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Kumdo Fitness & Stretching Program

Specialized Kumdo Fitness program

What is Kumdo Fitness Program?

Traditional Martial Arts becomes the perfect way of weight control, balance, and cardio workout.

Fitness should be a way of life for everyone. But for those who have a weight problem, fitness training can seem impossible. It is a daunting task for anyone to start and stick to a regular training program. This is why there are options for those that want to lose weight, get fit, and do it all in a fun, motivating environment .

Kumdo fitness program can offer many things that people cannot find on their own. Kumdo fitness program provide education and training on how to successfully lose weight, exercise, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Kumdo fitness provide a safe environment for the attendees to feel comfortable and motivated to get into shape. But these camps do not just work with your physical health. Kumdo fitness can also provide you with a wealth of resources to assist in your emotional health.
Self-esteem is the key for a successful transition into a healthy lifestyle.

A Kumdo fitness teaches a lot of new skills, including nutrition. While losing the weight is important, maintaining it after leaving program is what all attendees should strive for. And Kumdo fitness make this possible by offering the best tools in nutrition education. With this kind of support, anyone looking to lose weight can find success at a Kumdo fitness.

What you get

C ustomized workout routines built around your schedule.

H ealthy nutrition plans designed to meet your dietary needs, fitness goals, and preferences.

A personal trainer assigned to be your own coach.

N o more wasted time and frustration! Our team will teach you how to make results last!

G uidance and continued support.

E ffective and safe fitness programs.

Leadership Course

Kendo Academy Leadership Class

There are those who lead and those who follow. Leaders create their lives. Followers live lives created by someone else.

The Leadership Class is a hands-on class that teaches students the importance of goal setting, leadership skills, public speaking, community service and teaching skills. It is required that students attend the extra leadership class every week in order to benefit from Leadership Class experience. These are highly motivated and well disciplined students.

The leadership program builds confidence in the youngster and turns them into a leadernot only in the school, but in the community

To join the Leadership Team and receive all the benefits it offers you must:

•Be 12 years of age or older
•Be prepared to be a role model for other students
• Assist classes and school events 사용 중인 브라우저가 해당 이미지의 표시를 지원하지 않을 수도 있습니다.

C.I.T Course

Kendo Academy Certified Instructor Course
Kendo Academy Certified Instructor Course is for individual who is enthusiastic about Kendo Training. The students will learn the fundamental techniques to be an instructor, and how to run a Kendo School. The goal of Certified Instructor Course is to become a respectful Kendo Master with excellent school managing skill. They will receive advanced individual training to be a proud Kendo Academy Sung Moo Instructor

Private Lesson

New Students
Occasionally, for some students new to the art, private lessons are a way to learn in a more controlled setting. Often, an individual will have slightly different goals than that of a group class. Perhaps you are an executive wanting more personalized attention. Or you have a physical parameter that you want to learn to work around, meanwhile requiring your training partners to take extra care and attention. Or you just want to get a head start before you train in a group class. It takes about 30 months to achieve black belt in group lesson in general. However, our time-saving and intensive private lesson program guarantees to achieve black belt level in 6 months(50 hour program).  Students can arrange the class schedule at their convenient time. Also Masters can visit your locations and offer short intensive self-learning program.
Whatever the reason, some students prefer to learn in private (1-on-1) or semi-private (small groups of 2-4) lessons which are tailored specifically to their pace, schedule, fitness level, and personalities.

Experienced Martial Artists

If you have experience any martial arts you would understand the value of becoming black belt and how hard it is to achieve the black belt. Moreover, you recognize how the solid basics are important.
Challenge yourself to achieve the blackbelt with focused, time saving program. Sword program exclusively at Sung Moo Kendo Academy will be a best choice of your life time.

Current Students
Private Lessons are an effective way to turbocharge your training. During private lessons, an instructor can spend one-on-one time with you to fine tune your techniques and improve your performance. If you have a bad habit or try to improve your skills quickly, try to experience the private lesson. It is a popular way for students to accelerate their progress.

Seminars and School Program Courses
Looking to host a seminar or Siljun Dobup School Program course? We would be pleased to help you.  If you are running a martial art school, we can help you to open sword classes.

*Trial 5 hours program

*5hours 5times program

*Black Belt 50 hours program
Achieving 1st degree black belt (regularly takes 30-36 months)

*90 hours program
Achieving 2nd degree black belt (regularly takes 4years)

Online teaching and visiting for lesson are possible for those who live out of New Jersey. If  you are interested in private lessons, please give us a call (201) 387-2200 or email us lovekendoacademy@yahoo.com

What you get
C ustomized workout routines built around your schedule.
H ealthy nutrition plans designed to meet your dietary needs, fitness goals,and preferences.
A personal trainer assigned to be your own coach.
N o more wasted time and frustration! Our team will teach you how to make results last!
G uidance and continued support.
E ffective and safe fitness programs.

Testimonial for Siljun Dobup Private Lessons

By Jonathan D. Lupkin, Attorney at law

I wear many hats.  I am a lawyer practicing in the unforgiving world of New York City business litigation, a husband of twenty years to a very special woman and the father of four extraordinary daughters.  With obligations owed to so many others, coming to the do-jang each week has been nothing short of therapeutic.  Upon crossing the threshold, I leave the rest of the day behind me and focus on only one thing – learning to master the sword.

Starting, as I did, to train at the age of 42, I felt that the need for an intensive “jump start.”  For me, private lessons with Grand Master Seong and Master Min were the answer.  The one-on-one training enabled me to focus intensely on my own unique obstacles to progressing in the martial arts.  When I began, I found it challenging to perform even the most rudimentary of maneuvers.  But Masters Seong and Min were infinitely patient with me and my infamous lack of coordination.  Fast forward just a few months and, thanks to the masters’ painstaking attention to detail, I quickly progressed through the ranks, overcame my awkwardness and earned my first degree black belt — an accomplishment that would have taken me at least two years had I trained in a group setting.

I am exceedingly grateful to Grand Master Seong and Master Min for acting as my private guides to the elegant art of the sword and enabling me to study and train at a level I would have thought impossible just a short time ago.

What Siljun Dobup Means to Me by Michael V. Macri, M.D.

I was always interested in the Martial Arts as a young boy I was close to black belt twice in my life.I studied a form of Okinawan Karate during my early teen years until 18 years old, unfortunately at that point it was off to college and premedical studies and Karate was put on hold. I studied the Goju form of Karate while in medical school and was quite involved. It was a great release from the tensions of medical school but again medical school came to an end and it was time for residency. So Karate was put on hold again. In the blink of an eye… residency, the practice of medicine, buying a home ( mortgage), marriage and then children 30 years passed by and I am now middle aged. I felt my stamina dwindling, alot of aches and pains beginning that despite an active lifestyle and occasional advil nothing made the aches better. I have always been drawn to weaponry both firearms and edged weapons. In fact, I think my choosing surgery within medicine relates to the practice of precisely cutting something using blade geometry to cure it. Thus my natural attraction.
I trained in fencing about 10 years ago and enjoyed it but found it somewhat crude and lacking in discipline and spirituality. I came to the conclusion that if I could study the martial arts again and perhaps incorporate fencing or sword work might be what I was looking for.
So I made an appointment to meet Master Seong. Upon meeting him. I didn’t know anything about Kendo much less Siljun Dobup. He was patient in explaining what these styles were and the training it would require.. I was somewhat apprehensive, thinking of Karate, being lined up with all the young adolescent students at the peak of their performance and me … 50 something in less than prime shape.. I asked for private lessons to bring me up to speed to get into a class with younger kendoists. He mentioned Sword training- Siljun Dobup was his recommendation. Understanding the martial way (unquestioning) I figured he knew best what I needed and proceeded to follow his advice… I had no idea for how long I would do it or what level could be obtained. He mentioned “Black Belt” to me, at the time, it was like mentioning a marathon to a person use to walking up the block. I couldn’t even picture going through a whole class without a rest much less attaining the rank of Black Belt that eluded me in the past (when I was in much better shape). He also mentioned I would see it through since ” the more you participate in Siljun Dobup .. the more you’ll love to work at it”.. Again understanding the martial way … I don’t know how he knew this but I was willing to follow whatever he thought would be “right for me”. Till this day I still don’t know how Master Seong knew this about me!
The first few classes were fun but very foreign. I felt clumsy but the thought of whipping that sword around naturally peaked my interest. Learning something as simple as moving forward and back and “Eight Forms” took quite a while but was obtainable. Next the Cutting forms…. that’s when things really started to get interesting …. using the blade to cut from different positions and at different angles really got me hooked. At that point I really knew I loved this discipline. When I learned Set Ji ( the Earth) I remember Master Seong’s talk of how I must let go and be open to what he was about to show me and accept it. If he said it was white ( even though of black color)… I was to accept it as white. He taught me how to develop my” Chi engergy”, and how to meditate… All of this were building blocks to getting me to let go, concentrate and enable me to develop my inner Chi power. This really had a profound effect on me. I was convinced I made the right move studying Siljun Dobup. It took a while to get down the breating of Set Ji but as my Chi increased my breathing slowed down. Master Seong encouraged me to harness my Chi energy:”fire” on the inside and “ice” on the outside, The first time he invited me to Tameshigiri practice (mat cutting) I thought now… function follows form.. to actually apply the cutting techniques to what I’ve learned was outstanding.
Set Su ( water) made me develop my “flow” of the sword.. More and more as I was practicing I started thinking about movement and harmony. This progressed up to my Black Belt test for first dan …I noticed my thoughts were of cutting .. but more of flow and movement while cutting.I also began extreme concentration and “Moshin”, mind of no mind -having a mind clear of other thoughts. That is, a mind not fixed or occupied by thought or emotion and thus open to everything. Achieving my Black Belt first dan was a monumental achievement for me especially since I was close two other times in my life, however, this time at the age of 52. I realize now that I achieved first dan its a stepping stone to a road further up the mountain. My goals going forward are to train intensively, develop “Moshin” and to effect these changes in my extremely hectic daily life, to reflect the same mindset as when I practice Siljun Dobup. It is my hope to practice the “Way of the Sword” for the rest of my days.