From July15th to 22d , a European summer camp in Switzerland took place in Obertschappina, a small village in the mountains. Soo Bahk Do practitioners from 8 different countries joined the session organized by Spoerri SBN to follow Kwan Jang Nim 's teaching. R.Guzman SBN and P.L de Guzman SBN from Mexico had also been invited and led training sessions. E.H Boussalaa and B. Schoonejans SBN from Belgium, U. Spoerri Nathalie Spoerri and Christian Preiss from Switzerland, and Shipley SBN for The Us also taught.
The day began with meditation and Moo Pal Dan Gum. As the sun came up on the horizon, Guzman SBN gave us detailed explanations of the movements and breathing. During the morning and afternoon training sessions, we mainly studied to improve chilsong hyungs and ho sin sool. After dinner, Kwan Jang Nim talked to us every evening about the 5 Moo Do values, the links between them, and how to apply them in our lives.
During free time, the most active and creative were the children: there were chest tournaments, dance practice in the hallways, drawings and soccer. Adults appreciated chatting outside in the moonlight, drinking fresh beer or eating an ice-cream.
As the sky remained blue all week long, every training session was given outside, in front of the stately Piz Beverin. Only on the last evening of the last day, as sa bom were training in chilsong Oro under Kwan Jang Nim's direction, a magnificent hail storm broke out, a natural way to end the camp.
Thank you to Jenny for corrections.
photo from Region 1 Australian website