Hapkido Adults Grading - 9 August 2009

Come and show your support for your fellow students at the next AHG Sydney Grading on Sunday 9 August 2009.

The grading will be held at DSD Parramatta.

The following 9 students will be testing:

Vivian P (CSD Moorebank) for Yellow Belt
Navid N (DSD Parramatta) for Yellow Belt
Ben V (CSD Moorebank) for Yellow Belt
Daniel N (CSD Moorebank) for Yellow Belt
Yossi W (DSD Parramatta) for Green Belt
Ben S (DSD Parramatta) for Green Belt
Antony L (CSD Moorebank) for Brown Belt
Mark M (CSD Moorebank) for Brown Belt
Mira K (CSD Moorebank) for Provisional Black Belt

The Junior belt grading starts at 6:30pm. The Senior belt grading starts at 7:30pm.

Come along and cheer on your fellow students.

Watching gradings is one of the best ways to prepare for your grading - you get to see what they are like, what is expected of students, what you will have to do when it's your turn to grade.

It's also great to be there to congratulate your fellow students when they successfully attain their new belt!

Hapkido BBC - Art of Weaponry

The 4th seminar in the "Art Of" Hapkido BBC Seminar series was run on Saturday - The Art of Weaponry.

Most students were armed with their own Dan Bong for the event, and all were only too pleased to learn many techniques using this Hapkido weapon.

Grandmaster Geoff explained to us the modifications he has made to the traditional Dan Bong.

Grandmaster Geoff's enhancements to the Dan Bong are renowned all around the world!

The techniques we learnt using the Dan Bong included how to enhance syllabus techniques, cord techniques, chokes, blocking techniques and striking techniques. Pressure points using the Dan Bong were also a big favourite.

We also learnt how to use the Cane, including chokes, strikes, blocks and throws!

Other weapons demonstrated included the sword, fan and chux and we all had the pleasure of seeing Grandmaster Geoff do Japanese and Korean sword forms!

It was great to see the number of white, orange and yellow belts who attended, and the large number of students as a whole!

A lot of fun (and pain) was had by everyone in attendance, and we're all looking forward to the next seminar in the 2009 "Art Of" BBC series!

BBC Seminar - The Art Of Weaponry

The next seminar in the 2009 BBC 'Art of' Hapkido Seminar Series is

THE ART OF WEAPONRY

on this Saturday at Moorebank!

This is the 4th seminar in the 2009 Hapkido BBC Seminar Series.

The seminar will cover 30+ techniques using an assortment of 6-7 different weapons including (but not limited to):

• Cane
• Dan Bong
• Staff
• Sword
• Fan

This is going to be a great seminar for all Hapkido students - it will provide great exposure to weapons for coloured belts and it will be an invaluable seminar for all Black Belts both with their syllabus weapon as well as learning how to use different weapons.

The BBC Seminar starts at 1:30pm at Moorebank straight after the midday class.

It's FREE for all BBC members, $35 for IHA students and $50 for non-IHA members.

July 2009 - What's coming up this month

STUDENT OF THE MONTH
June
HAWK - Michel S
FALCON - Luke D

July Birthdays
1st Angelo Hawk
2nd Noah Hawk
4th Linden Hawk
11th Blake Falcon
13th Julie Yellow
14th Jakob Hawk
19th Joel Falcon
22nd Sir Youssef
31st Talia Hawk
31st Zane Hawk

NEW MEMBERS
JUNE
Jared F

Returned Members
Kathryn F
Emily F

EVENTS
JUNE
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st - HELL Camp III

UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY
Saturday 18th - Black Belt Club Seminar “Art of Weaponry”
Saturday 25th - Belt Test @ Moorebank *All Belts*