On November 11th, 2011 (11/11/11) Hwa Rang Do® Grandmaster Taejoon Lee, our Black Sash Instructors, Officers & Leaders of the World Hwa Rang Do® Association – governing body for the martial & healing art of Hwa Rang Do worldwide – convened at a snow-covered cabin in Big Bear, CA to transform their organization and mission to one of humanitarian nature.

𝐎𝐧 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Thus, the World Hwa Rang Do® Association 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 defining a vision statement, which reads as follows:

“A Day of Calming” was created to commemorate this event and every year, we invite the world to take a moment of reflection, meditation and prayer for 11 minutes, on the 11th hour, on the 11th day, on the 11th month.

We encourage you to share video testimonies and pictures of your experience before/during/after your meditation or even Periscope your 11 minutes of peace with others and share it on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/dayofcalming/), website (www.dayofcalming.com), and social media with the hashtag #dayofcalming 

Sincerely,

World Hwa Rang Do® Association