2012 Hapkido Seminar a Big Success

On Saturday, October 6th American Taekwondo & Fitness hosted a Hapkido Seminar with special guest GrandMaster Ronald Suggs from Swiss Home, Oregon.  GM Suggs has been a good friend to ATF for years, and this was his 3rd visit to Eau Claire.  Some of his accolades in martial arts include a 9th Dan in Hapkido, founder of the United Hapkido Federation, 9th Dan Taekwondo Jidokwan, and 8th Dan Kukkiwon Taekwondo.

We appreciate his time spent with us and expertise.  There were 14 people in attendance for the event, and it was a gratifying experience for everyone.  The seminar began at 9:00am with warm-ups, and basic kicking techniques.  Over the next 4 hours students practiced joint locks, takedowns, striking, and ground fighting. The day concluded with lunch at Pizza Plus.

For more information, visit these links:

United Hapkido Federation

United Hapkido Fedaration Facebook

Banbury Art Crawl 2012

Attention all current ATF students: Please plan to attend the Saturday morning class on February 4th. The Banbury Art Crawl draws a lot of people into the building, and it would be nice to have a good showing of our talents. Normal class runs from 9-10:15am, but we may extend or add extra classes for the duration of the event. Thanks!

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Schedule Changes at American TKD and Fitness

Starting October 1st, Master John McCrackin will be teaching a hapkido class every Saturday morning from 9:00am-10:15pm.  A typical class will follow this schedule:
1.  Stretching and Warmups
2.  Ki Development Exercises
3.  Breakfalls & Rolling
4.  Striking Drills
5.  Sweeps, Throws, Takedowns
6.  Joint Locks, Escapes, Submissions
7.  One-Step Self Defense

Grandmaster Henk Boese will be emphasizing free-sparring during his Monday night classes this fall.  Expect a grueling workout that includes kicking and situation drills thrown in between rounds of free-sparring.  The expectations are high as we enter tournament season early next year.

Starting October 14th Master Mike Fenske will be moving his TKD/Ground Fighting class from Tuesdays to Fridays at 6:30pm.

Tuesday nights will still have a kids class at 5:40pm, but there will not be an all belts/ages at the regular 6:30pm time.  A class may be set up for this slot later this fall.

A copy of our class schedule may be found here http://www.atf.nu/schoolinfo/index.html

Pressure Point/ Hapkido Seminar

Dr. Dwight Stevens
Grandmaster and International Referee
INAYAN Certified PSNA Instructor

Pressure Point/Hapkido Certification Seminar
October 24, 2009
with guest instructor Detective Fred Carsky
6th Dan TKD & Hapkido Instructor
MorningSession, 9 am to 12, colored belts 15 and older
& Black belts under 15
Afternoon Session , 1 to 4 pm, Black Belts 15 and older
& Law Enforcement Personnel
Limited Enrollment!!
Pre-registration strongly recommended
By sending Dr. Dwight Stevens
3323 Echo Dells Avenue, Stevens Point WI 54481
$25 per person &
Name, Phone number
Address, Belt level and age
Number of previous pressure point seminars attended
Name of taekwondo instructor or law enforcement agency

The seminar will be held at Stevens Taekwondo Academy
210 Isadore Street Stevens Point WI

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