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We had a fabulous hanmudo seminar down under in Sydney.(Aug 7,8 2004). Hanmudo Australia members and Australia Hapkido Group members plus a couple of Hanmudo Singapore members participated under GM He- Young Kimm (Hanmudo Founder) . Very well organised by Master Keyvan Mirzai ,Australia Hanmudo head.
Before the seminar ,Master Kirvan brought us to see the sights in Sydney.We had beautiful sunny cool weather despite being winter.We then visited Little Korea town at a town in Campsie.Had lunch at a Korean inn with old Korean men sitting down having their lunch.-really like in Seoul.Mrs.Kimm had a fine time doing shopping and conversing in Korean with the shopkeepers.
At dinner,Master Kirvan's lovely wife Anna , cooked for us a splendid Italian and Lebanese dinner, which highlight the multi ethnicity of Australia.Her Lasagne was perfect.So was her Lebanese rice bread.We finished with Aussie mandarin oranges ,cheese cake and capuccino.Even Dr.Kimm ,who said he needed to sleep for his jetlag, could not resist the fragrant coffee aroma that Mrs.Mirzai brewed for us.
The following day was serious training day.As there were Hapkido members around,GM Kimm highlighted the uniqueness of Hanmudo as distinct from Hapkido.He stressed Hanmudo is principle based , as distinct from technique based.He covered the martial directions, how to generate power from different body parts, Ki breathing for attaining alpha mind status, and how ancient techs from Muyedobo Tong ji is used for modern day application in Hanmudo eg Mu Han Dae movements in defence and attacks.
It was then practice sessions for muhande application in kicking ,striking,combination throwing and combination locking.He then taught Takyun rhythm for use in sparring .
We stopped for lunch and Dr.Kimm had some time talking with some senior members of Australia Hapkido group,who last met Dr.Kimm in 1996 when he first came to Sydney.
In the afternoon , we practiced Taekyun martial rhythm and used it for all the applications as for sparring.We learnt knee unbalancing for throws etc.As with all Hanmudo seminars ,time is always not enough.It was getting dark and we stopped training around 5.30pm.
The seniors had their special training after the seminar.Dr.Kimm went thru with Master Keyvan his 4th dan requirement-counter locks ,rope ,cane , head butt etc.Dr.Dennis Chua ,Singapore Hanmudo head, learnt his 6th dan requirement- archery techs, knife and stone throwing, and sand spreading.
Mrs.Kimm and Anna surprised us at dinner when they prepared a fabulous Korean bulbogi dinner and Kimchi using wholesome Australian beef and fresh Aussie vegies.Do I need to say more???
Sunday came and we had Kumdo training(Korean swordmanship).We went thru basic cutting movements, as well as sword footworks.Confusing initially, but very effective in Kumdo sparring.We learnt the oldest Korean swordform ,Bon kok Kum ,as well as Hanmudo basic swordform ,Hanmu Kum il Hyung. We had a fun session of Kumdo sparring .Control was impt. as we did not wear any protective armour.
I asked Dr.Kimm which is the emphasis for Hanmudo-pole or sword.He replied sword is the emphasis, as it is considered the "fashion" in Korean arts nowadays. I take it to mean it is considered an elite "warrior scholar " weapon as compared to the "footsoldier " pole weapon.But I also realise hanmudo movements of foot and hand now is resembling the sword movement.ie remove the sword and your hand movement is actually sword movement.
Grading was next.Master Keyvan and his assistant instructor performed very well for their 4th dan and 2nd dan respectively.Singapore's Wong Kah Heng did very well for his first dan. Kah Heng by the way has also started Hanmudo Thailand.Dr.Dennis Chua ,Singapore head , had the priviledge to be requested by Dr.Kimm to present the participants and the successful test candidates their certificates.
Master Keyvan and Dr.Chua had a proposal to Dr.Kimm to conduct seminars in alternate years in Singapore and Australia.In this way,Hanmudo standard will improve in this region.Already yr 2005 Nov. seminar is in the pipeline, and Aussies guests will be coming to S'pore to participate . After the S'pore seminar, partipants may be going to Pattaya,Thailand for the Thailand Hanmudo Seminar.
As I have attended numerous Hanmudo seminars and observing Hanmudo development over these years,I am happy to say Hanmudo is really growing, at a steady pace the world over.And quality and brotherhood among world wide members is the aim, not politics and certainly not confrontational.That is the Hanmudo spirit.
Han
Dr.Dennis Chua
Hanmudo Singapore
ps Over dinner,Mrs.Kimm proudly announced that Dr.Kimm had passed his 9th Dan Yudo exams last year but did not announced it.Dr.Kimm is really humble.He just smiled.So as with all Singapore Hanmudo members - Congratulations to Dojunim on achieving the 9th Dan Black Belt in Yudo.
Pics attached for Australia Hanmudo Seminar.
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