Grandmaster Taejoon Lee

After over forty years of teaching and over fifty years of training in the Korean Martial and Healing Art of Hwa Rang Do, the Way of the Flowering Manhood, founded by my father, Supreme Grandmaster Dr.

A sword is not about pummeling your opponent unconscious, to takle and grapple to submission, to lose and fight another day; it is for either life or death.....

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Due to the recent events, as the world regresses into a state of panic and pandemonium caused by the pandemic outbreak of the Corona Virus, I was compelled to deliver a message of the true meaning and value of what it means to live life as a martial artist, a warrior, a Hwarang, as I feel it is most relevant in these uncertain contemporary times

"Learning, striving for perfection, achieving excellence is not a destination but a journey, a path, the way.".....

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After already a long three-days of events, the Black Sashes, serious Hwa Rang Do and Tae Soo Do practitioners, the Instructors and the Assistant Instructors remain for another five-days of intensive training on all aspects of Hwa Rang Do from morning until late hours of the night with one unified goal of improving themselves mentally, physically

The World Hwa Rang Do Association (WHRDA) Hwa Rang Do / Tae Soo Do World Championships are held each year at a different country which is determined by the master's committee.  This year it was held in the beautiful countryside of Chianni, Italy.....

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Grandmaster Taejoon Lee demonstrating an Inside Circle Under C-lock Joint Manipulation technique as a takedown to lock up on the ground.

It is nine-days of full-emersion into the world of Hwa Rang Do, starting each day as early as dawn with morning meditation, internal energy (Nae Gong) training, and intensive seminars on various subjects of the Art throughout the day.....

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