About the School
Map to the School
116 South 6th St.
Plattsmouth, NE 68048
402-525-3906
The Nebraska Hapkido Association was started in the fall of 1997 when Sabumnum Howard began teaching Hapkido classes out of his apartment to a class of 4 students. Within a few months, he began a partnership with the Irving Recreational Center (a local community center in Lincoln), holding Hapkido classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
This continued for approximately three years, when suddenly ICC decided many of the classes taught by outside instructors would be canceled. With the help of his students, Sabumnim Howard found and created a partnership with the Northeast Family Center in 2001, and taught classes in association with the NFC even after Sabumnim moved to Plattsmouth and had to commute back to Lincoln to teach.
After he moved to Plattsmouth, Sabumnim started a Hapkido class there at the LifeArts - Howard Chiropractic office in early 2006, in addition to the NFC classes in Lincoln. In September of 2006, Sabumnim ceased teaching in Lincoln at the Northeast Family Center in order to devote more attention to the Hapkido classes at Plattsmouth.
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In November of 2006, the Nebraska Hapkido Association finally got their own space at 116 S 6th St. in Plattsmouth through their association with LifeArts - Howard Chiropractic, P.C. Since then, many volunteers have donated their time to upgrading the facilities, including taking out walls, painting, adding mirrors, and finishing the front entrance windows. |
In February of 2007, in response to a considerable number of requests for a children's class (Hapkido classes are limited to students aged 14 and older) Sabumnim began creating the curriculum for the Eagle System, a class specifically geared toward the mental, emotional, and physical learning capabilities of children ages 8 and up. In addition, through Dr. Julie Howard and LifeArts - Howard Chiropractic, P.C., the Nebraska Hapkido Association is currently looking for a professional martial arts instructor to teach Tai Chi out of the school as a separate class.
Currently, the Nebraska Hapkido Association dojang hosts Hapkido classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:15 to 7:45pm. We are also in the process of surveying the area to see if there is enough demand for classes in the Eagle System (children's classes, ages 8 and up) and Jidokwan Taekwondo (for students ages 12 and up). Please see the Schedule of Classes for proposed class times.
Also available is training for women in self-defense. Sabumnim Howard has given a number of seminars on self-defense, among them during Wellness Day for the Plattsmouth Community School District. Women interested in learning self-defense should contact the Nebraska Hapkido Association as seminars of all types are available, from 1 hour discussions to 10 week courses. The 10-week Women's Self-Defense course includes study and practice in the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of self-defense, including padded attacker scenario training.
