New Kids Class Hours

Effective November 1, 2009, the kids class will be from 6 pm to 7 pm on Tuesday and Thursday.

2009 National Tournament Results

BSBN Huy Pham competed in the third dahn adult men's 18-39 age division on October 10, 2009. He placed as follows:
Kyuk Pa Hyung: 2nd place
Ee In Jeh Ahp Sool: 1st place
Dahn Ssahng Bong Hyung:1st place
Dahn Ssahng Guhm Hyung: 1st place
Sahm Bahng Cho Cha Ki: (3-board breaks using 2 kicks and 1 hand strike, all in one jump) 1st place
Overall place: 1st!! Huy Pham became a two-time world champion, as is his father.
The next day BSBN Huy Pham was promoted to Sa Bum Nim. Congratulations!!!


Above, SBN Huy Pham is with Kwang Ja Nim Barry Harmon's daughter, the women's champion. To the right, SBN Huy Pham is kneeling in the front row, second from the right end inwards.
 Follow the flag pole downwards to see SBN Huy Pham kneeling and SBN Toan Pham standing (red and silver trim).

August 2009 Adult Class Promotions

In the adult class, Seth Windsor received another stripe on his brown belt, Kristien Hammer was promoted to red belt, and Josh Forgie was promoted to blue belt.

New Class Schedules as of July 20th 2009

Parents,

As I have already informed our students, we are about to change our class schedules starting next week. Class days will remain the same: Adults of Mondays/Wednesdays and Kids on Tuesdays /Thursdays. The Tuesday/Thursday classes will be split up into two classes. We will have ages 10 and under come from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. After that will be ages 11-13 from 6:35 pm to 7:35 pm. It does not matter what rank you are because this is based solely on age. This will help us divide up our students through age groups. Since there are a lot of younger students, we will be able to focus more time to helping those that need more attention and also help instruct the older students with fewer interruptions. The reason we are starting this new schedule early is so that everyone can get acclimated with the new schedule before school starts so there won't be problems in the future. Also, we are changing our Saturday class into a BLACK BELT CLASS. It will be from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and offered only to BLACK BELTS with the exception of Black Brown Belts with our invitation only. If you have any questions or problems about the new times please come to talk to me. We are hoping this will benefit all our students.
Thank you.

BSBN Huy

Annual seminar and Black Belt Promotions June 28 2009

Four people in our school were promoted to various levels of black belt at today's ceremony by Kuk Sa Nim:
1st degree: Neil Kao, Bill Leung, Jeff Pridmore
4th degree: Toan Pham.
Congratulations to all!!

Students testing for various levels of black belt (degree in parenthesis) included:
Seth Windsor (1), John Leung (2), Suzanne Miskin (3).

Special Demonstration/Picnic Day

Students/Parents,

We are planning on having a Special Demonstration/Picnic Day in July. We will have all our students practice and train a lot up until that particular day. This will give our students a chance to excel at a different level and have more experience in performing what they have been taught for an audience. This also in turn will allow parents and families to see what and how their child, children or family members have been doing in Kuk Sool Won. The demo itself should not run too long and then we will members have been doing in Kuk Sool. The demo itself should not run too long and then we will continue with a picnic/fun day afterwards. We are looking to rent out a shelter at Lake Robinson (off of Wade Hampton). There will be lots of grassy areas to play games and sports, and for parents and families to just relax by the water and in the sun. We will have food and will probably ask that everyone try and bring a dish or something so that there will be lots of food for everyone. All families and friends of our students are welcome to attend and have fun. This way the students are able to "hang out" with other students outside of class and for everyone to become closer as a "Kuk Sool family." We are hoping to schedule this date for a Sunday that everyone can come since most people are busy on Saturday. The two dates that would work best are July 12 (more likely) or July 19. So parents I'm asking that you look ahead at your schedule to see which date would be best for you and your family. Please let us know as soon as possible so that we can set up everything. If both dates are good for you then let us know that too. Thank you and we will be giving out more information as the time nears. Also, check our website for announcements and about upcoming events.

http://kuksoolwongreenville.blogspot.com/.

BSBN Huy Pham

2009 CALENDAR EVENTS

Classes can be made up on Saturdays! Come, workout and learn!

January 1, 2009 closed for New Year's Day

January 17 Black belt testing: 10 am - 1 pm, location: our school!

January 24 Demonstration at the Vietnamese New Year party, 7 pm at the Greek Orthodox church in downtown Greenville, SC. [Watch our Kuk Sool Won Vietnamese New Year Demonstration videos Part 1 and Part 2 on youtube.]

April 18 black belt testing under KJN Dan Middleton, from 12:00-3:00pm, will be held at the gymnastic center adjoining the old Anderson school. [One new wrinkle: students should be able to all forms from the right and LEFT sides - even Gum Moo Hyung.]

May 11-16 SCHOOL IS CLOSED ENTIRE WEEK

May 20-21 school belt testing

May 25 closed for Memorial Day

May 30 Saturday Promotion ceremony

June 6 Black belt testing KJN Dan in Anderson 1:30-6:30 p.m. at Palmetto Cheer and Tumble (the building right next to the old Kuk Sool School in Anderson.)

June 28 Kuk Sa Nim comes to Anderson for black belt testing (11 am-2pm) and seminar (on using the Dan Bong)(2-5 pm) Come, hear, and learn from the man who founded Kuk Sool Won!

July 4 closed for Holiday

July 12 School Picnic and demonstration at Lake Robinson

September 6 CLOSED for LABOR DAY

October 8th and 10th closed for the Annual KSW Tournament in Tomball, TX

November 18-19 school belt testing

November 26 Thursday and 28 Saturday closed (for holiday)

November 26 Thursday and 28 Saturday closed (for holiday)

December 12, Demonstration, Promotion, and Christmas luncheon

December 24 (Thursday), 26 (Saturday), 31 (Thursday), January 2 (Saturday) closed (for holiday)

Kid's class photo March 2009

1. Kid's class

2. BSBN Pham doing stretching

2008 Calendar Events

July 7 Annual seminar with Kuk Sa Nim in Anderson
July 7 Black belt promotions with Kuk Sa Nim in Anderson
August 20 Testing
August 30 Promotion ceremony and demonstration
September 1 Closed for Labor Day
October 4 Anderson, black belt testing 09:30-12:30 pm
October 4, 9, 11 School closed
October 10 Black belt testing in Tomball, TX
October 11-12 World Kuk Sool Won Tournament in Tomball, TX
November 27 Closed for Thanksgiving Day
November 29 Closed
December 13 Promotion ceremony. Bring your friends!
December 24-7 closed for Christmas
December 31 closed

Greenville SC was Selected to be the Site for the USA National Karate Championships 2010

Greenville, SC has been selected as the site for USA National Karate Federation's National Karate Championships and US Team Trials July 8-10, 2010! It will be at the BiLo Center. The USA-NKF is the largest karate organisation in the U.S. More information will be posted when available.

Joong Bong Il Hyung Demonstrated by BSBN Huy Pham

Happy New Year to all!!

BSBN Huy Pham demonstrates Joong Bong Il Hyung (Middle Staff First Form) here.

Remember, WE NEED MORE PRACTICE, SIR!!