06/19/2026
The 14th World Hapkido Festival & Championships is officially underway!
Hosted by the World Kido Federation and Hanminjok Hapkido Organization, this year’s event has brought together more than 120 participants from 5 continents and over 10 countries, united by a shared passion for Hapkido.
Today marked the beginning of an incredible weekend of training, competition, cultural exchange, and lifelong friendships. We look forward to the experiences, memories, and camaraderie that will be created both on and off the mats.
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06/11/2026
Forms training is one of the defining characteristics of K*k Sool Hapkido, and is an important part of traditional Korean martial arts practitioners' training.
Check out Grand Master Steve Seo’s 5 points to remember when training forms to help improve your daily training and achieve your forms goals! Save this post and follow for more training tips in the future!
Grand Master Steve Seo’s tips for forms training:
1. Mindfulness – When training forms, strive to be fully present, both mentally and physically.
2. Fluidity – Create fluid movements by relaxing your shoulders, and generate power from your hips, core, and waist.
3. Tempo & Cadence – Understand when to go fast, when to go slowly, and balance both throughout.
4. Stance – Vary your stances based on intent of the form. Discover your ideal stances by exploring purposes such as realism vs. balance, strength building vs. speed.
5. Harmony – Use your forms to find balance and harmony in mind and body.
Good luck to our WKF members competing in forms at the world championship in Korea next week!!
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05/28/2026
HJN Steve Seo (who was in California) had a great virtual training session with Master Rikard and PSBN Ottilia (they both were in different locations in Sweden!)
HJN Steve Seo has been testing out virtual training with multiple WKF schools and it has been going great! Look out for an announcement from HJN Steve regarding Virtual training after the Korea trip!
It was also a great way to help prepare for the upcoming Korea trip. We look forward to seeing Master Rikard, PSBN Ottilia, and the rest of the Nordic Hapkido team in Korea very soon!
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05/27/2026
We are excited to share the official event poster for the 14th WORLD HAPKIDO FESTIVAL & CHAMPIONSHIPS (제14회 세계합기도무술축제 및 선수권대회)! Presented by the Hanminjok Hapkido Association/World Kido Federation (한민족합기도무술협회/세계기도무술협회)!
We are honored to have our event sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the City of Busan. And for the first time, we will be awarding the special Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism awards (문화체육관광부 장관상) as part of our event this year!
Our event will be on June 20-21st, 2026
at the D**g A University, Busan South Korea.
Look out for more information about this historic event along with our 2026 World Kido Federation Korea Trip. Much more to come! Let’s go!!!
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05/27/2026