From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #498 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Wed, 13 Oct 1999 Vol 06 : Num 498 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #496 the_dojang: Re: Advice to the new guy (#497) the_dojang: In search of Master Chung the_dojang: THE_DOJANG-DIGEST the_dojang: Attention: Kim Jones in Yongsan 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: MJD99AB@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:36:56 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #496 Hi Ray, no I studied under Master Gedo Chang in Lombard and also Master Kang Hoon Lee in Chicago on Montrose. My comment was in no way meant to put down either of these Masters or thier systems...I loved training with both of them, but it was suggested that the Combat Hapkido system had many less techniques than "traditional" Hapkido, and thats simply not the case since I have trained in both. Master Pellegrinis system has at least as many techniques as thiers do any more if you include the ground grappling techniques. Master Lee is still located on Montrose and Im pretty sure Mater Chang is still in Lombard..I havent trained with him since about 1990. Mark ------------------------------ From: Tom Marker Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:27:53 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Re: Advice to the new guy (#497) >From: "Mike Roberts" >Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:08:16 GMT >Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #496 > >what I want to study. there are so many choices and everyone says they are >the best. One person told me it was the instructor more than the style, he >said I should find a good instructor. That makes sense, so I will see. Hey, who else said they're the best, because I know that my school is the best! :) In all seriousness, I really do think the instructor is more important than the style, especially for self-defense. I've seen a lot of people who may be very talented, but are unable to convey to their students the applications of forms/techniques, or even the theory behind them. Check out a class or two and make sure the instructor is someone you can learn from. You should also try to find a style that suits your body type and flexibility well. My art of choice has been Tang Soo Do, because my body felt comfortable doing it, and the instructor is a phenomenal teacher. Of course, I'm just studying Tang Soo Do until I get into shape for Sumo:) Let us know how the search goes! Tang Soo! - --- Tom Marker marker.11@osu.edu ------------------------------ From: JEREMYT@ATFI.COM (JeremyT) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:49:39 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: In search of Master Chung Ray wrote: "Was one of them a Master Chung?" Which Master Chung are you refering too? I can ask my GM to see if he may know him. Jeremy WJDKF/MACS ------------------------------ From: steve.hansen@sbaonline.gov Date: Wed, 13 Oct 99 10:51:38 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: THE_DOJANG-DIGEST To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Hi Van, @>>From: "Van Niel, JJ" @>>Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:54:02 -0400 @>>Subject: the_dojang: Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido vs. other forms of Karate @>>Hi, @>>I have been taking Tae Kwon Do for about a month now (I have no previous @>>martial arts experience) and have a couple of questions/concerns. @>>1) I have heard a couple of people mention that Tae Kwon Do is not as @>>effective as Karate or Kung Fu because it focuses mainly on kicks. If this @>>is true does Hapkido help to combat this so called "weakness"? In addition @>>can you tell me some of the diferences between Hapkido, Combat Hapkido and @>>Tae Kwon Do? I am not an instructor or master, but I have studied TKD for about six years now, and I believe TKD used as defense is just as effective if not more so than some of the other martial arts. Of course it depends on your own personal abilities, it you study sport or self-defense style, etc. I personally train in self defense because I have no need for the sport style. Although there is a place for it for those who train for excercise, and comradarie , etc. I have also studied an unknown style of Karate called Zanchin (not Sanchin) under Keith Mabon and for me, TKD is alot more effective. I am a small man weighing only 145 and I just don't have the strength in my arms it takes for alot of the Karate manuvers and counters whereas with TKD I have trained my legs enough to be very effective if needed. @>>2) One of the things I like about Tae Kwon Do is that once you are a purple @>>belt you can practice full contact sparring (My dojang is WTA affiliated). @>>Why don't many other forms of martial arts do this and what are the @>>benefits/drawbacks to this. This is one aspect of Tae Kwon Do I also like. I am a mild manered person who doesn't like to fight or inflict pain on others, but the full contact sparring in my oppinion is need if one is to know what it feels like to get into a real street fight. We practice what my instructor calls Street Sparring even at the lower levels (not white or yellow). We suit up an go full contact. Within limits, of course. When I studied under Master Mabon we only sparred with him, and there was "no" full contact until you reached the Brown Belt level. To me, I feel this is a real drawback. @>>3) Is it good to practice two forms of martial arts ie. Tae Kwon Do and @>>Hapkido, or is it better to just focus on one? This is just "my" oppinion, but I think that TKD and Hapkido should go together as long as the person training in both doesn't get the two con- fussed in class. An Hapkido locks and throws if done improper or on one not suspecting it, can be very dangerous. Such as using Hapkido in TKD class. That is just my two cents worths. Steve Hansen AMAFF Steve A.K.A. - Viper steve.hansen@sbaonline.gov ___ * UniQWK v4.1 * The Windows Mail Reader ------------------------------ From: 4karate@bellsouth.net Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:47:21 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Attention: Kim Jones in Yongsan Kim....I need to get in tough with you to ask you a favor. John Hancock 4karate@bellsouth.net ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #498 ******************************** 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.