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On July 31-August 1, 2009, Master Doug Kim and his family visited Mt. Shasta Martial Arts to provide us with an exceptional training experience with three workouts in two days. Following the Saturday workouts and a brief demonstration by the Kim's and Chuck Buhs, four MSMAP members took the first MSMAP Yongmudo Promotion Exam. It was a very busy and productive weekend.
Yongmudo in Pictures!
See highlights of our Yongmudo Training Weekend in August.
Go to: Yongmudo Training Weekend Photo Gallery
Yongmudo Seminar
The yongmudo seminar was great fun based upon by the numbers in attendance, the performance on the exam, and the smiles on people's faces, and not to mention the enjoyment of family and friends watching from the sidelines. Master Doug Kim and his family helped us improve our ability to interact well with the environment and with others (i.e., keep our head intact, literally and figuratively).
We covered a wide variety of skills including the basics of stances, kicks, strikes, rolls, falls, throws, joint-locks, and more. For people unfamiliar with yongmudo, it was an eye-opening experience. For those getting ready for the exam, it was an excellent opportunity to refine essential basic skills.
And,Êprior to the exam late on Saturday afternoon, yours truly joined the Kim family (Bonnie, Julia, and Jonathan) in a demonstration of skills including throws, air-falls, barrier rolls, and more. It was great fun! Just like old times for the four of us.
Yongmudo Exam & Results
The performances for the first MSMAP Yongmudo Promotion Exam were exceptional. All four people demonstrated the required skills to move past white belt. It was a long, busy training period, and the four members managed to participate throughout the three workouts in two days with enthusiasm and determination.
The following four individuals successfully completed a very strenuous weekend of training and promotion exam.
9th gup (lower yellow belt):
- Griffin Hough
- Chip Layton
8th gup (upper yellow belt):
- Josh Freeman
7th gup (lower green belt):
- Mark Coulter
Kim Family Impressions
The Kim family had a wonderful, relaxing, and very special time visiting and training with us. They enjoyed meeting all the attendees. In fact, Mrs. Kim keeps talking about how nice everyone is. On Sunday, Chuck Buhs took them to one of the local lakes for an afternoon of swimming and enjoyment of the Alpine experience.
The Kims are already planning a second visit and training session and are inspired to bring other members from the UC Berkeley martial arts program with them. Master and Mrs. Kim are certain other talented martial artists from UC Berkeley would enjoy visiting Mt. Shasta as much as they. For us, it means even more fun training opportunities with other adults and children martial artists.
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