Yeon Ah Choi, Hyo Jin Nim's Wife Testifies

Sun Myung Moon and Yeon Ah Choi Moon
February 23, 2012
Hoon Dok Hae
Cheon Hwa Gung, Las Vegas on 2.2 by the H.C.

Sun Myung Moon January 24, 2012

Note: These notes are taken from a Peace TV video clip. They cannot be published as definitive texts and should never be used in the future as an "official" publication of True Father's words. However, they do provide a good idea of the "spirit" of the message. -- Rev. Katsumi Kambashi

Mrs. McDevitt read Father's speech from Sermons of the Rev. Moon #43, titled "Hardship and Victory."

"큰 연아! ([Big Yeon Ah] Elder Yeon Ah Choi, Hyo Jin Nim's wife, who is older than 작은 연아, [Little Yeon Ah] Younger Yeon Ah Lee who is Hyung Jin Nim's wife), Where can you solve what you have grappled with until you participated here? It would be impossible to reach your goal unless you make a leap forward holding yourself, who is heading for the future. Talk about the people in Las Vegas and its environment bearing in mind an assignment of 'Where do I go to be settled?', and frankly share what you feel and understand."

Elder Yeon Ah spoke as follows:

"I visited here to greet (True) Parents and I am happy that they are healthy. When Father goes back to Korea, Father will talk to all the Korean people, and Mother will go to Japan, and so I have been anxious about how they have been here.

Talking about Las Vegas, I think it was Young Jin Nim that initially related to this place as a member of True Family. I think it was in 1999 when he was in Reno and he couldn't help but be sacrificed for the providential reason. True Parents couldn't reveal but just carried everything at that time, and after 2008 when Hyo Jin Nim passed away, they officially began to lead the providence here.

I didn't come here often where True Parents visited many times to educate and lead you. Every time I see True Parents, I am sorry that I am not enough and don't know deeply what they intend to do. I, like all of you, have been worried about their health especially when I see them sacrifice themselves working day and night. Also Father sits for so many hours to talk and offers Jeong Seong in a manner we don't understand. I wished many times that they took more rest so that they can live long with us.

When I see Father closing his eyes and sitting and ask him to go to his room to take a rest, he always says 'No.' In the beginning, I felt so worried and also wondered a lot why he, as 하나님의 실체[God incarnate], had to live that way. What I gradually learned and felt through my brief experiences is that Father offers Jeong Seong at a level we don't know so that he won't leave even one crack in the providence. I think we tend to see and judge them, thinking 'Why didn't they do it this way or that way?' from our viewpoint who are not enough and don't know the reality of the spirit world. In that sense, All I can say is that as a child of True Parents I am so sorry that we couldn't go along with them in heart and always bring results.

Every time Father needed to proclaim important messages, he came to Las Vegas, and I think we are in the process of understanding little by little our True Parents, who must put in order the spirit and physical worlds. Though we have a long way to go, I am truly grateful with my life in which I can have True Parents as 하나님의 실체 [God incarnate] who are united with God and have shown us the way to go. I have gradually understood that True Parents are the model and the standard for us to follow.

Personally, I am sorry that I am undutiful (불효하다) to True Parents and I can't raise my head in front of them, especially because Hyo Jin Nim suddenly went to the spirit world in 2008 and I still should have been with him. In fact, it is difficult for me to come in front of True Parents, and every time they see me, they are worried about how I am. This time I felt again that we must live for God's will with a bright spirit and full of hope. Every time when I need something, Father gives me his words that encourages and gives hope to me.

I think Hyo Jin Nim has a character that is necessary to liberate hell as quickly as possible. I am thankful that True Parents gave him their blessing so that he can work in advance in the spirit world, which in fact was a consolation for me who couldn't fulfill the responsibility. I truly thank True Parents again that they led, raised and blessed Hyo Jin Nim to the position where he, as a son, can contribute to True Parents in the spirit world.

We have one year to go before D-Day. I felt again this time that we truly need to offer our utmost Jeong Seong to understand more of True Parents' mind and heart and also need to work hard. Thinking of Father's age, he shouldn't live like this. But since we aren't enough yet, Father always educates us and covers our failures, and the problem is that we don't know that fact and just think, 'That's' his job.' Every time I think of it, I feel so sorry.

Because of the big sins that the ancestors of the 최 [Choi] tribe committed, I am personally in a position of not being able to come to True Parents. Nevertheless, True Parents embraced it with love and called me to the True Family. Despite the fact that I am so lacking, Father continues to encourage and trust me instead of scolding me, and I believe in the future I will be able to feel more the heart and love of True Parents. This year, I must make more efforts so that I can return joy to True Parents who have been through hardship because of us. Thank you True Parents." 

Hyung Jin Nim's Martial Arts Report

Sun Myung Moon and Hyung Jin Moon
February 19, 2012
Hoon Dok Hae
Cheon Hwa Gung, Las Vegas on 1. 28 by the H.C.

Sun Myung Moon,Hak Ja Han and Hyung Jin Moon January 23, 2012

Note: These notes are taken from a Peace TV video clip. They cannot be published as definitive texts and should never be used in the future as an "official" publication of True Father's words. However, they do provide a good idea of the "spirit" of the message. -- Rev. Katsumi Kambashi

Hyung Jin Nim was told by Father to make a report on his recent demonstration of martial arts. He and his team did it in front of 3,000 people prior to the performance of the Little Angels at Caesars Palace Hotel. Prior to Hyung Jin Nim's report, Father said as follows:

"When our children practice martial arts, people respect, rather than fear, the kids of the Unification church. I am not talking about business here. 10 years from now on, those who don't know how to protect themselves won't be treated as humans. When anyone over 40 is trained on some of the skills for six months, they will be able to protect themselves. We can make textbooks and DVDs. Especially in the military, they must know martial arts. I will assign you from now on to train people. Give a big hand to Hyung Jin and Francisco (a Brazilian brother who did the performance that day)."

The following is Hyung Jin Nim's report.

"When anyone performs Jujitsu, they will get hurt 100%. During the fight, because of the hormones in their body they don't feel it, but a couple of hours later they suffer great pain. That's why in performing Jujitsu, the most important thing is how not to get hurt. I started doing Jujitsu when I was 15 years old. Francisco (a Brazilian brother who performs with Hyung Jin Nim) moved from his hometown to Sao Paulo to learn Taekwondo and he believed Taekwondo is the best. Then he heard in 1994 that one of True Children (which is Hyung Jin Nim) came to Brazil to learn Jujitsu, he wasn't interested. In 1996 he participated at the tournament and fought against a Jujitsu player. But he was put down on the floor and lost the game within a minute, and he realized he must study Jujitsu. So he started it in 1997 when I stopped practicing it.

Jujitsu is not the martial art for show, and is not like Taekwondo which seems fancy. We practice Jujitsu, Muay Thai, and MMA (Mixed martial arts), and so we have all kinds of forms of attack. In fact, martial art is cruel, which you don't really see in movies. So it is not the martial art but a fight by fighters.

In a real fight, moves are quick and short, but for the performance on the stage they need to jump and act in unnecessary moves, and so in fact, it is very dangerous for them to do it. Elbows and knees will be broken easily by the pressure of 12 lb but since they need to perform with more motions and moves on the stage, it is very dangerous for them to do it. In fact, if one make mistakes for a second there, they will become handicapped for the rest of their life.

So martial arts is not for the show but to protect oneself and fight. It is not beautiful but cruel and is full of dangerous skills. So as a martial art performer (무도인 / 武道人), I am so sorry to see their performance on the stage. Again this is for the fighting not for the show, and that's why I have been practicing it behind the scenes and had never shown in public.

Another thing one must be aware of is that Satan easily enters you when you do martial arts. If you do it so that you can seem powerful and splendid, it is false martial arts, which is meaningless like garbage. That is not true martial arts (무도). True martial arts are necessary to dominate oneself before dominating the cosmos.

I always wear this Buddhist rosary on my arm. During my training period, when I lost my mind, by touching this I could come to the original state of my mind. This is a tool and weapon for me. In martial arts, we use swords, nun chucks, and other weapons, but this rosary is a weapon too. This is the weapon to protect my mind.

After I perform martial arts, I feel strong since I know I can easily kill people, and break their arms and legs. Such a feeling could be the center and domination of oneself, and then their martial arts become self-centered, and constantly try to become stronger. Such a person can't perform for long period, and without fail, later they will be killed or damaged badly by others. So in doing martial art, if one forgets a internal sense, they become self-centered thinking 'I am strong. I can win against people. I will kill them if they disturb me.'

As I said, I secretly practiced since I know how dangerous martial arts are. People say I am soft but originally I wasn't so. Look at the men of the Moon family. They are all wild and fierce. Look at Hyo Jin Hyung. All my brothers grew up in such a way. When I started to learn martial arts, I was also such a person and my motive was to become stronger. So I was just learning how to frighten and damage people. But sorry to say, that is basically what Muay Thai and MMA are. My softened character patience didn't come from the martial art. It came from lots of training of my mind such as practicing meditation and learning psychology.

In the oriental world, there is still a sense of morality and self-training in doing martial arts. But now in fight shows, they don't need such a thing and all they have to do is to be just stronger and fight well. That's why I always didn't show my practice. If one learns it in a wrong manner, they easily become satanic. We must know our own limit and through martial art, we must become better people. Martial art would be garbage otherwise, which would leave nothing in history.

Therefore, martial art is not for show. One must train their mind as well as their bodies. Actually, we must give our mind a good workout more than our bodies. We have to deepen our heart through martial art. Even when I get angry, I never practice my martial art skill on people, but talk with patience in a respectful way. That required me a lot of effort. Getting mad and slapping people is an easy thing to do.

So this kind of show is a pain for me. Also, Satan enters us. I want to silently serve True Parents without expecting any honor, beat my physical body, beat my face, and beat my heart. I want to train myself (수행하고 싶어요.) protecting True Parents from bad people.

I am thankful to True Parents for the fact that he has been fighting against all the satanic powers and worlds and even doing what we have to do. I don't think there would be any greater blessing for us than this. There will be no honor that is greater than attending to True Parents. Without True Parents thousands of performances on stage are meaningless.

We, as (True) children of True Father, have 한 (han / grudge / resentment) in our life where we had to distance ourselves from him. (Raising his voice) we could not see him through our whole lives. True Children couldn't be with Father throughout their lives. We have lots of 한. We wanted to be with him. We have lots of 한.

I want to train myself, but not for the show. If so, I must die as a 무도인(martial artist). I have to commit suicide. To show on the stage what one had learned is a shame and they must do harakiri (seppuku). I do never want to practice martial arts that way. We are so sinful and insufficient, and that's why we must beat our mind and body through it.

I am so sorry for Father who has forgiven, loved and accepted us who have thought 'we are cool.' With deep repentance, I would like to offer applause to Father."

He concluded his report by bowing to Father.