Sib Pal Gi Association
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| Sibpalgi | |
| Hangul | 십팔기 |
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| Hanja | Mười tám kỹ |
| Revised Romanization | Sib Pal Gi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sib Pal Ki |
TheSib Pal Gi Association(십팔기협회Dae Han Sibpalki Hyeop Hwe;alsoThe Korea Sibpalki Association) is aKorean martial artsassociation established in 1981 under the leadership of Kim Kwang-Seok (Kim Gwang-suk 김광석; kim quang tích, b. 1936, style nameHaebeom). Sib Pal Ki(literally "eighteen skills" ) is a Korean term for "martial arts", eitherChinese martial artsorKorean martial arts(as opposed to theJapanese martial artsintroduced during theJapanese rule in Korea).
Kim Kwang-Seok had opened a martial arts school in 1969, having studied martial arts during the late 1950s to middle 1960s under Choi sang-chul, KoreanKungfumaster. In 1986 Korean folklorist Sim U-seong worked together with Kim Kwang-Seok to compare his style with the historicalMuyedobotongjior "Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial Arts" of 1790. In the same year, the first public performance of Sib Pal Gi took place at the Batanggol Small Theater in Seoul.
In 2001, students of Kim Kwang Seok founded theSib Pal Gi Preservation Society(십팔기 보존회), dedicated to staging public performances and disseminating public awareness of Korean martial arts in the South Korean public.
It is not clear to which extent theSib Pal Gisystem taught by Kim Kwang-Seok corresponds to the historical 18th-century Korean systems and to which extent the system reflects more modern influence ofChinese martial arts;but the emphasis ofSib Pal Giin Korea is that of being a "native" system in the sense of avoiding the modernJapanese martial artswhich had become mainstream under theJapanese occupation of Koreaduring the first half of the 20th century.
The termSip Pal Gi(십팔기 "Eighteen Skills" ) in modernKorean martial artshas come to identify four separate activities.
- there are practitioners in South Korea who follow the practices of an eclectic Chinese system of armed and unarmed Martial Arts termedSip Pal Giowing to the number of systems, methods and practices in its curriculum. Individual schools will vary in the weapons used and the manner of practice.
- A second and more general application of the term is as a label to identifyChinese martial artsgenerically, much like "kung fu"has become an umbrella term for them inthe West.
- Also, there are small groups of practitioners who use the termSip Pal Gihistorically, for the attempted reconstruction of 18th-century Korean martial arts based on the historical manuals, specifically theMuyesinbo,much in the same way asmartial arts reconstruction in the West.
- Lastly, the style usually spelled Sipalki, of dubious relation with the Chosun period martial arts, taught by Yoo Soo Nam.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Kim Kwang-sŏk and Sim U-sŏng (1987), "Technical analysis of the 'Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial Arts'" (Muye tobo tʻongji:silgi haeje), Tongmunsŏn ( đông văn tuyển; Dongmunseon Books), Seoul.
- Kim Kwang-sŏk (1992), "Essentials of Fist Methods" (Kwŏnpŏpyogyŏl 권법요결 quyền pháp muốn quyết ), Tongmunsŏn, Seoul.
- Kim Kwang-sŏk (1995), "The National Sword: teaching Joseon-era swordsmanship" (Ponʾguk kŏm:Chosŏn kŏmpŏp kyojŏng bổn quốc kiếm: Triều Tiên kiếm pháp giáo trình ), Tongmunsŏn.
- Kim Kwang-sŏk (2002), "Joseon-era Spear and Staff Syllabus" (Chosŏn chʻangbong kyojŏng Triều Tiên thương phủng giáo trình ), Tongmunsŏn munye sinsŏ [ đông văn tuyển văn nghệ sách mới ] vol. 208, Seoul,ISBN9788980382668.