JUNGKI KWAN   I   HAPKIDO   I   KUHAPDO  I  KUMDO   I  ARTICLE  I  GALLERY   I  MOVIE  

The jung ki kwan,  an academy of traditional martial arts was opened to spread  the  spirits of  raditional martial art  on October, 24,1974 by Hyun-Su Lim. and tradition to the world.     Born as the second child in Gue -Chang, Kyungnam province on September 7, 1945 , Grandmaster Lim had a special interest in  martial art at an early age.  In middle school he had started  ¡°Dang-Su¡±, a kind of martial art.

 Knowing Hapkido's true values and meanings during the special training period with the founder, he opened the Jung Ki Kwan on October 24, 1974. In 1976, Founder, Choi ,Young-Sul closed his place, joined the Jung Ki Kwan, and devoted his energy to it for the rest of his life.

The Jung Ki Kwan has expanded  its doors to foreigners.  in 1977, we taught Hapkido to the soldiers of the United States 8th Army.  Since then we have promoted Hapkido and its spirit to foreigners and produced many pupils.               
           

In August, 1979 Michael J, Wollmershauser came from the U.S. to learn Hapkido.  He had lessons with Founder Choi and Grandmaster Lim at the Jung Ki Kwan.  He went back to the U.S. introducing Hapkido to America and also to Europe.  Being President of the American Hapkido Association, Mr. Wollermshauser was given the headmaster of the American Hapkido Association title in 1994.

Every year, the Jung Ki Kwan has been holding Summer Camp programs at its headquarters in Korea to promote its superiority and traditon to the world

The principles of Hapkido lie in three elements:
  Hwa(Harmony). Won(Circle), Luy(Dynamic)

It was written in old book that a "Hap-Ki" is a principle of power, stemming from counteracting between real swords.

As a result of this principle, Grandmaster Lim joined an Oriental sword school in December, 1969. in those days, in the academy, only a bamboo sword was used instead of a real sword.

When the Jung Ki Kwan opened in 1974, Grandmaster Lim structured the academy organization into two branches : the Hapkido(Head coach Kim, Jae Hyung) and the kumdo&Kuhapdo (yoon, Byung Il)

      

In 1975, Jung Gum Hae, a Society of the Sword Association was born at the Jung Ki Kwan. The members included  Jung,Tae Min,   Lim,Hyun Su   Be,Chan Han    Kim,Jae Hyun   Som,Sung Hak    Jo,Sung Bum    Kim,Young Gu   Park,Jong Dea    Park,Sang Yyun   Lee,Jae Young, etc.    The Association practiced every sunday at the Jung Ki Kwan to improve their skills and also to learn  Jae Jung Kuhapdo .

The Kuhapdo team has accomplished many splendid achievements such as group competition in the First President  Cup and 3rd place on March 1st in Taegu-Kyungbuk Kumdo competition.  They also have many other outstanding achievements in other friendly competitions.  The Jung Ki Kwan's Kumdo team also demonstrated at the opening ceremony of the Taegun Middle School.   A special guest of the Jung Ki Kwan, Mr. Nam Byung Sun, director of the Taegu-Gyungbuk Kumdo Association was invited and attended the ceremony.

By using only a bamboo sword in training, Grandmaster Lim realized that there we limitations to truly understanding swordsmanship.  Thus in February 1982, to increase the momentum of the sword art, we promoted an exchange with Komei Sekiguchi, president of the Japanese Kuhapdo Association who is affiliated with Japanses traditional martial arts.  In September, 1982, the Korean Kuhapdo Association was born.

       

Members include the president, Lee Young Pal(a former president of the Taegu Kumdo Association), Lim,Hyun Su(the headpuarters director), Yoon,Byung Il(a head coach), and others.

On May 6, 1984, President  Komei Sekiguchi  and six other masters came to the Jung Ki Kwan and showed a high level of Kuhapdo skills. Mr. Nam,Jung Bo(a bamboo sword 8th dan)and other high ranking masters attended the show and praised it hightly -- like an an act of sword skill from heaven.   They felt a strong necessity for  Kuhapdo and prepared to practice and expand it.   However, due to an invisible pressure, not a clear understanding, and prejudice about Kuhapdo, it was not successfully expanded to the public .

In August 1984, President  Komei Sekiguchi and three other masters visited the Jung Ki Kwan and agreed to exchange meetings and made a written statement in detail

In May 1985, Grandmaster Lim became the highest director of Kuhapdo in Korea.  In November of the same year,  held the first Korean  and Japanese friendship game at the Taegu Dongsan Hotel.  This tournament brought much public attention to Kuhapdo and Kuhapdo started to become very popular.

Since the exchange began in 1985, there were many obstacles and hard times during the introductory period of Kuhapdo .  Without having any knowledge about Kuhapdo and the ture meaning of swordsmanship, there was a boycott and unfriendly attiude towards Kuhapdo.   Particularly, the cultural antipathy stemming from a historical background  between the Koreans and Japanese was the most difficult to overcome.

However , a pure exchange of the Kuhapdoian between the two countries based upon the truthful spirit of Kuhapdo, made it possible to overcome the differences and contribute to a steady expansion of the Korean Kuhapdo.

Since the opening of the Jung Ki Kwan in 1974, we have been devoting ourselves not only to the expand the spirit of Hapkido and Kuhapdo  to the public, but also to search for traditional martial arts that our ancestors have developed which cost many their lives.

In 1986, we released a Korean style Kuhapdo called Chung Suk Kuhapdo.   we showed it to the Japanese Kuhapdoians at Toyko Marshall Hall on May 3, 1989.  This event  had a strong positive effect on the senior Japanese  Kuhapdoians.
Hanao, a representative of the Japanese Ancient Martial Arts Affliliation asked for an awakening effort of the Japanese Kuhapdoians to realize that there will be a time that we, Japanese should learn from the Korean Kuhapdo in the furure.

We, the Jung Ki Kwan have been making every effort to present an original style of Korean swordsmanship and its morality based upon precise principle and theory.  We, the Kuhapdoians have seen and studied the spirit of Kuahapdo from ancient "Beakje" people and their historical aritifacts.

We shall keep our minds and bodies strong, inheriting the spirit of traditional martial arts.  we will follow the way of truthful martial arts for all of mankind.

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The Jungki Kwan, an academy of traditional Korean Martial Arts, holds Hapkido and Kuhapdo
seminars for foreigners every year. For further information about participating in the seminars,
contact us at

Homepage:  www.jungkikwan.com     www.kuhapdo.com
e-mail:  jungkikwan@hotmail.com 
Office: The Jungki Kwan, 4th floor of  727-25, Dae-Bong 2 Dong, 
               Joong Gu, Daegu city, South Korea.
telephone: 011-82-53-422-2403    fax: 011-82-53-426-9575
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