Hollywood Karate: The School does not exist any longer due to the COVID-19 lock-downs and mandates.

[@dboivin1951]

I have been teaching, training and living the philosophy of Tang Soo Do for 50 years now. We have always practiced sparring and always will, that is part of the training and understanding of the ART!!!

[@drummtracks]

Nice...

[@nicholascarver1]

Exactly! It is fundamental.

[@drummtracks]

@@nicholascarver1 if you say so.

[@grillmelon7895]

what's shown here feels familiar and is very much like my own experience learning itf taekwondo in the 1990s in malaysia. you guys are great!

[@drummtracks]

Thank you...as long as a sincere effort is applied to training, the style doesn't really matter, the result will be positive and beneficial.

[@beta171085]

Lovely and inspiring video with beautiful messages. Keep up the great work

[@drummtracks]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[@TradTKD]

Sabom-nim. it is very Impressive on your martial arts philosophy and the way of pupils’ training. It is really sad your dojang closed due to this pandemic. These days.. truly rarely are real dojang remained. We keep old Chang Moo Kwan taekwondo legacy in Korea, but quite struggle in this “fighters-favored” era. :)

[@drummtracks]

Than you so much sir...Good luck during these difficult times.

[@RecoveringGenius]

Good technique and very good explanations! Cheers mate!

[@thomas0817]

Great video Sah Bom Nim! Soo Bahk!

[@NormDiesel]

Great video and explanation of your school! Honestly, amazing explanation of your school; the answering of common faq is a great idea. I studied karate, kung fu and (my fav) Taekwondo when I was younger and have dabbled in Jiu Jitsu in recent years. I’m wondering, why did everyone have a black belt in some portions of the video? From my experience, belt leveling is decided by 2 things for the most part: time spent, or skill level. Then some dishonorable, trash schools will take money for belts. I don’t even count that. I find both methods of belt progression to have their merits but always favored skill based progression as I found it to honor the art over the individual; due to it not dishonoring an art by having a highly ranked practitioner without the skills to back it. (Unless the time based school won’t pass you solely based on time) I find it should be a mix of 70/30, skill vs time but most go strictly one way for the most part. I’m a stickler for acknowledgment and rewarding those who make an effort but I’m also very opposed to not pointing out flaws and allowing an art or anything/anyone to be dishonored. (Not saying yal did that by any means).

[@NormDiesel]

Since I got carried away and wrote a novel basically; why did everyone have a black belt in some parts of the video and what method of belt progression does your school practice? Once again, amazing video and I wish your school/business great success and many students!

[@drummtracks]

@@NormDiesel Thank you. We videoed a compilation of classes...Some were advanced (Black Belt classes) with students that have been with me for a minimum of 4 or 5 years, as well as some clips of mixed classes. In our style, the average time to EARN a "Black Belt" is 5 years and varies greatly depending on many factors. Stay well.

[@teovu5557]

A lot of people have the wrong idea about Black Belts in korean and japanese arts....Black belt 1st degree to 4th degree are NOT Master rank, 5th degree is and up is.(And that takes around 15 years at the least) Do to the misconception through media many people wrongly assume black belt means master rank....lol

[@jimmiegumbus5292]

A lot of good karate fighters are tang soo do stylist!!!! Chuck Norris,Bob wall and Howard jakson. Do your research.

[@drummtracks]

I am very sad to inform everyone...My location on Sunset Blvd. of 30 years plus has closed down due to the Pandemic lock down! It is so unfortunate that many small businesses are having difficulties financially due to their customers being unemployed, or afraid of the virus, or both...Understandable but unfortunate.

[@pjun0531]

Hello 사부님(Saboonim)!!! This is philip jun from gardener elementry school. I hope you can recognize me. I can still remember you and my friends like Michael, Alexis, Ruscell or anyone. BTW we've been learning karate class since when I was in second to fourth grade. I'm in korea now. I hope we can see again in LA.

[@drummtracks]

Of course I remember you!!! I hope you are well, say hi to your family for me. If you ever come to the us say hi.

[@pjun0531]

@@drummtracks Thank you sir I hope you had a great day.

[@louisviola9763]

Is that a drum set upstairs, you do look like a musician Sir!

[@drummtracks]

Yes, good observation...just for fun!

[@louisviola9763]

@@drummtracks That is awesome!!!!!!

[@2021kyoto]

I would like this instructor to watch a video on Kyokyshin Karate.He will see one of the Ultimate Full contact Martial Arts.

[@drummtracks]

Our school was not about full contact, or about fighting...

[@captainbeaver_man903]

Great looking and very clean technique but do you guys at least spar? I get the whole "no fighters" thing because most are brawlers with the intent to hurt but if you dont at least pressure test your technique even with just light/touch contact sparring then you might as well be practicing dance.

[@ayla3640]

captain beaver_man yes! In classes there are typically lots or sparing practice, you are lined up with a partner and you go back and forth either blocking the other’s move or vice versa

[@Katcom111]

Interesting, Soo Bahk Do is MMA since it takes elements from Chinese, Japanese as well as their own martial art like takkyeon and subak blending in together even though the martial art system focus on the form and self defense aspect. I would love to try it out but I don't know if Soo Bahk Do is available outside of Atlanta area.

[@drummtracks]

Thank you, we have schools all over, not sure about Atlanta area...You can do a search and see what comes up.

[@deanmuhammad]

facebook.com/bmatangsoodo/

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Soo Bakh Do's founders credentials according to his own interview and biography are ridiculous and if he were to found soo bakh do today he would be labeled a Mcdojo fraud. . Where did the founder learn subak? From a book. Where did the founder learn the Pyung ahn forms? from a book Where did the founder learn taekkyon? From informally watching a stranger in a park... Where did the founder learn kung fu? Only 3 years of basic 12 road Tan Tuy. Jie Quan(formerly Shaolin Quan) and a incomplete section of Yang style Taijiquan in Manchuria sparingly after work for only 3 years of what seems like a typical first level Long Fist curriculum of Tan Tuy and a intermediate long fist form Shaolin Quan renamed Jie Quan. Yet he invented a whole new system...lmao

[@drummtracks]

Soo Bahk Do is the way it is spelled...Thank you for your Philosophical and History lesson, although it is not very accurate. @@mongolchiuud8931

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Hollywood Karate how is it not very accurate when it’s from the founders own books n interviews? It’s such an open secret and known fact I’m pretty sure you know it’s true. But if u like the watermelon style then that’s on you.

[@pausetapest.v8302]

This is Tang soo do right??

[@supriyomondal5119]

very nice.

[@drummtracks]

Thank you.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Fun Fact: According to Korean records SooBakh or Subak is a Chinese military system imported to Korea. As is described in the Mooyidobotongji states it is of Chinese origin. Shoubo as its called in China is still widely practiced and is considered a Chinese Wrestling system with strikes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2e8YqqZj8qijK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fme7eJaaeLqAbK8 Also the form GM Hwang Kee recreated from the Moojidobotongji is General Qi Qiguangs 32 stances boxing form that never died out and is widely practiced in northern systems, so Hwasun hyung should of looked like this and is actually quite similar if you remove the karate influence Gm Hwang Kee's students put onto the forms. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKfKdnuCiMplqdE Compared the Ji Xiao Xin Shu www.google.com/search?q=Ji+xiao+xin+shu+kung+fu&client=firefox-b-1-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjEnKT68undAhUDGTQIHXh9AVsQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=654 Withthe Muyedobotongji forms- same techniques and form names www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-ab&biw=1366&bih=654&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=E4S0W8SLF8Wr0PEP6aWb0AU&q=Muye+Dobo+Tongjikwonbup&oq=Muye+Dobo+Tongjikwonbup&gs_l=img.3...1482.2814..3088...0.0..0.298.1705.0j1j6......1....1..gws-wiz-img.an1u5E5En7Q I wish a lot of Korean martial arts nationalism would die out already and stop with the revisionist history of claiming things that are not korean as revised as korean, the "URI-ginal" concept in korea is really turning into something a kin to the "Afrocentric" movement...

[@mattm9204]

Has your dojang re opened? It's too bad it had to shut down

[@drummtracks]

No...We moved out of L.A. and left CA. Thank you for the kind words.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

Nice dojo & location

[@drummtracks]

Thank you sir.

[@dodgesportsman772]

Wow!! The Rent must be crazy expensive!!! What's tuition?

[@drummtracks]

YEP!! Lasted 30 years...All done since COVID lockdowns, left CA.

[@dodgesportsman772]

@@drummtracks I had a karate school myself..closed... What was ur rate in Hollywood? Just curious

[@allenschneider1847]

Would an older student (mid 60's) who could not physically do all of the kicking and jumping techniques as demonstrated, still be welcome to work out and train at a Soo Bahk Do school?

[@drummtracks]

YES! Absolutely, I have had back fusion surgery 2 years ago and hip replacement in January 2018...See you soon??

[@allenschneider1847]

Thank you so much. I don't live in CA but I'm looking for a martial art that I can participate in. I studied jhoon rhee tkd in the 60's and 70's but dropped out to go to seminary and follow a calling into ministry. I've always retained an interest in martial Arts and now at 67 would like to participate once again. But, I've found that tkd has changed. Now more of a sport than a martial art. The tkd schools I've visited let me know that their focus was on training Olympic style competitors, in other words, there's not really a place for me. So I'm looking for something more similar to the jhoon rhee style I learned 35 years ago. I may look for a local soo bhak do school. Thanks for your response!

[@davidorme1993]

Sorry to read the school is shut down. The pandemic has been hard on so many things.

[@drummtracks]

Thank you

[@zenshinacademy4096]

I'm a bit confused, the video is a commercial for the dojo, but the title states it is no longer open, why the video if the school is closed? I did like the clear distinction and policy about actual fighters in the dojo. Two things that do not mix well are fighters at a dojo. Fighters should be in gyms or training area's not dojos. Fighters are difficult to deal with and collect dues from, and they scare off martial arts students and their parents.

[@drummtracks]

Good points, my sentiments exactly. As far as the video still being up. I am conducting some Zoom private classes, and I hope to open something in the near future when all this crap with the "pandemic" boils over. I wanted a way for people to keep in touch with me. Thank you for your comments.

[@zenshinacademy4096]

@@drummtracks sounds great. I should keep my view about that planedemic to myself. I thought all that scare crap ended already, you must be from a blue state. We had to lock our doors, but everyone knew the special knock to come in and help "clean" the dojo. I don't have many students, anyway, really couldn't pay the bills or keep it open if it were not for the gym owner. His kindness keeps the dojo going. Hope that you and your dojo get going again. My life is training, and it is just so much easier having an actual dojo to go to. I know about fighters, heck I was/am one of them. I know how difficult they can be. We avoid the "fighters" as well, even I don't want them hanging at the dojo, and I was a pro fighter. When I hung up my gloves and walked out of the cage I focused on more martial arts, martial arts and I think with a background in both worlds I have something a lot of the just martial artists or just fighters do not have.

[@drummtracks]

@@zenshinacademy4096 Not only is it blue, but it was California!! It gets better... Los Angeles! And to top it off, Hollywood!!! "plandemic" is right... after 30 years in the same location, with the same landlord, she would not budge one inch!! Training and teaching was, and is, my life!... it was taken away from me, needless to say, my wife and I left California. We will see what the universe has in store for me. I had about 75 to 100 students, my heart is broken for every single one of them. By the way, from reading your sentiments, I think you would enjoy the poems I have written and recorded on this channel (KZbin even took one of them down and canceled me for a week) please feel free to take a listen. When I moved away from the big city, and things got quiet, I started writing to vent my frustrations...

[@zenshinacademy4096]

@@drummtracks I'll check them out. I could never live in a Blue state like that, I am too independent, and bull headed about my views. Been in Indiana most of my life. A few years in FL after high school and several in NC during my Army days but other than that, lived in IN. NY and CA are the two states I have no care to even visit. Hope that you find yourself in a more hospitable location and maybe you can get your dojo up and running again. My dojo is more of a "hobby" dojo with very few students. I have dedicated my life to my training and teaching but have never been able to break that barrier from "hobby" dojo to one that could sustain living expenses.

[@jazzrockone5930]

Hello. I know that the title says: "The School does not exist any longer..." , but what happened? Are you no longer training anywhere. Not even at home...? Greetings from Denmark, where there was no lockdowns, that caused any school to close.

[@drummtracks]

My wife and I moved out of Los Angeles. I was forced to close my business because of the lockdowns, my landlord did not cooperate with me, she still wanted me to pay rent while the school was prohibited to operate... I tried teaching at a public park and we were kicked out by the sheriffs, we had masks... and social distancing... and we were Outdoors!! that was the last straw, so we left. I still train pretty much every day out in my backyard, we will see what the future brings. I am glad you are doing well, Denmark followed the REAL science...

[@thatoneguy5697]

Why is it Hollywood karate if it soo back do?

[@drummtracks]

I called it "Hollywood Soo Bahk Do" for about a decade, attempting to promote the name and get more exposure... once I changed the name to "Hollywood Karate" my business just about doubled! Not many people knew what "Soo Bahk Do" was, but a very high percentage know what "Karate" means.

[@rongniadek1691]

I thought they say when there's no full contact that the schools not good. Just asking ?

[@drummtracks]

I always wonder who "They" are.

[@TheSquirrleGuy]

This video was created in 2017 have you edited this video?

[@drummtracks]

No need.

[@TheSquirrleGuy]

@@drummtracks it shows that you closed because of covid so I'm saying that did u edit it

[@drummtracks]

@Unknown Variable Precisely...Thank you!

[@TheSquirrleGuy]

@Unknown Variable Well then, my bad. I have forgotten to add tittle instead of video. Thank you for the correction.

[@epicvlogger5388]

Look on 1.58 the dude on the right is me

[@davidweild6235]

I just don't get the 'no fighters please', and the whole of the no contact element. It's watering the arts down to levels of ineffectiveness, and nothing more than a kid's hobby. Martial Arts were created for a reason - to defend against aggressors - martial = war - the art of war. Why destroy the arts to simply commercialise it? Teach the techniques the way they're meant to be taught, and learn in an environment so that the students know how to effectively use them. Impact and pressure training are essential. You can't learn tennis simply by hitting a ball against a wall.

[@Masterofeverythinish]

He did say there was sparring in it though, and in the video, he stated that the reason why they're more than just fighters is that they have a code that they abide by. They keep the sparring controlled for safety purposes I presume, just like how most sparring is controlled in boxing, Muay Thai, and MMA gyms. He doesn't want "fighters." in there who just want to fight, he wants people to have a moral code because without the moral code they would just be fighters in his view and not martial artists.

[@drummtracks]

I understand your point, when I started way back in the early 80's, I got my ass handed to me in my first class by someone half my size...I liked it, and I stayed and learned in a hostile environment... Most students quit, the school had about 20 tough, mean, and aggressive fighters...It could not keep it's doors open. I love it, but what I like has nothing to do with what most of society likes or what it takes to run a business... I was also noticing the kinds of students that were being cultivated...I did not like what I saw, borderline mean, bullies, our Art is about Bully Defense not creating bullies.

[@davidweild6235]

@@Masterofeverythinish I guess it's just a case of 'try before you buy'. My main fear is unprepared students having a false sense of security when it comes to self defence.

[@Xingsu117]

becuase commercializing it allows it to serve a broader purpose to a more applicable culture.

[@eddyjohn6338]

In Asia, there is no such thing as Soo Bakh Do Karate, because Soo Bakh Do and Karate is Two different things..

[@drummtracks]

Correct...

[@teovu5557]

Well Soo Bakh Do is a mix of Karate and kung fu though....like literally, look at the founders history. lol

[@rongniadek1691]

What age is to old ?

[@drummtracks]

Never too old... modify, adjust.

[@robertgriffis7682]

Subak is Korean, not Japanese, which makes it NOT karate

[@easterbuny2226]

tomato tomoto It all comes from Karate and all Karate comes from Chinese Kung Fu

[@teovu5557]

subak according to korean records comes from Chinese Shoubo. I mean Korean records literally state that.....lol

[@superjkmanyoutube9701]

Hi

[@sig1761]

Why are you calling dojang hollywood karate, if you are teaching soo bahk do?

[@drummtracks]

Great question...For about 10 years I called it "Hollywood Soo Bahk Do" and tried to get the name out there. So many people had no idea it was a Martial Art, and I missed out on a lot of possible students, the business suffered When I changed the name, the business increased and improved. Once people walked in the door, then I was able to educate them on our Art.

[@SCROTUMLORD]

no fighters wth?

[@SCROTUMLORD]

nice ponytail

[@Patriot1790]

You don't spar? Marital Arts is more than forms and self defense. Or, it would be called Arts, not Martial Arts.

[@drummtracks]

If you say so.

[@Patriot1790]

@@drummtracks If you don't spar, how do you learn to fight?

[@teovu5557]

soo bakh do moo duk kwan or tang soo do only dates back to the 1950s lol hardly ancient. The only authentic Korean martial arts today with no japanese or chinese infleunces are Taekkyon(UNESCO recongnized) Subyokchigi(Actual Subak),Sunmudo(Kumgang Kwan) and korean wrestling(sireum) and Kungdo(korean archery). Soo bakh do is interesting to me though I might find a school somewhere in massachusetts. A lot of your forms looks like 12 road Tan Tui with a few Yang Taijiquan and some long fist in it besides the obvious karate in it as well.

[@drummtracks]

The Moo Duk Kwan was founded in the U.S.A. in 1945...

[@soygustavo81]

Use a helmet,please,but fights..you must do sparring,because all you teach was a valet

[@glennquave7061]

The way y’all do push ups is bad for y’alls backs I used to do push ups like that until I got a trainer who thought me how to do them right and then I got faster results and no more back pain.

[@drummtracks]

There are a variety of ways to perform push-ups...

[@sig1761]

Imagine no contact sparring. You are supposed to be hit and hit in martial arts. Because what happens if you don't get hit ever, the result would be someone who flinches in a real fight or you won't be able to stay up to fight after getting hit a couple of times in a real fight.

[@drummtracks]

Some people will agree with you, but most do not. I know this from running this School for over 30 years...90% of people want to get fit, and learn Self Defense, they do not particularly want to "Fight" or get hit. Those are the students that have kept this place successful for all that time. The fighters will go somewhere else. There are so many other ways I employ to teach how not to "Flinch" and how to deal with the pain or fear of getting hit.

[@joshua_here5849]

Mc dojo

[@Kinghercules]

Sad. So I guess yall run when it comes to a street fight?

[@drummtracks]

That's what you got from watching the video?? I teach Self Defense, not "Street Fighting". Walking away from a potential physical confrontation takes more courage and confidence than fighting for a stupid reason. You missed the whole concept of training in Martial Arts!! So, I am walking away...Bye bye.

[@Kinghercules]

LOL! Ok you can walk away. Your statements doesn't negate the fact that you're a McDojo!

[@Avenging_Archer]

@Hollywood Karate Pay him no mind. You can see his "skill" in the videos of his channel. He accuses people of being McDojos but his ability looks like a McDojo white belt dropout himself. Training to fight at a competition, in a ring, in an octagon or a mat is not the same thing as self defense. The first step of self defense is always to try and extricate oneself from a violent situation, try to de-escalate the situation, to diffuse the violence. If all else fail, then our training will come to bear... but only as a last resort. If you teach this to your students, then they have a great master. Soo Bahk!

[@Avenging_Archer]

'Don't talk about it', that's rich from someone who's been banned from martial arts forums and groups because he never matured and acts like a child. Your mentality is pathetic. I hope you grow out of it one day.

[@Kinghercules]

Banned from forums? I can give 2 shits about a forum. All yall do is sit around and stroke each others egos. Yall jealous and envious because I trained under REAL martial artist . GTFOH and respect the name!