Coming Events

1. College of Lake County Hapkido Program (PED 121-020)

College of Lake County Continuing Education (CFIT 19)

Beginning Hapkido

Begins Friday, January 15, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm in Building 7 on the CLC Grayslake Campus. Students should wear comfortable clothing that covers the knees and elbows. As has been the approach in years past, the class will be an overview of Hapkido with a focus on introductory material.

2. The HwaRang Hapkido Club

Continues to meet each Friday evening from 6pm to 8 pm Building 7, College of Lake County Grayslake Campus unless pre-empted by other scheduling at that location.

3. Korean Sword Skills

An open-ended curriculum in Hapkido instruction for people seeking rank and progress through the art. The Summer Session begins June 6th runs until August 6th. Class hours are from 5pm to 7pm. Students should wear comfortable clothing, though uniforms are available for purchase. Previous Martial art experience is helpful but not required. Classes are held at Building 7, College of Lake County Grayslake Campus

Have Questions? Give us a call at Midwest Hapkido (708) 421-1907)

National Korean Martial Arts Association

On the weekend August 13-15, 2010, GM Rudy W. Timmerman will have practiced martial arts for sixty years, and Grand Masters and Masters from across the globe will come to Sault Ste Marie to celebrate this milestone of his career.

No less than a half dozen Grand Masters have promised to attend and donate one hour of their time to present the particular art they represent at the Super Seminar Grand Master Timmerman usually hosts at that time.

Featured are: (in order of their commitment) GM James McMurray, founder of MooHap Sool; GM Michael DeAlba, founder of Modern Farang Mu Sul; GM Ken MacKenzie, representing Sin Moo Hap Ki Do; GM Serge Baubil, founder of Hoshinkido: GM Geoff Booth, founder of Australia HKD group; and GM Marlin Sims founder of UMSF.

Together with GM Timmerman, inheritor of Kong Shin Bup™, they will present the best their arts have to offer on Saturday, August 14, 2010. In addition, a number of high ranking NKMAA Masters will present activities such as Sword Cutting, Staff Spinning, Ki- Breaking, and more on the 13th and 15th of August.

In all, it will be a historical event of epic proportions in Korean Martial arts. Never before have such a large number of Korean Grand Masters come together in mutual respect and cooperation to celebrate the accomplishments of one of their peers.

The event will feature Grand Masters and Masters of Hap Ki Do, Kuk Sool, Kong Shin Bup™, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, and more. Korean martial arts at its very best!

As you can imagine, this will be a sell out event, and interested parties will have to
reserve a spot way ahead of time. In fact, I suspect that the event will be sold out within the month due to the limited space at our venue.

To reserve your spot, us our convenient Pay Pal option.

Rudy Timmerman

9th Dahn

KongShinBup

James McMurray

8th Dahn

MooHapSool

Michael DeAlba

9th Dahn

FarangMuSul

Ken MacKenzie

9th Dahn

SinMooHapKiDo

Serge Baubil

9th Dahn

HoShinKiDo

Geoff Booth

8th Dahn

HapKiDo

Marlin Sims

7th Dahn

KukSool

Troy Trudeau

8th dahn TSW

Tennesee

Kevin Janisse

6th dahn KSB

Oregon

Thomas Gordon

6th dahn TKD

Florida

In addition to the Grand Masters who will conduct their seminars on Saturday, we will have many other Masters of a wide variety of Korean Martial Arts on hand, and some of them will share their knowledge on Friday and Sunday morning.

Friday afternoon three out door sessions 11:30 - 12:30

KJN Doug Custer from Ohio will do a session on Hap Ki Do Cane techniques

KJN Ronda Bourdage from SS Marie, ON will do a session on staff spinning

KJN Thomas Gordon from Florida will work on the fine points of ITF Tae Kwon Do

Saturday Evening Guest Speaker

KJN Robert Ott, NKMAA Washington Director

Sunday Morning four sessions from 9:00 am - 11:00 am

GM Troy Trudeau from Tennessee will present the art of Tae Sool Won

KJN Kevin Janisse from Oregon will conduct a seminar in Kong Shin Bup

KJN Zachary Woon of the UK shares the fine points of traditional Tang Soo Do

KJN Larry White from California will conduct a seminar in Kuk Sool

KJN Jeremy Tillman will conduct a seminar in Hap Ki Do flow techniques

Due to the fact that some of these Masters are also testing, we reserve the right to substitute any of these sessions with sessions by other Masters of NKMAA.

I wish to thank the Grand Masters and Masters mentioned above for giving me such a wonderful birthday gift.

Rudy W. Timmerman, kwanjang