South Korea tour 2024

South Korea tour 2024

South Korea, Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido Association adventure, November 2024,

We went…

Master Cairney once again took a group of black belts to South Korea to attend the Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido Association annual end of year black belt and masters and instructors weekend training camp in November. The tour also included 10 days for training, cultural immersion, food, training, food, tours, training, food, friendships, food, fun and more training.  This is not any ordinary trip to South Korea, this is a complete immersion into the martial art, culture, experiences and history of South Korea and Hapkido provided by our hosts.  Here is an amazing list of some of what we did:

• Friday: arrived, met up with our hosts who laid out the schedule.
• Saturday: travelled to Baeyo for Master and Instructors training, arrived 1pm and trained until 10pm with 1 hour in between for dinner.
• Sunday: arose at 5am for breakfast at 6pm, then training from 7am to midday [14 hours of training with many Grand Masters]. Then a quick dash to attend the Seongnam City Sports Council end of year Sports Association End of Year celebration.
• Monday: a cultural tour of some forts and several temples.
• Tuesday: More touring, visiting a few dojangs.
• Wednesday: we visited the Seongnam City Sports Council offices, visit the Seongnam City Parliament Chambers, had a formal tea ceremony by a Tamonnim (Tea Master) in Master Kim’s dojang.
• Thursday: we visited SG Sports (Moo Moo Kwan supplier), toured Incheon, visited Kang Hapkido dojang in Incheon.
• Friday: visit of a Buddhist temple in Namhansanseaong for 108 prostrations, touring to Namhansanseong Fortress over looking modern Seoul.
• Saturday: we were honoured to attend the Korea Moo Moo Kwan Hapkido Association end of year party, where Master Cairney was given an award in recognition of his dedication to Hapkido by the Founder Kim Young Man.
• Sunday: we were honoured to have lunch a Grand Master Kim Ki Ho’s house before a little bit of shopping in the early evening.
• Monday: saw us return home.
• This was no ordinary South Korea trip. This trip was a total immersion into what Hapkido is.

The last trip in 2018 was a wonderful South Korean and Hapkido cultural and training tour. The planned 2020 trip was cancelled due to a pandemic. Therefore 5 years later the opportunity came visit the wonderful people of South Korea again. We are booked and went.  Join today and train hard to get ready for the upcoming 2026 planned trip to South Korea (you must be at least a black belt to come).

Photos of South Korea 2024 coming soon…

2024 travel memories