From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #206 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Fri, 16 April 1999 Vol 06 : Num 206 In this issue: the_dojang: Dojang in Central FL? the_dojang: dan testing - thanks the_dojang: sine wave - again... the_dojang: Tang Soo Do forms/hyungs Re: the_dojang: sine wave - again... the_dojang: Belt Testing the_dojang: Re: Aero kicks, demos, tips, tricks,questions 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: Scott Apple Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:23:33 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Dojang in Central FL? I'm considering a move to central Florida on the Gulf coast - a town called Spring Hill. Does anyone know of a TKD school near that area? I am now only a green belt, but want to continue my training. Any info is appreciated. Scott ------------------------------ From: "Emil J. Fisk" Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:14:17 +0800 Subject: the_dojang: dan testing - thanks Hi everybody, Just wanted to thank you for wishing me luck in my dan testing. It's still 6 months away, but I guess I better start practising my running! I never was able to do that 4-minute mile, even when I was in my training prime. 1.6 miles in 9 minutes. Maybe I'll just stay at first dan instead :) Respectfully, Emil Fisk fiskej@pd.jaring.my PS/ Stan, I'm not sure if you're still in Singapore, but be sure to drop me a line if you ever get up to Malaysia. ------------------------------ From: "Emil J. Fisk" Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:14:16 +0800 Subject: the_dojang: sine wave - again... Hi, This question is mainly to Ray (Terry) and Dave Steffen (I think). Of course, anybody else that can answer is always welcome to do so. The sine wave is an old topic, but I've still been thinking about it. I recall being a white belt in ITF a very very long time ago. We were taught to slide our feet in the motion of a C, by bringing the back foot in towards the front foot, before sliding it out. Anything to do with the sine wave? And then, the only other thing I can think of is more related to hapkido. Does the sine wave refer to the motion that is used to direct throws / projections? For example, aikido practitioners move their opponents around circles when directing them into a throw / lock. Would this be another example of the sine wave in action in hapkido (in throwing opponents)? If not, I'm still confused as ever, and will continue to haunt this list with my thoughts on the topic once every two or three years. :) Respectfully, Emil Fisk ------------------------------ From: Rick Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:45:39 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Tang Soo Do forms/hyungs I have been out of studying Tang Soo Do for a little over two years and want to start getting into shape and practice prior to returning to class. Does anyone know where I can find the forms ie: Pyung Ahn, Kee Cho, Bassai, Naihanchi (sp?). I know that my memory is messing with me, I start in one form and end in another, Master Yi would kill me. Any help would be appreciated. thanks, Rick. p.s. Anyone that studied with Mike Grimes in San Antonio or Master Yi in Osan ROK email me. ------------------------------ From: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: the_dojang: sine wave - again... > I recall being a white belt in ITF a very very long time ago. We were > taught to slide our feet in the motion of a C, by bringing the back foot in > towards the front foot, before sliding it out. Anything to do with the sine > wave? Dave and others know much more than I about sine wave, but the C step is not the sine wave. C step is to keep the head level. The sine wave makes the head/body undulate up & down a bit. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: "Jamaica Power" Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:02:50 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Belt Testing Like most of the posters all of my black belt tests were similar in content but also different. Full of surprises usually. Had to do all forms, then had to do selected forms the GM picked; some forward and some backward and then he would place you in different directions in the dojang and have you do it again. He would then take 4 or 5 students and give them each a different form and position them strategically. Some facing each other some not. Some facing north, some east, etc. He would keep giving you different forms and keep rotating you for as many times as he wanted. Some students only had to do 1 form, others maybe 8 or so. Some he would stop in the middle of the form and ask what position they were on or what # of movement within the form. Then he would tell you to resume and then do it again, or to one of the other people on the floor. Had to have a variety of breaks ready but those could be changed at any time and usually were. And almost always it would be a break that you had never done before with way more boards. Had to demo a variety of kicks and create combinations. After the "standard" stuff listed above (which included more than I listed), black belts from around the state then had their shot at you. These blackbelts would come prepared with a ton of questions, demos and techniques they would ask you to perform and some were very creative. They would grill you on history, they would create kicks and combinations and have you demo them, and they would come up with some very creative exercises to stretch your endurance, etc. Example would be maintaining a pushup position (full out not on your knees) on your knuckles for 10 minutes; or sitting (you pick your legs up) and maintain that scissor (?) position for whatever length of time they felt was appropriate; or maybe maintaining a side kick position for 5 minutes and then doing the other leg; or doing multiple tornado kicks, etc. You sometimes had to do one-on-one sparring with different partners and then go into fighting multiple opponents at one time. We had to perform self defense moves. We were also required to stay and help with colored belt testing. The school did not have any type of manual. I had to create a very thick manual and present one to my Master Instructor and one to the GM. These are just a few examples of things I did during my black belt testings. jamaica_power@hotmail.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Paul Rogers Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:09:23 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Re: Aero kicks, demos, tips, tricks,questions >>> better. And usually everything happens so fast that lots of times the boards don't get broken it just appears that they do. There's so much activity that goes on and by the time you look at the boards, somebody like me was picking them up already. <<< Not to take one whit away from the demo'ers abilities, but it seems like the boards are not necessarily the thickest, toughest ones, either. I obtained a Korean Tigers demo team tape, which had a segment with a female defending herself from an 'obnoxious bully guy'. At one point, he grabbed a board, which I swear broke in his hands. He grabbed either one half of that board or another board, then the woman did a fun handstand-heel kick thingy... Barely related story: In the S. Florida school where I first got into TKD, I participated in a birthday party for a (non-TKD) kid. The instructor had his class do their forms (good marketing 8?)), then had all the b'day party participants break a board (he guaranteed that they could). The boards were wafer-thin, and often, when I picked one up and bent it slightly to see how strong it was, it would break in two...! Paul Rogers, Round Rock, TX (ATA) ------------------------------ From: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #206 ******************************** Support the USTU by joining today! 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