Tactical Hapkido Alliance

Newsletter
February 2009

Welcome to the Tactical Hapkido Alliance Newest Charter Member!

In This Issue We would like to welcome the newest member of the Tactical Hapkido Alliance family,
• Welcome to our newest Master Ronald Joseph owner of the Tracy’s Karate and Apollo’s Fitness Studio located in
Charter Member. Chagrin Falls Ohio.
• Instructor of Honor – Master Joseph has been teaching the martial arts for over 22 years and been a student in
Master James Ziots the martial arts for well over 30. He currently holds a 5th degree black belt and master
certification under the Tracy’s International Studios of Self-Defense, one of the most
• Tactical Hapkido and ancient and comprehensive systems of Kenpo Jujitsu taught in the world.
Best Defense – Update
In addition to the Kenpo Jujitsu, he has been teaching Tai Chi for over 20 years and has
• Global advertising of been an avid kick boxer for well over 15 years. He has been featured on ESPN and has
THA in TKD Times been inducted in the prestigious United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame four times.
• THA You Tube Contest So please feel free to congratulate and welcome our newest member. You can contact
– Winner takes all Master Ronald Joseph at 440-543-3343 or email him at [email protected].

• Cedar Point feasibility

study open till Tactical Hapkido Alliance Instructor Honoree for February 2009:
March 19th, 2009
Master James Ziots
• New THA product
Catalog Grandmaster Barry Rodemaker has selected for the first Instructor of Honor to be Master
James Ziots. Master Ziots has been with the alliance from the beginning when Grandmaster
• Tactical Hapkido Rodemaker founded the organization and he has been working behind the scenes for many
Wikipedia Project years.
• THA Bibles for Martial He has contributed to the Alliance by:
Artist
* Being the editor of this newsletter, taking Rodemaker’s ideas and putting it in words;
• Current Promotions * Creating the THA product catalog that will be coming soon;
* With Master Doug Brown, he help co-edit and co-compile the THA manuals and videos;
• Upcoming Promotions
* The contact between Darryl Johnson and Grandmaster Rodemaker for Best Defense;
• The THA Chaplain * Ran an underground viral marketing campaign on the blogs promoting the THA and MMI for
the Best Defense video about Tactical Hapkido;
* Created the Wikipedia article documenting Tactical Hapkido;
* Developed a multitude of HTML program codes on the THA website that includes:
- The interactive geo-coding software mapping out all the THA member schools
- All the online forms and applications for email signup and membership applications
- The picture slide show programs and You-Tube html generator assistance
- META keyword analysis and website improvement
Behind the scenes he has put the THA in over 175 international directories and search
engines.
Tactical Hapkido
Alliance Contact: Taking advantage of Google’s page ranking supercomputer systems, his strategic work has
taken the THA website from a rank of #350 up to #59 for the keyword “HAPKIDO”. And we
Grandmaster Barry now dominate the international search engines under the keyword “TACTICAL HAPKIDO”.
Rodemaker
814-504-8043 Over the past weeks the THA website has seen a global internet reach increase by over
[email protected] 600%, with the THA traffic ranking increasing by over 17,400,000 to a current rank of
Headquarters Location: 932,299 (as of February 4, 2009 Alexa Web Information Company).
4006 Main Street To put this in perspective here are the top martial arts magazines in the World:
Erie, PA 16511
www.tacticalhapkido.com Inside Kung Fu has a traffic rank of 2,629,034
Tae Kwon Do Times has a traffic rank of 1,100,793
Black Belt Magazine has a traffic rank of 411,588
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 Tactical Hapkido and Best Defense – Update:
Locations of Other
Tactical Hapkido Alliance The first meeting of the masters took place on Saturday January 30, 2009. Here are
Charter Schools: the highlights and discussions that took place during this two hour meeting.
Thee projects ongoing right now are:
As of February 2009
– 17 Locations - A massive phone campaign starts up on February 2, 2009, Darryl Johnson has personal
contacts in the top 500 corporations in the world and will be calling them to get
Colorado: sponsorship for the Best Defense Series to take it to the next level. Spot advertising for
Aurora the web site (www.mogulsinc.com) begins and he has a list of over a 1,000 people that
the pricing advertising package will be mailed to or he will contact.
Georgia:
McDonough In February 2009 Darryl is going to pitch the show to the major cable/TV networks.

Kansas: Here is the overview of shows that are in development (Filming Starts after July 4th):
Topeka Show 1: Techniques for the disabled (Wheelchair, Blind, and Cane);
Show 2: Techniques for women (Defending yourself and your children):
Louisiana:
Gonzales Show 3: Techniques for children under 16:
Show 4: Conditioning (THA will show the joint-lock flow and Ki energy):
Maryland: Show 5: Mental awareness (THA Tactical Training):
Odenton Show 6: Forms and Drills and Defenses against knife and gun
Show 7: Putting it all together, sparring, belt testing, promotions, and tournaments
North Carolina:
Dallas The new Best Defense web site is coming on-line soon, which will make Best Defense
the best online media programs on the world stage, no other site has the programming
New York: like this. His web developer is on of the world’s leader in web development.
Oneonta
Filming of this show will be done at those schools that are large enough. The best
Ohio: (4) locations are the Tactical Martial Arts Academy in Macedonian, and Apollo’s fitness in
Berea Chagrin Falls (both are Tactical Hapkido Alliance charter schools)
Chagrin Falls
Macedonia Massive Fundraising Projects in the works:
Youngstown DVD sales of all the pilot shows will be available in April early May 2009. To get this
DVD (with all the shows including Tactical Hapkido) a donation of $25.00 or more to
Pennsylvania: (2)
Erie the Best Defense fund will secure your copy.
Altoona Funds will also be raised during a national open style martial arts tournament.
Virginia: Details are being worked out but what he would like to have is forms, sparring,
Charles City grappling, board breaking, and seminars hosted by the Grandmasters/Masters of
traditional styles.
Wisconsin: (3)
Madison Darryl is working to get donations from several very wealthy individuals (plus any
Kaukauna corporate sponsors) to do massive national/regional advertising campaign for this
Fall River event.
He will put advertisements in several media outlets, such as mainstream newspapers
and world renowned magazines. Depending on the funding, there will also be TV
commercials run in either the regional area (north east of the United States and
Canada) or national commercials (Coast to Coast). This commercial will promote this
event and which Grandmasters/Masters are holding seminars (i.e Grandmaster
Rodemaker and Tactical Hapkido).
Finding the space for 500 to 1000+ people that will be in the tournament alone is the
problem. Most likely it will be held in the large local convention center like the IX center
(one of the largest conventions centers in the world with over 1 million square feet).
There will be at least 3 full professional film crews documenting the seminars and
tournaments during this fund raising event.
He needs help in developing the rules for the tournament, so anyone with the
experience in this please help out by forwarding advice to Grandmaster Rodemaker!
The next meeting will take place in April/Early May 2009.
Some suggestions made by the Tactical Hapkido Alliance:
Master Doug Brown, the cameras used should have a higher film speed ratio to capture
the sparring and techniques. Darryl agreed and fund raising will be used to try to get a
high speed camera to capture techniques slow motion, and Master Ziots suggested the
seminars on top of the tournaments.

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Tactical Hapkido Alliance Begins World Wide Advertising Campaign
in Tae Kwon Do Times!
The Tactical Hapkido Alliance will start our global
advertising campaign this year. We have secured
advertising in Tae Kwon Do Times magazine and a
web banner on their main page; which will link back
to the THA webpage. You can now see this at
www.taekwondotimes.com

Tactical Hapkido’s You-Tube Contest –Winner Takes All!

We would like to announce a friendly competition within
the Tactical Hapkido Alliance. We would like to have
instructors in the alliance create a video of you showing off
the Tactical Hapkido techniques with in a realistic
environment. You can take any creative measures you
would like. This is a winner-take-all contest for the video
that gets the most views on the You Tube, on the Tactical Hapkido’s website and votes
by viewers.
The winner will win the next training videos that cover Tactical Hapkido’s trapping,
knife and stick. This also includes the Sharkee knife as part of this package.
Videos are to be submitted to Grandmaster Rodemaker by email or mail and he will
load this on our new Tactical Hapkido You-Tube channel. You can visit the THA website
for more details or contact Grandmaster Rodemaker if you have any questions.

Need your Feedback and Interest in having a Tactical Hapkido

Seminar at Cedar Point in August 2009:
Master James Ziots and Master Douglas Brown
are looking into the possibility of hosting a
seminar in late August or early September for all
members and families of the Tactical Hapkido
Alliance at Cedar Point.

Last day to cast your vote is March 15th 2009! So please make sure to visit
www.tmartialaa.com/CedarPoint2009 and vote for those who can make it.

New Tactical Hapkido Alliance Product Catalog:

The Tactical Hapkido Alliance is developing a print version of all the services and products
that charters and individuals can take advantage of. We will have this available on line where
you may download the file and print copy to give to your students who may be interested in
what you can offer to them.

Tactical Hapkido Wikipedia Project:

Editors of the world’s largest online encyclopedia have
accepted the entry of Tactical Hapkido in late 2008.
The article was submitted by Master James Ziots
which details some of history, systematizing of
techniques and description of Tactical Hapkido System
overall. But we can use your help to continually
improve this article. So anyone that is a wikipedia
guru we are asking you to please help to make it even
better.

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Tactical Hapkido Alliance’s Bibles for Martial Artists:
Tactical Hapkido Alliance is establishing Bibles for Martial Artists. Staying true to the
Christian believes that this organization was founded on, Grandmaster Rodemaker is asking
for voluntary donations to cover the purchase of the bibles and for shipping.
There will be information placed on the THA website where individuals can send their name
and address to get their free New Testament Bible.
This donation is not tax deductable and is purely voluntary.
Any donation made will be greatly appreciated and will be used to fully fund this outreach
program.

Current Promotions and Services Available to Members:

Tactical Hapkido Alliance Instructor Honor Roll Program:
Tactical Hapkido Alliance has established the Instructor Honor Roll program for those
instructors who are showing the most active dedication in the alliance.
Instructors can achieve this honor more than once a year and the honoree will receive, from
Grandmaster Rodemaker himself, an honor certificate to place in your school and he/she will
be honored with an article in this newsletter.
Please contact Grandmaster Rodemaker for further details.

Tactical Hapkido Alliance New School Builder Packages:

Grandmaster Barry Rodemaker is offering his years of experience in making available to all
charter members a proven system of methods and personal hands on advice put into one
package, which is operating wildly successful at the THA headquarters (as in, his student base
is max out with customers being turned away since this location needs to expand).
The package will include, among many other items, two lead boxes, personalized lettering
system, local marketing assistance, and one on one assistance anytime with Rodemaker to
aid in building and keeping your student base.
You can contact the THA headquarters and get the details with Grandmaster Rodemaker.

New Combat Services Manual for Charter School Owners:

The Tactical Hapkido Alliance has a

special operating manual specially
designed for Combat Services
personnel. This manual was made for
military, intelligence, police and security
personnel who have to get the training
quickly and thoroughly on top of the
training they already received. This
manual takes all the techniques in the
regular manuals (white to master
series) and breaks the techniques

down to 8 main concepts. In this manual the instructor is to teach the concept
and then the student will apply it to a variety of situations by examples. If you
are interested in this program feel free to contact the THA headquarters for
more details.

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 Tactical Hapkido Alliance and
Tae Kwon Do Times promotion:
Due to our massive global traffic ranking
on the internet, which is greater than this
world leader in martial arts publications
who covered the 2008 Olympics.
Tae Kwon Do Times bartered with the THA
and gave the Tactical Hapkido Alliance
members and friends 20% off for a year’s
subscription to their magazine.
The official THA/TKD Times promotional
code is TMAMA09 and is available only
through the Tactical Hapkido Alliance. We
have a link on www.tacticalhapkido.com
where you can sign up using this special
code.
This is only the start; TKD Times has
quickly realized how we are starting to
dominate the web and martial arts
community so we are working with them
behind the scenes.

More announcements to come soon!

So watch your email!

What’s New on the Tactical Hapkido’s Website:

Comment Section:
Please let us know what you like about the training system and/or the organization and we
will post it on that location. You can fill this out online now.
News Section:
If you are interested or have something to promote please send an email to
[email protected], or [email protected], please make sure to include
your name, location and important background information (time, place, event, ect.) and we
will start posting this information for you.
Sign up for the Tactical Hapkido Alliance Newsletter:
It is as easy as putting in your email address. So please let all your students know that they
can receive this newsletter so we can get the word out to all who are interested. This will be
the primary tool for all members of the THA to take advantage of our collective bargaining
power to the mainstream suppliers and organizations.
All Membership applications can be done on-line:
The applications for individuals and schools have been automated online so that after the
application fee is processed, that individual can now complete their membership form online
with automatic transmission sent to Grandmaster Rodemaker for expedient processing.

Upcoming Promotions and Services:

Tactical Hapkido Alliance Knife, Stick, and Trapping Drills coming soon!
A whole new video / manual series is currently being edited by Grandmaster Rodemaker. The
video series will demonstrate to the instructor and student how the core curriculum of Tactical
Hapkido can be applied to the 9 planes of motion during a knife/stick attack in addition to
how to apply the trapping drills during your training.
As a bonus feature of this package, the THA has secured a relationship with Sharkee Knives
where we can provide charter members this equipment below wholesale costs by going
through THA Headquarters.
The winner of the You-Tube contest will get this whole package as soon as it is
completed!

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Tactical Hapkido Alliance Chaplain:
The Tactical Hapkido Alliance would like to remind all
members and families that we have an official chaplain
as a member in the alliance, Rev. Dr. H. George Myers
“Skip”. If there is anything you need prayers for,
advice, encouragement or the need for any consultation
please do not hesitate to contact him at anytime. He is
here to help all members of our family. From time to
time, he will also contribute articles to this newsletter
that will be insightful and helpful for all.
Martial Arts Background:
Contact Information: 2nd Dan Tactical Hapkido
Education Background:
Rev. Dr. H. George Myers
“Skip” Bachelors of Arts
THA Chaplain Bachelors of Music
330-554-5491 Master’s of Divinity
[email protected] Master’s of Church History
Doctorate of Ministry
THA Chaplain Corner: “Stuff Happens”
“Stuff happens!” to paraphrase the bumper sticker. Life is going along pretty well, and then,
stuff happens. Something goes wrong; our plans go awry. Sometimes we can see it coming;
sometimes it just comes out of the blue, and we don't know what hit us. Sometimes it’s just
a minor irritation; sometimes it’s a major league crisis. But stuff happens.
Harold Kushner once wrote a book called When Bad Things Happen to Good People. He wrote
it as a response to his son’s death, and in doing so, struck a chord with so many people that
he became a genuine celebrity. In his book he talks about trying to find the answer to
“Why?” as in “Why did this awful thing happen?” or “Why did it happen to someone I care
about?” or “Why did it happen to me?”
In the end, he doesn't find the answer. So he changes the question. Rather than asking why
bad things happen, he says, it is better to say, “Since this thing has happened, what can God
and I do about it?” And he gives examples of what can happen when we respond to evil that
way: A man suffers a heart attack. That’s a bad thing. But if he responds to it by changing
his lifestyle to something more healthy, or if he decides to care less about his business and
more about his family, then the bad thing is transformed into something good . A tornado
strikes a town. That’s a bad thing. But if people band together, saving lives, risking their
own for people they don't even know, rebuilding together, then the bad thing is once again
transformed into something good.
Kushner’s idea is solidly Biblical. There is a wonderful story about King David in the Second
Book of Samuel. You can find it in chapter 12. David’s infant son became seriously ill, and
David prayed to God that he might recover. His prayers were so earnest that he fell to the
ground and would not get up. Not only that, but he fasted for seven days. But the child
died. Everyone around David was afraid to tell him. “If he acted like that while he was
praying and hoping that the child might live, what will he do when he finds out that the child
died?” they asked.
David saw them whispering to one another and realized the child had died. He then got up
off the ground, changed his clothes and offered prayers to God. After that he stopped his
fast, and began to eat again. His friends were amazed. “How could you give up your
mourning now that the child is dead?” they asked. David answered, “While he was ill, I did all
that I could do, hoping that God might grant him life. But now that he has died, why should I
mourn? Will that bring him back?” Rather than allowing the evil to overcome him, David
chose to transform the situation by living life as he believed God intended him to do. And so
life could become good again.
When bad things happen, we may not be able to understand why; but we can transform the
situation with God’s help, so that life becomes good again. As the Apostle Paul promises:
“We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him.” (Romans 8:28a)
And he does.

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