Coordinated Power Martial Technique
1. Always bow
towards the Instructor and the front of the gym when entering and exiting. This
bow is in respect for the Instructor and the training you receive.
2. Leave all
jewelry, pendants, etc. at home or in your locker. Jewelry is not allowed to be
worn during class.
3. After obtaining your uniform, it is
required to be worn for class participation. The only exceptions are classes
specifically designated otherwise.
4. If you are
late for class, stand at the entrance of the training area in attention
position and wait for the Instructor to acknowledge you and signal you to join
class.
5. When told to
line up for class, always line up directly behind the student in front of you
and in line with the student on your right.
6. “Cha Ryot”
(Attention) – Feet are together, hands in the bowing position, back straight
and eyes are straight ahead.
7. “Kyung Nae”
(Bow) – at the beginning and end of class.
8. The Membership Oath and the Pledge of
Allegiance will be recited.
9. Due to the
seriousness of the study to be undertaken, you must at all times observe and
obey your instructors commands.
10. Always
maintain your position when in class, random movement can result in injury to
yourself or other students and it also impedes the learning process.
11. When you have
a question, always ask by raising your right hand and speak only after you have
been acknowledged.
12. Always address
Instructors and Black Belts as Sir or Ma’am or Mr. ____ or Mrs./Miss ___.
13. At the end of
class, you will be told to line up as you did at the beginning of class.
There will be: No Smoking
No
Gum Chewing
No
Eating or Drinking
No
Abusive or Profane Language
We as members:
Train our spirits and bodies
according to the strict code.
We as members:
Are united in mutual friendship.
We as members:
Will comply with regulations and
obey instructors.
We as members:
Will do our best at everything we
do.
Some notes
regarding the membership oath:
Within
mutual friendship is respect for everyone that we might come into contact with.
Within
instructors would be included parents, schoolteachers, supervisors at work
and/or anyone that might be placed in a position of authority over you.
Terminology to be familiar with:
Cha Ryot: Attention
Kyung Nae: Bow
Chun Bi: Ready
See Jock: Start/Begin
Go Mahn: Stop
Baro: End/Return
to Chun Bi position
Shi Ut: At ease/Rest
Hana: One
Dul: Two
Set: Three
Net: Four
Da Sut: Five
Yu Sut: Six
Il Gop: Seven
Yo Dul: Eight
Ahop: Nine
Yol: Ten
The goal of the
Defensive Arts Academy is to increase the students:
Self
Esteem
Self Confidence
Respect for themselves and others
Ability to protect themselves
The Martial
Arts Aspects for Life – This is a lifestyle!
Courtesy – Kindness and respect for others
without expecting anything
in return. Politeness, Good Manners.
Integrity – Strict adherence to a strict moral and ethical code.
Honesty
towards everyone including yourself.
Trustworthiness,
Incorruptibility.
Perseverance – Never give up. Steady persistence.
Self-Control – Calmness and restraint of Mind, Body and Spirit.
Indomitable Spirit – I can and will do anything that I set as my
goal.
Incapable of being overcome, subdued or
vanquished.
By
learning to control the body, the student also learns to control the mind. “The only true competition is against
yourself, to do better today than you did yesterday”. This statement reflects not only Martial Arts values
but also a way of living your whole life.
There
were 3 minor kingdoms that finally became the country of Korea:
Paekche
Koguryo
Silla (where the roots of Hapkido come from)
Hapkido
= The Way of Coordinated Power
Tae
Kwon Do = The Way of the Hand and Foot
Goju
Ryu = Hard and Soft School
Kenpo
= The Law of the Fist
You
will see different spellings from time to time as you read different books and
magazines this is due largely to dialects within the language itself.
The
3 Principals of Hapkido:
Water
Circular
Motion
Non
Resistance
4
Points of Ki (Chi):
Keep
One Point (Dan Jon)
Relax
Completely
Keep
Weight Underside
Extend
Ki
Circuits
of Neutralization:
Horizontal
Vertical
Diagonal
(Circuits
that travel all around the body based on one point. They can be any direction
that circles the body.)
Use
of angles to make an attack ineffective and to also place yourself into a
position for an effective response.
Grafting:
If
you analyze techniques you will notice all techniques have some combination of
the following basics: Blocks, Strikes, Kicks, Stances.
The
goal of grafting is to take bits and pieces of techniques and graft them
together on demand. Not every technique will work every time so it is the
ability to blend and flow as needed. To move quickly and efficiently from
technique to technique.
Not
thinking specific technique but rather going with the basics that you have
learned and creating a continuous flow of motion.
You’ve
prepared for a grab but the attack is a punch. Do you stop and regroup? NO! In that split second you would be
struck. You’ve planned on using your right forearm to effect an elbow break but
it now becomes a block and you flow from there.
Weapons
taught are:
Staff
Hand
Stick (Approx. 6”)
Baton
Cane
Tonfa
Knives
Sword
“You
may train for a long, long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and
jump up and down like a puppet, learning Karate is not very different
from learning to dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter;
you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of Karate-do”.
Gichin
Funakoshi
The Founder of Shotokan
The
roots of Kenpo depend on whom you talk to but are generally accepted as
Hawaiian by way of China, Japan and Okinawa.
Immigrants
to Hawaii brought their family styles with them and then as they studied and
worked out together a blend was the outcome.
Kenpo
is still continuing to evolve to this day, even though most of the original
persons involved are dead. Their students and their students student’s continue
to redefine the arts based on their own particular outlook.
The
curriculum of the Defensive Arts Academy is a combination of over 20 years of
experience. And it continues to evolve. There is a great debate as to what is,
or is not, a traditional martial art.
To
be able to speak regarding the debate one must first know a little history.
Example:
Kung-Fu (Gung-Fu) or the more apt name Wu Shu. It started when Tamo came to the
Shaolin Temple in China, from India, and found the monks in such poor shape
that they could not stay awake during meditation so he devised an exercise
program, the 18 Hand of the Lo Han, which has evolved into the many styles of
Kung Fu.
Even
Tae Kwon Do as it is known today is a new creation (within the last 100 years).
There are many styles.
Hapkido
was also created within the last 100 years and was a combination of Japanese
Aiki Jujitsu and the Korean martial arts as they were taught at that time.
There are many styles.
Kenpo
also (in this example we are not speaking of the Japanese styles) has many
styles and is generally considered to have been created in Hawaii (that’s why
they call it an American martial art - Evolution) by several persons who
combined their family styles. These people also went their separate ways and
further evolved their own styles and their students have continued this “tradition”.