From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #386 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 386 In this issue: the_dojang: This Month's Articles on the AAU Web Site the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #384 the_dojang: Friday Chat. the_dojang: How Does Your Dojang Train? the_dojang: Info Req'd Re: the_dojang: Friday Chat. 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. 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Ray Terry, PO Box 110841, Campbell, CA 95011 KMA@MartialArtsResource.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DMazor1026@aol.com Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:10:40 EDT Subject: the_dojang: This Month's Articles on the AAU Web Site Here are this month's articles on the AAU Web Site at http://www.aautaekwondo.org *Herb Perez to Head AAU Coaches Program *Training Tip: Improving Your Speed *AAU Tournaments & Events Schedule *Coaching: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty *Herb Perez Olympic Sparring Training Tapes Now Available *Officials' Corner: A Friend Passes The Torch - -Dave ------------------------------ From: dbuehrer@denver.carl.org Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 08:32:49 -0700 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #384 From: LJSFLEM@aol.com \ \ 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). That, IMHO, is just plain wrong. If someone has an injury, they should not be expected to do anything to aggravate that injury. If someone has a medical condition they should not be told to ignore it if they start to express symptoms. If I had a child and something like that happened, I'd pull him out of class first thing and find another school. \ 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 Keep looking for another school. What happened is not indicative of Martial Arts (at the Dojang I go to that would have never happened, at the first sign of trouble he would have been *told* to use his inhaler and sit out until he was better). - -David Buehrer - -- Supervisor, Database Preparation The UnCover Company mailto:dbuehrer@denver.carl.org - -- - -- "Take the time to laugh, it's the music of the soul." ------------------------------ From: "Alexander, Stephen (Nexfor)" Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:43:07 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Friday Chat. Just wanted to take a minute to thank Ray for putting in the time to set up the guest for the Friday night chat. It was interesting, and not bad for your first kick at the cat. Maybe next time you can get a guest like Chuck Norris..? :) Steve Alexander To win 100 victories in 100 battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill. Sun Tzu / Gichin Funakoshi ....... Take your pick ! ------------------------------ From: Paula Weston Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 11:13:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: the_dojang: How Does Your Dojang Train? Dear Fellow Martial Artists, I'm researching the training methods of dojangs for both personal and professional reasons (I'm a freelance writer working on two very different tkd articles, one a profile of a high rank and the other more general about--tada!--training methods). The studio where I study engages in rigorous outdoor training several weekends each year. On the last weekend of summer months, many of us travel to a campground for intensive training. There's a two-hour session Friday night, in the woods, in the dark, on a steep hill; an hour-and-a-half Saturday morning session in a meadow on a steep hill; a three-hour Saturday afternoon session that moves between the woods and the meadow (all steep inclines) and concludes in the Mohican River; and a two-hour Sunday morning session that can encompass a little bit of everything. The training isn't "special" in that it's not anything we don't do in the studio. We practice kicking, basic movements, forms, free fighting, one-step and three-step self defenses--anything we'd do indoors, but in more challenging settings. We've been treated to two 90+-degree weekend so far this summer. :) There will be at least two more weekend camps before this year is over, a weekend camp (where we will sleep indoors, and not in tents) at the end of January, and one in March. Does anyone train similarly? Does anyone know of any studio or dojang that also trains this way? What does your dojang do for training that goes beyond what is ordinarily expected in tkd training? I should add that this studio is non-competitive, and no one conducting the training is sadistic. Children often attend these camps and are watched over *very* carefully. I'm a 35-year-old 6th Gup, and although I sucked wind through the whole thing and generally thought I was going to die, I made it through my first camp two months ago as a 7th Gup. My second camp last month seemed much easier. Both were incredibly rewarding experiences. If you want to share information about your training but want to do so privately, please email me. Although I'm researching for publication as well as personal reasons, I will use for publication only what I have permission to use. Ideally, I'd like to interview anyone who gives me permission to use his or her information. Anonymity is also guaranteed for anyone who wants it, and no one and no studio will be mentioned by name without permission. Thanks in advance for your help! paula ------------------------------ From: Chris McKenna Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:11:55 +0100 Subject: the_dojang: Info Req'd Having just been training on Saturday, I am now hobling to and from work as I try and heal the 2" crater on the ball of my foot...that is some sort of super-blister gone wrong! I was leaving little blood spots everywhere I walked by the end of the class! (I cleaned up as soon as I realised I was leaking). Now what I want to know is , How does everyone else deal with the problem of blisters and Martial Art Training? I feel that I have tried everything from wearing MA shoes to tuffening up my feet with surgical spirit, but nothing seams to work any better than anything else I try. Help! Chris Mckenna GTF Scotland PS. I can tell everyone reading that pouring Methylated Spirits on a red-raw shiny new patch of skin in the hope that it is instantly toughened up is not ONLY a really stupid idea but that it is beyond agony! >:~( ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: the_dojang: Friday Chat. > Just wanted to take a minute to thank Ray for putting in the time to set up > the guest for the Friday night chat. It was interesting, and not bad for > your first kick at the cat. Maybe next time you can get a guest like Chuck > Norris..? :) Thanks, it was fun. And thanks to Ronda J. Sweet for being our first featured guest. Maybe we could get that Stephen Alexander guy to be our next guest.?. :) Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:19:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #386 ******************************** 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. 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