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No, the forms shouldn't be done that way, the lack precision, fluidity and energy, the movements are done in the right order, but in a word they are done in a sloppy way.

Sipalki Mubikwan is an spin off from Sipalki Yeon Bi Ryu, with a mixture of other weapons, it was created by Carlos Dorn, whom after separating from Master Yoo, self graduated and created that school.

To give you an idea of what Sipalki (yeon bi ryu) looks like, there is an old video in You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nbsK...ated&search=tv

For further information I copy the relevant parts from “Ancient Military Manuals and Their Relation to Modern Korean Martial Arts”, Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Vol. 12, Num. 4, november 2003.

If you are interested you can read the full article (in four parts) at:

http://www.taekwon.com.ar/a.pdf
http://www.taekwon.com.ar/b.pdf
http://www.taekwon.com.ar/c.pdf
http://www.taekwon.com.ar/d.pdf

"ABOUT THE EIGHTEEN TECHNIQUES (SHIP PAL KI)

It is noteworthy that in Hwang Kee’s Soo Bahk Do Dae Kam manual
(1978) there are two different lists of eighteen techniques. They are both
described as “Ship Pal Ki” and neither coincides with the list of the Muye
Shinbo. Even though one of Hwang’s lists does show some similarity to the
latter—such as, different types of lances and sabers for battle—in the
descriptions by Hwang there are weapons such as the bow, crossbow, and whip.

Any attempt to fully analyze such lists is very difficult, as in Hwang Kee’s
book they are in Chinese ideograms only, and many of such characters refer
to old weapons that are no longer in use. We have identified only a few of
them and we have not been able to find their meaning in Chinese-Korean
dictionaries.

An additional series of Eighteen Techniques, also different from those
listed in the Muye Shin Bo, has survived to our time. It is the series taught by
Yoo Sam Nam, a Ship Pal Ki (which he has romanized as “Sipalki”) martial
art master who has lived and taught in Argentina for more than thirty years
(Yoo, n.d.). Yoo includes the following specialties in his teaching:
What are the reasons behind the difference between Hwang Kee’s and
Yoo Soo Nam’s lists and those of the Muye Shinbo digest? We must take into
account that in Korea, after the publication of the Muye Dobo Tong Ji in 1790,
large scale battles against mounted invaders had lost importance as probable
combat scenarios (Henning, 2000, states that many sections of the Muye Dobo Tong Ji had already lost all practical value by the time of its publication).

Following the success of the campaigns against the Japanese invasions, and
after that danger had been overcome, a decline and abandonment of military
training was the norm in Korea, even though many former soldiers continued
practicing martial arts within their families. Logically, most techniques
designed to face mounted enemies were replaced by infantry weapons, techniques, and martial arts training concentrated on these things.

1. Ho Sin Sul: Self-defense
2. Kyo Yon: Pugilism, one against many
3. Kwob Bop: Pugilism, one against one
4. Nang Kon: Articulated sticks
(short and symmetrical) also called
ssang jol kon (c., nung cha kung;
j., nunchaku)
5. Dan Bong: Short stick
6. Bong: Long staff, also called jang bong
7. Kom: Saber
8. Dan Kom: Short sword (knife)
9. Ssang Kom: Double sword (knives)
10. Chung Ion Do: Sword
(ion do means “dragon sword,”
a name used in ancient China)
11. Bang Pe: Shield
12. Ssan: Belt /sash
13. Pyon Sul: Whip
14. Chang: Spear
15. Chong Kom: Bayonet
(literally “Sword Spear”)
16. Jwan: Brass knuckle
17. Doki: Axe
18. Kung Sul: Archery"