Victor M Cushing - Training
and Promotion History
1962 - 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
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 RECEIVED 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- OPERATEd 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
As the founder of this organization after more than 46 years in
vaious martial arts, I simply claimed the title of Chief Master (not Grandmaster) and attached a rank that reflects that experience.
It was not granted by someone else.
2000- Present
Adjunct
Professor, The University of Scranton, Teaching Hapkido and Women's Self Defense
