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29 April 2025

States of 'Muhyeong' and 'Yuhyeong' in ITF Taekwon-Do

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At the end of 2023 I gave a presentation at Youngsan University's 4th International Taekwondo Conference on the muhyeong -principle in ...
08 April 2025

Korea Deconstructed Interview

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At the end of last year I was a guest on the Korea Deconstructed  podcast by Dr David Tizzard, in which we spoke about my life in Korea, Tae...
17 November 2024

2024 UNESCO ICM's International Martial Arts Seminar and Book Donations

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Last week I participated at the 2024 UNESCO ICM 's annual International Martial Arts Seminar . This year the topic focused on mental hea...

Taekwon-Do and Social Justice

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While searching through one of my folders, I came upon an essay I wrote for Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine ( Issue #138 - August 2020 ). Usual...
11 December 2023

The Muhyeong (No-Form) Principle in ITF Taekwon-Do

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On 22 November 2023 I delivered a paper entitled "From Decisiveness to Adaptability: The Muhyeong-Principle in (ITF) Taekwondo" at...
14 November 2023

6th Dan Promotion

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I was promoted earlier this month (November 2023) to 6th Dan by Taekwon-Do pioneer Grandmaster Lee Yoosun. My previous black belt test to 5t...
10 November 2023

Soo Shim Rock

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My original Taekwon-Do school that I opened in 1998 was simply named Potchefstroom Taekwon-Do Club and it kept that name for the 25 years th...
04 September 2023

Taekwondo as a Transmodern Martial Art: Transcending Premodern and Modern Paradigms

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In December of 2020 I posted an essay here in which I proposed a classification of martial arts as premodern, modern, and transmodern. This...
09 December 2022

Beating Swords into Ploughshares: Pondering Peace and Martial Arts

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Beating Swords into Ploughshares:  Pondering Peace and Martial Arts By Dr. Sanko Lewis Presentation given at the 5th African Martial Arts Co...