Last Chance to Meet DJN Seminars

As the weekend seminars with Dojunim Ji Han Jae are now filled up, and because of a number of requests for the younger students, we are proud to announce a limited chance for those who missed out to meet and do some basic techniques with the founder of Hapkido, Dojunim Ji Han Jae!

This is your chance to be one of the few in Australia to train with him!

We are also expecting 2 other Grandmasters who will be travelling out to Australia with Dojunim, Grandmaster Ken MacKenzie (10th Degree) and Grandmaster Scott Yates (9th Degree).

Last Chance to Meet DJN Seminars are on Tuesday 21 September @ CMA Hurstville, Wednesday 22 September @ CSD Moorebank and Thursday 23 September @ DSD Parramatta.

Kids Seminar costs $35 and is on 6pm-7pm; Adults Seminar costs $45 and is on 7pm-8pm.

Discounts given for attendance at all 3 seminars!

September AHG Sydney Adults Grading

The September AHG Sydney Adults Grading will be held on Saturday 4 September 2010 and will be hosted by DSD Parramatta.

Come along and show your support for your fellow students who will be testing on the day and be there to congratulate them when they attain their next belt!

Grading starts at 12pm sharp.

Family and friends all welcome!

Don't miss out on The Weekend of Masters!!

The Weekend of Masters is one of those rare training weekends that you don't want to miss out on. Why?

With 5 '(Grand)Masters' on the mats with a combined total of over 200 years Martial Arts experience, this weekend promises to be one of the best events you've ever been to.

Personally, I would go along just for Grandmaster Geoff's seminar - Korean Knife Fighting. Never been taught before. Knife versus knife. Unbelievable. This alone will be one of the most amazing seminars anyone has ever been to. You WILL regret it if you miss out on this seminar, guaranteed.

Then there's a Kungfu Grandmaster. But not just any Kungfu master. Sir Lawrence Lee has been training Kungfu for over 60 years and has the fastest hands you will EVER see. Apparently he also has the BIGGEST hands you will ever see. Lightning fast hands - I can't wait!

And there's an Aikido Master. But not just any Aikido Master. A COMBAT Aikido Master. Sir Darren Friend is a 5th Dan and has 25 years experience, 13 of those spent on the ground in Japan, at the Yoshinkan Headquarters in Tokyo!

But wait, there's more.

There's a Kickboxing Master who will teach us some of his own special sparring techniques. Sir John Tooby has close to 30 years Martial Arts experience, he's won countless tournaments and he was a student of Sir Lawrence Lee's (the Kungfu Grandmaster!) This is a must seminar for anyone loving the sparring classes at the moment.

And yet there's still more with a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master getting on the mats to teach us his ground fighting moves. Just like UFC, but only better!

5 '(Grand)Masters' on the mats makes for an incredible weekend of training you do not want to miss out on.

The Weekend of Masters will only set you back $105 (or $60 per day). Doing the math, that's only $21 per Master!! Ridiculous!!

AND, if you pay before 15 February 2010 you can go to the entire weekend of unbelievable training at the Early Bird Special Price of only $95.

Pay now to snap up this great deal and make sure you get to The Weekend of Masters or you will regret missing out on this one!!

BBC Seminar #1 - "How To Be A Student!" on this Saturday!

The first BBC Seminar for 2010 is on this Saturday 30 January 2010 at 1pm.

The topic is "How To Be A Student!".

This is a not-to-be-missed seminar for every student of Hapkido.

At this seminar Grandmaster Geoff will take us through how to be a student from White Belt through to Black Belt and beyond, how to stay in Hapkido, what to do when you are in the Dojang, what to do when you are not in the Dojang, how to enhance your Hapkido experience, how to be better at Hapkido, how to reach all your Hapkido goals, how to succeed in Hapkido, how to get a Black Belt in Hapkido, plus much, much more...

It's like the "Dummies Guide to Hapkido"!

If you can attend no other events in 2010, make sure you attend this seminar!

D0n't miss out!!

Grandmaster Geoff really did save the best for last with Saturday's BBC Seminar - "The Art of Fighting" - wrapping up the 2009 "Art Of" BBC Seminars.

The seminar started with Grandmaster Geoff going through point sparring and competition sparring under some other styles and we were lucky enough to hear some of Grandmaster Geoff's stories from the days when he competed in sparring tournaments.

We were then all shown a few sparring drills to work on, and once we had a bit of practice, it was time to spar!

Of the 38 students in attendance, 37 joined in the sparring, which was great to see, particularly as a number of the students were junior belts! Everyone had fun sparring and everyone got to see just how tiring it is and how much you have to think about what your next move is going to be.

We then got to see something very special. Grandmaster Geoff explained the difference between sparring and fighting and then asked for a volunteer to step up so he could demonstrate to us what fighting looks like. Sir Adrian was quick off the mark volunteering and what followed was something no current active student has ever seen. It was an incredible display of prowess, skill, stamina and control, and though Sir Adrian did look the worse for wear straight afterwards, we could all see that Grandmaster Geoff did hold back and took care of Sir Adrian throughout the demonstration.

It is hard to describe what took place but it was an incredible experience for the students who were there to see it first hand.

This was a seminar not to have been missed and students were hanging around and talking about the whole experience long after the seminar was over.

A great way to wrap up the 2009 BBC Seminar Series and we are all looking forward to the 2010 "How To" BBC Seminar Series which is only going to be bigger and better!

2010 IHA "How To" DVD Series Now Out!

Released on December 6th, 2009 the 2010 IHA "How To" DVD Series takes the already great training series to a new level!

The new series covers all the IHA curriculum requirements from White Belt through to 4th Degree Black Belt. The DVDs are filmed in 1080p using 4 cameras to ensure every technique is clear and easy to understand. The DVDs are filmed with the focus being on the instructor teaching the camera the techniques required for each level. Each technique is personally demonstrated and explained by Grandmaster Geoff J. Booth - 8th Degree Black Belt and Chief Instructor for the International Hapkido Alliance (IHA).

The new IHA "How To" Series includes 4 DVDs with Over 7 Hours of footage and covers all the techniques for the IHA Belt levels of White through to 3rd Degree Black including Dan Bong and Cane techniques, plus Bonus material.

Cost: AUD $235 (Includes Postage & Handling)

To watch the Promo and to order your copy of this awesome DVD set today, go to
http://hapkido.netro.com.au/index_files/Page618.htm!

AHG Christmas Party - Be There!

The first EVER combined CSD (Moorebank), DSD (Parramatta) and CMA (Hurstville) Christmas Party is on this Saturday 5 December 2009 at a location specifically chosen with you in mind, a location that is central to all 3 schools!

This means no excuses for students from all 3 schools not to get there!

Where: Bankstown Sports Events Centre - 8 Greenfield Parade Bankstown

When: Saturday 5 December 2009

Cost: Adults - $45 buffet; Kids - $15 kids meal or $25 buffet

Lunch will be an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet which will cater to everyone's food needs.

Winners of the 2009 Spirit Awards will be announced at the Christmas Party and Trophies handed out to the winners on the day!

The AHG Christmas Party will feature the first EVER screening of the Intro to the new "How-To" Hapkido DVD series. And as if that is not enough, there'll also be competitions, prizes, trivia, fun, great company and other surprises in store for everyone!

Family and friends more than welcome!

Currently we have 197 people in attendance and looking to crack 200 before Saturday!

Speak to your Instructor today and get your name on the attendance list!!

Yesterday's BBC Seminar The Art of Self Defence was brilliant!

Grandmaster Geoff was in exceptionally fine form - it was a highly entertaining seminar with lots of jokes, laughs and anecdotes.

The demo put on by the Black Belts and Grandmaster Geoff was awesome.

The street psychology and body language discussion was highly interesting and useful and it was awesome to learn how to make even basic White Belt techniques nasty.

Great news also with the announcement of the 2010 BBC Seminar Series - the "How To" Series and the announcement of the first seminar in 2010 on "How To Be a Hapkido Student". This one will be a seminar no student will want to miss!

Looking forward to the last BBC seminar for 2009 - The Art of Fighting on 12 December 2009.

OTR Sydney 4 was held this weekend and what a fantastic training weekend it was!



Saturday started off with a Kids Seminar which was a smashing success! Each of the kids got thrown by Grandmaster Geoff at the end of their seminar, who said throwing was not fun?

In the afternoon Grandmaster Geoff took us through Old School Techniques from a Syllabus that dated back to 1986! Now these techniques were MEAN!



On Saturday evening we all headed to The Black Rose Cafe in Liverpool to celebrate 10 years of Kwan Nyom Hapkido - there was all you could eat pizza and pasta and it was a good thing the weekend was such a workout because we all ate way too much!



The Wing Tsun seminar on the Sunday morning was a lot of fun - its great to get exposure to another style of martial art without having to leave the Dojang and students soon discovered there was a fair bit of overlap between what we were learning and our Hapkido.

Yesterday afternoon Guro Floro taught a Kali Sticks seminar - this was a very entertaining seminar and we did Sinawali which was great fun!



All in all a fantastic training weeekend!

Have you got something (Hapkido or martial arts related) to share?

Have you got something (Hapkido or martial arts related) to say?

Contibutions for Issue 4 of The Hapkido Scrolls are now being accepted.

Issue 4 is due for release 2 November 2009.

Send your contribution to

hapkido@netro.com.au

before 15 October 2009, and be in the draw to win an awesome Hapkido prize!

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!

BBC Seminar - The Art of Power

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

THE ART OF POWER

on Saturday 5 September 2009 at the Moorebank Dojang.

This is the 5th seminar in the 2009 Hapkido BBC Seminar Series.

In this seminar Grandmaster Geoff will cover:

- Ki (Internal Power) Development
- Tan Jun Breathing, including never before taught - the second level of Tan Jun Breathing
- Meditation, including never before taught - the second level of meditation
- Power suppression - how to turn off pain for a limited amount of time
- Ki Strikes

This seminar, covering aspects of Tan Jun Breathing and Meditation that noone currently training would ever have seen, promises to be absolutely brilliant.

DO NOT MISS OUT.

The BBC Seminar starts at 1:00pm at the Moorebank Dojang.

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

Put your name on the sign up sheet today!

The first AHG Sydney Hapkido Adults' Grading under the new Grading System was held last night at Dynamic Self Defence.

Good effort was put in by all 9 students who were grading and it was great to see so many students, friends and family in attendance in the crowd to show their support and to shout out encouragement during the grading.

Congratulations to the following students who were successful in attaining their next belt:

Ben V (Complete Self Defence) - Yellow Belt

Daniel N (Complete Self Defence) - Yellow Belt

Vivian P (Complete Self Defence) - Yellow Belt

Navid N (Dynamic Self Defence) - Yellow Belt

Ben S (Dynamic Self Defence) - Green Belt

Yossi W (Dynamic Self Defence) - Green Belt

Mira K (Complete Self Defence) - Provisional Black Belt

No doubt all the students who were successful last night are looking forward to their very first class with their new belt and to learn the new techniques their new belt brings.

The next AHG Sydney Adults' Grading is on Sunday 27 September 2009 at St George Self Defence.

August 2009 - What's on this month

Events
Aug 9 - Grading at Parramatta - 6:30pm (Juniors) & 7:30pm (Seniors)
Come along and support your Hapkido friends!

Aug 22 - Colour Belt Pre-test at Moorebank - 1pm
Come and watch the new pre-test system, and support your Hapkido friends.

Birthdays in August
2nd - Jared - Falcon
3rd - Nam - Yellow
3rd - Daniel N - Orange
9th - Jake - Yellow
10th - Cassie - Yellow
11th - Ely - Falcn
23rd - Damon - Orange
26th - Natasha - Falcon
28th - Evan - Hawk

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*