Do Shim Martial arts is a martial arts school in Amherst, MA providing a safe, challenging and rewarding space for the practice of Hapkido. Mushin Hapkido is the continued teaching of the late Grand Master Bong Soo Han. He has taught thousands of loyal students throughout his life, many becoming masters themselves. MASTER BONG SOO HAN HAPKIDO DEMO AT WARNER BROTHERS'Billy Jack' was the first martial arts movie produced in the West. This is maybe 10 years old. 171 were here. BONG SOO HAN HAPKIDO . Bong Soo Han, 73; grand master of hapkido won film fans for martial arts By Jocelyn Y. Stewart Jan. 14, 2007 12 AM PT Over the last twenty-seven years Mr. Cord has been an integral part of Grand Master Han’s International Hapkido Federation as a student, instructor, demonstration team master of ceremonies and sometime contributor to IHF’s Hapkido News and Tae Kwon Do Times. The father of Hapkido in America, Master Bong Soo Han instructs in this 11 vol set on the Korean art of Hapkido. To help promote both the film and Master Han’s hapkido instruction, Tom set up a karate demonstration on the lot at Warner Brothers, the studio distributing ‘Billy Jack’. Master Friske, play sparing with Mr. Lacey at the first home we had after leaving GM Bong Soo Han studio. Grand Master Bong Soo Han was the world's foremost practitioner of Hapkido, and is referred to as the "Father of Hapkido" in the Western World. Bong Soo Han was a Korean martial arts master who helped revolutionize Hollywood’s understanding of martial arts by creating fight sequences for modern American films. Bong Soo Han, Actor: The Kentucky Fried Movie. Mr. Stephen Cord began training under Grand Master Bong Soo Han in 1980. Includes: Vol 1: Yellow Belt Techniques:-Hapkido warm ups, stretching, and conditioning exercises, basic kicks, blocks, punches and self defense techniques against multiple opponents. The official start of Mushin Hapkido DoJang under Master Friske. In 2014 Mr. Lobel resumed studying martial arts with Mr. Davis at Zen Bong Soo Han was the highest ranking master of Hapkido in the U.S. Han instructed and doubled Tom in the fight scenes in the film. Stephen Cord, 5th Dan . As one of the original senior students to the Founder of Hapkido, Yong Sul Choi, he led a dedicated effort in the development of Hapkido as it is known today. Bong Soo Han is a grand master, the world's foremost practitioner of Hapkido, and is referred to as the father of Hapkido in the Western world.