Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center

Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center offers training in Kuk Sool Won, a comprehensive Korean martial art system that includes hand techniques, pressure point striking, striking with the arm and shoulder, blocking and parrying, and a wide range of kicking skills from fundamental and advanced kicks to pressure point and specialty kicking. Students also practice throws, pressure point grappling, grappling defense, wrestling techniques, ground fighting, joint lock techniques, restraining methods, joint breaking techniques, combination joint locking, control and redirection techniques, arresting and pain-compliance techniques, falling techniques, acrobatics, body conditioning and agility techniques, body protection techniques, overall stretching and flexibility training, cardiovascular conditioning, muscle toning, ligament and tendon strengthening, joint flexibility and bone conditioning, and animal techniques. Training includes traditional Korean weapons, martial art healing methods such as acupressure, acupuncture, internal energy systems, herbal medicine, and also covers meditation, breathing, breath control techniques, meditation and breathing postures, and concentration techniques.

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

Now in its 31st year, Gold Country Kuk Sool Won Family Martial Arts Center follows the Kuk Sool Won system, which is described as an extremely well-organized martial arts system that seeks to integrate and explore the entire spectrum of established Asian fighting arts and body conditioning techniques. The curriculum includes 24 different traditional Korean Royal Court weapons and includes the study of healing techniques and the development of internal power in addition to physical training. Kuk Sool Won is a trademarked name of the martial art organization to describe the martial arts practiced at this center, and it was first recognized by the Korean government in 1963; in 1975, Kuk Sa Nim In Hyuk Suh established an international organization called World Kuk Sool Association. The program offers a free private introductory lesson. The mission statement for Kuk Sool Won says that mental development is of equal importance and that it helps to instill self-confidence and self-discipline, a calm self-assurance, and the psychological and spiritual values traditionally associated with the character of a martial artist.

Last updated April 2, 2026.