Kyŏksul
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 격술 |
| Revised Romanization : | Gyeoksul |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kyŏksul |
Kyŏksul ( Kyŏk 'pushing, stabbing, striking, attacking'; Sul 'art, technique, fighting with deliberation', mostly written Gjogsul , occasionally Gyoksul ) is a martial art from North Korea , which is practiced there mainly within the Korean People's Army . It was also widespread in Eastern Europe in the states of the former Warsaw Pact .
history
There is a legend about Kyŏksul that it was developed by Kim Il-sung in 1926 to fight the Japanese . It is said to have developed from Taekgyeon .
Kyŏksul was further developed to fight the more muscular, larger Europeans in the Korean War 1950–1953. Further developments are said to have taken place as a result of the conflict with South Korea, such as an underwater technique consisting of hand techniques.
Kyŏksul in the National People's Army
Kyŏksul came to the GDR in 1988 after Colonel General Horst Stechbarth, after negotiations with the North Korean People's Army, enabled a three-week course in the GDR, during which the NVA trained hand- to-hand combat instructors in Kyŏksul. The system had previously been successfully introduced in the People's Republic of Poland .
The NVA instructors developed the military close combat of the NVA further and introduced the system as a whole, especially in NVA paratrooper units .
literature
- Frank Pelny: Gjogsul - Military close combat in the NVA. ISBN 3-8334-2228-9