From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #191 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Thurs, 8 April 1999 Vol 06 : Num 191 In this issue: the_dojang: Sports-Vision Exercises and Tests the_dojang: Stragetic SideFighting or Cowardly Evading the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #189 the_dojang: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #189 the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #190 the_dojang: Yoga and other sports the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #190 the_dojang: Sparring Tips & Strategies the_dojang: AAU Officials' Corner Article--April the_dojang: What do you consider a martial art? the_dojang: Asking for a different referee! the_dojang: . ......................................................................... The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. 800+ members strong! Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, California Taekwondo, Martial Arts Resource Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe the_dojang-digest" (no quotes) in the body of an e-mail (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To send e-mail to this list use the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and online search the last two years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Ray Terry, PO Box 110841, Campbell, CA 95011 KMA@MartialArtsResource.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jamaica Power" Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 12:05:05 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Sports-Vision Exercises and Tests FYI thing... Well there you go. Now I know why my sidekicks never made contact with my opponent (just kidding)! Am reading an article about Sports-Vision tests and exercises that are becoming so increasingly popular. Some of the tests they are now doing are visual agility, such as depth perception, binocularity (the ability to use both eyes together), contrast sensitivity, accomodative amplitude (the ability to focus quickly on shifting targets), near/far focusing ability, ocular alignment, light sensitivity, etc. And if you're weak in any of these areas they will schedule you a few times a week to perform exercises. And some of the exercises are more like training to fly the big birds for the Airforce. Too cool but whew! Wonder how we ever managed before all these tests! jamaica_power@hotmail.com "When the rich make war, it's the poor that die." (Jean-Paul Sartre) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: "Jamaica Power" Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:03:14 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Stragetic SideFighting or Cowardly Evading Most of the time you really don't want to stand forward and open to your opponent during a sparring match so you're taught to stand somewhat sideways and develop strategic lines of attack and a wide variety of defensive and offensive strategies. There is one fighting technique that sometimes can be subtle enough that the refs (especially inexperienced refs) don't always call it for what it is. And that's when you turn your side a bit too much which sometimes is called evading a fight or fighting with your back. I've seen some really excellent fighters use this technique and they do not get deducted for it and frequently not even warned for it. So if you are this person's opponent what are some excellent strategies to counteract this type of person or get in on them and make them rotate to your favor. Have you ever been frustrated when you or your student was unable to counter this approach. jamaica_power@hotmail.com "When the rich make war, it's the poor that die." (Jean-Paul Sartre) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:21:25 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #189 Allison, I am training in Tang Soo Do in England. I would advise you to simply say good wishes if the moment arrives and congratulate them afterwards. I know what the pressure is like. I am currently preparing for my Dan Grade. Yours in Tang Soo Do, Peter Cho Dan Bo In a message dated 07/04/99 17:14:04 GMT Daylight Time, the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: << From: Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:53:39 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: Respecting your instructors Tang Soo! My Kyo Sa Nims are both going to test for their promotion this weekend for Sa Ba Nims. I would love to wish them both the best of luck and tell them that I will be thinking about them. Does anyone have any advice about how best to do this with out seeming disrespectful? I mean- they are very skilled at what they do, and they don't really need any luck, but I would like them to know that I am thinking about them. Is there some protocol regarding this? Tang Soo! Allison 3rd Gup, International Tang Soo Do ------------------------------ >> ------------------------------ From: David Steffen Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:49:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: the_dojang: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #189 > From: Nathan Wind > Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:34:57 +0100 (BST) > Subject: the_dojang: Arthroscopic surgery > > Hey there-- > Can anyone tell me: is arthroscopic surgery for a fully torn ACL > only done with a local anasthetic, or can it be done with a local? > > -Thanks > Garth Robins > No, they use a total anesthesia. AFAIK knee surgeries in general don't use locals, as it's difficult (and a bit risky) to numb the whole leg. Also, the way they rebuilt my ACL in December, they take a section from the patellar tendon on the uninjured knee, drill holes through the tibia and femur on the injured side, and thread the tendon section through the holes. It's not exactly a minor procedure, and took nearly two hours, so I'm not sure a local would be very pleasant anyway. ;-) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Steffen Wave after wave will flow with the tide Dept. of Physics And bury the world as it does Colorado State University Tide after tide will flow and recede steffend@lamar.colostate.edu Leaving life to go on as it was... - Peart / RUSH "The reason that our people suffer in this way.... is that our ancestors failed to rule wisely". -General Choi, Hong Hi ------------------------------ From: Lee & Michele Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:04:30 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #190 I had my ACL completely removed orthoscopically a few years ago since I had torn it in half while training. I had an epidural and 3 tiny incisions. I was told I'd be on crutches for maybe 2 days or 2 weeks -- I could get rid of them when I felt ready. I tossed them away after a day and 9 weeks later successfully competed in a TKD tournament. The surgery was nothing compared to the pain I had before the surgery. I continue to train without an ACL, although I'm careful to avoid jumping/spinning kicks with my bad leg as my base leg. Good luck! Michele Weiland Lee Olsen and Michele Weiland Wisconsin Ao Denkou Kai Port Washington, Wisconsin shelee@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~shelee/adk/adk.html ------------------------------ From: Bernard Eddey Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 10:38:38 +0800 Subject: the_dojang: Yoga and other sports Having been forced by circumstance to do 'solo' training for the past two years I have explored various types of exercise in order to keep in shape for my return to the dojang this coming September. As well as going through TKD forms, kicking and punching routines, I have been doing gym workouts 3 or 4 times per week. This includes running 5km or so on a treadmill (the air is too polluted to run outside) and weight training. The past year or so I have been also doing a 'yogic' style of exercise known as the 'Five Tibetans'. These exercises, reputedly developed by Tibetan lamas, are excellent for stretching and strengthening, especially the back and abdo. areas. They are also claimed to stimulate the endocrine system and help maintain a strong immunological system. They are meant to be done daily and take about 20 minutes or so to complete. What I really need is some good, hard sparring!!. The only 'adreneline-response' exercise I get is riding a bicycle through Shanghai traffic. ;-). Bernard Eddey 1st Dan TKD Shanghai bernee@shanghai.cngb.com ------------------------------ From: kia panah Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:42:34 -0700 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #190 Thank you Mr. Lim! It's really an honor to train with great guys such as yourself and the rest of JTC crew. Your positive attitude, and hard training will be rewarded in the future! Keep up the hard training, and thanks again!! (By the way, how's your knee doing?) Kia Panah. the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com wrote: > The_Dojang-Digest Wed, 7 April 1999 Vol 06 : Num 190 > > In this issue: [ 400 lines deleted. Mr. Panah, you are sending an entire issue of the digest back to the list. Please do not do that. Thanks. Ray ] ------------------------------ From: "Adam Gibson" Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:15:05 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Sparring Tips & Strategies Hi my name is Adam Gibson, and new to this discussion group. I've been in Tae Kwon Do for about 15 = years now and have my own school in Canada which I run full-time. I was = lucky enough recently to have CFW Enterprises give me a call to tell me = they wish to publish a book I wrote on Martial Arts. This company is the = same people who make INSIDE KUNG-FU Magazine and many more. Apparently = it won't be ready for the book stores until about JUNE or September = 1999. I'm pretty excited about it. They even got me to write a six = page article on Lead-Leg Sparring in their Magazine "Martial Arts = Illustrated" right before Christmas. I hope I may be of some assistance to the discussion group with regards = to training, sparring, dealing with students and parents and even advice = on how to start or maintain your current school. It's a very difficult = task being a school owner. But I have found a lot of easy tricks and = important survival info that some of may wish to ask me about. Even though my book is not out yet I started working on second book = which I am almost finished. Just to see how people react to the = information I have posted a Free-site containing only two of the = chapters of the new book that are exclusively on Offensive and Defensive = Sparring. The two chapters contain approxiamately 17 pages of Sparring = Techniques and Strategy Tips. I would be interested in hearing some = feedback from other martial artists. The site is located at: http://members.tripod.com/martial_arts_tips Talk to you all later. Adam Gibson - ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01BE8165.9E14DD00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ 85 lines deleted. Come on folks, do not send HTML to the list. ] ------------------------------ From: Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 06:48:34 EDT Subject: the_dojang: AAU Officials' Corner Article--April This month's Officials' Corner article on the AAU Taekwondo web site is "A Strange Partnership: Coaches and Officials?" To read this article go to http://www.aautaekwondo.org/officials/apr_99.html Dave visit aautaekwondo.org for AAU Taekwondo Program info. ------------------------------ From: "Jamaica Power" Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 07:50:17 PDT Subject: the_dojang: What do you consider a martial art? On Mr. Terry's criteria for posting to this forum one criteria is the discussion of martial arts in general. I've also noticed that in past posts some people have indicated that they don't feel Sumo wrestling is a martial art while I can't see how it couldn't be considered one. Does anybody have a listing of what they feel is considered a martial art? This would include everything please even yoga, taichi, and absolutely everything else from any culture. I would really appreciate it. Or if it's easier we could do the reverse order and list what is not considered a martial art including the obvious (kickboxing, cardioboxing)??? Or is this even considered a martial art now and I'm just not in with new age thinking. Thanks much for the update. jamaica_power@hotmail.com "When the rich make war, it's the poor that die." (Jean-Paul Sartre) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: "Jamaica Power" Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 08:04:48 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Asking for a different referee! Seeing as referees are people too, I was wondering if when you went to a tournament and in your ring you saw a referee that you felt was totally incompetent from substantiated past actions; if you ever asked for a replacement for that match? I really believe there should be criteria set in place for this if there isn't already. I don't feel this system would be abused because for the most part martial art instructors, coaches, and parents just want to see fair and good tournaments run quickly and efficiently. If the criteria set forth was straightforward and objective this would also eliminate any abuse of the system. I have been to many tournaments were I would put in 10 hour days. Now there would be other refs there that just showed up and maybe worked a ring or two and then left or wandered about and really didn't care about perfecting their skills and quite frankly they abused the system and the competitors. I am also curious why in many organizations the call of the referee can't be challenged because it is "subjective." I don't agree with this. At the same time I hear advocates of the electronic scoring system say that one of the benefits of that mechanism is that it is helping ref's become more accountable for their calls and sharpening their skills at calling and determining valid points. More thoughts? jamaica_power@hotmail.com "When the rich make war, it's the poor that die." (Jean-Paul Sartre) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. 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