Welcome to the WHRDA Article Archive!
Below you will find various magazine articles and news publications in which Hwa Rang Do or our teachers have been featured. In most cases you will need to click into the article to see a PDF for the full article in its completed form with original photos as it appeared in print.
You can also sort and filter the articles in this archive by Source Publication or by Featured Instructor or by Subject Tags. In the filters below feel free to use one, any, or all of the options that are available in order to refine your search query.
Happy Reading everyone!
Note: This archive currently contains articles that were published between 2014-2020. We are currently in the process of updating this archive with older publications, and we will also post new articles here as they come out.
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A Hwarang’s Journey - Chief Instructor Alex KrijgerMagazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: December 2020 Featured: Dojoonim Dr. Joo Bang Lee, Grandmaster Taejoon Lee, Chief Instructor Alex KrijgerHighlights: Alex Krijger is a 4th Dan Hwa Rang Do® Instructor of the Netherlands, who holds the title of Susuk Sabum (Chief Instructor). He is the highest- ranking Hwa Rang Do Instructor in the Netherlands with over 25 years of... |
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Sword Techniques- Using the Sheath 1Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: December 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: Grandmaster Taejoon Lee demonstrates some traditional Hwa Rang Do Sword Fighting techniques, using also the sheath as a defensive weapon. Tags: Sword, Weaponry, Fighting |
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A Hwarang’s Journey - Master David KijekMagazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: November 2020 Featured: Dojoonim Dr. Joo Bang Lee, Grandmaster Taejoon Lee, Master David KijekHighlights: Preface by Grandmaster Taejoon Lee: As mentioned in the last article, we will be featuring some of our most loyal Hwarang Warriors of the Modern Age, chronicling their journey to Hwa Rang Do® as a common man to... |
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Soft Technique Defense Against a Punch 2Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: November 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: Grandmaster Taejoon Lee shows the application of some of Hwa Rang Do's Traditional Soft/Circular movements to defend against a punch attack. Tags: Technique, Self-Defense, Soft, Circular |
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Being Right Vs. Doing Right (part 2)Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: October 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: On the opposite spectrum there are the introverted “be-righters”. They use sympathy as a means of controlling others and gaining their favor. At first they are very cautious and careful to be in a relationship with an... |
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Soft Technique Defense Against a PunchMagazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: October 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: Grandmaster Taejoon Lee shows the application of some of Hwa Rang Do's Traditional Soft/Circular movements to defend against a punch attack. Tags: Self-Defense, Technique, Soft, Circular |
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Being Right Vs. Doing Right (part 1)Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: September 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: Recently, a former student after being away for over six years, creating a successful business and now getting married to raise a family has returned to continue his training in the hopes of become a Hwa Rang Do Instructor... |
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Technique - Defense Against Lapel Grab & PunchMagazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: September 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: Grandmaster Taejoon Lee demonstrates an effective defense when the lapel grad hold is used for a punch. Tags: Self-Defense, Technique, Clothes Grab |
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The Hwarang's Path - Humility part 2Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: August 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: In the secular world, we try to give ourselves value and worth by stating causality and with such grand theories as the Butterfly Effect – that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings thousands of miles away can cause a... |
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The Hwarang's Path - Humility part 1Magazine: Budo InternationalRelease Date: July 2020 Featured: Grandmaster Taejoon LeeHighlights: 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. Joo Bang Lee, I have grown... |
