Chun Tu Moo Sool

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What is Chun Tu Moo Sool?Chun Tu Moo Sool ( CTMS) is Korean for “Combat Martial Arts”.

Pronounced as [Chuhn Too Moo Soo l]

Chun Tu Moo Sool is a modernized self defense system that finds its roots in manysystems of martial arts. CTMS incorporates movement from Kick Boxing and

Kenpo, strikes from HapKiDo, Kenpo, and Boxing, Grappling from Jiu Jitsu andWrestling, Kicks from HapKiDo and Muay Thai, Self Defense Techniques fromHapKiDo, Jiu Jitsu, Kenpo, and Krav Maga, and finally Weapons from Arnis andNinjitsu.



Chun Tu Moo Sool’s effectiveness comes from years of study of many systems of Martial Arts, a current study of the culture, and an analytical mind that is willingto ask the questions “What works and is relevant?” and “What is best for thestudents safety?” I have studied Martial Arts systems that would not changetheir curriculum for anything, even if it’s not relevant any longer (sadly this is thecase with most schools.). I have studied systems that have hundreds of self defense techniques, yet half of them are against wrist grabs. Do notmisunderstand; CTMS has 15-20 defenses against wrist grabs and theaforementioned system was a very thorough program but I realize that moststudents do not become lifelong martial artists. Most quit training before a yearis over. I wanted to create a well rounded system that was easy to learn and thatanyone can take with them and use years down the road. I have also studiedsystems that had no set curriculum and while this was spontaneous, fun andreduced the stress of learning a system, I found that if I did not write down the

techniques and teach them to someone else, I would not truly absorb thematerial.



CTMS teaches a curriculum of basic techniques and movement, grapplingtechniques, self defense techniques, striking combinations, weapon techniques

and defenses. As it applies to the self defense techniques, three things must beremembered:

1. Defenses must be simple and effective.2. There are to be no more than five types of defenses against the same type

of attack. We do not want our students having to sort through a plethoraof techniques when trying to save their life. We want them to have animmediate and effective response.

3. They must be relative to the culture. An example of a technique not beingrelevant any longer would be the classic training method of each partnerfacing each other in a front stance with one chambering a punch and theother executing a low block. They both yell when they are ready. Trainingshould be safe but as realistic as possible. Another example would be if there was an instructor in Malawi, Africa. In Malawi, rape is a commoncrime. The terrain is different, as are the available weapons. All thesefactors need to be taken into consideration during training.



Instead of insisting on a “set” curriculum, instructors are highly encouraged tofollow the principles and teach effective self defense for your time period and

location. Instructors are encouraged to teach using as many methods as possible.Examples include but are not limited to; heavy bags, shadow boxing, mitt work,combinations, light sparring (little contact focusing on speed and dangeroustechniques), hard sparring (full contact and realistic power), grappling, three stepsparring, no contact sparing (deadly/crippling techniques), weapons training, and“new” and/or “unorthodox” methods.



Why create a new art?

I used to hate it when I heard that some young guy had “created” a new system.I would say things like “There is nothing new under the sun.” “There are only somany ways a body can move.” Does he really think that he has created somethingnew?” Yet here I am presenting this “new” system to you. Why? It is not that Ihave developed something new or surpassed my instructors. In fact, I honor allof them. I learned so much from each on and they have as much to do with

creating this system as I do. I am confident that every technique in CTMS hasbeen used by someone at some time. The reason I created CTMS was for thefollowing reasons.

1. CTMS is an art at its core that is ever adapting. Most arts get solidified andwill not vary from the curriculum. We see this even at some Jeet Kun Doplaces. (JKD was Bruce Lee’s philosophy on martial arts. It was neverintended to be a codified martial art. Most JKD schools do well to teachtechnique and philosophy but occasionally a JKD school will becomecodified in the way they do things.) One place that I studied at for two anda half years taught the same curriculum on the same schedule the entiretime. I learned a lot from that master but every class was the same. Icame back 10 years later and NOTHING had changed. The curriculum,schedule, everything was exactly the same. His system was not growing oradapting. Though CTMS has a curriculum to go by, this curriculum is drivenby the philosophy of the system which says that it must be relevant to theculture. Therefore the system should adapt.

2. Sport infiltrates every sy stem at one point or another. Don’tmisunderstand; I am not against sports, testing your skills, safety, orentertainment, I have personally been involved in Tae Kwon Dotournaments, Jiu Jitsu tournaments, Boxing matches, Kick Boxing matches,



and MMA matches. I have trained people for said events as well. What Iam against is a CTMS school being driven by sports. Even though I trainpeople to compete, CTMS is a martial art, not a combative sport.

3. As mentioned in the above school, not only was it stuck in the tradition of the school but it did not evolve with the culture. I find this true of manyschools and systems. I wanted to create a curriculum that would aseffective in 500 years as it is today. I believe if my successors adhere to thephilosophies and practices of CTMS, this system will continue to beeffective for years to come.

4. Another reason CTMS was created was that I did not see an emphasis oncombinations throughout the Martial community as a whole. The strikingschools stayed with simple combos but rarely branched out of the basics.CTMS Starts with basic and simple techniques and moves to more complexcombos. As a Student learns new techniques, they are added into thecombinations. My experience with most grappling schools is that theyfocused on techniques but rarely used combinations. CTMS focuses oncombinations. We quickly move from single techniques to combos.

5. When people asked what I taught, it was always a question that I hated toanswer. If I said “self defense” they would ask “What style to you teach?”If I rattled off the list (“Tae Kwon Do, HapKiDo, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Kenpo,and Arnis”) they would either get lost in the list, think that I didn’t knowwhat I was doing, or brand me by their perception of the first, last, or mostrecognizable style mentioned. Trust me, I tried this approach. I evenmixed up the order of the systems just to see if I got a different reaction…I

did. After I went out on a limb and said “Chun Tu Moo Sool” I would get apuzzl ed look followed by “I’ve never heard of that before.” That gave methe opportunity to respond by saying “Chun Tu Moo Sool means ‘CombatMartial Arts’. It is a self defense system that uses techniques fromHapKiDo, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Kenpo, and Arnis .” It worked! That’s the



nudge I needed to go ahead and put a name to the principles that I hadbeen teaching. In October of 2008 CTMS was born.

What are the philosophies that drive CTMS?

The philosophies of CTMS must not change. The techniques can change as longas there carry the heart of CTMS. When this principle renders CTMS ineffective asa self Defense system, it is then time to label CTMS as out dated and find a newsystem to train in.

1. It is fine for a CTMS school to train students for sport and fitness; however, thefollowing factor must always be present. Self Defense. The primary

Philosophy behind CTMS is self defense.

2. The curriculum must be relevant to the culture. If an instructor is teaching ina combat war zone, his teaching must address the needs of the solders. If an

instructor is teaching in an area where people are being assaulted by a handgun wielding assailant, the instructor should spend a significant amount of histime teaching hand gun defenses. This will cause the art to evolve from placeto place and time to time.



3. Use of force. There are a plethora of moral, social, mental, and emotional

issues here. I do not know you or your situation but here is the official CTMSguideline to use of force.

Become informed on your legal rights concerning self defense in thearea in which you live and or will travel.

If you can avoid a conflict, it is your responsibility as a trained martialartist to do so.

If you cannot avoid a conflict, only do what is necessary, to keepyourself free of harm until you can find the opportunity to escape.

If you cannot escape, do all that is necessary to incapacitate yourassailant. Then cease your attack until your advisory makes youresume. As a side note, when I say incapacitate, I do not mean tostun them or knock them to the ground. While that may be the caseconsider breaking a bone, rendering a joint useless, knocking themunconscious, or (in some extreme situations) taking their life.Remember, it is better to be judged by your peers for defendingyourself than to be carried by your family and friends for failing to doso.



4. CTMS must be well rounded. Even though the CTMS instructors are

encouraged to modify their curriculum, it must remain effective in all forms of combat. A true CTMS instructor is good at self defense, weapons, grappling,and striking. No CTMS school or student should be so focused on one aspectof self defense that they could be labeled as a “grappler”, “striker”, or“weapons expert”. A CTMS practitioner is a self defense expert.

5. D.E.A.R. verses D.E.A.D. Every student of CTMS is encouraged to go throughthis process during training for a confrontation.

Both “D’s” stand for Distract. Always use a distraction technique. Thiscould be calling attention to the situation, dropping a wallet, or striking theattacker. The distraction may be effective enough to cause a completedresolution of the situation (for example, if you start to yell “fire” and peoplecome running, your attacker may leave or you might strike your attacker inthe knee with a scoop kick and incapacitate him), however, a distraction ismeant to aid you in your escape.

Both E’s stand for Escape. This could be escaping the room, area, holdingtechnique, or any of attack. The escape does not mean that you arecompletely out of danger but that the immediate threat has been halted.

Both A’s stand for analyze. This must be practiced every day in training; it issomething that must become effortless. In a confrontation, this step mustbegin the moment that you realize that you are in danger. This stepdetermines what you do next.



R stands for Retreat. A note to my fellow ego-maniacs. Self Defense hasnothing to do with Ego. Run if you can. Fight dirty if you must. If youmust prove how superior you are to others, enter a competition. If youstay to fight, you could be a dominant victor, severely injured, killed or evenif you do win the loser of the confrontation may strike back at you againwith a more deadly weapon, a group of people, or even by hurting yourloved ones. Your safety and that of you loved ones is not worth your ego.If I am confronted by someone in my house and I am alone, I should fightuntil I can get out of the house. The confrontation may be resolved bythen but escape should be my goal.

D stands for Destroy. If you have no other option, fight until the attacker isincapable of retaliating at that moment. This could include but is notlimited to a simple eye poke, knocking the opponent out, controlling themwith a joint lock, breaking a bone or event killing them. In the aboveanalogy, now play my wife and children in the house with me. I will notleave the house. I will stay and fight until I hear them drive away or untilthe attacker is completely incapacitated.

Additional Self Defense Principles

The following principles are not fundamental to CTMS; however, they are goodprinciples to consider.

1. The triple A’s of Self Defense . Self Defense is primarily about keepingyourself out of harm’s way. The triple A’s will help.

*Attitude. Be Confident. Even If you are not naturally a confident person,fake it. Fake confidence until you can feel it welling up inside you. Youcan learn a great deal of confidence. Believe me; I used to be anunconfident introvert. If two identical twins wearing the same outfit,hairstyle, make up, ect walk into a parking lot and one exudes confidence



and the other is visibly insecure, the predator will target the insecure oneevery time.

*Avoidance. If you think someone is following you, go into a well lit andwell populated place. If you are driving and you are being followed do notgo to the police station. Police officers are on the street patrolling.Instead, go to the emergency room drop off door. Never go somewhereyou know you shouldn’t go. Do everything in your power to avoid thingsgetting physical. At this point it may seem as though CTMS in a runningprogram but it is not. It is a self defense system and remembers the rule of force principle. If we follow it, it is our legal covering for when we do whatwe must to defend ourselves.

At this point I would like to illustrate with a story.



Chun Tu Moo Sool

Combat Martial Arts

Level One (White belt with black tip)

Basics

Stances – Boxing stance, Cross arm stance, Hands up stance Footwork – step and slide Hand strikes – Jab, Cross, Uppercut, In block Kicks – Knee strike, Front kick, Back kick Grappling basics – Sprawl, Drop step, Shrimping, Forward fall, Back Fall,

Side fall

Combos

Jab, Cross, Jab, Cross Jab, Cross, Uppercut, Cross

Jab, Uppercut, Jab Jab, Cross, Front Kick, Knee Jab, Cross, Knee, Front Kick Front leg Front kick, Jab, Cross, back leg Front kick Jab, Cross, Front Kick, Cross, Knee, Cross Jab, Cross, Knee, Cross, Front Kick, Cross

Ground work

Understanding the proper way to establish the following positions in astable manner. Mount, Guard, Side mount, Half butterfly guard, Fullbutterfly guard, Back mount, Half guard, Hooks, Seat belt.



Mount reversal (table top), Guard reversal (shrimp/table top), Side mount

escape (push to hip), Guard pass (elbows), Half Guard reversal (Table top),Back mount escape (turn into them and pull arm), Half guard escape (pushon knee and go to mount)

Self defense

1. Stopping the tackle . Attacker attempts to tackle you .a. Shuffle back while punching the attacker repetitively.b. Shuffle back while using your hands and forearms to halt the tackle.c. Secure under hooks and sprawl.

2. Hammer release . Attacker grabs you left wrist with his right hand . Stepback or forwards depending on your surroundings, body types, andpositioning while executing a distraction. Slam the elbow of the grabbedhand into the attackers forearm while pulling the grabbed hand to yourchest

3. Reinforced Hammer release . Attacker grabs you right wrist with both of his hands . Step back or forwards depending on your surroundings, bodytypes, and positioning while executing a kick distraction. Grab your

captured hand with your free hand and pull up while bringing the elbow upinto the attacker’s hands.

4. Falling blade release. Attacker grabs your right wrist with his right hand .Punch to the face then follow with a downward block with the same handand rip captured hand towards same shoulder.

5. Rising palms release . Attacker grabs left wrist with his right hand and yourright wrist with his left hand . Execute a kick distraction. Raise both handsup to slam attacker’s hands together. Circle on hand under a wrist to grab

wrist. Place your other forearm (ulnar bone) on the back of the grabbedelbow and finish with an arm bar and shove attacker away.

6. Freeing the ridge . Attacker grabs your left wrist with his left hand inverted .Execute a kick distraction. Execute a palm strike to the grabbing wrist whileexecuting a ridge hand to you own ribs with the grabbed hand.



7. Securing freedom . Attacker grabs left wrist with his right hand inverted .Execute a distraction. Secure wrist and rip hand out towards the left.

8. Punching the ground . Attacker grabs left wrist with his right hand from theside . Step to the side and punch down and to the side with the grabbedhand.

9. Falling blade release B . Attacker grabs right wrist with his right hand fromthe side . Turn and face the opponent while executing a hand distractionfollowed by a down block to the forearm.

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