Practical Martial Arts Classes

The Cheongye Kwan Martial Arts Institute is a school of self-discipline and self-development, it does not condition students to conform to a standard set way of doing things using set doctrines and policies that would ultimately restrict them, but is considered to be a constant stripping of complicated maneuvres to leave the student with crisp, sharp, unimpeded reactions.


The CKI was developed because Master Cook believed that an aggressive encounter is impulsive and unprompted and that a Martial Artist should not try to forecast it, only react to it. He had tired of being frustrated during sparring and self-defence practice, always feeling restricted by the rules of the arts he practiced and having to hold back techniques that would have been more appropriate during the sessions but were disallowed due to their regulations. He thought this was completely opposite to the objective of effective success in a confrontation.