Riverview Martial Arts

28/07/14 16:43

On June 28th and 29th Master Garbowsky traveled to Riverview Martial Arts in Rocky River, OH to official accept Mr. Alan Ritvo and Riverview Martial Arts into the Independent Tang Soo Do Association. Master Garbowsky was accompanied by Mr. Denny Pruni and along with presenting Mr. Ritvo with an ‘official’ Acceptance Letter conducted two training clinics.

On Saturday June 28th Mr. Ritvo and Mr. Pruni trained for 3 hours on the Independent Tang Soo Do’s curriculum for senior Yu Dan Ja including advanced hyung. On Sunday, Master Garbowsky was able to introduce the students of Riverview Martial Arts to Bunhae Ki Sul (分解術 / 분해 기술) or the practical application of techniques contained in the Traditional Hyung of Tang Soo Do.

In the Tang Soo Do community the practice of Bunhae Ki Sul is some what unique to the Independent Tang Soo Do Association. This statement is made because of the belief that the techniques contained in the Tang Soo Do Hyung are not widely practiced in a practical application setting. In the traditional Japanese martial art systems the term Bunkai is generally used. ‘Bunhae’ in Korean means to break down or analyze and ‘Ki Sul’ means technique.

The practice of Hyung or Kata in Japanese is common and traditional Tang Soo Do shares many of its hyung with other martial arts systems. The forms we practice can be found in Shotokan Karate, Isshin Ryu and Shito Ryu Karate-do systems, not to mention some of the older Chinese styles of fighting. Many people practice the forms, but few practice them in way that lets the practitioner understand how to utilize the techniques in any practical com- bative setting. If you study the writings of past Karate-do masters you will find that they placed an exceptional amount of emphasis on the practice of hyung. There must have been a reason why! That reason is that the form set of Tang Soo Do or Karate-do contains a complete and very effective fighting style!

The training session was very well received and all of the students who attended throughly embraced the material that was being taught.

Master Garbowsky is proud and honored to have Mr. Ritvo and Riverview Martial Arts as part of the Independent Tang Soo Do Association! For more photo’s from this training session you can visit our photo page.

Tang Soo!

Master Gene Garbowsky