I recently spoke with a colleague of mine that practices Myo Sim Karate about So Rim Jang Kwon and its origins. While discussing Myo Sim, I found it interesting that Myo Sim's founder, Master Sung H. Hong, studied under Master Lee, Nam-Suk who studied under Master Yoon, Byung-In who first studied martial arts in Manchuria - the same place Grandmaster Kee, Hwang supposedly studied Northern Chinese Kempo.

At that point, I asked what forms that are part of the Myo Sim curriculum come from this Chu'an-fa influence.

The three forms we discussed were:

Don Kwon (Tuanquan) - short fist

Chang Kwon (Changquan) - long fist

Pal Ki Kwon (Bajiquan) - 8 flags fist

I was wondering if anyone knew anything more about these forms and if there is a connection to So Rim Jang Kwon.

the names of these sets are very intriguing to me...any place i can get a look at them? videos? books? schools on the central coast area in california?-J

You can watch So Ho Yun on Master Mac's site.

I've seen some videos of them, but they weren't anything you could purchase. There are some TKD schools who do them.

But none of them are the MDK SRJK.

JH