Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center

Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center offers morning, afternoon, and evening classes that include hand techniques, pressure point striking, striking with the arm and shoulder, and blocking and parrying. Students practice fundamental and advanced kicks, pressure point kicking, specialty kicking, throws, pressure point grappling, grappling defense, wrestling techniques, ground fighting, restraining methods, joint breaking techniques, combination joint locking, and control and redirection techniques. Classes also cover arresting and pain-compliance techniques, falling and acrobatics, body conditioning and agility techniques, body protection techniques, acrobatics for defense and offense, overall stretching and flexibility training, cardiovascular conditioning, muscle toning, ligament and tendon strengthening, joint flexibility and bone conditioning, animal techniques, traditional Korean weapons training, martial art healing methods, acupressure, acupuncture, internal energy systems, herbal medicine, meditation, breathing, various breath control techniques, meditation and breathing postures, and concentration techniques.

• Schedule: Morning, afternoon, and evening classes are offered six days a week.

Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center offers a free private introductory lesson. The program practices Kuk Sool Won, an extremely well-organized and comprehensive Korean martial art style that seeks to integrate and explore the entire spectrum of established Asian fighting arts and body conditioning techniques, and its curriculum includes 24 different traditional Korean Royal Court weapons. Kuk Sool Won is a trademarked name of the martial art organization to describe the martial arts practiced at this center and was first recognized by the Korean government in 1963. The center is now in its 31st year. Mental development in Kuk Sool Won is stated as being of equal importance and is described as including self-confidence, self-discipline, calm self-assurance, and psychological and spiritual values traditionally associated with the character of a martial artist.

Last updated July 2, 2026.