Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop

Korea's Iron Fist System

Sorimsa Cheol Gwonbeop's teachings are a cohesive blend of art influences from China, Korea and Okinawa as passed down through the inherited art. The art emphasizes self-defense methods that are designed to be efficient and practical while using powerful strikes coupled with kicking methods, seizing and control, vital point attacks, joint locking, choking, and throws. These spheres of application require the student to learn the principles behind what makes technique work, therefore, mere emulation of physical technique will not allow the student to become an effective martial artist.

This system, like many others in martial arts history, shares an ancestry of techniques related through to the Shaolin Temple. What makes this system of training unique is that the Chinese based techniques and principles were blended with the Korean Taekkyeon kicking methods and Okinawan weaponry creating a diverse system of training.

Soji Kim passed on several documents that maintains the Iron Fist system as its core for our internal concepts and principles.