Black Belt Grading November 2022
As we had begin to get back to normal life and training at the dojang, five more students, who had persisted through two challenging years, were able to shake of those last two years and grade for their black belts.
Melbourne Hapkido
Academy : Martial Arts Melbourne
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Black Belt Grading July 2021
After a years of Hapkido from home, lockdowns, and tons of persistence, a small window of opportunity opened in 2021 allowing Mia and Evan finally came out of a series lockdowns to do their black belt grading.
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Moo Moo Kwan Seongnam Competition
In 2018 Master Cairney took a team to South Korea for the Seongnam City regional Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido Assocation competition. The demontration team won second place, keeping up a long tradition of a finals place in Hapkido competitions.
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Solar, self defence for our planet
In 2020 Melbourne Hapkido Academy went solar, self defence for our planet. Then one month in March 2021 during a grading, with air-conditioning, lights and many other items plugged in, we were 100% efficient. Melbourne Hapkido Academy is more than 79% solar efficient during the 3 winter months and over 100% during the rest of the year, doing our bit to save the planet.
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Moo Moo Kwan Dojang
On the 10th April 2017 Melbourne Hapkido Academy became a full branch of the Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido Association. Master Cairney was confered the official tital of Kwanjangnim, officially a
branch Master of Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido 
Association.
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Moo Moo Kwan International Competition
After two successful years of winning local Hapkido demonstration competitions, in 2013 Master Cairney went with a team of students to compete in South Korea, winning first place in the team demonstration. In addition a pairs routine won 3rd place in the pairs-self-defence competition.
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2nd National Competition
Melbourne Hapkido Academy demonstration team wins the second national Hapkido competition competing against teams from all over east coast of Australia on the weekend of 31st March – 1st April 2011 in Brisbane.
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1st National Competition
Melbourne Hapkido Academy demonstration team wins the first national Hapkido competition competing against teams from all over east coast of Australia on the weekend of 16th-17th April 2011 held in Melbourne.
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Australia’s 1st Permanent Hapkido Dojang
Dedicating his life to the study-of, training and teaching Korean martials arts in 2013 Master Cairney built Australia’s first dedicated permanent Hapkido training centre, the first in Melbourne and Australia. Today it is fully equipped with full 3 metre high mirror wall, equipment racks, showers, change-rooms, kitchen, lounge, solar panels and LED lighting, surround sound system, and more.
Melbourne Hapkido Academy acknowledges we train on the lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation, whose lands were never ceded, and we pay repects to their elders past and present and to Country.
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