Welcome to the Australian Hapkido Association web site

  26/08/2012 - 10:39 am | Web Site
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Hapkido2kbrown4We are one of the larger Hapkido organisations in Australia founded by Grandmaster Matthew Sung Su Kim. The AHA started in Sydney in 1980 and now has clubs throughout Syndey, the Central Coast, Hunter Region, Mid North Coast and Northern NSW.

We are a progressive not-for profit organisation led by a group of dedicated Hapkido masters many with over 30 years experience in Hapkido.

On this web site you will find the latest news, articles, our syllabus and heaps of photos and videos. If you are interested in trying Hapkido take a look at the Club Directory to see if there is a club near you

Black Belt Class – Sunday 30 June – Brookvale 8:30am

  06/06/2012 - 1:13 pm | Uncategorized
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bbeltThe next Black Belt class in Sydney is on this Sunday 30 June 2013 from 8:30am to 10:30am at the Brookvale Dojang.

This class will cover:

  • Danbon Self Defence
    • - 1st Degree – with a partner
    • - 2nd Degree – multiple grabbing
    • - 3rd Degree – defence against Sword - 8 Strikes
  • 2nd Degree – Pole 1-step sparrg
  • 3rd Degree – Double short swords
  • 4th Degree – Self-defence with the Fan

Of course, this class will also include other training like falling, sparring and self defence. So come along and train and learn with your fellow black belts.

For all black belts not currently receiving a reminder SMS for black belt classes please send your name, club and mobile number to Daniel

AHA Tournament – Sunday 25 August 2013 – Central Coast Youth Club

  13/06/2013 - 3:56 pm | Uncategorized
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DSC08140It has been over 2 years since we had our last AHA Tournament. There have been many requests to do another tournament so we are going to run one in August later this year. Student participation is vital to the continued hosting of these kinds of events.

DSC08142Don’t forget, the tournament is not just about sparring, there are many other areas you can compete in. Many students have improved in leaps and bounds through their preparation for the tournament especially in the areas of self-defence, cat rolls and patterns.

Also you will meet many other Hapkido students from other clubs. So find a self-defence partner and start practicing. Ask your instructor for help with your routine – you will find this a challenging and creative process.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADate: Sunday 24 August 2013

Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Location: Central Coast Youth Club, Washington Avenue, Niagara Park NSW, (Central Coast)

How do I take part? We will be releasing entry forms in the next month or so – stay tuned.

First Aid Course available for AHA Instructors (NOW FULL)

  06/06/2013 - 1:07 pm | Instructor
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defibrillationAll AHA Instructors must have a valid First Aid Certificate. If yours is expiring this your you may want to take advantage of a First Aid renewal course bring run for the Northern Beaches Hapkido instructors in June 2013.

Master Geister has secured the services of Peter Sissini to run a one day course for the AHA. Peter is an ex Hapkido student so knows what we do and he keeps the day flowing and entertaining. This year he has more dummies and also a Defibrillation Unit he will run us through. The only way we can do this course in one day is if you complete a workbook prior to the course and bring it along on the day.

Cost of the course is $115 per person. The equivalent course with Red Cross is currently $153.

  • DATE: SUN 23RD June  9am – 4pm

  • VENUE: Upstairs at MGS Physiotherapy  1 Whistler Street Manly

  • COST: $115

SORRY THE COURSE HAS REACHED MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND BOOKINGS ARE CLOSED.

ALL DAY parking is not the easiest on Sunday’s in Manly so it is advised you arrange to car pool or plan ahead.

The following people are booked in so far:

  1. Master Matt Geister
  2. Master Brown
  3. David Beneke
  4. Paul Janiszewski
  5. John Ansley
  6. Simon Callaghan
  7. Andrew Dunn
  8. Dominic Salsiccia
  9. Lisa Cheetham
  10. Scot Thorn
  11. Shellie Thorn
  12. Amie Easy
  13. Aaron Wark
  14. Gavin Mansfield
  15. Bruce Lewis

Next Instructor Course in Sydney – Sunday 14 July 2013

  02/06/2013 - 8:45 pm | Instructor
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All instructors in the AHA must be accredited by successfully completing our Instructor Course and must have a valid Senior First Aid certificate. The Instructor Course must be re-taken every three years. This course qualifies our instructors to teach coloured belts the AHA Syllabus. The course also includes administration processes, club management, recommended class structure, teaching methods and the code of ethics.

Date: Sunday 14 July 2013 from 9am to 5pm.

Venue: Martial Arts College of Australia, 1/146-164 Parramatta Rd, Croydon, Sydney

Costs

  • $90 for first time Course attendance (handbook provided),
  • $60 for updating current qualification (bring your own handbook along). 
  • Extra Handbook can be purchased for $30 but will need to be pre-ordered when booking.

The course is normally available to Black Tips and above.

To book your place send an email daniel.marie@australianhapkido.com or a TXT message to 0411 612 904.

The following people are booked in so far:

  1. Master Kevin Brown
  2. Daniel Marie
  3. Master Mitchell Wetherell
  4. David Beneke
  5. Kate Beneke
  6. Liz Brown
  7. Kenny Foo
  8. Sonya Featherstone
  9. Anthony Repice
  10. Giorgio Repice
  11. Sam Morgan
  12. Trish Butterworth
  13. John Ansley
  14. Jason Sellers
  15. Samantha Sese
  16. Sydney Canja
  17. Jim Parkin
  18. Chris Currey
  19. Brett Clark
  20. Dominic Salsiccia
  21. Daniel Turner
  22. Bruce Lewis
  23. Andrew Brownrigg
  24. Phil Eizenberg

Next Instructor Course in Central Coast – Sunday 21 July 2013

  29/05/2013 - 1:04 pm | Instructor
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All instructors in the AHA must be accredited by successfully completing our Instructor Course and must have a valid Senior First Aid certificate. The Instructor Course must be re-taken every three years. This course qualifies our instructors to teach colour belts the AHA Syllabus. The course also includes administration processes, club management, recommended class structure, teaching methods and the code of ethics.

Date: Sunday 21 July 2013 from 9am to 5pm

Venue: Tuggerah Hapkido Dojang, 11 Ace Crescent, Tuggerah, Link to Google Map

Costs

  • $90 for first time Course attendance (handbook provided),
  • $60 for updating current qualification (bring your own handbook along).
  • Extra Handbook can be purchased for $30 but will need to be pre-ordered when booking.
  • Bring your money on the day.

The course is normally available to Black Tips and above.

To book your place send an email daniel.marie@australianhapkido.com or a TXT message to 0411 612 904.

The following people are booked in so far:

  1. Daniel Marie
  2. Brett Davies
  3. Brett Simm
  4. Melissa Rees
  5. Chris Castellan
  6. Mick Collins
  7. Craig Reay
  8. Shane Cutland
  9. Kelly Feetam
  10. Michael Little
  11. Aaron Wark
  12. Nathan McMahon
  13. Keira McMahon
  14. Mary White
  15. Simon Callaghan
  16. Raymond Cotterell

Results and Photos from Glebe Grading – 24 April 2013

  28/05/2013 - 8:42 pm | Gradings
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Here are the results from the recent grading held at the Glebe Dojang on the 24 April 2013. The grading was undertaken by Master Kevin Brown and Dominic Salsiccia. The instructor at Glebe is Adrian Gana assisted by Paul Janiscewski.

Yellow Tip

  • James Khanh Vu
  • Shyamala Jayagopal

Yellow Belt

  • Eugene Harrison

Blue Belt

  • Ben Janiszweski
  • Dmitry Tanianski

Red Tip

  • Silvia Cupik

 

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Hapkido on Channel Seven’s Sunrise programme!!

  19/03/2013 - 4:38 pm | Announcement, Front Slider, News
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Tune into the Sunrise program on Channel 7 on Monday 18th at 7.50am to see Justine Lobb demonstrating women’s self defence against Rob Prescott. Congratulations to Rob and Justine on scoring such a huge opportunity to promote our art.

To all viewers of the Sunrise program – welcome to the Australian Hapkido Association web site. If you like what you saw on the show why not drop in to a club near you – check out our club directory to see if there is a club near you.

timthumb.phpClick here to see a video of the segment on Sunrise.

AHA Student Handbook – Sixth Edition is now available

  15/03/2013 - 11:15 am | History, News
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Many, many yeaHandbookCoverrs ago we used to issue a Student Handbook when students joined – some of you may even remember the blue and before that, the black handbooks!!

Well despite the advent of modern on-line platforms like Facebook and Youtube, we have received many requests from students wanting to actually have a document they can read. Hapkido has a rich history, many concepts and principles that are quite involved and cannot be conveyed in a quick 2 minute video or in Twitter window.

The Student Handbook has also been updated to reflect where we are now and to explain to students how we got here.

Some clubs will also have a club-specific version of this handbook which will include local information and history. Ask your instructor.

The AHA Student Handbook available here is a generic version. Here is a summary of the contents:

  • Introduction to Hapkido
  • Choosing a martial art
  • Comparison of Hapkido to other martial arts
  • What does “Hapkido” mean?
  • Philosophy of Hapkido
  • Techniques of Hapkido
  • Goals of Hapkido training
  • Training Attitude
  • Membership Oath
  • Danjun Exercises
  • Method of Danjun
  • Elements of Risk
  • Etiquette
  • Explanation of Belt Rankings
  • Glossary of Korean Terms
  • Summary of what you will learn
  • History of Hapkido
  • Founders of modern Hapkido
  • History of Hapkido in Australia
  • Connections to Korea
 

Click below to download the AHA Student Handbook (in PDF format) – enjoy.

NOTE: We have now enabled printing on this publicly available PDF file.

 

Who is going for their next degree in 2013? – it’s a team effort!!

  10/03/2013 - 12:27 am | Gradings
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The following people have registered their intention to attempt to grade for their next Black Belt Degree in 2013. The journey of a black belt can be quite lonely and there is a long way between goals. So if one of these people is in your club then why not take an interest in their progress, Ask them how they are preparing, maybe even offer your time and encouragement to help them prepare.

It takes the whole club to make a good black belt – not just the instructor and the student – so don’t just sit back and watch – be part of their success.

Aiming for 2nd Degree in 2013

  • Andrew Dunn – Brookvale
  • Christopher Kastelan – Central Coast
  • Dylan Tomlin – Brookvale
  • Gana Muniandy – Glebe
  • Janine Price – Sutherland
  • Justine Lobb – Pittwater
  • Matthew Dunne – Castle Hill
  • Miguel Mesiti – Bondi 
  • Ross Hague – Murwillumbah
  • Russel Grierson – Castle Hill
  • Shane Cutland – Central Coast
  • Stuart Campbell – Castle Hill
  • Troy Price – Sutherland

 Aiming for 3rd Degree in 2013

  • Gavin Mansfield – Brookvale
  • Kenny Foo – Sutherland
  • Sam Morgan – Sutherland

Aiming for 4th Degree in 2013

  • Daniel Turner – Bondi
  • Mark Bergquist – Tyalgum/Mooball
Minimum Time between gradings for Black Belts

Black belt techniques are usually more difficult than the coloured belt techniques and require a lot of time to get right. The following times are guidelines only and indicate how much time is normally taken to learn and perfect the techniques of each grade. It is common for black belts to take 10 years or longer to achieve their 4th Degree Black Belt.

  • 1st Degree to 2nd Degree – 2 years of training
  • 2nd Degree to 3rd Degree – 3 years of training
  • 3rd Degree to 4th Degree – 4 years of training
  • 4th Degree to 5th Degree – 5 years of training, etc…

Good luck to all pre-graders – train hard – fight easy!!

Chris "Norris" pays a surprise visit to Sutherland Dojang

  13/02/2013 - 11:36 pm | Club News
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Chris NorrisChris “Norris” a famous martial arts celebrity dropped in to train with Mitchell Wetherell and the students of the Sutherland Hapkido dojang.

Chris Norris is famous his tough guy roles that he has played in many movies and even went up against Bruce Lee in one of his movies.

Chris Norris is a regular visitor to the Sutherland Hapkido Dojang so hopefully we will see more Hapkido moves in his movies – keep an eye out for them.

Thanks to Liz for the photo – a treasured momento of that evening.

News from Hornsby Heights Dojang

  13/02/2013 - 11:27 pm | Club News
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IMG_2049David Beneke sent in this photo from a recent class at Hornsby Heights. As David said “We had a very unusual class tonight – more girls than boys – never seen it in 20 year of hapkido training!!”

Hornsby Heights is going well and providing a great service to the Hornsby Heights community. They train Wednesday nights – all are welcome to drop in for a class – check the Club Directory for times and location.

Stanwell Park Hapkido Dojang – Grading Results

  09/12/2012 - 5:54 pm | Uncategorized
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HAPKIDO0001The Grading results are as below

Yellow Tip  

  • Matthew Brown
  • Jayden Heinz
  • Jamie Phillipson
  • Leon Hausner
  • Callan Scott
  • Isaac Ridley
  • Alex Rooke
  • Dylan Boyce
  • Nicholas Gulaj

  Yellow Belt  

  • Samuel Horton
  • Eamon Ritter
  • Archie Dillon
  •  Hugh Dillon
  • Oscar Hargreaves
  • Elliot Gulaj
  • Veronica Carpenter
  • Euan Carpenter

 

Green Tip  

  • Thomas Horton
  • David Roper

 Green Belt

  • Jayden Currey
  • Taylah Currey
  • Rohan Dunham
  • Ethan Snowsill
  • Daniel Roper
  • Ben Bower
  • Josh Bower
  • Harrison Weir

I was very proud of each & every student who graded. From the white belts going for their first grading, through to the recently awarded Green belts who are developing into Martial Artists.

A special thanks to Master Kevin Brown for once again making the trip down to Wollongong.

Chris Currey

Stanwell Park Dojang

Pittwater Grading Results and Annual Awards

  09/12/2012 - 5:35 pm | Uncategorized
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On Saturday 8th, December 2012 Pittwater Hapkido had their First Annual Awards Ceremony & Christmas Party.

Grading Results

The following people successfully graded:

 Yellow Tip:

  • Bethany Badger-Rahme
  • Michelle Burke
  • Thomas Burke
  • Lauren Burke
  • Daniel Burke
  • Rose Burke
  • Makaela Coghlan
  • Riley Dennings
  • Anna Dimitrov
  • Brandon Forrest
  • Tate Foster
  • Sarah Kjaer
  • Lachlan McAnally
  • Nathan McCoy
  • Douglas Mock
  • Emily Mok
  • Emily Parker
  • Freya Svanstrom
  • Luke Thompson
  • Kai Turner

Yellow Belt:

  • Fynn George
  • Sebastian Massi
  • Ellery Prescott
  • Hayden Tucker
 Green Tip:

  • Nick Carter
  • Poppy Guy
  • Amelia Jee
  • Jameson Prescott

Green Belt:

  • Florin Paval

Blue Belt:

  • Sam Dunworth
  • Lee McDonald
  • Douglas Sperry

Red Tip

  • Liam Fletcher (Brookvale Dojang)

Red Belt:

  • Mikael Svanstrom

 

Annual Awards

Congratulations to the following members who received a Pittwater Hapkido Award:

Male of the Year 2012:

  • Mikael Svanstrom

Female of the Year 2012:

  • Kristine Kjaer

Young Male of the Year 2012:

  • Jameson Prescott

Young Female of the Year 2012:

  • Amelia Jee
 Leadership Awards:

  • Makaela Coghlan
  • Riley Dennings
  • Tate Foster
  • Poppy Guy
  • Sarah Kjaer
  • Emily Parker
  • Ellery Prescott
  • Frey Svanstrom

Congratulations to all the Pittwater Dojang students, Master Brown and all the instructors that helped Pittwater acheive another amazing year of delivering quality Hapkido instruction to an enthusiastic and dedicated bunch of students. Well Done for 2012.

Plenty of photos on the Pittwater Facebook page.

Photos from the recent Black Belt Grading in Sydney in Nov 2012

  02/12/2012 - 3:26 am | Uncategorized
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Quite a few fantastic photos have been submitted from the last black belt grading held in Sydney in Nov 2012 – also includes some photos from the End of Year Party after the grading.

No video has been submitted yet – hopefully some will surface soon.

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