TURKEY MOUNTAIN MEDITATION HIKING
July 9, 2017 1. Place feet shoulder width apart and look gradually to the end of the horizon 2. Straighten your spine from your tail bone up to your neck, and close your eyes 3. Relax your facial muscles, shoulders, chest and abdominal muscles 4. Slowly rise both hands...
HST Turkey Mountain Hike
July HST was held on a beautiful Sunday morning at Turkey Mountain, near Yorktown Heights, NY. Approximately 25 participants, including a few parents and Masters, met up at 8am. We climbed up the blue trail at a comfortable pace for approximately 1.5 miles, reaching the...
PLEASURE, SELF-TRAINING (SU HAENG) AND DEVOTION (HONG IK IN GAN)
True happiness comes from a balanced life. A deep study of Martial Arts can help an individual in determining what priorities to set forth in achieving balance. Which aspects of life are valuable enough to continuously progress in? Our lives can be divided into three...
HAANG AND BYUN
1.HAANG HAANG represents a frame. It is stable, simulating the parts of our lives that are basically unchanging and predictable. To illustrate, picture the rising of the sun and moon. They follow a specific pattern and we know, for instance, that the every 29 days the...
How To Improve Power Of Your Round House Kick
1. Main Training Engaging the core is fundamental for added power in a variety of taekwondo kicks, from more basic round house kicks to more advanced back hook kicks. Note that for taekwondo, the reference to “core” extends not only to the abdomen and lower back,...