Third Degree Jahng Bong Form

I've been working on all the videos for the Jahng Bong training for my students at ATA elkton and for a while, I was paused at about segment 2.  Mrs. Holubyckyj helped me when taping the rest of the form.  That means the hard part is all done and all I need to do now is edit the clips and upload them.  These are all little pieces of the Bo Staff form, broken down with a little bit of what I visualize and think of as I perform it.  I hope everyone enjoys it and, even if you aren't a 3rd degree, it helps you imagine and create a vision of all the cool things you'll learn as you achieve the next rank.  Here are links to Segments 1 through 5.  I JUST uploaded Segment 5 this morning so that's the new one!

Whole form at competition (Probably one of of my worst performances without actually dropping my weapon) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsESLsAXloU
Segment 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc1tkRnM7dA&feature=channel_video_title
Segment 2, Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNm8FofRr2E
Segment 2, Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUmBAl3vQk
Segment 2, Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTAds9YuJA
Segment 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niTU6wD6jbg
Segment 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57zMjVKBPe0

Segment 5:

 

Crazy Weekend!

This weekend Mr. Morgan invited me down to Washington D.C. to help support Hyper Martial Arts. It was a lot of fun because I got to talk to people about Hyper, which is short for "High Performance" and it's goal to give recognition to youth martial arts and martial arts athletes everywhere. It was really cool and I had a great time meeting new people and hanging out with Mr. Morgan


On Friday, we had a big Bully Defense seminar. My students invited a bunch of their friends and everyone learned the best ways to deal with bullies and how to become a better person, a champion for life. I really like teaching these seminars because bullying is something that affects a lot of kids and even teens and adults. If we can touch the lives of kids that feel like they can't do anything about bullies and teach them how to deal, I would feel so proud. I'm on a mission now to teach this course to as many kids in Cecil County as possible. I'm doing a mass bully defense course for all the kids at the Boys & Girls clubs in Cecil County next month too!


Saturday, Mike Chat came to New Jersey and 7 ATA Elkton members went up to train with him. That's pretty impressive because we all came from about 2-1/2 hours away. Training with Mr. Chat is so worth it because he's trained some awesome martial artists over the years. Taylor Lautner and Boo Boo Smith from the Twilight series trained in XMA with him, Jaden Smith prepared for The Karate Kid with Mr. Chat, and Noah Ringer became famous for the XMA training he got at his martial arts school in Texas. He was super inspiring and the class was really fun. We learned what it was like to go up a level and to perform at "Level 10" all the time! Really cool

XMA Camp

This week is XMA summer camp! The kids are doing a great job learning new skills and perfecting the ones they already know! Some of the kids are doing XMA for the first time this week and they are doing great! The kids that have done XMA before are working on their leadership skills as they coach the other kids on their combos, forms, and techniques!
I really saw an improvement in how some kids became more outgoing and spoke louder in front of the crowd. In some cases, I saw that confidence in technique improved... the kicks were stretched out longer, the jumps were higher, and they really slammed those targets hard.

Vince Johnson at ATA West Chester!

Some of our dedicated XMA-ers spend 4 hours training with an awesome instructor, Vince Johnson. We went to Mr. Jouan and Ms. Boulden's ATA school in West Chester, PA. A lot of the people at the seminar were beginners but some were intermediate and advanced too. ATA Elkton was well represented by Cody McDaniel and Ty Moyer accompanying Mr. Hayhurst for the camp. Ty is awesome with his Tricks (which are the high-flying martial arts moves that cna be added into forms or done in combinations) and used the seminar to make his better. Cody is new to tricking and did a private lesson with Mr. Johnson afterwards. Cody went from spinning 360 with his kicks to almossstttt being able to spin 900 and do a kick

For anyone who doesn't know, tricking is what makes martial arts athletes the best. Someone once said, "My friend can skateboard and jump off a ramp and do a 720 spin." I said, "well my 10 year old student can do that too, but he does a hook kick before he hits the ground and hits a target 6 feet in the air." Tricking is special because it seems like the athletes truly defy gravity. Check out our Youtube page: ATAELKTON