Welcome to our news and events page. Here you'll find a variety of photos, news items, and videos posted on a regular basis.
Keep checking back for changes and additions!
12/30/2011 News: Important Upcoming 2012 Dates! Take Note...
10/05/2011 News: New Class Begins! ~ Introducing all New Class: Myusa Won Hwa ~ Warriors of the Original Flowers
06/20/2011 News: Spring News 2011
12/06/2010 News: Circuit Training / Gym Now Available at Dragon Heart!
12/06/2010 News: Shop Amazon.com and Contribute To the Dragon Heart Foundation!
12/18/2009 Photos: Split Second Survival Class
07/02/2009 Video: Creativity Division 1st Place Winners!
06/21/2009 Video: Late Afternoon Class
Posted: 12/30/11
March 10, 2012 - Gup Test - Garberville
March 17, 2012 - Clinic - Fortuna
April 21, 2012 - Scorekeeping clinic (Black Belts) - Garberville
May 25, 26, 2012 - Regional Championship - Reno
June 9, 2012 - Gup Test - Shelter Cove
June 23, 2012 - Clinic - In The Redwoods
July 20-22, 2012 - World Championship - North Carolina
August 18, 2012 - Clinic - Shelter Cove
Sept 8, 2012 - Gup Test - Fortuna
Nov 10, 2012 - Regional Gup / Dan Clinic - Garberville
Dec 8, 2012 - Gup Test - Garberville
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Myusa Won Hwa ~ Warriors of the Original Flowers
Updated: 10/05/2011
On October 3rd, 2011 Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do introduced a class for women taught by women. Learn techniques gauranteed to work for a woman's physiology, including escapes from grabs to the arms, head, and legs, as well as ground attacks. Learn defense against knives, guns and how to use a taser. This is not a traditional martial art and was developed by Master Becky Rupp after extensive research into the difference between defensive strategies for men and women. If you have ever wanted to learn self-defense but haven't wanted the commitment of a traditional martial arts program, then this class is for you! Classes are 50 minutes in length, and offered twice a week in two month intervals. Come join us..!
Mondays. & Wednesdays, 5 - 6 pm
$60 per month
$100.00 - Includes (see photos below):
~ Black Pants
~ Black Tee with Logo
~ PINK Belt
~ & Pink Bag Gloves!
Master Becky at 923-2886 for more details!
Posted: 08/15/11
Reprinted from The Redwood Times ~ 06/21/2011:
Master Becky Rupp, of Garberville’s Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do, recently attended a four-day master’s clinic held at the University of Northern Alabama in Florence, Alabama, which was attended by participants from 32 different countries. The event was presented by the World Tang Soo Do Association and directed by Grandmaster Jae C. Shin.
The WTSDA holds it’s master’s clinic every year in March for the purpose of enhancing its unique brand of Korean martial art and keeping it vital. The clinic is also used to keep the quality of instruction at a high level worldwide, and to maintain high standards of tradition. All candidates wishing to attain the coveted title of master, and also current masters going for higher rank, must test at this clinic before a panel of senior judges.
The majority of time at the clinic is spent training in a variety of different martial art aspects, such as: Advanced Korean Healing Exercise or “Ki Gong,” Master’s Hyungs, Knife Defense, Grappling, Group Sparring, Hapkido, Absolute Gun Defense, training with the Sword, and Judges Certification.
Tang Soo Do is a traditional martial art over 2,000 years old. Grandmaster Shin began teaching Tang Soo Do to students in the United States in 1968 and in 1982 chartered the World Tang Soo Do Association. The WTSDA is very proud of its organization and of the many accomplishments it has experienced in its last 29 years of existence -- over 150,000 members -- 32 member countries -- and over 30,000 black belts.
The organization has experienced phenomenal growth since its birth, but if one were to try to single out the most unique thing that gives it its character, World Tang Soo Do with all its diversity displays a loving unity of brotherhood and sisterhood that can be felt throughout its membership, and its contribution to humanitarian aid around the world.
On May 28, students of Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do united with the rest of the Region 1 studios in Seattle, Washington for the annual regional championship. Region One consists of Washington, Oregon, Northern California to Monterey and across to the Reno, Nevada area. There were 250 competitors at this event.
The competitors representing our community were:
Karlie Olson tested for black belt on Friday night and did a fantastic job representing her studio and community. Congratulations to our new black belt.
Master Becky Rupp was presented with her masters belt in a traditional ceremony by Grandmaster Shin. She tested in March 2010 and waited 14 months for this honor. It was a three-year process of testing in Alabama which started in 2008 with a 10,000 word thesis being turned in as well.
Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do is proud to be a member studio of the World Tang Soo Do Association since it’s beginning in 1998.
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Posted: 12/06/2010
We've recently acquired a full array of top-quality excercise equipment from a popular location in town and are excited to now offer circuit training facilities here at the dojang. These machines focus on general toning and weight loss rather than bulk development. They're great for keeping in shape, focusing on particular development of areas of your body that need development, and general cardio-vascular excercise. They're a perfect way for elderly persons to stay in shape too. For a flat monthly fee you can have unlimited access to drop by and work-out as often and as long as you wish. No contracts required!
$35
Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am to 9pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 9pm
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Posted: 12/06/2010
Dragon Heart has teamed up with Amazon.com to help provide support for the Dragon Heart Foundation. If your going to purchase ANYTHING at Amazon.com, simply log onto their web site via one of the web portals on this web site (the one on the Home Page or the one on DH Foundation Page) and a percentage of all the items you purchase during your shopping session will benefit the foundation!
In addition direct cash contributions can also be made online now. For more information see our new Dragon Heart Foundation page.
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Posted: 12/18/2009
Instructor Jac Hargrave in center being attacked ~ less than a second later the attackers are taking out each other!! Attackers are Instructor Leland Salomon on left and student Carol Salomon on right.
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