Sweden Gongkwon yusul

Welcome! This is the official site for Gongkwon Yusul in Sweden.
Our Objectives:

1. Train, teach and promote the Korean Martial art of "Gongkwon Yusul" as developed and taught by its founder Master Kang Jun.
2. Act as the official representative of Gongkwon Yusul in Sweden.
3. Assist with the promulgation of information about Gongkwon Yusul in Swedish-spiking world.

Gongkwon Yusul is a modern Korean martial art system founded by Kang Jun in 1996. Its main influences include the martial arts of Hapkido(Yoo Sool Kwan and Hwarangdo), (Hakko-ryu) jujutsu, Judo and Kyuktooki (Korean style Thai-boxing). Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather than the static applications, more in common in traditional styles of Hapkido.
It also varies from Hapkido in that many of its hand techniques are strongly influenced by Western boxing and that a significant part of Gongkwon Yusul training is in groundwork applying techniques more akin to Judo or Brazilian Jujitu, than most Hapkido styles.
In a sense Gongkwon Yusul in an attempt to combine the practical, free-flowing technique application, often seen in mixed martial arts, whilst still retaining many traditional martial art attributes, such as uniforms, terminology and ranking structure.
Since its foundation the art has grown rapidly in its home county of Korea with many gyms around Seoul and also some regional areas of South Korea. Very few places outside of Korea exist where this art is taught. The first was established in Brazil in 2006, the second in Melbourne in 2007, the third in Australia in 2008 and now in Stockholm, Sweden.

Master Hamid Fazeli receives his official Gongkwon Yusul Black Belt certificate from Master Kang Jun, becoming the first instructor in Sweden.

Note: The information on this site is compiled from several sources Due to language differences any mistakes, omissions or misrepresentations on this site are inadvertent errors on our part.

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