From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #458 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Wed, 15 Sept 1999 Vol 06 : Num 458 In this issue: the_dojang: Improvement? the_dojang: Boxing the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #454 the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #454 the_dojang: RE: Losing web site the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~750 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: dbuehrer@denver.carl.org Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:04:34 -0700 Subject: the_dojang: Improvement? While taking Hapkido I've noticed an interesting progression with my break falls. When I first started my break falls were pretty sloppy. At 8th Kup I was introduced to throws and axe kicks (and the like) and found incentive to practice my break falls :) After working hard (and a few hard landings) my break falls reached a point where I was fairly comfortable being throw to the ground by the instructors and fellow students. About a month ago I started having problems with my break falls: my hand was hitting the ground long before my body. I really wasn't breaking my fall. I was sticking my arm out (and in danger of breaking it). I finally figured out what's going wrong. I'm breakfalling to quickly. Instead of waiting until I'm just about to hit the ground before breaking my fall I'm trying to break my fall *way* to early. Now I'm working on waiting until the ground gets close before breaking my fall. I've found the whole experience very amusing. I went from not being able to breakfall at all, to breakfalling well, to breakfalling to well (quickly). There are a lot of little circles in life :) Anyone else have a similar experience(s)? - -David Buehrer - -- Supervisor, Database Preparation The UnCover Company mailto:dbuehrer@denver.carl.org - -- - -- "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all of our lives." - -Einstein ------------------------------ From: "kadin goldberg" Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:46:30 MDT Subject: the_dojang: Boxing I was just wondering... Is boxing consitered a martial art. Not kickboxing or anything but just plain boxing, I believe it is but not exactaly sure. Thanx alot, Kadin ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: d.d.parker@juno.com Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:03:10 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #454 Andrew, My Swedish wife and Turkish sister-in-law would disagree with your statement saying that "the web does recognize umlauted letters". It does. All one needs is a keyboard that is configured to type them in. The reason the academic community uses capital letters is because of the configuration of their keyboards, not because of an inability of the web to transmit such characters. It will be interesting to see the reception by the academic community of these new transliteration systems. Cheers, Daniel ------------------------------ From: Eric Mueller Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:46:09 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #454 > From: Jack Jensen > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 02:44:18 -0500 > Subject: the_dojang: youth injury problems? > > Are there any recommended guidelines, or just any thoughts, on what > restrictions should be placed on kids practicing? My 5 year old is going > to start, but I read a book, something like Martial Arts for Youth, and > have serious concerns about strains to his joints and ligaments. Is it > possible to practice without locking out one's joints, and if so, is that > what he should do? Any problems with breaking boards, and which pads > should he be using? Thanks for any help! > > ------------------------------ Jack, Hopefully you as the parent shouldn't need to put restrictions on what your 5 yr old does, or doesn't do during practice - that should be the Job of the instructor. I think your concerns are very well founded, children are NOT "just little adults" - neither psychologically nor physiologically; and it is imperative that your childs martial arts instructor recognize these differences and incorporate modifications in his training curriculum to ensure and maximize his/her students safety as well as learning and enjoyment. Talk with your Child's prospective instructor(s) and ask him about your concerns, he/she should have an excellent knowledge of sports physiology, and be able to address your concerns in depth. Here are a couple of pointers: - You are right in that fully extending a snap kick without contacting a target ('air-kicking') can cause painful and potentially damaging hyper extension of the joint. This holds true for big guys as well as children - Front Snap kicks, Roundhouse Kicks etc. should always be practiced against a target or with specific instructions not to fully extend the limb (if 'air-kicking') - - Kids have 'more' Bones than grownups. Its True! Childrens long bones contain growth plates (epiphysis), which is a secondary bone forming center separated from the 'parent' bone by cartilage. For example, the Femur (the long Leg bone) of an adult is one unit, but in a child it consists of the femur head, epiphysis, long bone, epiphysis, and patellar surface - and depending on the age of the child the long bone may also have cartilaginous separations which will eventually ossify into 'real' bone. - - Kids can get dehydrated easier than adults. Simple physics - kids have more surface area per unit volume than adults. Make sure they are mandated to replenish their fluids often. Hope this helps, I gotta go (take my son & myself to practice) Eric Mueller RN an injury to a child's epiphysis (growth plate) could be devestating ------------------------------ From: ABurrese@aol.com Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:37:44 EDT Subject: the_dojang: RE: Losing web site Andrew, Can you repost the address to the site. Would like to check it out before it is gone. Alain ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:07:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #458 ******************************** Support the USTU by joining today! 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