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Dr. He-Young Kimm today.

Grandmaster Kwon was no ordinary master. He was exceptionally good at explaining things. One day he explained the relationship between mind and body. His explanation was that our bodies are the shelters for our minds. The performance of martial arts techniques with the body is in the shadow of the mind. In other words, it is outside of our minds. Our physical eye cannot see the mind, but our ancestors were wise and taught us to understand the mind through the expression of various martial arts movements. Grandmaster Kwon then showed Dr. Kimm his fist and said that executing one punch is not designed to punch someone but through the shadows of the mind, the motion of the techniques, we can cultivate our mind and see our mind. He stated that man has two distinct sides, the physical body and the mind. The purpose of training martial arts is to train the physical body and train the mind.

Grandmaster Kwon went on to explain the relationship between Sal Sim (killing mind) and Whal Sim (saving mind). He said that, as martial artists, we should know about changing the state of our minds through the process of our martial arts techniques. First, after reaching a certain level of technique, you are tempted to test your fists on other people. This sometimes will cause you to intentionally argue with other people to show or test your fists. This is the type of mind that is called Sal Sim (killing mind). Eliminating this "killing mind" should be your first objective when you begin training in martial arts. The elimination of the "killing mind" in other people should become your second objective. He said to achieve these goals, you cannot have a "killing mind" in order to handle potentially aggressive situations. For example, when you are walking and someone bumps you, if this person begins to speak to you in an angry voice, you must be humble and have patience to ride out the "killing mind." If your effort of cooling him down fail and he physically attacks you, your next alternative is the use of your martial art techniques to control and immobilize him. You would then wait for his "killing mind" to subside. If you are weak, the opponent will find an opportunity to counter-attack again. For this reason, marital artists should practice hard and become well-trained Black Belts. After subduing an opponent, you should persuade him with your virtuous mind.

According to Grandmaster Kwon, the ultimate goal of martial arts training is that of a healthy mind and body and that each martial artist contribute to the development of society. At the beginning of marital arts training, the practitioner almost always begins with the "killing mind." Through education and training, this mind is transformed into a "saving mind." In order to come to understand the "killing mind" you have to know the "saving mind." If you only understand the "killing mind" and do not understand the "saving mind," you do not qualify as a true martial artist.

The knowledge that Dr. Kimm had accumulated over the last forty years through various grandmasters and personal experiences have been immense. From this knowledge and experience, Dr. Kimm has create a new system of Korean martial art which he calls Han Mu Do. This was not the first name that Dr. Kimm has called this art. The first name he used was Yuj Kwon Sul which means "art of throws and punches." This name was strongly recommended by Grandmaster Suk In-hyuk because this name had been popular in the 1950's. Grandmaster Ji Han-jae favored the name Han Mu Yuh Kwon Sul which means the Korean Martial Art of Throws and Punches. For a while, it was called Han Mu Yuh Kwon Sul. Some groups from Ki training schools did not like the use of "Mu" because it meant "martial arts" and they considered that the Ki training contained in Han MU Do was more than martial arts training. Therefore, they called it Han Do, which means "way of Korean martial arts." Finally, in 1991, Dr. Kimm decided to call the art Han Mu Do.

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