Yuk ro Hyung

The Kwon Bup [fist fighting method] section of the Moo Yei Do Bo Tong Ji describes the most effective techniques for empty hand combat that were known up to the time (aproximately 1790). These were interpreted by Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee and he created the six Yuk Ro Hyungs from them.The name Yuk Ro comes from the MooYei Do Bo Tong Ji. Yuk Ro, which means "Six Paths" are meant to strengthen a practitioner's bones and make them very hard for sustaining very little injury in the event of an attack and then inflicting greater injury to an adversary in battle.

The Six-Fold Path is related to the Chil Sung Hyung in its intent of development. Chil Sung Hyung are intended to develop the artist as a person and Yuk Ro Hyung are intended to develop the artist as a warrior.

1- Yuk Ro Cho Dan or Du Mun which means (enter) Top or Great Gate.  As a martial artist, you must open your mind to information. Indeed, the gateway to the mind if often the   most difficult to open, and why it is known as the Great Gate.

2- Yuk Ro Ee Dan or Joong Jul which means Cutting the Middle. As a martial artist, much of the information that passes through the Great Gate will be either useful information that is obscured by fluff and is just pure useful knowledge.

3- Yuk Ro Sam Dan or Po Wol which means Embracing the Moon. When you've cut through the middle and sorted what has passed through the Great Gate, embrace the information you've discovered.

4- Yuk Ro Sa Dan or Yang Pyun which means high whip.  You will come to a point where your martial art skill will be at its highest, and as a warrior, like a lone person, high atop a hill, wielding a whip, and no one will be able to touch you.

5- Yuk Ro O Dan or Sahl Chu which means Killing Mace. With experience, you will have much knowledge and power and be able to kill with one blow, like a heavy hammer against your enemy

6- Yuk Ro Yuk Dan or Choong Ro which means Jumping, Capturing.  You will realize that with all your knowledge, it is not being untouchable or being able to kill with one blow that makes you a skilled martial artist, but being able to capture your enemy WITHOUT causing injury.
 By practicing the Yuk Ro, you walk the path to becoming a great, trusted and noble warrior

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