Today, Kim Chasteen earned her first degree Blackbelt in Combat Hapkido… Congratulations! She and I continued training at home throughout the COVID years, she trained with us in the garage when some other instructors came over to “play”, and even re-wrote the student guide to help her and other students keep track of what theyContinue reading “April 20, 2024”
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ICHF Seminar: Southern Pines 2024
#combathapkido Registration sent and hotel reservations made for ICHF seminar in Southern Pines, NC March 16, 2024 at the Martial Arts Academy of Southern Pines (MAASPI). If you want to attend and need a registration form and flyer, you can find it posted on my website under “Students > Seminar Forms”
February 1, 2024
#combathapkido Today was all about curriculum…
January 29, 2024
#combathapkido 5 in class, including me… today was all about application rather than specific curriculum. Lots of “against the wall” scenarios… then, the last 10 min of class, we looked at wrist/hand grabs when sitting across a table from the attacker.
January 27, 2024
#combathapkido 5 in class, including me… all were upper belts (brown and higher). So, today, I paired the 2 ladies together and the other 2 guys together… I asked them to go through as much of the curriculum (up to their specific belt) as they could get through… My goal today was to let themContinue reading “January 27, 2024”
January 4, 2024
#combathapkido 5 in class… all different belts… because we had a long break for Christmas and the New Year, we started a review from the beginning. Got thru all breakaways and techniques (same side and cross arm) thru yellow belt material… will continue reviewing for the next few classes to remove everyone’s “rust flakes”.
December 11, 2023
#combathapkido 4 in class… all different belts… spent the entire class working on each person’s cirriculum. For the last 15 min of class, we worked on rudimentary firearm disarming and rudimentary defenses against blunt weapons (that is someone swinging a stick/baseball bat/etc. type of defenses)
December 9, 2023
#combathapkido 5 in class… all different belts… spent the entire class working on each person’s curriculum, with variations as needed for size, etc… and worked on takedowns from techniques, with alternatives.
December 7, 2023
#combathapkido 6 in class… all (essentially) different belts… spent the entire class working on each person’s curriculum, with variations as needed for size, etc.
December 4, 2023
#combathapkido 4 in class… all different belts… spent the entire class working on each person’s curriculum.
