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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