GiCheon - Ancient Korean Spiritual Discipline for Lifelong Mental & Physical Health

If you are seeking a unique ki/gi training method or are new to the concepts of internal energy,

GiCheon will open your eyes to the possibilities within you

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.