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Dahn

Dahn Moo Do is a spiritual, mental, and physical exercised martial arts by the ancient enlighten people in Korea. Comparing with other martial arts, Dahn Moo Do is not a training which simply aims to build up physical muscle power, and techniques, but a self disciplined and a self-defensive exercise of mind and body based on the principle of "Ki". Ki is a Korean version of naming life energy, often called "Chi" in China or "Prana" in India. Dahn Moo Do teaches you how to save, circulate, and utilize this "Ki" according to the principle of "Sam-Won-Sun-Whan" (the rule of three circle circulation) and "Pal-Gae-Jun-Whan" (rule of eight trigram transposition). As well known by the Chinese acupuncture, in human body, there are 365 acupressure points, 12 meridians as the route of "Ki" circulation, and three major energy centers called as "Dahn". Also, the human being is a complexion of three different kinds of "Ki" such as "Chun-Ki", heavenly energy given through breathing, "Gee-Ki", earthly energy through diet, and "Inn-Ki", human energy through various social contact and relationship. At the beginning, for the bodily health, Dahn Moo Do focuses on activating and saving energy at the lower energy center (Ha-Dahn-Chun). Then, you will learn how to circulate and utilize this saved "Ki" as the natural healing power for yourself and others. In such a way, Dahn Moo Do helps you not only to attain physical fitness but also to discover your inner-self as the genuine source of the eternal happiness

The origin of Dahn Moo Do is referred back to almost 10 thousand years ago. The very forefather of Han Nation, "Han-In- Chun-Jae", is narrated as the first enlightened person of the whole humankind. According to the principle of "Chun-Bu-Kyung" a history book of the ancient Korea, his teachings of enlightenment had been transferred to "Han-Whong-Chun-Hwang" who founded a holy city called "Bae Dal" nation on the Phak Do mountain, the highest one in Korea. At the time of the 5th forefather of Han nation "Dahn-Gune-Whang-Gum", Dahn Moo Do principles were widely spread to everybody in the holy city.

However, at the time of the 48th leader of Han nation, "Go- Yeul-Ga", people became greedy and selfish and lost their interest to keep practicing this precious way to reach one's self-realization. Therefore, the 48th leader renounced his leadership and became a hermit in the mountain. Until the "Three Nation Period" of Korea, Dahn Moo Do had ceased to be practiced by the public. Dahn had been flourishing again during the Three-Nation Period. But, after Confucianism became a dominating philosophy of Go-Reu, the tradition of Dahn had been repressed again from the public. Since then, very few serious seekers of truth and hermits in the mountains had practiced it. Recently, The Master, Il Tchi Lee, Seung-Heon rediscovered Dahn tradition through his self-disciplined hard training, and modernized this tradition for the ordinary contemporary people. Master Hak-Sup Lee founded The World Dahn Moo Do Association, with the encouragement of Il Tchi Lee, Seung-Heon. He has studied and mastered the ancient martial arts of "Sado Mu Sool" family or tribal martial arts, "Bulkyo Mu Sool" Buddhist martial arts and "Koong Joong Mu Sool" Royal Court Martial Arts. With his vast knowledge of the ancient martial arts, he systematically organized the World Dahn Moo Do Association's curriculum.

The Benefits of Dahn