I solved that problem of standing on one leg. I tried figuring it out and there are no answers to staining your muscles.

I learned when lifiting your left leg, relax the muscles. Not limp ,but with out force.
Then bend the right knee slightly and learn to balance. Don't strain the muscles. Or use force. Don't tense up.

Like Tai Chi the muscles are relaxed, not limp or week, but not forced or strained.

I could now stand for a minute and a half where I use to topple over.

Tino

Now, close your eyes

It use to be a test for intoxication to have someone stand on one leg, tilt their head toward the sky, hold their arms straight out from their shoulders and close their eyes. Even stone sober people fall when they do this. I knew officers who would put people through it just to get them to admit to how much they had imbibed.

Dave.

It certainly is difficult, but think of the blind. It occurred to me while watching a blind student of ours perform tang soo do forms that his balance is excellent. i thought about what are the main factors that contribute to balance. first and foremost is the inner ear and second are the toes, namely the big toe. a distant third are the eyes.

I used to have trouble with closing my eyes while in keumgehtongnipseh, but after watching him i had a thought.

Why does closing our eyes affect our balance? Do we need to see what is around us? I then thought of how many times i have been to my dojang in the past 17 years and how i pretty much know what it looks like from any angle.

I stood in the middle of the room facing forward, closed my eyes, looked at where i felt the flags should be, opened my eyes and indeed saw them. that was when i (i think) figured it out.

Try this:
Next time you are in your dojang, stand in keumgehtongnipseh with your eyes open. look at your surroundings and take a mental snapshot of what it looks like from that angle. then close your eyes and visualize that snapshot. realize that you know where everything is. if you feel yourself start to sway, picture the room tilting and moving with you, then try to correct yourself.

it worked for me, and i feel i can comfortably stand with my eyes closed on one leg for any length of time. sure, i may wobble every now and again, but it is leaps and bounds above what i was able to do before.

let me know if it works. i'm interested to know if i'm not just crazy.

Indeed, it worked! Thanks Mr. Jenko. Greatly appreicated.

hey, glad i could help! i guess a blind squirrel will find a nut every once-in-a-while too (referring to myself)

Mr. Jenko, are you coming to the Championships in Moncton?

As much as I would like to commit myself, I cannot. But, my tentative (and hopefully final) answer is "YES".

Good to hear. Hope to see you there.

I'm still working on the technique myself, actually i remember getting the same instruction and concept in class, wonder who could have taught me that , however i was never able to really follow through with the concept or rather the reasoning behind it very well, but i find your line of reasoning that stems from blind students to be extremely insightful, actually it makes more sense when I look at it from that perspective then any other way. My efforts will now be doubled as i am bolstered by this furthered understanding. My thanks Master Jenko,

Haidong!

Now if that's not a blind joke, I don't know what is.

Just kidding George.