| One of my favorite martial arts is Junsado because it | | | | or static. And footwork can be defensive, or offensive. |
| is very practical in the modern world and can save | | | | These many options are what allow Junsado to be so |
| your life in a self-defense situation. Many forms of | | | | responsive and versatile. Junsado also include armed |
| martial arts used to be relevant in their times but are | | | | combat that utilize perception and deception. The goal |
| not as realistic or beneficial in the modern world. | | | | is that your opponent will not be able to predict or |
| Furthermore, many martial arts are not very practical in | | | | perceive what you intend to do. Moves that are |
| real life self-defense situations and are better suited as | | | | telegraphed rarely connect or are effective. By |
| a sport. Junsado is a very realistic and practical martial | | | | masking intended plans and using decoy movements |
| art designed by Master Sang H. Kim. Master Sang H. | | | | you can make more efficient use of your energy and |
| Kim was an agent for the 202 Unit of the Korean | | | | your time. Deceptions can be obvious or unseen. An |
| Military and designed the Junsado system of combat | | | | obvious deception could be a misdirected movement, |
| for real self defense scenario. | | | | such as faking a strike to the face and following it with |
| The basic premise behind Junsado is being able to | | | | a low kick that is unguarded against because the |
| adapt to the changes that occur during a fight or | | | | opponent moved to guard their face. Unseen |
| confrontation. Junsado teaches one to adapt and | | | | deceptions involve making movements appear |
| react to changes in attitude, leverage, speed, and | | | | unplanned. For example, when you throw a hand strike |
| environment. Every movement has five stages that | | | | you should not pull the hand back. Instead the strike |
| occur in order. They include preparation, execution, | | | | should be thrown from its static point in the stance so |
| impact, follow through, and finish or repose. Moves | | | | it is not seen coming. |
| include hand strikes, kicks, and joint locks. Stances and | | | | Junsado does not have any belts or any certification. |
| footwork are highly important. There are two kinds of | | | | Master Sang H. Kim stressed self teaching and self |
| stances, the full stance and the half stance. The | | | | training. No one practices Junsado to show off in class, |
| different stances allow different types of moves. | | | | or put together a list of belts and awards to recite to |
| In Junsado there are many different classifications of | | | | people to impress them. Junsado is all about self |
| moves. Hand techniques can be closed, or open. | | | | defense in real life scenarios, and that is what the |
| Elbow strikes are circular, or linear. Joint locks are | | | | heart of the martial arts is all about. |
| standing or ground based. Take downs are dynamic, | | | | |