Australian Hapkido Association

Grading at Stanwell Park Dojang 24th May

A Belt Grading is planned for STANWELL PARK Dojang on Thursday 24th May at 7pm at The CWA Hall, 15 The Drive Stanwell Park, Wollongong.

Master Brown will be taking the Grading.

For all students grading, please be ready by 6:45 with fees paid.

Thanks.

Chris Currey

Stanwell Park Dojang

mportant Announcement - Master Brown is coming to Byron Bay in May

Dear Hapkido enthusiasts from far and wide,

We look forward to your company for a special 4 hour seminar with Master Brown 6th Degree, Australian Hapkido Association president & technical director.

Where: Byron Bay Dojang, St Finbars Primary School Bangalow Rd (opposite Byron Bay High School)
When: Saturday 19th May 2012, 1pm-5pm
Who: All AHA Members are welcome
Cost: $30

Remember to bring food/snacks and water.

RSVP ASAP to: As space is filling quickly please RSVP asap to Justine M:0419 493 615 / email: justine@wildnature.com.au

ALL STUDENTS FROM THE AHA ARE INVITED So do not miss out on this experience and opportunity to deepen your understanding of Hapkido. The seminar will include sparring techniques, kicking combinations, self defence, grappling and understanding and developing ki. Senior students can also look forward to something especially for them. Dinner will follow.

We look forward to seeing you all there and accommodation will be available for those travelling for the event and weekend. Flights are $150 return Syd-Gold Coast with Jetstar right now. What a great excuse to enjoy the delights of Byron Bay and its surroundings!!!!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you require any further information.

Here is list of the people who have already booked in:

Black belts
1.     Phil Eizenberg  Stokers Siding 4th Dan
2.     Mark Fendley  Murwillumbah 3rd Dan
3.     Mark Bergquuist  Mooball 3rd Dan
4.     Tim Crawford  Brisbane 2nd Dan
5.     Dom Spreckley  Mullumbimby 3rd Dan
6.     Eli Dutton  Byron Bay 3rd Dan
7.     Thomas Knight  Byron Bay 2nd Dan
8.     Simon  Fitzpatrick  Byron Bay 2nd Dan
9.     Matt Beyer  Port Maquarie 2nd Dan
10. Helen O’Carroll  Byron Bay 1st Dan
11. Justine Lobb  Byron Bay 1st Dan
12. Amy Dempsey  Byron Bay 1st Dan
13. Danielle Coombs  Byron Bay 1st Dan
14. Vanessa James  Byron Bay 1st Dan
15. Ross Hague   Murwillumbah 1st Dan

Coloured Belts
16. Jason Morning  Byron Bay Green Tip
17. Clara Dawson  Byron Bay Green Tip
18. Allira Honbury  Byron Bay White Belt
19. Aloura Coombs  Byron Bay Red Belt
20. Ettienne  Byron Bay White Belt
21. Kilarni  Byron Bay White Belt
22. Sai Spreckley  Mullumbimby Red Tip
23. Gadi Cohen  Mullumbimby Green Belt
24. Nathan Kaye  Mullumbimby/Byron Bay Yellow Belt
25. Shemaiah Kaye  Mullumbimby/Byron Bay Yellow Tip
26. Arna Baartz  Murwillumbah Red Tip
27. Michiel Kamphorst  Byron Bay Yellow Belt
28. Joelyn West  Murwillumbah White Belt
29. Jodilee West  Murwillumbah White Belt
30. Grace Finardi  Murwillumbah Red Belt
31. Chris Raso  Murwillumbah Yellow Belt
32. Dan Raso  Murwillumbah Red Tip
33. Jack Sullivan  Mullumbimby Green Belt
34. Michael Flanagan  Mooball White Belt
35. Benjamin Rudman  Mooball Yellow Tip
36. Jasmine Collins  Mooball Yellow Tip
37. Duane Bentzen  Mooball Green Tip
38. Brandon Bentzen  Mooball Green Tip
39. .....

Warm regards

Justine Lobb and Phil Eizenberg of Northern NSW Hapkido.

Photos from the Myuna Bay Summer Camp 2012

You may have noticed Sydney Canja at the camp with a camera taking photos of everything and everyone - well Sydney is from the Pittwater Hapkido dojang and his photos have been posted on the club's public Facebook page for all to see and enjoy

So please click on the photos below to follow the link to the photo album. Check out the photos and feel free to comment and contribute to our collective memory of this fun weekend.

Thanks to Sydney and Sammy for all the editing, culling and posting of these photos - great job.

Gongkwon Yusul Bridging Course available in Sydney!

Most of you know about Master Kang's Gongkwon Yusul. We have had many seminars here in Australia from Master Kang and many of you have trained with Master Kang in Korea.

If you are already a Black Belt in Hapkido, the Hapkido College of Australia in Croydon, Sydney are offering a bridging course to get a Black Belt in Gongkwon Yusul.

If you enrol in this course you could have a 1st Degree in Gongkwon Yusul recognised by Master Kang (the founder of GKY) by Sep 2012.

If you are an instructor and want to add GKYS to your dojang, this is ideal for you. You will be xpected to learn the curriculum and be able to execute the techniques. In Sep 2012 there will be a grading and you will need to pass. You will be challenged.

Here is a youtube video of one of their recent Black Belt gradings - not easy.

There will be three seminars over three months. Each seminar will run for approximately three hours and will cover 4 belt levels.
In between and after the seminars, you are welcome to continue training in your own time and join our weekly GKY classes in Croydon at no extra cost.

Seminar 1: White to Yellow Advanced - Date to be decided
Seminar 2: Green to Blue Advanced - Date to be decided
Seminar 3: Red to Junior Black held - Date to be decided
Black Belt Grading: Sat 15th September 2012

The Gongkwon Yusul Bridging Course includes:

Three seminars with accelerated learning of the GKY curriculum.
A chance to improve your Martial skill and gain a deeper understanding of modern Martial Art technique and philosophy.
GKY uniform, belt and t-shirt.
DVDs of all seminars for your own personal use.

If you are interested in taking part in this course, contact Anthony at the Hapkido College of Australia:

Phone: 02 9747 0822
Email: train@hapkidocollege.com.au

Click here to download a brochure for the Gonkwon Yusul Bridging Course.

Who is going for their next degree in 2012? - it's a team effort!!

The following people have registered their intention to attempt to grade for their next Black Belt Degree in 2012. The journey of a black belt can be quite lonely and there is a long way between goals. So if one of these people is in your club then why not take an interest in their progress, Ask them how they are preparing, maybe even offer your time and encouragement to help them prepare.

It takes the whole club to make a good black belt - not just the instructor and the student - so don't just sit back and watch - be part of their success.

Trying for 2nd Degree in 2012

Andrew Brownrigg - Melbourne
Chris Currey - Sutherland
Garry Graham - Port Maquarie
Justine Lobb - Pittwater/Byron Bay
Kelly Feetam - Central Coast
Melissa Rees - Central Coast
Michael Little - Central Coast
Reimer Ganzevoort - Central Coast
Russell Grearson - Castle Hill
Sydney Canja - Pittwater
Terry Turner - Tyalgum/Murwillumbah

Trying for 3rd Degree in 2012

Sam Morgan - Sutherland

Trying for 4th Degree in 2012

Dominic Spreckley - Mullumbimby
Mark Bergquist - Tyalgum/Mooball
Simon Callaghan - Brookvale

Trying for 5th Degree in 2012

Mitchell Wetherell - Sutherland
Ron Rees Central - Coast
Steve Tamanini - Brookvale

Minimum Time between gradings for Black Belts

Black belt techniques are usually more difficult than the coloured belt techniques and require a lot of time to get right. The following times are guidelines only and indicate how much time is normally taken to learn and perfect the techniques of each grade. It is common for black belts to take 10 years or longer to achieve their 4th Degree Black Belt.

1st Degree to 2nd Degree – 2 years of training
2nd Degree to 3rd Degree – 3 years of training
3rd Degree to 4th Degree – 4 years of training
4th Degree to 5th Degree - 5 years of training, etc...

This year there will be two Black Belt Gradings:

Northern NSW Spring Camp - 21-23 Sep 2012
Sydney Black Belt Grading - Pittwater - Sat 17 Nov 2012 - 1:30pm

Good luck to all pre-graders - train hard - fight easy!!

Successful Grading held at Murwillumbah Dojang last weekend

Hapkido North Coast held a challenging and high impact grading on Saturday 31 Mar 2012 with all 20 students grading successfully.

Click here to see all the fantastic photos - some great action shots!!

Students who attended represented Stokers Siding, Murwillumbah, Tyalgum, Mooball, Mullumbimby and Byron Bay Dojangs.

The grading was run by Phil Eizenberg (4th Degree) from Stockers Siding who incorporated Hapkido technique and philosophy into the 3 hour session.

Within the course of the grading the audience saw White belts through to Blue belts display a high level of Hapkido ability.

The room was captivated as we saw Blue Belts break boards and under 8 junior belts from Tyalgum/Mooball Dojang demonstrate how it is technique, not size, that matters, with high cat rolls over crouching students.

Finesse and inspiration was also prevalent throughout the morning as all students including Black belts from all Dojang's displayed agility, athleticism, focus and courage and all things that make Hapkido exciting.

Thank you to all the students who graded and to the Grading panel for their challenges and guidance throughout.

Thank you also to those Black Belts who assisted and to students who did not grade, but who came to support their fellow students, and a special thank you to Mark Fendley for hosting the grading and to Warwick Ford for his sharing of Hapkido History.

Warwick Ford - one of Matthew Kim's first students from the City Gym!
Click on the image above to see Warwick in full action (from around 1980).

Warm regards
Justine Lobb
Australian Hapkido Association - Northern NSW

Relay for Life (Cancer Council) - fantastic result from Terry Turner

Our Terry Turner (Black Belt from Northern NSW Hapkido) participated in the Relay for Life to raise money for the Cancer Council. The event was held on the 10-11th March 2012. Terry's team (Far North Coast Rural Fire Service) had to have one member walking at all times during the event.

The Tweed Valley effort raised $58,000.00. The RFS Team (Terry's team) raised $3,507.00 (some money to be registered yet). Terry (pictured below in uniform) won the award for the most enthusiastic walker. Terry walked the most and looked the “prettiest”.

Terry personally raised $688.00. Terry's team won the team effort on the relay, as they had someone on the track for the entire event.

Well done to Terry Turner on a huge effort and a great result!
He obviously had fun helping others.

The next generation has arrived....

Liz Brown, 4th Degree from the Sutherland Club has introduced her children to Hapkido classes at the Stanwell Park Dojang run by Chris Currey.

Elise Brown (8) and Matthew Brown (5) are enjoying their training at the kids class at Stanwell Park.

Is there room in the AHA for another Master Brown? Well there had better be room for 3 more!

New Gong Kwon Yusul web site!

There is a new web site for Master Kang's Gong Kwon Yusul dojangs in Australia and it looks really swish:

www.gongkwonyusul.com.au

It has only just opened and for now lists the clubs throughout Australia. If you have any feedback or want to know more contact them through the Facebook link on the web site.

Workshops and grading last weekend in Melbourne

Last weekend Daniel Marie and Tupuna Moekaa were sponsored by the AHA to visit the Melbourne Hapkido dojang and run a Grading and a series of workshops.

The following students graded successfully on Saturday morning:

Stewart Dwelly - Blue Belt
Dean Borgonje - Yellow Tip

Saturday afternoon was a 4-hour seminar covering Knife Defense and Groundwork Games.

Sunday morning was a revision of Knife Defence and Hapkido techniques.

Sunday afternoon was a Gongkwon Yusul class and more Hapkido.

Some of the highlights of the weekend were:

multiple grabbing with Tup in the middle
grappling with some skilled students
everyone being able to throw Daniel with Whip Throw (most students normally fail this test).
massage warmup on Sunday morning
a Gongkwon Yusul lesson with GKYS Instructor Andrew Mendlik
Master Yun Sae Gwan techniques - so simple and yet so painful.

The standard in Melbourne was good - so thanks to Andrew Brownrigg and John Ansley for their excellent leadership.

Thanks also to Paul Mystakidis who came all the way from the Sutherland dojang in Sydney (at his own cost) to help out with the workshops.