Ultimate Hapkido Summer Camp August 29th and 30th, 2009 Greensboro, North Carolina See page 7 for additional details

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1 The WHA welcomes: Marvin McIntosh from Trinidad, West Indies Will Schneider from London, Kentucky Ultimate Hapkido Summer Camp August 29th and 30th, 2009 Greensboro, North Carolina See page 7 for additional details Grand Master Chong-sung Kim Grand Master Chong-sung Kim passed away Wednesday, June 10, Grand Master Kim was recognized as one of the world s foremost instructors and practitioners of the Korean martial art of Hapkido, diligently training for over 60 years and attaining the honored rank of 9 th Dan. His presence will surely be missed in the Hapkido world but his time and devotion to making Hapkido flourish throughout the world will be felt for many years to come. Hapki! Many of life s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up - Thomas Edison Grand Master Kim s time in Hapkido took him around the world. Including providing specialized training to the US Green Berets and the CIA. In 1973 Grand Master Kim came to the United States where he established a dojang in Alhambra, California. Grand Master Kim has graced the covers of many martial arts publications including Black Belt magazine, Karate Illustrated and Karate Kung Fu Illustrated.

2 Need more Hapkido training? Visit our web site and check out our Online Courses! Our online training program was established in 2000 due to an overabundance of requests from people who had the desire to study but could not, because they were unable to locate a training center in their area. Offering a multitude of courses as well as certification programs that uphold the high quality standards of the World Hapkido Association, our online courses provide the opportunity for anyone to study Hapkido anywhere in the world. We Want to Hear from YOU! The WHA Newsletter is for the members by the members. If you have something to say we want to hear it: events, seminars, testing, promotions, opinions, questions, experiences, photos etc, on and off the mat. Want to have your school profiled in an upcoming issue of the WHA Newsletter? Send us a bio on the school, instructor(s) and a photo and we will include it. AVAILABLE on DVD Ultimate Hapkido with Master Tae Jung only $ $5.95 s/h Courses I & II & III Complete Staff Training Featuring Master Jason Jung $ s/h Order yours today! Join the WHA forum today. Log onto It s easy and it s free. Hear what members have to say. Ask questions, state opinions or tell of experiences! Submissions are due 25th of the month.

3 Moving Forward* Many of us have been faced with the challenge of dealing with an injury big or small. For some, that injury has placed a handful of roadblocks along your daily route causing that route to be altered or even worse in deadlock. A few days after a recent injury I spoke with Yukio Utada Sensei. We discussed how these roadblocks are a part of our training. They work to define our strengths and cause us to enhance our shortcomings. These challenges identify our true character. And when faced with them, we must stand before them and press forward. The nature of our intent will forge the success of meeting the task. We must look beyond and not dwell on circumstance. See ourselves where we want to be and take the steps to get there. Often these types of roadblocks can stall even our best of intentions and stunt our strongest of efforts. But as each of us has a role in hapkido, so does the roadblock. Allow that role to do what it is designed to do and in turn, you do what you are suppose to do look ahead and move forward. Our greatest glory is not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius Dojang Etiquette With the summer months ahead, please be sure to regularly wash and thoroughly dry your dobak after each training session. The wearing of jewelry rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, etc., during training is not permitted at the Dojang. These can cause injury to another or yourself. Please make sure to remove any items and store them with your belongings. *Originally appeared in Aikido Now - Michael Aloia Asahi Dojo, PA

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