Any grappling?

[marysson]

Does TSD have any grappling components?

 

[Distance]

From my experience my instructors incorporated elememts of Hapkido in classes. This was all the rolls, falls, joint manipulations but not so much grappling at all. In fact, I had other meathods of learning grappling because the lack of it in Tang Soo Do. I must say that strikes within the grappling (what little I am familiar with) prove to be effective due to Tang Soo Do Technique.

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[JT_the_Ninja]

C.S. Kim Karate schools teach self-defense grabs, and I assume they're traditional TSD, though it wouldn't change my training at all if they had a different origin.

Self-defense grabs involve partners taking turns grabbing each other's wrists, sleeves, etc. and responding with an escape and counter (and often a throw). Basic combinations are simply escaping the opponent's grasp and striking back, but some of the higher-level ones focus on precise grabs in order to put pressure on pressure points and (were it a real situation) break bones. I seem to recall an article in a martial arts magazine (Black Belt maybe?) where Choong Jae Nim demonstrated one of these; it was titled "The Big D" or something to that effect.

Anyway, my sa bom nim told me that originally all blocks were meant for starting grapples. A high block would not only defend from a strike but allow the defender to grab his attacker's arm and counter.

I hope this does something to answer your question.