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Hapkido Facebook Group
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Lao Hapkido Federation
With the growing interest of Korean martial arts in Laos, today I founded the Lao Hapkido Federation (ສະຫະພັນ ຮັບກິໂດ ແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ). The Lao HKD Federation is based in Vientiane (Ban Thatkhao). For further information, feel free to contact me via FB...
Master Klaas Barends to Visit Los Angeles
In late December, Klaas Barends (6th dan), one of the world's most foremost Hankido practitioners will visit us here in Los Angeles. Klaas is a direct student of the late Hankido GM Ko Baek Yong (9th dan). GM Ko was the senior student of Myung Jae Nam, the founder of...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the JYK HKD family to all of you! May your Thanksgiving be bountiful with reasons to be grateful.
HKD Classes in Vientiane
ວັດຖຸປະສົງ ສົ່ງເສີມແລະເຜີຍແພ່ການຝຶກຂອງສະຫະພັນຮັບກິໂດນາໆຊາດ (International H.K.D Federation) ໃນປະເທດລາວ ກຳນົດນະໂຍບາຍ, ຫລັກສູດ, ແນວທາງການສອນຂອງສະຫະພັນຮັບກິໂດນາໆຊາດ ໃນປະເທດລາວ ຈັດການສອບເສັງແລະອອກໃບຮັບຮອງວິຊາສະເພາະ ຂອງສະຫະພັນຮັບກິໂດນາໆຊາດ ໃນປະເທດລາວ...
Master Al-Nasser Meets Lao Olympic Boxer
Master Al-Nasser met up again with Lao Olympic athlete and professional boxer Walter Sarnoi, for lunch. He represented Laos at the 2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships held in...
Master Al-Nasser Meets with US IHF Secretary General
Yesterday I had a wonderful meeting in Diamond Bar, CA with the US Secretary General of the International H•K•D Federation (Jaenam Musulwon), Jung Kwang Woong (국제연맹합기회 미국 사무국장 장관웅). I learned a lot about his background, vision and plans for promoting the IHF...
2023 LOS ANGELES HKD SEMINAR
I am pleased to announce that Jung Kwang Woong, USA Secretary General of the International HKD Federation (국제연맹합기회 미국 사무국장 장관웅) and myself are in the early stages of planning a late spring/early summer Hapkido, Hankido and Hankumdo seminar in sunny Southern...
MASTER AL-NASSER RECENTLY PROMOTED
I would like to personally thank Myung Sung Kwang, the President of the International H•K•D Federation (Jaenam Musulwon) for my recent promotion to 6th dan Hapkido (No. 600719) and 4th dan Hankido (No. 24140), and to all of my martial arts brothers and sisters for...
USA Secretary General of the International HKD Federation
I had the pleasure of meeting Jung Kwang Woong, USA Secretary General of the International HKD Federation (국제연맹합기회 미국 사무국장 장관웅) at his school in Hacienda Heights, CA. We discussed future plans for expanding the International HKD Federation, as well as the future...