting between systems. It is the absence of intentional thought from style to style to use the most effective elements to create the best possible outcome from the encounter.

The ability to switch from system to system affectively during the fight comes from the Cheongye Kwan exposing its students to the elements of the multiple systems, such as the use of Yudo’s throwing and holding techniques or Hap Ki Do’s locking and breaking techniques. The more the student trains, the more exposure they are given to the various methods which ultimately results in a larger database for the subconscious to draw from during the confrontation.

We are not a Martial Arts multi-style, we are one complete Martial Arts system that originated from the combining of Martial Arts ideals which we added to our own philosophy from which our concept was formed to create one fluid system!