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Special Announcement
2023 Memorial Day Message Chris commented in Oliver Stone’s Platoon, I believe that those of us who survived combat have a duty to share what we learned to best honor those who could not follow us home. In 1989, I was an advisor to the Fullerton College version of Tracers, a play that reflected upon…
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New AMK Website
Two years ago, our program was disrupted, and our website became unusable. Over that period, my loyal and dedicated members worked with me to change our program to be more relevant to the more intellectual and philosophical approach to oriental martial art training, while enhancing the technical performance. That is because those members who now…
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Moving Forward
It has now been 2 years since that day of disappointment, and we are working on recovery and moving forward. With M’s, Jason Kennedy‘s, Lynda Amsell‘s, and our members’ excellent support, we now have a new website, www.americanmoodokwan.com. It is just starting to build, but we at least have a new, modern, and stable home…
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Grandmaster Jimmy Young-Shin Kim’s Passing
Last week, my long-time colleague and fellow member of the original Oriental Moo-Do School (OMS), Richard Veyna SBN, informed me of Jimmy KJN’s serious life-threatening situation. Then, on Friday, June 23, the worst expected circumstance, his passing, happened. It was truly heartbreaking. I first met Jimmy Young-Shin KJN, in 1972, at Grandmaster Chan-Yong Kim’s original…
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Using Star Wars for Traditional Training
On Sunday, it was our time to view the original Star Wars (A New Hope). Our instructors and students saw it so long ago (1977) that they did not remember the story. Viewing it again, and now having examined the more intellectual approach to oriental martial art training, they were stunned at the deep meaning…
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