Kwan Jang Nim Ah Po’s
Letter to Mi Guk Kwan Members

April 6, 2011

I hope that this letter finds all members of the Mi Guk Kwan continuing to enjoy their training and eager for more opportunities to expand their overall Tang Soo Do training experience. Opportunities these days for Dan members and students to broaden their horizons and to have the opportunity to personally experience our martial art on a grander scale do not come that often. However, you now have the opportunity to be able to be part of a historic and monumental Tang Soo Do event that I predict will be both a valuable and rewarding experience for you.

That is why I am taking this opportunity to ask all members of the Mi Guk Kwan to attend the 2nd Biennial Tang Soo Do Worldwide Championship/Festival 2011 Event” in Orlando, Florida on August 11-13, 2011 which is being coordinated and hosted by your Kwan Jang Nim, Grandmaster Ferraro and the Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan Association. This is an effort on the part of Grandmaster Ferraro, me and the original founders of the “Worldwide Tang Soo Do Family” to make Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee's (the founder of the Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan) final wish come true. It is unprecedented for me to make such an appeal directly to the members of your association, but this event is one that is very close and dear to my heart.

In his final years, the late Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee had one final wish as part of his overall vision for the future of Tang Soo Do. That wish was that an event such as this be organized to provide all of his former students and Tang Soo Do practitioners from throughout the world an opportunity to come together for the single purpose of promoting goodwill, peace and brotherhood amongst ourselves while also seizing the opportunity for us to promote and "show case" the martial art of Tang Soo Do at the highest possible level to the benefit of us all.

We currently have the support of several of the different heads of the various Tang Soo Do Kwans in this country and the commitment of at least 15 countries. And, every day scores of Tang Soo Do leaders and practitioners from around the world are joining the ranks of those that have already made the commitment to attend. I know that as members of the Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan Association you will support Grandmaster Ferraro and me by attending this event and also by encouraging other members to actively participate

To view and access the entire tournament package for this event, please go to the “Worldwide Tang Soo Do Family” & 2nd Biennial Tang Soo Do Worldwide Championship/Festival 2011 Event” Facebook pages online to get all specifics and registration forms for the event.

I would also encourage you to book your air travel ASAP due to the rising gas prices which could cause airfares to escalate in the next few months. In addition, you should plan to book your stay at the Disney Contemporary Resort at the Walt Disney World, in Florida which is the designated tournament site. The special rate of $159.00 plus tax per night was negotiated by Grandmaster Ferraro for this event based on a projected number of registrants that would be attending. By comparison, the regular room rate for the accommodations being provided is normally $285.00 plus tax per night.

In closing, I would like to state that I feel any personal or financial sacrifice that you would need to make to attend this event would be relatively minor compared to the enormous amount of personal sacrifices and lifetime commitment that Kwan Jang Nim Hwang Kee made to fully develop and leave us with "his legacy" which is the Tang Soo Do that we all love, practice and teach today. Don’t allow this to be a “missed opportunity” for you. I am confident that I will be able count on your

100% support.

In Tang Soo Do,

Andy Ah Po, Kwan Jang Nim

Tang Soo Do Martial Way Assoc., Inc.