Back by Popular Demand!!!

The Eighth Annual 
WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE SEMINAR & WORKSHOP

Open to all women & girls! It's not about size or strength.. it's about attitude and skill!



Learn how to use leverage, momentum and vital pressure points against an attacker!  

Learn how to employ practical, easy to learn blocks, strikes and throws from the masters and black belts of the International Chayon-Ryu Martial Arts Association. Led by system founder and world famous Grandmaster Kim Soo, this seminar is offered for FREE to the ladies and girls of the Greater Houston Area. 

Brought to you by Asia Houston Network and Kim Soo Karate, Inc.
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Chayon-Ryu World Headquarters Spring Cleaning coming soon! (MAY 4th)

 

DOJANG CLEANING DAY!

Participating in cleaning the dojang is part of everyday training in Chayon-Ryu. It builds character, creates humility to balance out our egos, and gives us sweat equity in the training space where we gather to gain knowledge and understanding of the martial way.  The annual cleaning is a Chayon-Ryu tradition. 

Saturday (May 4th) is Spring Cleaning day! All students and instructors are encouraged to come take class with Master Sean Kim, and stay to help with dojang improvement projects and cleaning. This is a great way to build good kong and enjoy fellowship with fellow students! 

Bring your dobok, and work clothes to change into, bottled water, and good spirit!

For more information contact Master Sean Kim!

Spring Outdoor Training In The Park

Twice each year, Master Sean Kim, the chief instructor for the Chayon-Ryu World Headquarters branch school teaches an outdoor training class in Houston's Memorial Park. This is a great way to mix training and fun! 

Training outdoors is a unique experience, and it is also a lot of fun. Students from all branch schools are invited and encouraged to participate in this Chayon-Ryu tradition.

Students are invited to train, and bring a picnic lunch, and enjoy the beginning of spring, and the beauty of the park. It's a great time, and a good chance to meet new people, and make new friends. Held in March and November, in spring and fall, this is a Chayon-Ryu tradition that is fun for the whole family! You can even bring the dog (if he is on a leash!).

Photos from March Tuksu Suryon Class

Master Sean Kim, 8th Dan

 Grandmaster Kim Soo, Master Sean Kim, and the masters and instructor level students of Chayon-Ryu trained at the world headquarters for the bi monthly Tuksu Suryon, instructor clinic.

Grandmaster's mission is to create martial arts instructors, who will carry on the legacy of the Chayon-Ryu tradition and teachings.

Group photo from second session - Black and Brown Belt level- (Grandmaster Kim Soo seated, center)

Grandmaster requires all instructor level students to attend teaching clinics four times per year to maintain the integrity of the system, to teach refinements, and keep the high standards of Chayon-Ryu current with all instructors, and those who will take on the mantle of instructor.

Black Belts perform Bong (Long Staff) forms

Jang Bong (Long Staff)

group photo first session- blue, purple, brown, black belt level

Jang Bong Sul practice

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photo credit: Kenneth Young, Sabeomnim, Kingwood, Chayon-Ryu

TUSKSU SURYON for Grandmaster Yoon Byung In to be presented by Grandmaster Kim Soo May 19th, 2013

Grandmaster Kim Soo invites all instructor level Chayon-Ryu students to attend this special Tuksu Suryon, in honor of Grandmaster Yoon Byung-In. 

 Grandmaster Yoon Byung-In was the first Korean national to bring the martial art of chu'an fa (commonly called kung fu in the U.S.) back to Korea after studying in Manchuria and Shanghai, China.

During World War II, he went to Nihon University, Tokyo, where he studied karate with Toyama, Kanken.1

The YMCA Kwon Beop Bu was established by Master Yoon Byung-in in Seoul,Korea in 1946. The unique aspect of the Jung Ang YMCA Kwon Beop Bu was the combination of a Shudokan karate and Chinese Chuan-fa curriculum. It is from Grandmaster Yoon, that we inherit our Chu'an Fa and Karate line.2

Grandmaster Yoon suffered a severe injury to his right hand. One winter while huddling around a neighborhood fire for warmth, he was shoved forward into the fire. He stopped his body from getting burned at the expense of his right hand being immersed in the hot coals. Unfortunately, there were no doctors in the area to help and he ended up losing ½ of the length of his fingers. To hide his injury, Master Yoon always wore white gloves in public and while instructing classes. Later, his students would wear white gloves during training to show respect for him.

All Chayon-Ryu students should wear white gloves to honor the memory of Grandmaster Yoon, and his legacy which is preserved for all time in Chayon-Ryu and in each of us, who carry on the teachings.

Please bring a flower to commemorate this memorial service training in GM Yoon's honor.

Sunday, May 19th, 2013
10am - 1pm Blue & Purple Belts- $15 (1st session 10am - 11:30)
Brown & Black Belts- $20 (10am - 1pm)

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1-Intro to Grandmaster Yoon, Byung-In www.kimsookarate.com

2- MASTER YOON BYUNG-IN’S LEGACY:THE CHANGMOO-KWAN & KANGDUK-WON

By: Grandmaster Kim Pyung-soo (as told to Robert McLain)

LETTERS TO GRANDMASTER- Jerry Bick

 Grandmaster Kim Soo shares his correspondence from students whose lives have been touched by Chayon-Ryu

 

 

 

To: Grand Master Kim Soo-

I have learned so much from you Grand Master Kim Soo as my Marshal Arts teacher. 

 

Grandmaster Kim Soo

From your over 60 years of knowledge of Martial Arts you have made a positive impact on my life and have taught me things and skills that I will carry with me the rest of my life.

 

So, when I was so honored to be asked to speak at a meeting about Alcohol and Drug Addiction in hopes of sharing some strength and hope that you never have to live like that again I accepted!

The speech was to last for an hour and I just wanted to tell you how I closed my speech. 

 

I said, “ I want to share this with ya’ll not to make you think I'm special, cause I'm not, but I am involved in Martial Arts” ( Chayon-Ryu ). “I was taught by Grand Master Kim Soo that the best defense against any kind of attack is to simply to Avoid and then react with something Positive.” 

 

For example, if your around negative people then avoid them, not in a rude or mean way, but you can replace them with positive people. Also, don't go anywhere were it might jeopardize your sobriety, simply avoid. Another thing to Avoid is negative and crazy thinking.

 

Martial Arts has taught me to be calm, patience, and to have an open mind to listen, learn, and most of all to Avoid.

 

Thank you, Grand Master Kim Soo. 

 

 

Sincerely,

Jerry Bick

2/19/13

The 45th Anniversary Chayon-Ryu Banquet, Houston, TX

February 16, 2013, the International Chayon-Ryu Martial Arts Association celebrated the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Chayon-Ryu Martial Arts System.  A banquet honoring Grandmaster Kim Soo, and his 45 year journey to bring Chayon-Ryu to the United States was held.

Grandmaster Kim Soo delivered his Anniversary address to the black belts and students of Chayon-Ryu:

Grandmaster Kim Soo

Good evening, I am very happy to see you all here tonight! My family, friends, instructors, and students. We are all here, together to celebrate 45 years of Chayon Ryu; in addition, I want you to look forward with me to the future of our system. 

Leading up to 1968, I had been planning to leave Korea to teach abroad. I already had offers from a number of different countries to come teach: the Philippines, Mexico, Canada, and Columbia. But I turned all of these down, and chose to come to America instead. 

Why?

Grandmaster Yoon

I wanted to preserve Grandmaster Yoon, Byung In’s teaching, and be free from any pressure to conform to the movement towards sports, competition-oriented training. It was only in America that I could see achieving the independence and freedom to preserve his legacy, and continue to develop my philosophy of teaching, of Chayon Ryu, free from the influence of politicians or religious leaders. 

Martial Arts as education, as a pure art, as tradition, as a means of helping so many people improve the quality of their lives. This has made such a profound difference in my own life, and in the lives of the people I had already taught so far. How could I not do everything I could to preserve these traditional values, to continue to share them with people wherever I could? 

People in Korea who were considering a move all the way across the Pacific, to this country, wanted to settle in places where there was already a strong Korean community. Of course, it’s much easier, and more comfortable, to have that safety net and community. But I wanted to have a clean slate – to go somewhere where there weren’t any major figures already teaching! There were people in California, in New York, in Washington. But nobody in the south; nobody in Texas. Everybody was afraid to come to Texas! They only knew what they’d seen in movies; and besides, why would I go somewhere where there weren’t any Koreans? That was exactly the point.

Grandmaster at the airport
about to depart for America
1968.

I applied for a green card on my own – no lawyer, no official assistance. I thought carefully about what I was going to say, and prepared as much as I could. It was very expensive, applying for the green card! And no guarantee that I would be approved. 

The person in the immigration office was a huge man, so stern and mean looking. I saw down in his office, and he scowled at me across his desk, and said, ‘Why do you want to live in America?’ I was so nervous… my mind went blank! I forgot everything! All that preparation I had done – gone!

I looked at him, and said… ‘American needs me!’ He looked so surprised. America needs GOOD teachers! Sure, there are plenty of people who can teach how to kick and punch and fight; but who is teaching form, and classic traditional forms, and knows what they mean? Who is teaching for your health, for your quality of life?

Grandmaster's press credentials for
Black Belt Magazine.

I gave him my resume: how I was the first Korean correspondent for Black Belt magazine, taught the U.S. and Korean armies, trained the bodyguards for the first Korean president. I talked about two forms: No Hai and Wan Shu. What the names mean, and how every movement in the forms have meaning.

He slammed his hand down on his desk, very hard! I was startled, and worried that was a bad sign. He stood up from behind his desk… and stuck out his hand to shake mine! He granted me ‘third preference’ status on my new green card – no boss, no need to have an employer or sponsor. I was going to be independent. Third preference was the highest level granted on a green card; it’s what was granted to doctors, lawyers, professors. I was termed ‘Professor of Martial Arts’ – to teach American teachers.

Politics, ego, race should be left outside,
teachers should be mindful and humble.

I want to talk for a moment about our system. Ours. Tonight is not about me; it’s about 45 years, so far, of training, of teaching, of continuously developing and refining the teaching method, of promoting more black belts so that YOU can turn around and teach as well. Our school, our Chayon Ryu system, should be preserved, protected, and continue to grow to help you, to help each other, to help future new students and future instructors. To foster these goals, we must focus ourselves on the training, and teaching. I do not want to see conflicts between individuals harm our higher goals. We all have different backgrounds, different origins; different political beliefs and so on. When we are together to train, to teach, to clean the dojang, that is our time to focus on our personal development and to help other people and our school. Conflicts over things like politics, ego, race, and so on should be left outside! Smile, help each other with your training, and focus on positive things in your life. 

Teachers: I want you to be mindful to be humble, kind, and generous to everyone around you. Teachers should make the information accessible to the students. Do not use your position as an instructor for outside reasons – not to promote your outside businesses, or church, etc. 

I want to thank all the students who have worked to make this evening a success, and everyone for coming together this evening to celebrate our first 45 years of Chayon Ryu. I would like to meet everyone again at our 50^th Anniversary! 

Martial Arts is my first priority; my mission in life, not my business. I will teach until I die – there is no retiring. 

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additional photography: Kenneth Young, Kingwood Chayon-Ryu

watch the video highlights from the banquet:

HOSHIN SUL-The Art Of Self Defense DVD

Master Robert McLain and Saboemnim Robert Henriksen
demonstrate variations on grabs and joint locks

Coming in 2013, the next addition to the Kim Soo Instructional DVD series
HOSHIN SUL-The Art of Self-Defense 

Grandmaster Kim Soo, 10th degree black belt and founder of Chayon-Ryu presents Hoshin Sul, the art of self defense.

Join Grandmaster Kim Soo and his black belt masters as they demonstrate self defense techniques from the Chayon-Ryu martial arts system. Escapes, Grabs, Holds, Avoiding and Throwing are demonstrated by Grandmaster and his black belts.

Gun Defense

Defense against kicks

Defense against kicks

Avoiding

Front choke defense

avoiding and counter striking

Rope attack defense

Rope attack defense

Rope defense

Avoiding and counter striking

defense against kicking

defense against kicking

View the teaser