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The Curricula
There are three basic paths of study within the GiCheon tradition:
static, moving and mind disciplines. One of the uniqueness of GiCheon is, unlike
other disciplines, these three disciplines are well united with each other.
Therefore, without static or moving or mind disciplines will become
meaningless or vice versa.
Static
Discipline
“Static Discipline (JeongBeop)”
is the most basic course. In this course, students practice holding the six
basic GiCheon still poses. Emphasis is put on correct form in the YeokGeun
position, strength, endurance and abdomen breath. It is believed that static
discipline can even stop or hold trainees’ aging process.
NaeGa ShinJang
Moving
Discipline
In “DongBeop,” literally
“Moving Discipline,” motion is applied to the six basic positions of static
discipline for the purpose of self-defense, sparring, or performance art.
Students learn to fight with empty hand - using both the fist and the palm - and
with tools such as the sword, long stick, and Korean fans (BuChae).
SahmSu BalChaGi (kicking)
At this stage, students learn how to tap into their internal and external forces
and move their bodies effectively, like a wild animal -- with strength and
power, but also suppleness and elegance.
Mind
Discipline
ShimBeop (literally “Mind Discipline”) is a course designed to help
students attain “enlightenment” or “cosmic reality.” Trainees learn
about GiCheon meditation and philosophy, while practicing techniques that will
bring about self-awareness and enlightenment. Ultimately, ShimBeop is about focusing practitioner’s mind on one.
That’s how one can get the Doh (the Way, enlightenment) with supreme
level of concentration achieved by that.
Therefore, if
one desires to realize the way (Doh), he should do NaeGa ShinJang in YeokGeun as
perfectly as possible which accordingly brings the extreme hardship to himself
mentally and physically. There can
be no other mind or thought.
 
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