What does it take to achieve Black Belt in a Korean martial art? Angus Macrae, Alex Harland, Urs Junker and Finn Fairlie are the best one’s to answer that question. With between two and five years of training behind them, the quartet will be grading to Black Belt this upcoming Sunday.

In our first edition of the Whakatane Haidong Gumdo Weekly we preview their grading, look back at the past week and we now have a merchandise shop!

Sit back and enjoy!

HAIDONG!

Preview: The Week Ahead

It’s all happening at Whakatane Haidong Gumdo this week.

Head Instructor Mike Harland is away for Tuesday Night so the club Black Belts will be taking class. It will be the last training for Angus Macrae, Alex Harland, Urs Junker and Finn Fairlie as Cho Dan Bo’s (Red/Black Belt).

Then on Sunday Morning it will be grading. From 9;00 to 11;00am at the Ohope Hall, Master Garry Carpenter, Headmaster of Haidong Gumdo New Zealand, will be grading the Cho Dan Bo’s. Expect lots of sweat and burpees.

Review: The Week Behind

Tuesday Training

For Tuesday night the mats we’re out! Head Instructor Mike Harland lead the club through the long pattern story’s from one to nine. The long pattern story’s are a set of story’s that go with each long pattern. The object of them is for you to visualise that you’re in a real battle as you do your pattern.

Sunday Training

For Sunday morning it was just normal casual training. Seven members went through there patterns individually. There was also some arranged sparring done.

Merch Store now open!

Did you know that Whakatane Haidong Gumdo now has its very own merchandise store? That’s right! Head over to https://whkhaidong.bigcartel.com/ to browse our range of WHG clothing.

All profits made go to helping us send our martial artists to South Korea for the 2024 Haidong Gumdo World Championships.