1-11-08 - Spring Semester Starts

Hello again everyone. Spring Semester is about to begin. The HwaRangDo club is now the HwaRangDo Instructional Program. We're official with ASU, and everything is looking great for the program's future at this point. We will resume the usual hours 8pm-9:30pm in the usual place (Small Gym A) on tuesday 1-15-08. If you are checking out this club for the first time, please feel free to call, email, or just show up if you have any questions or would like to try it out. Theres no commitment to come try out a class or two or three. Dive right in.

For all new and returning students, please make sure you are registered as soon as possible, as the Instructional program must meet its quota of students to exist. Also, starting in the Spring, we will begin to tighten up etiquette. Please make sure you arrive on time as we will start class at 8pm and no later. Discipline is the most important quality in martial arts training.

Hope to see you all there!
Jokyonim (Instructor) Ari

10-01-07 - Test Coming up!

Got some good news. I spoke to my instructer, Master Tim Elliot (Kwan Ja Nim), over at the north school about the coming test, and he has agreed to have the test at our club, rather than the northschool! This makes things a lot easier for us because no one will have to travel anywhere. Master Elliot will continue to do tests at ASU given there are at least 5 people testing.

Firstly, please email me back if you are thinking about testing for your next rank. The test shouldn't happen for another few weeks, so theres plenty of time to tweak everything up. We need to make sure 5 people are testing at least. Email me back or let me know in class, so we can figure that out.

For anyone who is not planning to test, this is still not a class to be missed! Kwan Ja Nim is a great instructor and always runs a superb class. Watching the test gives you a great idea of what to expect. Only half the class will be the test, so there will be a workout as well.

Secondly, since we've been doing the club for several weeks now and there aren't any stragglers, we'll start having class in a more traditional manner. Each class will end with the 5 rules and 9 virtues known as Hwa Rang Do Oh Kae. This is the HwaRangDo code of ethics. I will explain this in more detail in class. Basically a Hwarangdo/Taesoodo student must not only know the code, but follow it to be allowed to learn this art. Its alright for white belts to not really know this correctly, but higher ranks should know it by heart.

I suggest each of you take some time now and then to memorize it.
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Looks long, but it goes quite quickly. Good luck.

See you in class,
Jokyonim (Instructor) Ari

9-20-07 - Our club is off to a great start. One month in, we have 12 members showing up regularly. Next semester we will be signed up officially as an ASU instructional program (no longer a club). What this means is that basically our position and status with ASU will be stable and guarenteed as long as we meet the quota. To any students or club members, nothing really changes (except that we dont have to pay a $15 sorc fee, which is nice). When we go official next semester, you can expect the club to really start go grow, so now is a great time to start getting involved (while things are still relatively small). Thanks for all the support!

8-20-07 - Our first club meeting this year will be at 8:00PM in front of the SRC. Call 602-561-7675 for details.

8-24-06 - New Flyer and Advertisement.

8-23-06 - Back in business! The ASU Hwa Rang Do^® Club has been rebranded as the Asu Hwa Rang Do^® / Tae Soo Do Club^®. The club will now teach Tae Soo Do^®, which is the Undergraduate division of Hwa Rang Do^®. Come check us out!

11-23-05 - I managed to clear up more space on the server so I added the rest of the photo shoot pictures in the Gallery and Photo Shoot section. Let me know if you have any cool HRD club photos you'd like me to add.