Academy Update October 2024
late last month we hosted Grand Master Fari Salievski from KMA Champion Martial Arts (Sydney). This was Fari's 4th visit to our Academy. Along with Fari, we have a number of international instructors who visit our Academy on a regular basis.
This not only exposes us to new ideas, but it also keeps us from becoming too complacent. We are always evolving and and adapting so that our training remains modern and relevant,
The first session that Fari ran was a grading for our Hapkido Ground Combatives / FS BJJ students. This grading saw our senior students grade to Blue Belt which is the first majort grade in this system. It concluded a 6 year journey for these students whose training had been disrupted by the events of recent years. They are now in a position to really grow this class and we will be accepting new students into it soon
(Grandmaster Fari with our senior Hapkido Ground Combatives Students)
Grandmaster Fari then ran classes for our Hapkido Tigers and Hapkido Dragons stuidents which was well attended and also gave us new ideas to try out in these classes to make them even better.
(Grandmaster Fari with some of our Tigers and Dragons students)
The main seminars of the weekend were the Hapkido, Hapkido Ground Combatives, Black Belt and School Leadership seminars. These were all well received and gave us all food for thought on how to make our Academy even better!
(Grandmaster Fari and the Hapkido Seminar attendees)
As with all our seminars, we extended an open invitiation to martial artists from other styles and it was great to have martial artists from Ju-Jitsu, Kick Boxing and Kempo Karate attending as well.
Upcoming Events
Saturday November 2nd - New Zealand Ju-Jitsu Federation National Annual Seminar (being hosted at our Academy)
Late September 2025 - 2025 New Zealand Hapkido Festival and 4th Oceania Cup Friendship Tournament.