Celebrating 50 continuous years of Korean Martial Arts Training.
Master Terry O’Connell is the Director, (Kwan Jang) and Senior Master Instructor of the Jung Martial Arts Family Center in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Students refer to him as “Master Terry”. Master O’Connell is an internationally recognized and Korean certified Master Instructor in the Korean Martial Arts of Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do and Kumdo, (Gumdo, Way of the Sword). Master O’Connell has over 50 years of Martial Arts experience and has been training and teaching Authentic Hapkido, for more than 40 years. He holds an Internationally Recognized 7th Dan Black Belt in Authentic Hapkido. Master O’Connell is the USA Director of the World Jung Moo Hapkido Association. Master O’Connell is also a member of the Korea Hapkido Federation, and has served as a member of the Secretariat Board of the HAPKIDOWON.
Master O’Connell is a retired Lycoming County Police Officer who served for over a quarter century as a Police Officer, Criminal Investigator, application of force trainer and Chief of Police during his Career. He also served in the capacity of a Special Deputy United States Marshal for the fugitive task force, hunting down fugitives in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is a former United States Marine. Master O’Connell has more than a quarter century of Law Enforcement application of force experience and has taught defensive tactics for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to hundreds of Law Enforcement Officers.
In addition to his Martial Arts certifications, Master Terry is an Instructor for the National Rifle Association Law Enforcement Division for the disciplines of Handgun, Shotgun and Precision Long Range Rifle. Master O’Connell teaches Hapkido full time, both privately and publicly at Jung Martial Arts Family Center in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, USA.
테리 오코넬 사범님은 펜실베이니아주 라이코밍 카운티에 있는 정 무술 가정 센터의 관장이자 수석 사범님입니다. 학생들은 그를 “테리 사범님”이라고 부릅니다. 오코넬 사범님은 국제적으로 인정받은 한국 무술 합기도, 태권도, 검도(검도의 길)의 한국 인증을 받은 사범입니다. 오코넬 사범님은 50년 이상의 무술 경력을 가지고 있으며, 40년 넘게 정통 합기도를 수련하고 가르쳐왔습니다. 그는 국제적으로 인정받은 정통 합기도 7단 검은띠를 보유하고 있습니다. 오코넬 사범님은 세계 정무 합기도 협회의 미국 지부장을 맡고 있으며, 한국 합기도 연맹의 회원이자 합기도원의 사무국 위원으로 활동한 바 있습니다.
오코넬 사범님은 라이코밍 카운티에서 25년 이상 경찰관, 범죄 수사관, 공권력 적용 교육자, 경찰서장으로 근무한 퇴직 경찰관입니다. 또한 펜실베이니아 중부지구 도망자 추적팀에서 도망자를 추적하는 미국 연방 보안관 특별 대리로 활동했으며, 전직 미국 해병대원입니다. 오코넬 사범님은 25년 이상의 법 집행 공권력 적용 경험을 가지고 있으며, 펜실베이니아 주에서 수백 명의 법 집행관들에게 방어 전술을 가르쳤습니다.
무술 자격증 외에도 테리 사범님은 핸드건, 산탄총, 정밀 장거리 소총 분야에서 미국 라이플 협회 법 집행부의 강사로 활동하고 있습니다. 오코넬 사범님은 미국 펜실베이니아주 몬토어스빌에 위치한 정 무술 가정 센터에서 정규 과정과 개인 지도를 통해 풀타임으로 합기도를 가르치고 있습니다.
“I began taking Martial Arts lessons when I was fourteen years old, 5 decades ago. It was difficult to find Martial Arts Schools in the North Central Pennsylvania hills in the early 70’s. My Father and I visited several local “classes”, but my Father, who experienced Martial Arts training first hand while serving in the U.S, Navy, was never impressed with the level of instruction. Like many teens growing up In the early days of Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and Billy Jack (GM Bong Soo Hong Hapkido), I really wanted to learn so I attended as many classes as I could. It was not until I was old enough and enlisted in the U.S. Marines and traveled to Asia that I understood what my Father was talking about.
Over the last fifty years, I have been fortunate enough to train in Japan, Okinawa and Korea. I discovered that there is a profound difference between Authentic Martial Arts and how it is taught compared, to most instruction found in the west. Many, many years ago, I made a vow that I would never again study Martial Arts that were not Authentic in linage and instruction. Today our Dojang is affiliated with the best, most Authentic Hapkido Grandmasters of HapKiDo and Kumdo, in the world”. I am honored that our Black Belt students become part of that linage”.
