I just finished rereading "Palgue 1-2-3" by Kim Pyung Soo for the
first time in quite a few years and was reminded of the firs time I
had purchased this and the other two books in the series when I was
first starting out upon my martial arts journey whose primary focus
in those early days was Karate and Tae Kwon Do. These books were some
of the first ones I owned concerning the martial arts and kata or
forms in particular.
After the customary introduction, the author includes a very brief
section on the history of Korea and Tae Kwon Do in particular. Since
the primary focus of this book is to be on the katas or forms, I was
too bothered by the briefness of most of the fringe subjects that the
author discusses throughout the book. Subjects such as; target areas,
various hand and foot positions used when striking, basic warm-up and
stretching exercises, stances and blocks, etc.
I was however surprised to find no real references to kicks with the
exception of the three foot positions shown, surprisingly the instep
and the back of the heel weren't even mentioned, and the Front Kicks
shown in Palgue #2. In addition to that, there were only two strikes
shown, those being the Out-to-In Knifehand Strike to the temple and
the midsection Lunge Punch. I really don't know why the author
included these and the other brief sections in this book other than
perhaps as reference material since it doesn't really add to the
focus of the book....

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