Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 73

increases, in the first place, the motor coordination and the
physical strength that develop in their practice. Secondly, a
particular symbiosis is created between the weapon and the
practitioner when he uses it according to high physical, mental
and spiritual criteria.
However, a necessary condition is that the practitioner be
able to make good use of his body before he can handle any
weapon properly and that is why the curriculum of the Hwa
Rang Do ® provides intensive armed training only for the high
grades, while for the lower grades it offers basic training.
Moo Gi Dae Ryun in particular allows the student to train the
use of weapons against the enemy in sports competitions so
that he can experience his own limitations in the use of the
weapon and his reactions, and stay humble by understanding
that whatever the level of knowledge of the he can reach, there
will always be someone able to overcome it. We fight
athletically in order to understand ourselves and the need to
continually improve until the end of our life.
Moo Gi Dae Ryun in particular allows the student to train
the use of weapons against the enemy in sports competitions
so that he can experience his own limitations in the use of the
weapon and his reactions, and stay humble by understanding
that whatever the level of knowledge of the he can reach,
there will always be someone able to overcome it. We
practice the sports combat in order to understand ourselves
and to be aware of the need to continually improve until the
end of our life.