Hapkido Performance

All smiles after the demonstration

UTAR Taekwondo and Hapkido club organised a hapkido performance by South Korean National Demo Team on 31 July 2015 at South Lobby, UTAR Sungai Long. It was the first demonstration by the South Korean team in Malaysia.

This event was in collaboration with the Korean Martial Arts Association South East Asia Pacific (KOMA SEAPAC) and Hapkido Sung Moo Kwan. KOMA SEAPAC was formed in 1988 originally to promote genuine Korean Martial Arts in Southeast Asia. Since 1991 KOMA SEAPAC has further developed into a Centre of Research and Development for Military (MIL), Counter Terrorism (CT) and Law Enforcement (LE) Tactical Combat training via its Tactical arm, AWASS or Advanced Warfare and Security Solutions. They also collaborate with Yayasan Generasi Muda by teaching the orphans hapkido.

Present at the event were President of Middle East Kido Federation Grand Master Lee Su-Hyeong, Secretary General of Korea Kido Hwe association Grand Master Hwang Young Jin, Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Warfare and Security Solutions Sdn Bhd YBhg Dato Sri LTC Alif Aiman Abdullah, UTAR Vice President of Student Development and Alumni Relations Dr Teh Chee Seng and representative from Yayasan Generasi Muda Encik Ayman Dhamiri Zakaria.

Children’s Demonstration Team

The performance started with the Children’s Demonstration Team by Master Kim Du-Hyeon with ten children below 12 years old. The children started with a jump forward roll, stretching exercises, and then they followed with demonstrating flying kick techniques, one step sparring, attacking techniques, and free sparring with dual opponents, impressing the audience into giving a standing ovation.

The second demonstration was a special whip kick and nunchaku performance by Grand Master Kim Du-Hyeon. Demonstrations continued with ‘Women’s Ho Shin Sul’ also known as women’s self-defense by Grand Master Lee Jae-Gun and Grand Master Gang Yeong-Mi. There was also a special demonstration by President of Middle East Kido Federation Grand Master Lee Su-Hyeong.

Demonstration by Grand Master Dato Sri Aliff with Roy Ng and Ralph Hee

The last demonstration was by Grand Master YBhg Dato Sri LTC Dr Aliff Aiman Abdullah. Before he started his demonstration he introduced and explained hapkido to the audience. Then, Dato Aliff performed ‘Adults and military Hapkido’ with the help from Master Roy Ng, the main instructor in Sungai Long, and Ralph Hee Zhen Khoon from UTAR. The Hapkido demonstration end with question and answer session.

“In expanding the programme we did a series of research and demonstration tours. We also started to teach in the university by aiming to teach them each level and adapted the skills into real life to groom them into leaders,” said Dato’ Sri Aliff Aiman. “My advice to the students is to study diligently and be focused. You need certain qualities to be successful such as loyalty, discipline, integrity, faith and courage. It is easier said than done but it is the core of life.”

Grand Master Hwang Young Jin said, “We were going to do a demonstration in Aceh, Indonesia so we took this opportunity to visit Malaysia. We want to introduce and show the true form of Hapkido to the world. Today we have been to 70 countries.” He also mentioned that he would like to come and visit Malaysia again in future when the partnership between Korea and Malaysia is closer.

Women’s Self-defense demonstration

Special performance by Grand Master Lee

Grand Master Hwang (left) received a souvenir from Dr Teh

Dr Teh with all the Grand Masters