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How Do Gups Qualify To Attend The 2014 National Festival?

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If you are a Gup member who wants to qualify to attend the National Festival, or the parent of a Gup its very easy for you to qualify to attend the 2014 National Festival just by bidding or sending a pledge email before bidding closes.

If you are an Instructor with Gup members who you would like to assure have an opportunity to participate in the 2014 National Festival, you can still qualify them by submitting a bid or pledge on their behalf before bidding closes.

Nationally Qualified Gup Members

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Can Gup Members Participate In The Moo Duk Kwan National Festival?

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belts_1200x1200aIn 2013 the National Festival and Dan Leadership Convention became a Dan focused national event with only a handful of highly motivated Gups in attendance. The Gups who were present were there because they had worked hard and earned the opportunity to share that event with Dan members. Congratulations to those Gups for their initiative and strong leadership potential!

A number of questions have been asked about the National Festival and whether or not Gups will be able to participate and there are two possible answers to that question.

Can Gup Members Participate In The Moo Duk Kwan National Festival?

  1. The National Festival is a Dan focused leadership event. As such, some may perceive the answer as "No."
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  2. However, those Gup Members who are motivated enough to take action and bid for a destination and thus demonstrate their desire and leadership initiative by doing so will probably earn an opportunity to participate just as the motivated Gups have done in prior years. As such, those most likely to be future leaders will perceive the answer as, "If it is to be, it is up to me" and thus create their own "YES" where others only see "NO." 

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you are a Gup member or you know a Gup Member who "says" they want to participate in the National Festival, only individual action can make it happen.

The Board has provided a fair and equitable mechanism by which all members who are SERIOUS about supporting or participating in the National Festival can do so; however, seizing that opportunity requires more than just lip service, it requires Action, Action, Action. Individual action.

https://bid.soobahkdo.org/

Gups who have previously earned the opportunity to attend the National Festival and Dan Leadership Convention knew exactly what they needed to do in order to get what they wanted... and they got it through their individual action.

"Individual participation is the Key Energy necessary to strengthen our foundation."
-- H.C. Hwang, Kwan Jang Nim

Take action NOW!