Chief Master Taejoon Lee visited Longview, Washington for a two day seminar on September 16 and 17.  Over 25 students from the Hwa Rang Do Longview School, Portland Club, and Evergreen Club, as well as members of the Long Distance Program, attended and learned from Chief Master Lee as he covered such material as self defense, kicking defense and throwing, ki power and meditation, gotoogi basics and combinations, and sword drawing and cutting. 

The students and instructors were delighted to have Master Lee present for this special event, and for many of the attendees this was their first opportunity to meet Master Lee in person.  Master Lee led the seminars with expert teaching style and wowed all present with his precision in both executing the techniques and explaining them.  Between it all, Master Lee told stories of his life experiences in Hwa Rang Do and interjected a healthy dosage of humor into the sessions.

Attendees left the seminar inspired by what they had seen and learned, and the seminar has left the Northwest on fire, ready to train harder to meet the standards put forth by Master Lee's vision of Hwa Rang Do.  We all want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Master Lee for his time and effort spent to bring Hwa Rang Do to the Northwest and to inspire us all to achieve the highest possible success in our lives and in our training.

Hwarang Forever,
Dan Steeby
Jo Kyo Northwest