Word: hapkido
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...started in the fall of 2007 by George D. Eggers '10 and Dan H. Oshima '10, the Harvard Self Defense Club began as the Harvard Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Club, an underground movement for MMA enthusiasts and gym-rats alike. Eggers, who coaches Muay Thai and has competed in Hapkido in South Korea, began training intensely with Oshima, who coaches Judo in his hometown of Somerville, MA and has won two national championships...
...college student. On top of his regular course load during his freshman year (his illness forced him to scale back slightly on his classes this fall), Friedman worked at a cancer research lab at the Medical School, wrote for the Harvard Science Review, and, on a whim, joined the Hapkido club with Schaaf. “He had this way of keeping things in perspective, putting friendships first, people first,” said Mark A. Isaacson ’11, one of Friedman’s roommates. Though he took his studies seriously—he went to class...
...college student. On top of his regular course load during his freshman year (his illness forced him to scale back slightly on his classes this fall), Friedman worked at a cancer research lab at the Medical School, wrote for the Harvard Science review, and, on a whim, joined the Hapkido club with Schaaf. Friedman also maintained a close relationship with a girlfriend who goes to school in his home state of Connecticut. “I didn’t know until afterwards what the survival rate was [for his type of cancer]—it was always...
DIED. Bong Soo Han, 73, Korean martial-arts grand master who introduced hapkido to the West; of complications from cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. He moved to the U.S. after training in Korea in the art, which combines fluid, circular movement with fierce, sharp kicks. He taught thousands about "perfection of character" through his International Hapkido Federation, but was best known for his work in such films as The Kentucky Fried Movie and 1971's Billy Jack...
...this the Hapkido Club?" I asked...