Combat Hapkido Grandmaster John Pelligrini, the president and founder of the International Combat Hapkido Federation (ICHF), demonstrated why repetition is not only the mother of study but also the mother of martial arts at a six-hour Combat Hapkido seminar he gave to more than 80 students.

Shane Murray, a third degree black-belt in Combat Hapkido and head instructor of Murray’s Family Martial Arts Center in Hudson Falls, New York hosted the event.

Spacious South Glen Falls Senior High School was the setting for the seminar (History buffs may remember Glenn Falls as home to Cooper’s Cave, a source of inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper’s novel, The Last of the Mohicans, a tribute to Native American warriorhood—as fitting a locale as any for a martial arts seminar.)

“The attendees learned practical and effective techniques that can be used by anyone, regardless of their age, gender, or physical abilities. People do not have to spend hours in a gym or fight-club to be able to defend themselves. Grandmaster Pellegrini focuses on the legal, practical, and survival mindset that a person must understand in order to survive a sudden and vicious attack. Lastly, GM-P teaches avoidance. As Sun Tzu once said ‘you do not have to fight the enemy to beat them.’” –Al Medina, 7^th Dan, ICHF, Bronx Combat Hapkido Center

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