I think martial arts training follows a different direction from typical weight training. I believe the difference lies in the “position of the weight.” Weight training deals with weight close to the body, while martial arts deals with weight farther away from the body, in my view. Therefore, I think martial arts require training to control centrifugal force and full-body coordination. Heavy bokken, Indian clubs, macebells and kettlebells are tools that, in my opinion, direct

Today, I conducted a special lecture for 3rd-year Hapkido majors at my alma mater, the Korea National Police University (KNPU). It was the inaugural session of the "Inter-Martial Arts Exchange Lecture" series, hosted at the invitation of Professor Shin. There is a 29-year seniority gap between my juniors and me. Coincidentally, I began my Aikido journey during my 3rd year of university, making my years of training exactly equal to the gap in our class years. Beyond mere coinc

In this video, Aikido Samsungdang covers tenkanhō (転換法, turning method), a kata for learning how to connect with your partner. We have been practicing it with more focus recently, and we see it as a training method for developing musubi (結び). Tenkanhō is also referred to as tai no henkō (体の変更) or tai no henka (体の変化). To be honest, I did not work on tenkanhō very often in the past. However, through traveling back and forth to Japan, I came to reflect more deeply on the meaning