Im always hearing about “ancient” martial arts techniques. How old is Kuk Sool?
A. The techniques in Kuk Sool are, indeed, “ancient” — drawn from hundreds of years of Korean martial arts history (researched and compiled personally by our founder, Grandmaster Suh In Hyuk). The art of “Kuk Sool” (“National Martial Art”) was first developed in the late 1950’s in Korea, but the actual system of “Kuk Sool”, was founded in the early 1960’s. Putting together a complex and comprehensive system of forms and techniques based on historical Korean martial arts and containing techniques from all of the indigenous martial arts of Korea, it was Grandmaster Suh’s intent to “return” their martial arts history to the Korean people by bringing together techniques that had been practiced in secret for many years (and in some cases almost lost forever). Because of this, even though the style itself is relatively new, Kuk Sool is often described as a “living history of the Korean martial arts” and represents the most comprehensive system of traditional Korean martial arts in the world
