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Master Eric Friske
First introduced to the art of Hapkido and Grand Master Han in 1969 at the age of 13, Master Eric Friske began actively training four years later, and has continued to train under Grand Master Han for the past 30 years. He presently holds the rank of 6th Dan Master Level, one of only two students to achieve the level of Master under Grand Master Han. An active member of the Korean Hapkido Association and the International Hapkido Federation since 1975, Master Friske has performed in martial arts demonstrations and conducted numerous self-defense seminars for the Los Angeles office of the FBI. He has actively participated in tournament officiating and competition throughout his martial arts career, and performed in the 5th World Martial Arts Expo. Master Friske collaborated in the development of the International Hapkido Federation, and has been awarded several certificates of appreciation for contributions to the IHF and Grand Master Han. He also participated in the development and filming of the first in a series of instructional Hapkido videotapes. Master Friske currently manages the teaching curriculum at the IHF Headquarters and the instructional development program for teaching Black Belts, and conducts IHF seminars for all IHF-affiliated schools.
Master Daniel Cruz began his martial arts career in Hawaii at the age of 12, and has studied the arts of Kenpo, Judo, Shotokan, Arnis, and Tae Kwon Do, as well as hand combat self-defense in the Army while stationed in South Vietnam. He began his training in Hapkido under Grand Master Han over 30 years ago, and shares with Master Friske the honor of being the first of Grand Master Han's students to be promoted and certified to the level of Master. As an active member of the International Hapkido Federation and the Korean Hapkido Association since l975, he has participated in the development of the IHF and has trained over 5,000 students at the IHF Headquarters facility. Master Cruz has actively officiated and competed in tournaments for over 20 years, and has won numerous major U.S. Regional State Championship and National Grand Championship Karate tournaments. He performed in the 5th World Martial Arts Expo, and has conducted numerous martial art demonstrations, FBI law enforcement training sessions, and Hapkido seminars throughout the country with Grand Master Han. Master Cruz has appeared in several of Grand Master Han's television and movie projects, and participated in the development of Grand Master Han's Hapkido martial arts instructional videotape series. In addition to co-authoring the IHF Student and Black Belt teaching manuals, his article "Spirit of a Warrior," featuring Grand Master Han, served as the cover story for the September 1997 issue of Inside Karate. Master Cruz is the recipient of several awards of appreciation for his contributions to the International Hapkido Federation. |
Master Daniel Cruz
