September 2009 - AHG Grading

Grading success

Congratulations to the 10 students who were successful at the recent AHG Sydney Grading held at the Hurstville Dojang:

Green Belt

Steve M

Amadeus H

Yellow Belt

Neelab O

Adam M

Jun M

Ross B

Andy N

Shadi B

Nachi M

Callum J

Great effort and a terrific result for all those promoted! Well done!

Acknowledging the support and enjoyment of the 'impromptu seminar'

It was also wonderful to see the AHG Hapkido family attending from Parramatta, Moorebank and Hurstville Dojang's as vocal supporters during this grading. Your attendance and cheering was definitely felt at the front of the Dojang.

You would have to agree that the GMG 'impromptu seminar' was a big success following the Grading. Counting the supporters and successfully promoted students there were 55 Hapkidoists on the mat for Grand Master Geoff's seminar. The 'slam and jam' with 'ground and pound' was enjoyed by all students, from white to Black Belt, with everyone throwing one another to the ground ... with smiles on their faces.

Head over to the Hapkido Forum to offer your thanks to GMG for this seminar or to add your congratulations to those who achieved Grading success!

Regards

Sep - Oct 2009: What's on during these months?

Web check:! Further details for what's on can be found at the Hapkido forum and Hapkido facebook page!

September Events

AHG Sydney Belt Test @ Hurstville *All Belts*: Sunday 27 September (followed by)... Grand Master G's special Seminar

Come along and support your Hapkido family!

October Events

A heads up on the very hectic October including the Hell Week, OTR, 4th Anniversary dinner and Sun Bae training!

Sun Bae - 'Senior belt training': Sunday 4 October

U Hok Saeng - 'Hell Week': Monday 5 October - Friday 9 October

OTR (On The Road) Sydney 4*: Saturday 10 October - Sunday 11th October
*Kwan Nyom Hapkido 10th Anniversary!: Saturday 10 October starting at 6:30pm

AHG Sydney Grading Pre Test @ Moorebank *Blue/Brown/Red*: Saturday 24 October

Black Belt Club Seminar *Art of Self Defence*: Saturday 31 October

The 5th BBC Hapkido seminar in the 'Art of' series was held on Saturday 5 September 2009 - the topic was the Art of Power.

Whilst it wasn't a physically challenging seminar it did get the grey matter working and Grandmaster Geoff gave us a lot to think about and work on.

Tan Jun Breathing is something we do at the start of every class and yet most students don't do this correctly. And yet it is so important and something that when done properly can be of immense benefit to all students. Whilst most of us have to work on Level 1 Tan Jun Breathing before moving on to Level 2, it was great to see Grandmaster Geoff demonstrate Level 2 Tan Jun Breathing.

We also went through Level 2 and 3 meditation and discussed the benefits of meditation and how it can strengthen our Ki. Very interesting stuff and not to be taken lightly.

Of course, no seminar on Power (Ki) is complete without Ki Strikes, Ki Brushing and Pain Suppression/Control.

This seminar had something for all students and all 30 students in attendance took away something new and something to work on.

All in all a fantastic seminar!

Look out for the next seminar in the 2009 'Art of' BBC Seminar Series - Art of Self Defence!