After rereading "Palgue 7-8" by Kim Pyung Soo for the first time in
several years, I was reminded of the first time I had purchased this
book and the other two volumes in the series when I was first studying
Tae Kwon Do. These books were some of the first ones I owned concerning
the martial arts and the Tae Kwon Do katas or hyungs in particular.
Now some of you may disagree with me, but in my professional opinion, I
feel that any book dealing with katas, hyungs, or forms, should focus
solely on the movements in the particular kata being discussed and the
applications of each movement.
Although there were a few fairly good techniques demonstrated, 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. There truly is no need to go into
self-defense techniques, defenses against kicks, takedown defenses
against kicks, etc., since these techniques should all be learned
separately to learning katas anyhow....

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