Dosa-nim(Master)"Kum's" Biography.
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Dosa-nim(Master)
"Kum" Sun Kang
Oh Dan - 5th Dan Black Belt
(Hwa Rang Mul Sul)
Vice President/Co-Owner/Manager of
The Korean Hwarang Martial Arts Federation®.
Dosa-nim(Master) "Kum", born in South Korea, has trained,
and study extensively in the ancient Korean art of the Royal Buddhist Monastery Martial Arts of (Sunmudo) starting at the early age of 7 years old, when her Grandmother sent her off to a high mountainous Suwon Buddhist Monastery to discipline her outside Seoul, Korea, studying the disciplines, and teachings of Buddhism, and the art of the Royal Buddhist Monastery Martial Arts, called Sunmudo (which means: Seon, and martial arts) training under a Monk named "Ko Kwang Kim" until she was 17 years old. Dosa-nim "Kum" then enter college in Seoul, Korea, and graduated in business management, and accounting.
Dosa-nim "Kum" recalls some of her early experience to Head Master "Hud" about the days in Korea when she was 7 years old walking this long dirt road to the mountains outside Suwon in the dead of winter minus 35 below, the wind chill was minus 45 below with snow everywhere, and deep. Her Grandmother walking with her hand, and hand through the snow up into the mountains on a tiny dirt trail that turned into a stone pathway to the monastery high up in the mountains. Dosa-nim "Kum" states, "that this walk took many hours in the cold to get to the monastery". Once there her grandmother rang the large bell announcing their arrival, and asking for permission for enter into the monastery. She says that her grandmother, and her sat in a squat position in front of the monastery for hours in the cold before anyone would open the doors, and accepted them in. Once inside, then they had to sit again in the squat position before anyone approach them after another few hours. Dosa-nim "Kum" states, "that once the higher monks accepted her into the monastery as a disciple trainee it was very dark, and late at night. She says this whole beginning experience really scared her". For a whole year all she did was hard work around the monastery, scrubbing the stone floors with water, and a rag on her hands/knees all day, and carrying large wooden buckets of water for the floors from a outside well, and also washing all the dishes in the kitchen, and again carrying the large heavy wood buckets from the well for washing the dishes, she had to wash the clothes of the other monks during this period.
Dosa-nim "Kum" states, "that this is where she learned to how use a large oriental style brush broom sweeping all the floors throughout the monastery for hours, and perfecting her movements with this brush while watching the monks practice their martial arts, and weapons". When she was not doing her job, or working hard the monks would hit her with a stick. After a year, then she was accepted into the teachings, and education of Buddhism until she was 10 years old, but she still had to do hard work around the monastery doing the same jobs. Then at that age she was accepted into the training of the martial arts. One of the biggest thing that really scared her at the beginning entering into the monastery was having her head shaved, and being bald never seeing her long hair ever, she thought it would never grow back again.
Dosa-nim "Kum" has continued her studies of martial arts into the ancient art of Hwa Rang Mul Sul under Head Master "Hud", where she has found the teachings, and training with Head Master "Hud" are very similar to the same teachings of the Royal Buddhist Monastery Martial Arts(Sunmudo) that her Monk taught her when she was young in Korea.
2006 - Dosa-nim "Kum" has obtained her Il Dan - 1st Dan Black Belt, and her title as Sabum-nim(Teacher) from Head Master "Hud".
2007 - Head Master "Hud" appointed Dosa-nim "Kum" to the office, and position of the Vice President/Manager of The Korean Hwarang Martial Arts Federation®.
2008 - Dosa-nim "Kum" became a full partner as a Co-Owner with Head Master "Hud", the Owner/Operator of the Hwa Rang Mul Sul dojang in South Everett, Wa U.S.A.
Head Master "Hud", and Dosa-nim "Kum" has combined the teachings of her monk in the Royal Buddhist Monastery Martial Arts(Sunmudo), and the teachings of Head Master "Hud's" into (Hwa Rang Mul Sul) from his Master. Dosa-nim 'Kum' has finally passed all the requirements for her Yee Dan - 2nd Dan Black Belt in the (Hwa Rang Mul Sul system) under Head Master 'Hud'.
2009 - Dosa-nim 'Kum' has also passed all the requirements for the rank of Sam Dan - 3rd Dan Black Belt, and has qualified, and earned her title as Dosa Sabum-nim(Master Teacher) with hard work, and training as a Sabum-nim under Head Master 'Hud'. She is an excellent Master Teacher with the kids, and teens.
Dosa-nim "Kum" is now in advance training in the art of live Korean Sword, practicing to do live cuts with the Han-kuk Gumdo(Korean Swordsmanship) under the teachings of Head Master "Hud", and many more advance aspects of Hwa Rang Mul Sul system, and also in training in the Instructor's Training Course for the next year under Head Master "Hud". Dosa-nim "Kum" is also in training for the next year, or so for her Sa Dan - 4th Dan Black Belt under Head Master 'Hud'.
Dosa-nim "Kum" teaches classes in Korean Language, Traditions, and Customs of Korea, once a month to members in the dojang.
2009 - Head Master "Hud" has appointed Dosa-nim "Kum" to the position of teaching all open hand/foot hyungs(Patterns) to all members of the dojang.
2010 - Dosa-nim 'Kum' was selected the Teacher of the Year for 2010within The Korean Hwarang Martial Arts Federation®.
2011 - Dosa-nim "Kum" has been passed her 4th Dan - Sa Dan Black Belt from Head Master 'Hud'. She has filled all the requirements for this dan rank. She is an excellent Master Teacher under Head Master 'Hud'.
2011 - Dosa-nim "Kum" has been inducted into the Action Martial Arts Magazine "Hall of Honors" 2012 the academy awards of the martial arts world, and given recognition as a Master in the Hwarang. Now Master "Kum" been given the title as a Master, and promoted to her 5th Dan - Oh Dan Black Belt by Head Master "Hud".
2006 Dosa-nim "Kum" has expanded her studies of Buddhist teachings with Head Master "Hud".
Dosa-nim "Kum" is dressed in the Korean traditional Han-bok that was worn daily by the Korean women in the old days of Korea, and present day the Han-bok is worn for special occasions as holidays, weddings, funerals, and special events.
Traditionally a Korean woman would sit down on the floor with her legs crossed under the Han-bok with the dress spread out with respect in front of someone. Dosa-nim "Kum" is sitting in a chair which in the old days of the three Kingdoms of Korea, this position is for Royalty, and high society only. Due to Dosa-nim "Kum's" position as the Vice President, and second command of The Korean Hwarang Martial Arts Federation®, and in hierarchy of officers, this is her position to sit this way before anyone with respect as in the old days of the Hwarang Royal Court in the period of the Shilla Kingdom (57 B.C.)___________________ Copyright © 1970 - 2009 The Korean Hwarang Martial Arts Federation®
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