Soo Shim Kwan 水心館수심관

I was recently asked to write a 700 word essay for a magazine about my experience in Taekkyeon. Below is the first draft of that essay.  ...

Master Kim Hoon After about two decades of running gyms in Seoul, Master Kim Hoon has decided to take a sabbatical and a well-deserved r...

My friend, Master Manuel Adrogué, shared the following ten suggestions to black belt level martial artist, which I thought quite insightful....

On another blog, I stumbled onto this contemplation on the "Definition of Taekwon-Do" which I wrote many, many years ago for a lit...

Every so often I stumble upon (or am pulled into) an online conversation about ITF Taekwon-Do’s sine wave motion. This happened again recent...

It was Dr George Vitale (ITF VIII Dan) who first pointed it out to me that the Korean term General Choi Hong-Hi, the principle founder of o...

I started Hapkido at an Ulji Kwan dojang back in 2006. The Ulji Kwan is one of the big Kwans in the Korea Hapkido Federation. Having spoken ...

About a week ago some friends and I came together to hang out and have a quick dinner. Since we are all martial artists, it didn't take ...

I would like to report a little on my journey over the last two months during my annual South Africa travels. The first dojang I had th...

I am happy to announce that the Soo Shim Kwan has registered with the Korea Hapkido Federation. This comes after my promotion to 4th Dan...