Our Masters Join the Global Hapkido Association

November started with big news for our Hapkido family.

Welcome to the Global Hapkido Association

Earlier this month, Master Austin Curtis and Master Bill Keiran traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to attend a Global Hapkido Association black belt test with the organization's Grandmaster Lee.

Master Curtis was honored with an appointment as President of the GHA's California chapter, and Master Keiran was appointed Vice President. While they were there, they connected with other GHA masters and instructors, got to "nerd out" over Hapkido and even took part in a short stick seminar with Grandmaster Lee.

What it means for our students

We believe great instructors never stop being students. When our masters train with masters from other schools, they bring new ideas, refined technique and fresh energy back to our mat, and that's what our students get to learn from. We can't wait to hear what they learned.

Being part of a larger association also gives our students a bigger community. Hapkido practitioners around the world share the same art, and our students now have a direct connection to that wider family of masters, instructors and fellow students.

A dojo is only as strong as its community, and ours now reaches well beyond Santa Barbara. See you on the mat!

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