Grandmaster Suggs Hapkido Seminar
September 2006

 

ATF instructors and students were privileged to have udents were privileged to have Grand Master Ronald Suggs of Longview, Washington teach two Heuk Choo Kwan Hapkido classes on September 22 & 23rd, 2006.  Hapkido is a self-defense art characterized by joint locks, pressure point techniques, low kicks, takedowns, grabs and throws. 

Hap: Harness, Coordinate
Ki:  Life Force, Inner Power
Do:  The Way, Method
Hapkido:  The Way to Coordinate Inner Power

Heuk: Black
Choo: Eagle
Kwan: House of, Style
Heuk Choo Kwan:  Black Eagle Style

Heuk Choo Kwan is one of about two dozen schools of Hapkido throughout the world.  It was founded by Supreme Grandmasters Jin Bok Moon and Jin Jong Moon and brought to the United States in 1983 by Grand Master Ronald Suggs.

Grand Master Ronald Suggs
9th Dan Heuk Choo Kwan Hapkido
8th Dan Taekwondo Jidokwan Korea
6th Dan Judo Kodokan