The curriculum of the martial art of Kuk Sool does contain animal techniques. Unlike Chinese arts which may form a style around the characteristics of a single animal, Kuk Sool looks to view animals as a whole. There are things we can learn from animal fighting styles and techniques, but we are humans, not animals. Thus when Kuk Sool views animal techniques, they take principles from the animals and adapt them to human means.
Some years ago I found a reprint of an article that discussed animal techniques in Kuk Sool. The website is long gone, but I saved the article in PDF’s.
- Kuk Sool Won’s Fighting Animals article (you must read this first to understand the context of the other PDFs)
- Crane
- Eagle
- Mantis
- Snake
- Tiger
Here’s an old video of Master Barry Harmon demonstrating various animal techniques.
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