Learn from your mistakes

Our Jung SuWon Martial Art Academy; Principle #2 says “Learn from your mistakes”.  And goes on to expand on that saying that mistakes are our feed back system.  Often times when we make mistakes we feel bad and so we shun them.  But they can be viewed as the fuel for our future success.  Take your mistakes – acknowledge them – use them as the evidence and the reasons why we now CAN correct them.  If we try to hide then the opposite happens.  We don’t acknowledge them and we almost litterlly can’t correct them!

Have a great day!

Jung SuWon teaches very young children!

Jung SuWon Martial Art Academy teaches children as young at 3 years old.  Each student is treated according to the original being within, their true potiential.  There is no prejudgement of a person based on age.  If you block the sun then a plant cannot grow.  If you give a plant earth, air, sun and water then it will grow to the best of it’s ability.

Can do attitude!

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim’s motto is “He can do, She can do, Why not me!”.  Say it to yourself over and over again.  Have it running in the back ground in your mind.  Choose to take the high road.  Choose to think positive.  Turn negative thoughts into positive ones.  Multiply positive thoughts into multiple positive thoughts.  Remember the saying “Don’t go there… don’t go down that road.”  When you are traveling to a location far away you don’t choose one way dead end streets.  Same when you choose a goal don’t choose thoughts that try to destroy that goal.  Choose thoughts that pull you up and carry you along.  Remember that motivational poster called “Footprints”.  A person was walking with the Lord, there were two sets of foot prints in the sand, later there were only one set of prints on the sand, the person asked Lord why did you abandon me at that time… the Lord replied it was I who was carrying you… those are my single set of foot prints at that time.”  Ask for help when you need it.  Have a satalite view Dr. Kim tells us.

You are one of a kind!

New KBS Special on our Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

Hello fellow students, family and friends!

Enjoy this new KBS Broadcast video show on our Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim!

 http://www.kbs-america.com/vod/details.aspx?vid=2582

Training Body, Mind and Spirit

We train our bodies when we practice the pattern.  We train our mind when we visualize what we are doing and how to apply the technique.  We train our spirit when we have a purpose, when we know why we are training, when we train with energy and when it shows from the inside to the outside.

When we acknowledge all three trainings; body, mind and spirit then we can say that our whole being is engaged and striving together to achieve our goal.  We can apply this training method in our daily lives, our jobs, our careers, our relationships and every aspect of our lives.  Ask  yourself how can I apply my body, my mind and my spirit to the current task at hand.  This will help you to see all angles and to avoid the excuses and procrastination.

Just always remember: Body/Mind/Spirt and of course He can do, She can do, Why not me!

Korean Language

Did you know that the Korean language has a simple alphabet?  Yes you can learn to read Korean simply by learning the alphabet!  Simple characters have simple sounds and they are combined to form words just like in the English language!

Start by learning the Korean alphabet.  Then try sounding out our Jung SuWon Code of Ethics!

Pil Seung!

Can Do Now!

He can do, She can do, Why not me!

Have a purpose and determination!

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim teaches her students to have a purpose and determination.  For myself this translates to having a reason why I am doing something.  If I have a reason why I am doing something then I am able to rise above the circumstances that try to discourage me, slow me down or try to stop me.

I want to go training today because I want to become a strong person and I want to be disciplined.  Now with that reason if I am a little tired or feeling a little lazy I am able to rise above those feelings and get myself to the school, changed in my uniform and out on the floor.  I know that in the long run I am going to benefit towards my goal of becoming stronger and more disciplined.  I want my goal more than I don’t want to face the path to get there. 

I want to live so I will run out of the burning house.

Pil Seung!

We have three (3) bodies.

We have our physical body, our mental body and our spiritual body. 

We have all experienced in our training under Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim at Jung SuWon Martial Art Academy the three main concepts of Body, Mind and Spirit.  We train our physical body every day in class when we are practicing our movements, basics, kicks and forms.  We train our mental body when we meditate and focus on relieving our mental stress.  We train our Spiritual body when we work to bring up our energy level and when we work to create the passion, drive and motivation in our training.

So let’s understand these three bodies!

Physical Body:  Our physical movements, skill, balance coordination, timing, power.

Mental Body:  Our true thinking, our view, our perspective, our positive mental attitude.

Spiritual Body:  Our passion, our drive, our motivation, our purpose in life. 

Let’s recognize our Body, Mind and Spirit in every aspect of our daily life.  Let’s acknowledge our Body, Mind and Spirit in every environment we are in.  We can develop our Body/Mind/Spirit at home, in school, at work, during training, personally, and in our relationships with others.

Be the Master of your Life!  Take Charge!

Pil Seung!

Jung SuWon Testing

Testing for the next belt rank is a time to challenge yourself and a time to put a stake in the ground and declare what you have learned.  It is a time to announce yourself and perform to the best of your ability.  The testing environment is different than regular class hour and so you are being tested more on how you can perform under these new conditions.  Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim has said that under the ideal conditions we can perform our best.  The true test is how can we perform in different conditions?  How can we perform when we least expect that we will need to perform? 

Ready any time!  Ready any place!  Ready anywhere!

The Way of the Warrior!

Pil Seung!

Martial Arts Children’s book “Frog Milk”

Hey check out this martial arts children’s book called “Frog Milk“!  It’s one of many books written in the light of the art of Jung SuWon.

The moral of the story is never give up.  The frog, faced with drowning in a bucket of milk will not give up swimming to save his life.  Eventually almost in the same way that faith heals us… the frog’s swimming churns the milk enough that it turns to butter!  With the new solid surface the frog is able to jump out of the bucket and save his life!  I like this story so much because it’s so easy to evaluate our current situation and show how all the facts show there is no way out!  But the facts change when you change and when you stick with your desire, goals and purpose.