Sword, Hand to Hand, Long Stick, & Self-Defense.
Motion meditation
Improve awareness, reaction time, and perception
Breath, and energy control
Boost concentration
"Zen Martial art is about enlightenment." A path of self-development...
..starting with martial arts training of the body and mind:
sword, self-defense, and striking arts...the student learns to interact with compassion.
Meditation and chanting assist the student in cutting through the phenomenal world to the world of non-duality. Ultimately Mind Sword leads to liberation from the attachment to self and identification to self. The student strives to become a free being by releasing themselves from the grip of habit, mind, and unseen forces. About the school:
Founded in 1999 by Master Marc Fortin, Kwan Um Do Kwang is a young offshoot of both the Shim Gum Do martial arts and Kwan Um Zen Schools. Master Fortin was a student of Shim Gum Do Master Kim for 20 years, living with the sword grandmaster for much of that time at the temple, where he attained the rank of a Shim Gum Do master. Master Fortin has also been a student of Zen Master Seung Sahn since 1978 and teaches Kwan Um Do Kwang under the certification and official sanction of Zen Master Seung Sahn.
