Australian Hapkido Association

2008 Annual General Meeting

The Australian Hapkido Association's 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held the morning of the tournament, Saturday 8 November 2008 between 9:00AM and 9:30AM.

The tournament is at the Central Coast Youth Club, Washington Avenue, Niagara Park (Central Coast).

At the AGM the positions of the AHA will be vacated and elections will be held to fill the vacated positions for the next 12 months. Nominations for the positions are required by the close of business Friday 7th November and must be sent to Dominic Salsiccia via email (alchemysolutions@optusnet.com.au)

The positions that require nominations are:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Events Officer
Merchandise Officer
Promotions Officer
Membership Officer

Before you nominate somebody for a position keep in mind the job description and whether or not that person has the appropriate skills to fulfill the duties of that position. Also ensure you speak to the person about the nomination and receive their acceptance/willingness to be of nominated for that position.

Note: The nomination of a person cannot be accepted unless that person consents to being nominated for that position.

INSTRUCTORS: Please announce the details of the 2008 AHA Annual General Meeting to your students and actively seek nominations for the positions.

Dominic Salsiccia, Secretary of the Australian Hapkido Association

New batch of Level 1 Instructors Graduated in Sep 2008

In September 2008 the AHA delivered the Instructor Course to 35 participants - for some of them this was the first one they attended. We have been delivering instructor courses since 1992 and have put 111 instructors through Level Certification in this time - with many having gone through several times. The accreditation is only valid for 3 years and must be accompanied by a valid First Aid Certificate.

A course was run on Norfolk Island as well by Tup Moekaa and Master Brown will be running the course in Northern NSW in Nov 08. This course is aimed at keeping all our instructors up to date with the latest techniques and concentrates on how to teach Hapkido safely to minimise injury to all.

The photo below is from the session at Brookvale - there were also sessions at Tuggerah and Norfolk Island. Click on Read More below to see the list of who went through the course.

V6 Red Tip Self Defence Drill - Video now available

Last Friday night at training at the Glede dojang, Ashlie Danckert kindly volunteered her expertise to record the Red Tip Self Defence Drill on video as a training aid for the Syllabus. Enjoy.

NEW VERSION V6

Click here to download a better quality video of the Red Tip Self Defence Drill (2.5 Mb).

Did you know we have lots of videos to help you learn the syllabus?? Click here to see what movies we have.

Grading Results - Tuggerah Dojang

In September there was a grading at Tuggerah. Congratulations to all that participated and who were successful in moving forward with their Hapkido training and goals. The results are:

Stephanie Biviano, Green Belt
Bradley Pierce, Green Tip
Karla Zuluaga, Green Tip
Jayden Daley, Green Tip
Joel Burns, Green Tip
Jason Magri, Yellow Belt
Dean Gould, Yellow Belt
Brendan Leonard, Yellow Belt
Liam O'Brien, Yellow Tip
Kyle Innis, Yellow Tip
Patrick Darbin, Yellow Tip
Samuel Olgers, Yellow Tip
Hester Kogler, Yellow Tip

Brookvale Club - October Grading Date Changed

October grading in Brookvale has been changed from Tues 14th to Tues 28th October.

This is to allow the Children intending to grade to be able to attend classes for 2 weeks before the grading (as usual there are no Kids classes during the School Holidays)

Kids Classes - last class Thurs 25th Sept, first class back Thurs 16th Oct.

Senior AHA Instructor to visit Norfolk Island Dojang

Hunter Hapkido Instructor Tupuna Moekaa is spending a week in Norfolk Island from Sat 27 Sep 2008 to Sat 4th Oct 2008. The flight is being sponsored by the AHA for the benefit of our members in Norfolk Island. Tup is also generously giving a week of his valuable time to pass on his extensive Hapkido knowledge and techniques.

The Hapkido club in Norfolk Island has been going for a long time - originally set up by Boyd Adams - is run by John Christian and Harvey McCoy. John was a student of Master Kevin Brown. They have a solid core of regular students and some very talented youngsters in their club. Being isolated it is difficult for them to keep up with changes in syllabus, etc. But they do take their training seriously.

Is Norfolk Island ready to meet Tup??

Tup will be providing seminars, a grading, an instructor course and participating in regular classes. He will also be experiencing island life and Norfolk Island hospitality. Standby for photos and a story when Tup returns.

Here is a map showing where Norfolk Island is located:

Hapkido Weekend Seminar - Byron Bay - Nov 2008

This Seminar and Black Belt Grading will be run entirely by Master Kevin Brown. It will be a great opportunity for Hapkido in Northern NSW to receive personal instruction and benefit from Master Brown's many years of Hapkido training and expertise.

Saturday 29th November – 9am to 7.30pm

9am to 11am - Hapkido Training
11am to 11.30 - Break
11.30am to 12,30pm - Hapkido Training
12,30 to 2pm - Lunch
2pm to 4pm - Hapkido Training
4pm to 4.30pm - Break
4.30pm to 7.30pm - BLACK BELT GRADING
7.30pm – Dinner Party at Citrus Deli - Jonson St, Byron Bay. Bookings essential.

Sunday 30th November – 9am to 4pm

9am to 11am - Hapkido Training
11am to 11.30 - Break
11.30am to 12,30pm - Hapkido Training
12,30 to 2pm - Lunch
2pm to 4pm - Hapkido Training

DATES: 29 & 30 November

VENUE: LIVING TAO - Health & Martial Arts Centre, 144 Jonson Street Byron Bay

SEMINAR COSTS:
Students: $60
Instructors: $40
SATURDAY EVENING DINNER: $ 35 per head

BOOKINGS: Phone (02) 66858181 Mobile; 0400 558181 Email: Shirsha@byronlivingarts.com.au

SAT CLASS TIME CHANGE NORTHERN BEACHES DOJANG

Starting as from Saturday 13th Sept , the Adults classes will now be taught by Gavin Mansfield at the new time of 4:00pm - 5:30pm. On behalf of the Students and Black Belts of Northern Beaches Dojang, we would like to thank David Beneke for his years of teaching the Saturday classes and wish him all the best for his new club in Hornsby Heights nearer to his home.

As a result, Kids classes will be run from 3:00pm-4:00pm instead of 3:30pm start. These classes will still be run by Glen Trudgett.

SATURDAY CLASS TIMES

Kids Classes 3-4pm : Instructor Glen Trudgett

Adults Classes 4-5:30pm: Instructor Gavin Mansfield

Hapkido Snow Trip - August 2008

The students from the Brookvale dojang are famous for their social talents and this winter has been no exception!! Simon Callaghan organised another successful ski trip from the 10-15 August 2008. Photos below.

If you anyone is interested in coming along for the 2009 trip please contact Simon at simon@snowfection.com or call him on 0413 803 262 .

Instructor Courses in September

All instructors in the AHA must be accredited by successfully completing our Instructor Course Level 1 and must have a valid Senior First Aid certificate. The Instructor Course must be re-taken every three years. Level 1 qualifies our instructors to teach coloured belts the AHA Syllabus. The course also includes administration processes, club management, recommended class structure, teaching methods, code of ethics and refereeing and judging.

The next Level 1 courses will be held at Sydney - Brookvale Dojang - Sunday 28 Sep 2008 from 10am to 3pm. The following people are booked into this course.

Rob Prescott
Steve Tamanini
Ramon Mitchell
Mitchell Wetherell
Liz Brown
Anthony Nixon
Scott Wetherell
Trish Butterworth
Brett Clark
Andrew Brownrigg
John Ansley
Arif Ince
Dominic Salsiccia
Sam Morgan
Stuart Falconer
Pete Fam
Jim Parkin
Paul Janiscewski
Marc MacDonald
Gavin Mansfield
Simon Callaghan
Adam Childs

The course will be presented by Master Kevin Brown, Matt Geister and Daniel Marie. The course is available to Black Tips and above. There is a cost of $60 (pay on the day). A manual will be provided and (if successful) a certificate will be issued. Please bring evidence of your first aid certification - no first aid no certificate). If you have not done first aid you can still do the course and get the certificate sent to you later when the do the first aid.

You should bring some drinks and food for lunch.

~~DEADLINE FOR BOOKING - MONDAY 8 SEP 2008~~ - SORRY BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED