Philosophy

On the opposite spectrum there are the introverted “be-righters”. They use sympathy as a means of controlling others and gaining their favor.

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.

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 tsunami; that even the smallest changes can create a ripple effect resulting in large changes.

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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Furthermore, it is important to notice that Lady Jiso did not just say no, but rather stated the "Law" (Confucian Law) of the role of women.  She could have just followed the law as stated, which was that if the father had passed, being a patriarchal society that the mother had to obey the son.  Therefore, she could have said to Wonsul,".....

Instinctively, at the core of men, they are ready to die; the are just looking for an excuse to sacrifice their lives.  However, the nature of women on the other hand preserves life; they choose live over death and is much more selective on who or what they would die for, as the survival of humanity lays in their hands, possessing the power, the

In order to derive meaning, we must always look deeper into the foundation and its origin, which in the process offers truths about the nature of man and our morals.....

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