Year of the Tiger – Grandmaster Taejoon Lee’s New Year’s Message
Hope everyone had a nice holiday break, rekindling familial bonds and sharing the joys of love and friendship. For those of you who followed my 2009, Year of the Ox, New Year’s Message of hard work indicative of the ox, you should now be in good shape to spring into action. ...
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January 29, 2010
Grandmaster Taejoon Lee’s 8th Dan Speech
Newly promoted, Grandmaster Taejoon Lee delivers his speech at his Hwa Rang Do 8th Dan Ceremony & Banquet. On May 23rd, 2009 in front of over 100 friends, family and students, Taejoon Lee was promoted to 8th Dan Black Sash Grandmaster and given the title of Kuk Sa Nim. During his speech, ...
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November 5, 2009
The Hwa Rang Do Angola Experiment – In Angola’s “City of Trash”
If you were to do a Google search for “Lixeira, Luanda” you won’t find much. The only helpful search result is a picture on TravelPod.com. This picture shows a child, sifting through a garbage dump, which in reality, tells you everything you need to know – this is Lixeira. Lixeira is ...
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October 19, 2009
Warrior’s Path – Unafraid of Change
Unafraid of Change As many of you are aware, we have made some changes to our programs and curriculum here at the West Coast Hwa Rang Do Academy. For over 10 years, we have maintained the same programs, curriculums, pricing and methods of instruction. It has worked well for us, but ...
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October 7, 2009
Reprimanding the Soul
Reprimanding the Soul One of my favorite spiritual writings comes from the Lebanese poet, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran. In his poem, “Seven Reprimands,” he teaches us of strong human virtues through self examination. This is congruent with our warrior’s path, since a warrior is defined as a strong human being ...
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October 7, 2009
Seeking Truth
Seeking Truth “Keep the faith and be true to yourself, never relying on others or chance to determine your life. Choose and once you have decided, then stick to it to the end. And, when you do - after you have ceased to exist, you will ...
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October 7, 2009
Warrior’s Path – Walking with Death
The Warrior’s Path Walking with Death “I guess it comes down to a simple choice really – get busy living or get busy dying.” The Shawshank Redemption Grandmaster Taejoon Lee faces off against Jokyo Simon Lee I had a student come to me and ask for a private lesson to show him how to ...
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October 7, 2009
Giving Thanks
This is the inventory of thanksgiving which I chose for the message I delivered to my students on Thanksgiving of 2008.
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October 7, 2009
No Excuses!
Please do not disregard. No matter what, please bear it and read to the end. When I first opened our school in 1994, we gave the choice of choosing Tae Soo Do or Hwa Rang Do to the students. Of course they all chose, Hwa Rang Do even after they were ...
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October 7, 2009
Inside the Black Sash Conference 2009
During our annual Hwa Rang do Black Sash Conference (held this year from July 24 through August 1st, 2009), Black Sashes (1st Dan & Above) from across the globe, gather at the West Coast Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA USA for rigorous training of the mind, body and spirit, led ...
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September 28, 2009
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