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TRAINING HISTORY

vckorea.gif (41851 bytes) Vic Cushing on a visit to Korea when he was younger, slimmer, faster...and oh, well.... you get the idea.

None of us can stay young, but we can stay well trained, and ready!

 

Often people want to know more about your background and training in the martial arts.  Below are some of the details of my personal training history.  In addition to what is listed, I have attended and continue to go to seminars held by various experts.  

Please note: I not claiming in any way to be one of their students, 

just someone who learns what he can from their seminars. I have had the opportunity to attend seminars given by such leading teachers as Grandmaster Ji, Han Jae, Grandmaster K. S. Myung, Grandmaster In Sun Seo, Professor Remy Presas, Dr. Gyi, George Dillman, Guro Dan Inosanto,  Chai Sirisute, Master Harold Whalen, Master Sang H. Kim, Tuhon Bill McGrath, Marc MacYoung, Sammy Franco, Rich Dimitri, and others.

VICTOR M. CUSHING  -MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING                                 

1954 - 1969 WRESTLING, JUDO TRAINING, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

1969 - 1978 ATTENDED MANY VARIOUS SEMINARS, BUT NO ADDITIONAL FORMAL TRAINING

1978 - 1981 SHOREI-RYU KARATE - RACINE, IL

1981 - 1984 KALI/ESCRIMA WITH NATE DEFENSOR - CHICAGO, IL

1983 - 1984 TAE KWAN DO WITH HAN CHA KYO - CHICAGO, IL

1981 - 1984 STUDENT AT FRED DEGERBERG' ACADEMY - CHICAGO, IL

1983 - 1996 HAPKIDO UNDER GM KWANG S. HYUN - CHICAGO, IL

WHITE BELT TO BLACK BELT 1983 -1989

1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT NOVEMBER 1989

KIDO HAE # 26106

2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT NOVEMBER 1993

KIDO HAE # 14357

INSTRUCTOR MORNING CLASS NOVEMBER 1993 - NOVEMBER 1995

3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT NOVEMBER 1995

SCHOOL CERTIFICATE ONLY

1996-1997 WORKED OUT AT SCRANTON KARATE WITH MASTER FRANK TROJANWICZ       LEARNING  BASIC FORMS IN TANG SOO DO, TEACHING HAPKIDO TO SOME CLASSES, AND ASSISTING IN TEACHING CHILDREN'S CLASSES

1995-1997 HAPKIDO UNDER GM IK-HWAN KIM - BLOOMFIELD, NJ

                           4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT JANUARY 1997

UNIVERSAL HAPKIDO INSTITUTE # 4197

1997-1999 HAPKIDO UNDER GM JOHN PELLEGRINI ATTENDED VARIOUS SEMINARS IN ERIE, PA AND TWO INTENSIVE TRAINING SESSIONS IN FLORIDA IN 1997 AND 1998.

1997-NOW OPERATE TWO SCHOOLS IN SCRANTON, PA AREA  IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MASTER GEORGE CONRAD

                           5TH DEGREE BLACK BELT FEB 1999

ICHF # 12147

                          5TH DEGREE BLACK BELT MARCH 1999

KIDO HAE # 99-5-116

KIDO HAE MASTER APPOINTMENT # A-163

 

1999  FOUNDED INTERNATIONAL MODERN HAPKIDO FEDERATION

2000- 2004 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, TEACHING HAPKIDO

OTHER INFORMATION:

Education

1962 B.S. IN GENERAL BUSINESS, MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY

1964 M.B.A. IN MARKETING AND FINANCE , INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Professional Licenses

LICENSED PRIVATE DETECTIVE STATE OF ILLINOIS

LICENSED PRIVATE DETECTIVE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

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