From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #385 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Mon, 9 Aug 1999 Vol 06 : Num 385 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #384 the_dojang: From the WTF Quarterly magazine the_dojang: t'aekwondo history the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~725 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 (top line, left justified) of a plain text e-mail 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 four years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Ray Terry, PO Box 110841, Campbell, CA 95011 KMA@MartialArtsResource.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LJSFLEM@aol.com Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:05:08 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #384 Please use or cut any part of my note that you think would be useful. A short note to let you all know I have been visiting other schools to observe and to participate. There is much to think about and it is not always what you see, but what you don't see. My son, age 8, is still negative. Julio is asthmatic. His breathing is much improved since beginning TKD. The instructors were made aware from the first day. He carries an inhaler and a medical letter to self-administer if needed. He was refused permission to leave the mat and use the medication when he complained of shortness of breath (was told told to keep running) and chest pain (was told you won't die). He is the type of child that does not want anyone to know or see him use medication. Abuse does not build self-confidence or self-esteem. TKD seemed the perfect sport for him, no smokey bowling alleys, and no grass and ragweed pollen on the ball field. Lorraine, Julio's Mom Garfield, NJ, USA ------------------------------ From: "Ray Terry" Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 17:47:04 -0700 Subject: the_dojang: From the WTF Quarterly magazine Psychology of Officiating, by Robert S. Weinberg & Peggy A. Richardson This book helps you learn to officiate at your psychological optimum from preseason to postseason. Combining the latest findings in sport psychology research with officiating experience, authors establish the importance of psychological training and discuss the psychological skills you need to be an effective official. Published by Leisure Press, A Division of Human Kinetics at PO Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61825-5076, USA. 1-800-747-4457. ISBN 0-88011-400-2 (case) and 0-87322-875-8 (paper). US$14.95 ($19.95 in Canada) per copy. Ray Terry rterry@best.com ------------------------------ From: burdickd Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:52:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: the_dojang: t'aekwondo history here's a copy of the letter I sent www.roundhouse.com about their article on tkd history. - ------- Hi Folks, Congratulations on your new e-magazine; it looks like it is off to a flying start! I did have some comments on your history of t'aekwondo though, as I have an interest in the subject. I guess the first of these would be, who wrote it? From your profiles page, I would suspect it was George Anderson, true? Well, on with the comments: 1. "Hwang Ki learned Kanbukan karate from Koichi Kondo whilst working for the Japanese in Manchuria." This is a most interesting statement, and if true, would be important evidence of the impact of the Kanbukan ("Korean martial hall" -- located in Japan) on kongsudo and tangsudo back in Korea. But to my recollection, GM Hwang does not credit the Kanbukan in his training, insisting in his book _The History of Moo Duk Kwan_ (1995) that he studied karate from books while working on the Manchurian railroad. What is the source of the story of the Kanbukan connection? According to the sources I've seen, the only clear contact between the Kanbukan and practitioners in Korea was Sang-sup Chun (the founder of the Ch'idokwan), who trained under Geka Yung at the Kanbukan during the Second World War. 2. "The Dae Han Che Yook Kwan was established in September 1953 to practice Kong Soo Do under Lee Kyo Yoon, Yoon Kwae Byung and Lee Yong Woo. It later changed its name to 'The Ji Do Kwan'. The Chae Shin Bu was established in 1954 to practise Kong Soo Do under Lee Nam Suk. It later changed its name to 'The Chang Moo Kwan'." Again, my only comment is that I would love to know the source of this information, as it has not appeared in English before, to the best of my knowledge (which is, admittedly, limited!). 3. "Because of the understandable post-war hatred between Korea and Japan, none of these kwans ever confessed to teaching Japanese martial art, so they each concocted fantastic and untrue claims that they were teaching the classical Korean fighting art of Soo Bahk, or the peasant fighting system of 'taekyun'. The latter, incidentally, was just the name for brawling, and it was never codified in any way." From what I've read, this seems to have been largely a product of the nationalism that accompanied and followed the Korean War. It is my impression that Japanese martial arts remained popular in the late 1940s after WW II. On page 26 of GM Hwang's aforementioned history, he says that he began teaching tangsudo after meeting with Sang-sup Chun and Won-kuk Lee in 1947, and deciding that the Korean people understood and recognized the Japanese martial arts more easily than Chinese or even Korean arts. At the time, yudo (judo) and kumdo (kendo) were the most popular martial arts in Korea, but tangsudo (karatedo) was also known, so he adopted that art rather than his own creation, hwasudo. The revival of t'aekkyon does not seem to have begun until 1958, when Duk-ki Song and Hwan Song gave a demonstration for R.O.K. President Syngman Rhee. Ki Hwang's transition from tangsudo to subakdo began in 1957, when he found a copy of the _Muye Tobo T'ongji_ and began to study it, linking his own art to the ancient and apparently deda art of subak. As for t'aekkyon never being codified... well, it was certainly codified by the 1980s and had a distinct body of techniques. There was a club at Indiana University taught by Ki-hyun Do from 1987-1988, and Master Do himself was a student of Duk-ki Song. There are now at least 3 or 4 books out on t'aekkyon in Korea, and two federations that I know of. For the record, when I learned the art, there were three ways to win a match: you could kick the opponent in the head (in ancient times, the topknot), or you could sweep his legs, or you could throw him. It was illegal to use linear techniques such as front or side kicks or punches, but you could use a pushing (not striking!) front kick or a palmheel push to the chest (kasum ch'igi) that in a self-defense situation would become a strike to the neck. That's it! I hope that the author, whomever he/she is, will keep up the good work -- it's always informative to see new opinions on an important subject like this one! Yours in the arts, Dakin Burdick Indiana University at Bloomington, USA burdickd@indiana.edu PS: My own history of t'aekwondo is pretty dated at this point and in dire need of a rewrite, but you can take a look at it at: http://www.indiana.edu/~iutkd/history/tkdhist.html And please, send me any comments or corrections you might have! Thanks! ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 06:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #385 ******************************** Support the USTU by joining today! US Taekwondo Union, 1 Olympic Plaza, Ste 405, Colorado Spgs, CO 80909 719-578-4632 FAX 719-578-4642 ustutkd1@aol.com http://www.ustu.com ===================================================================== To unsubscribe from this digest, the_dojang-digest, send the command: unsubscribe the_dojang-digest -or- unsubscribe the_dojang-digest your.old@address in the BODY of an email (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com in pub/the_dojang/digests. All digest files have the suffix '.txt' Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, Martial Arts Resource, California Taekwondo Standard disclaimers apply.