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While watching the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four championship game, A.J. Mleczko commented that the teams will be watching the line between how important the game is and how to keep doing everything they did to get there. She asked “How do you keep the mundane and not get sucked into the moment?” There is 9 days left until the Dan testing at the Spring USA Haedong Kumdo Association seminar. Students testing to ranks of 2nd Dan to 5th Dan. The concept above greatly comes into play for this testing. Truly, all strong martial arts testing. The intent is to stress test the student to see how they respo ..read more

Winter Community Education courses are posted. Korean sword class Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:50pm (typos already noted) Register here ..read more

Korean Karate (Taekwondo) Community Education Class has been posted! Taekwondo (Korean Karate) Tuesday – Thursday 6:00pm-6:50pm Register here ..read more

There are several methods of having children in martial arts classes. They range from babysitting to character building to physical skills. Which one is best? Yes. It depends upon what you want your child to learn…and how old they are. It is also very dependent upon the skills, knowledge, talents, and personalities of the teachers. Since I do not have the personality to work with the real young ones (ages 4-6), I refer them to other schools that have quality teachers and programs. They aren’t my competition. Schools have students that fit the personality of that school. This brings us to why t ..read more

First of all, we are here returning to the simpler meaning of the word. In philosophy the term Intentionality is loaded with a lot of extra meaning. What we mean here is simply doing what you are doing in forms with a reason, an intention. When you learn your forms there is a good and right emphasis on footwork, proper cuts and stances. You can not do the form properly without doing all the pieces. We need to “hit all the marks” to satisfy your teacher and the judges. But as you advance you quickly realize that is not enough. Master F has often said there is a yellow belt way to do Ssangsu eeB ..read more

One of the biggest parts of martial arts training is the community that you become part of. They are the ones who understand an important part of your life. Humans are heard creatures and seek to create a place to belong. It is important to keep in mind that, while we won’t go into combat, fighting through life is still a great struggle. Learning the skills necessary to become successful in a variety of endeavors is an underlying concept of training. The Tribe that becomes created helps ensure that the younglings participating learn how to use the skills and develop them further than those who ..read more

Leading is a big subject throughout many industries. How do you provide direction and create success to allow growth of your company/business and the people joining you in the journey. The key factor is that the leader needs to be proficient, if not have mastery, of the basics needed to create success. Without basics, there is not understanding of direction nor creation. The martial arts have this is physical technique. I often use the analogy that physical technique are the alphabet for martial arts. If you don’t know the alphabet, you can’t make words. Without words, you can’t make sentences ..read more

So much is made about situational awareness for personal defense. The need to recognize who and what is around you to keep yourself and family safe. Developing skills to help you determine who are threats, what are environmental conditions, where are exit/escape routes are part of personal protection skills that go far beyond the physical techniques. These are subjects covered by Randy King, Rory Miller and a handful of others. These subjects shouldn’t be left as personal protection skills! A martial arts concept is “if you can’t use it off the mat, it isn’t worthy”. Now, this started as devel ..read more

Haedong Kumdo White Tiger Ryu classes have moved to the Fridley Community Center beginning Tuesday July 11th, 2023. The classes schedule will be: Tuesday & Thursday 7:00pm – 8:00pm   —  All ranks Wednesday 6:00pm – 8:00pm  —  All ranks but black belt focus ..read more