Master Kwon's Hapkido Karate School

Information for Current Students

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Test 465 - April 6th, 2013

• General Announcements

  • Calendar of Events, Newsletters
  • Test Schedule & Judges and Group Photos

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  • 04/09/13 - The 466^th test is scheduled for Saturday, May 11^th @ 1:00 PM
  • 04/09/12 - Pizza & Movie Night (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Friday April 12^th @ 6pm-9pm
  • 04/09/13 - 465^th Test Results from Saturday, April 6^th
  • 03/13/13 - 464^th Test Results from Saturday, March 9^th
  • 03/04/13 - Sign up for Sparing Class, Tuesdays at 5pm starting March 19th and running for four weeks
  • 03/04/13 - 463^rd Test Results from Saturday, February 9^th
  • 01/31/13 - School Closed for President's Day (Monday, February 18^th)
  • 01/31/13 - 462^nd Test Results from Saturday, January 12^th
  • 01/08/13 - School Closed for Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 21^st)
  • 01/08/13 - 461^st Test Results from Saturday, December 8^th

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• School Rules & Guidelines - All Students Please Read

  • Korean Counting and Frequently Used Terms,
  • Discipline and Formalities,
  • Sparring Rules & Required Equipment,
  • Testing Requirements

• Technique Information

  In class we all participate in dungeon breathing.  Kigong-Buhp (The Way of Cosmic Life Energy) is an extension of dungeon breathing and helps you start the day with a store of energy and balance. Start practicing a few with the help of your instructor.

  • Breathing Exercises: The eighteen modules of Kigong-Buhp
  1. Starting and adjustment
  2. Widely stretching the chest
  3. Brandishing the rainbow
  4. Revolving the arms, as if parting the clouds
  5. Keeping feet fix on ground and rotating the hip
  6. Rowing a boat in the middle of the lake
  7. Lifting a ball in front of the shoulders
  8. Rotating the body to look at the moon
  9. Turning the waist and pushing out the palm
  10. Taking the horse step, with hands like clouds
  11. Reaching into the ocean, then gazing into the sky
  12. Pushing the waves forward
  13. Stretching arms as if a flying pigeon
  14. Reaching out the arm and punching
  15. Flying like a seagull
  16. Rotating like a flywheel
  17. Stepping in the same place and dribbling the ball
  18. Push palms downward and relax