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Annual Memberhip Renewal
Due Date: 1 Jul 2008
Sydney Black Belt Class
Sun 3 Aug 2008
Brookvale Dojang
3:30pm to 5 pm
Annual Tournament
Central Coast
Sat 8 Nov 2008
Senior Black Belt Grading
Brimson Hall at St Augustines College
Federal Parade, Brookvale
Sunday 23 Nov 2008
10:30am
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 | News Item: Black Belt Syllabus V3 is now available |
 The Black Belt Syllabus is now available on the web site. Up to now our focus has been on the coloured belts - ignoring the need for Black Belts to have clear information regarding what they are supposed to be working on. This Black Belt Syllabus addresses this neglect and sets down the requirements for each grade from 1st Degree to 4th degree.
The article "Now that you have that Black Belt" also explains what is expected of our Black Belts and makes for interesting reading for any Hapkido student - not just Black Belts.
To download a PDF version of the Black Belt Syllabus V3 click on the image below (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader):
To access the Black Belt Syllabus V3 via the web site click on the following button (it is the same button as the one at the top of this web page).
This will take you to the Syllabus page where you can access the syllabus for each belt by clicking on the icon.
Over the next few months we will add videos and images to the syllabus to help Black Belts understand what they need to be working on. This will be especially useful for our more remote clubs.
This Syllabus will be reviewed and revised over the next few months so please do not hesitate to provide feedback and suggestions via the Discussion Forum.
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Posted by dmarie on Thursday, July 24 @ 11:49:17 EST (3 reads)
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| News Item: Membership Renewals due July 1st 2008 |
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Students
Your $30 annual membership fee for the Australian Hapkido Association is due
1st July 2008. This fee includes your sports injury insurance for the next financial year.
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Students who do not renew their membership fee will not be able to
train in our clubs because they are not insured and they will not be
able to participate in our events (tournaments, seminars, camps,
gradings, etc).
In the next few weeks your instructor will give you a form to complete and add your name to the club's temporary membership list. You can either return the form to your instructor along with the $30 payment - or you can pay the association and send the form directly to the AHA (details of how to do this are on the form).
Towards the end of July the association will send your membership cards to your instructor and they will hand them out at class. Make sure you put them in a safe place as you may be asked to bring them to gradings, etc.
Instructors
You will be receiving your Instructor Pack in the next week or so - make sure you pay the Club Membership fees promptly as your club will not be insured until this fee is received. You will also need to pay for your Instructor Membership as well ($30).
Why should I pay?
These fees are important to the association so we can maintain a healthy bank balance and undertake projects to benefit the members. These fees go towards paying for advertising, merchandise, special events, master visits from Korea, the web site, instructor courses, etc. The fee also provides for Sports Injury Insurance for students and Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance for Instructors and club owners. By pooling our resources we are able to undertake projects none of us would individually be able to do.
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Posted by dmarie on Wednesday, June 11 @ 10:20:18 EST (70 reads)
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| News Item: BYRON LIVING TAO COMES OF AGE WITH 21 YEARS DEDICATED SERVICE TO COMMUNITY |
 This is an extract from a recent issue of the Echo - a newpaper in Byron Bay.
Byron Living Tao is Byron Bay’s oldest continually operating full-time Health and Martial Arts Centre. This thriving centre on Jonson Street remains a landmark in the Old Norco Building (next door to Mitre 10). This year Byron Living Tao is celebrating its 21st birthday and its newly expanded range of courses.
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Posted by dmarie on Tuesday, May 27 @ 23:01:46 EST (42 reads)
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| News Item: New location for Sutherland Dojang |
The Sutherland Dojang has moved to a new hall - it is bigger and better. The new venue has given members a good boost and numbers are booming. Well done to Mitchell Wetherell who has steadfastly been a great role model of dedication to Hapkido and good honest training.
The new address is:
Sylvania High School
17 Bellingara Rd Sylvania
Link to Google Map
The class times are Mon and Wed 7:00 - 8:30 pm
For any enquiries contact Mitch on Mob: 0416 035 336 or email him at wethemj@cba.com.au
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Posted by dmarie on Monday, May 19 @ 23:35:35 EST (42 reads)
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| News Item: Good news for the Glebe Club |
Glebe Dojang has always trained on Wed and Fri nights. Last week, Dominic Salsiccia - the instructor at Glebe Dojang - was told Mon nights are now available for our Glebe Hapkido club - so now classes for the Glebe Dojang will be on Mon and Wed nights. Monday nights are much better for the students and this should be a great boost to the club.
The Secrect Hapkido Class is back on every Fri night starting at 6:30pm supervised Daniel Marie. All students are encouraged to attend this special weekly training where they will be shown secret techniques - just kidding - but it sparked your interest didn't it?? The class is open to all grades - but is not suitable for absolute beginners.
Did you know that the Glebe Dojang is a short 10-15 min bus ride from the city - just catch a bus anywhere along George St going South and get off at Victoria Park near Sydney Uni - the gym is 3 min from there. For anyone working in the city or in the inner suburbs - the Glebe Dojang is easy to get to by public transport and there is plenty of off-street parking.
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Posted by dmarie on Thursday, April 10 @ 00:11:53 EST (52 reads)
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| News Item: Master Song's Sword Workshop |
Last Sunday 16 Mar 08 Master B K Song provided a workshop to Hapkido students for the Australian Hapkido Association. Of particular interest were the three sword patterns that Master Song originally taught to us way back in 1987. We managed to record Master Song doing these three sword patterns so we now have a great resource for 1st Dans to learn the patterns properly. Our students also witnessed a great demonstration of Komdo sparring in the full gear and Master Song demonstrated some cutting of straw mats. At the end students asked lots of questions about Komdo. Many thanks to Master Song and his assistant Dwight Park for their time and knowledge.
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Posted by dmarie on Monday, March 17 @ 17:04:07 EST (97 reads)
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| News Item: New merchandise has arrived!! |
We have just received 200 Tshirts ($25), 250 key rings ($3) and 144 Cups ($15) and they all look great!
The TShirts come in a range of sizes (12, 14, S, M, L, XL). Some of the artwork used is from the Artwork competition we ran last year - thanks to Steve Luongo (Bondi Junction) and Lea Stringer (Brookvale) for their contributions. We have many other designs and will make more runs of those once we have sold this initial run. Visit the AHA Merchandise page to see how to buy them on-line.
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Posted by dmarie on Tuesday, February 12 @ 12:56:42 EST (78 reads)
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| News Item: New arrival for Claire, Misha and Kika |
Claire and Misha Brace have had a baby! Abbie Tae was born 8 weeks ago. Congratulations!!
For those of you who do not know, Claire and Misha are Black Belts from the Northern NSW clubs. Their son Kika has also just started training with Phil Eizenbberg as well - a double blessing!!
Click on Read More below to see photos....
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Posted by dmarie on Thursday, February 14 @ 10:52:26 EST (75 reads)
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| Great mirrors for Sale for your Club!! |
Jamie Bennett has some great mirrors for sale.
He has 9 framed mirrors 2.1mt x 1.2 mtr for sale they retail for $400 each at that size.
Asking $250 $150 each but the price is negotiable.
Anyone interested? Contact Jamie on jazzaanddi@bigpond.com
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Posted by dmarie on Tuesday, February 05 @ 00:51:22 EST (77 reads)
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| News Item: AHA Committee decided on some key dates for 2008 |
The following dates have been set by the AHA for key events in 2008 (some are subject to venue being available on these dates):
- AHA Annual Camp - Blue Mountains - 2-4 May 2008 (confirmed)
- Clubs to start collecting annual membership fees - 1 June 2008
- Senior Black Belt Grading - Sun 15 June 2008 (Brimson Hall at St Augustines College, Federal Parade, Brookvale 12 noon - confirmed)
- Deadline for renewal of membership fees - 30 June 2008
- Instructor Course in Sydney - Not enough interest for Jul course may run one in Oct if enough demand.
- AHA Annual Tournament - Central Coast - Sat 8 Nov 2008 (confirmed)
- Senior Black Belt Grading - Sun 23 Nov 2008 (Brimson Hall at St Augustines College, Federal Parade, Brookvale 10:30am - confirmed)
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Posted by dmarie on Monday, February 04 @ 00:52:30 EST (59 reads)
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| News Item: Black Belt Classes in 2008 |
This year Black Belt Classes in Sydney will be held on the first Sunday of every month at 3:30 pm at Brookvale Dojang. If there are any changes they will be adivsed on the web site. All Black Belts who are actively training will be sent an email (as per the Black Belt Register) as a reminder of the training.
All Sydney Black Belts unable to attend must notify Master Brown prior to the training. Master Brown will be paying particular attention to Black Belts this year and keeping a close eye on your standards and approach to Hapkido.
For Black Belts who cannot attend on Sundays, Master Brown has a regular class every Saturday at Mona Vale - so if you cannot attend Sunday then you can still attend at least one Saturday per month with Master Brown.
Put these dates in your calendar - plan to be there - be organised - be consistent. Remember a Black Belt is not something you wear - it is something you are - you will need to work at it for the rest of your life.
- Sun 2 Mar 2008
- Sun 6 Apr 2008
- Sun 4 May 2008 (at the Blue Mountains Camp)
- Sun 1 Jun 2008
- Sun 6 Jul 2008
- Sun 3 Aug 2008
- Sun 7 Sep 2008
- Sun 5 Oct 2008
- Sun 2 Nov 2008
- Sun 7 Dec 2008
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Posted by dmarie on Monday, February 04 @ 00:37:38 EST (57 reads)
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| News Item: Super Hapkido Workshops for 2008 |
Due to a lack of interest the workshops have been cancelled. Sorry.
Daniel Marie - Australian Hapkido Association
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Posted by dmarie on Saturday, February 02 @ 01:06:25 EST (248 reads)
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| News Item: Friendship visit to Master Ryoo's Hapkido club at Croydon |
On Tuesday 8 Jan 07 a representative from the AHA visited Master Ryoo's Hapkido dojang in Croydon, Sydney. Last December, Grandmaster Matthew Sung Su Kim had requested that we visit Master Ryoo's dojang and get to know each other.
The gym is located at 146 Parramatta Rd, Croydon (opposite Office Works). The gym is very well equipped (see photos below) with a lounge for students, a weight training area and a large dojang with heaps of weapons neatly arranged on rack and one whole wall of mirrors. The reception looks professional.
The class was very well run with a good aerobic warm up led by Giorgio including pliometrics and group exercises to really get the body hot. This was followed by danjun exercises and stretching led by Master Yoo. Then the students broke off into groups for their syllabus work (each student had their own clipboard to record their progress and make notes relating to their own techniques).
Everyone in the class trained hard and their kyups were full of spirit and enthusiasm. Master Ryoo, Master Kim (his assistant) and the senior students have really created a great training atmosphere where the students feel challenged both physically and mentally. There was an obvious comradery in the class that would make any new student feel very welcome. The techniques they practised and training methods were very similar to the AHA techniques. In summary a good club, with good teachers and good students.
   
For more info - click here to check out their web site.
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Posted by dmarie on Wednesday, January 09 @ 11:27:01 EST (61 reads)
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| News Item: Mona Vale Dojang Surfing - great fun had by all!! |
Here are a couple of photos.........first one is Sammy
getting the hang of surfing with a little help from Paul. 2nd photo is of me and the Mona Vale students and Arif from the Glebe/Bondi Junction Dojang.
Master Brown
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Posted by dmarie on Sunday, December 02 @ 23:48:21 EST (196 reads)
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| News Item: Results from the Black Belt Grading |
 The following students passed their Black Belt Gradings last weekend in Sydney:
1st Degree - Dennis Bunag (Melbourne)
- Rob Graham (Melbourne)
- Dominic Bressan (Bondi)
- Clement Holmes (Bondi)
- Craig Thomas (Glebe)
- James Alderson (Hunter Hapkido)
- Arif Ince (Bondi)
2nd Degree - Samantha Sese (Casltle Hill / Mona Vale)
- Raymond Cotterell (Hunter Hapkido)
The following students presented themselves for their pre-grading: - Adam Mercieca for 2nd Degree (Miranda)
- Paul Janiszewski for 3rd Degree (Glebe)
- David Beneke for 4th Degree (Brookvale)
- Tupuna Moekka for 4th Degree (Hunter Hapkido)
- John Ansley for 4th Degree (Mona Vale)
Congratulations to all participants!!
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Posted by dmarie on Monday, November 26 @ 23:43:10 EST (158 reads)
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| News Item: AHA Annual Tournament 2007 - Results |
Photos now available - click here.
- Club Champions Northern Beaches
- Encouragement Award Dean Reiner (Bondi Junction)
- Girl Champion Stephanie Biviano (Central Coast)
- Boy Champion Tom Fox (Northern Beaches)
- Women’s Champion Lea Stringer (Northern Beaches)
- Men’s Champion Chris Currey (Miranda)
Click on Read More below to see the rest of the results...
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Posted by dmarie on Tuesday, November 13 @ 00:36:41 EST (346 reads)
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| News Item: Photos from Blue Mountains Camp - out now! |
 Photos from the Hapkido camp held last weekend at the Blue Gum Resort in the Blue Mountains are now available in the Photo Galleries - click here to the see the photos.
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Posted by dmarie on Wednesday, November 07 @ 23:43:37 EST (160 reads)
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Past Articles
| Wednesday, January 09 | | · | Friendship visit to Master Ryoo's Hapkido club at Croydon |
| Friday, January 04 | | · | Next AHA Committee Meeting |
| Thursday, December 27 | | · | Photos from AHA Gold Coast Camp Dec 07 |
| Thursday, December 13 | | · | Photos from AHA Demo at NAS 2007 Championships |
| Monday, December 10 | | · | Grading Results - Mannering Park |
| Sunday, December 02 | | · | Mona Vale Dojang Surfing - great fun had by all!! |
| Thursday, November 29 | | · | Northern Beaches Grading Brookvale + End of Year Drinks Afterwards |
| Monday, November 26 | | · | Results from the Black Belt Grading |
| Friday, November 23 | | · | Surf-ki-do - Sun morning 2 Dec 07 Dee Why Beach |
| · | 2007 Extreme Martial Arts Spectacular - Sat 1st Dec 07 |
| Monday, November 12 | | · | AHA Annual Tournament 2007 - Results |
| Wednesday, November 07 | | · | Photos from Blue Mountains Camp - out now! |
| Monday, October 29 | | · | Warwick Ford - a blast from the past!! |
| Saturday, October 27 | | · | Northern Rivers Black Belt class - November |
| Tuesday, September 25 | | · | Sydney Black Belt Grading - Sunday 25 Nov 07 |
| Monday, September 24 | | · | Annual General Meeting - to be held at Blue Mountains Camp |
| · | 2007 Annual Hapkido Tournament 10 Nov 2007 Central Coast |
| Tuesday, September 11 | | · | Coffee Shop Hapkido |
| Saturday, September 08 | | · | Jujitsu Seminar Weekend in Sydney 6-7 Oct 2007 |
| Wednesday, August 29 | | · | Instructors Only Web Site now available |
| Sunday, August 26 | | · | Sutherland Grading - Results |
| Wednesday, August 08 | | · | Instructor Course - October - Murwillumbah |
| Tuesday, August 07 | | · | Sydney Hapkido Camp - Blue Mountains 2-4th Nov 2007 |
| · | End of Year Hapkido Camp - Northern NSW |
| Friday, July 06 | | · | While Scott is away - Daniel will play |
| Wednesday, July 04 | | · | For serious Hapkidoists only .... |
| Tuesday, July 03 | | · | Download video of AHA Demo at Yongmudo Championship Korea |
| · | Instructor Course in Sydney Sunday 8th July |
| Tuesday, June 19 | | · | Koala Hapkido - an explanation of this mysterious native Australian martial art |
| · | Great turnout for Sunday Workshop |
| Thursday, June 14 | | · | Level 2 Senior First Aid Course - 22 July 2007 |
| Monday, June 11 | | · | Photos of our Korea Trip now available |
| Friday, June 01 | | · | Update from Korea trip |
| Sunday, May 27 | | · | Hot news from today's Committee meeting |
| Tuesday, May 15 | | · | Artwork Competition - have your say!! |
| Monday, May 14 | | · | Super Hapkido Workshop #4 - 20 May 07 |
| Wednesday, May 02 | | · | Does anyone want to play with us? |
| Tuesday, May 01 | | · | Photos now available from the Gongkwon Yusul Seminars |
| Tuesday, April 24 | | · | Report on Gongkwon Yusul seminars by Ken from Glebe Dojang |
| Saturday, April 14 | | · | AHA invited to Korea end of May 07 |
| Wednesday, April 04 | | · | Two new 5th Degrees |
| Sunday, April 01 | | · | Gongkwon Yu Sul Seminars - April 2007 |
| Wednesday, March 28 | | · | Memories of Bong Soo Han from Central Coast Hapkido |
| Thursday, March 22 | | · | Finally!! Syllabus Update released - Version 6!!! |
| Thursday, March 08 | | · | Artwork Competition |
| Monday, February 12 | | · | New Kids Class at Melbourne |
| Sunday, January 14 | | · | Open invitation from the Tweed PCYC Judo Club |
| Tuesday, January 09 | | · | Sad news about a Hapkido pioneer - Bong Soo Han |
| Saturday, January 06 | | · | Newsletter from the Byron Bay Dojang for Dec 2006 |
| Friday, December 22 | | · | Video of Pole Pattern #1 now available |
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