From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #440 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Sat, 1 July 2000 Vol 07 : Num 440 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #433 the_dojang: NEWS-Taekwondo Star forfeits dream the_dojang: Re: TKD to HKD, poor form the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. 960 members strong! Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry and 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 five years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Meixner1@aol.com Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:28:39 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #433 In a message dated 6/28/00 9:02:43 AM Central Daylight Time, the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: > I was at a tournament this weekend and while I was doing my form right near > the end the whole room dis-appeared and a few moments later I realised that > there were 5 judges staring at me and I was shaking very badly, then I > remembered that I was competing and bowed out. I suffered a very low blood > sugar episode. I should of known better, but they did not allow any food or > drink besides water into the gym and I was so wrapped up in competing to > take time "out" to eat so I was doing my form at 5pm without any food all > day. It was all a bit scary. > > Anything ever happen like this to anyone before? > > Sandy I know what it is like to go blank and have several people staring down at you because about a week ago at a state tournament of TKD while I was sparing I was apparently knocked out and when I woke up I had a splitting headache with a paramedic and the referee staring down at me. After they allowed me to get up I was very off balance. The headache lasted all through the rest of the day and that was about ten in the morning. It has been coming back every now and then. My coach was not at this tournament because he was in Korea and will start class again after the Fourth of July, he left in mid-March. ------------------------------ From: ABurrese@aol.com Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 10:20:32 EDT Subject: the_dojang: NEWS-Taekwondo Star forfeits dream Forfeiting dream made Kim 'feel like champion' By Sharon Raboin USA TODAY Taekwondo star Esther Kim says ''making the Olympic team is something I've dreamed about my whole life.'' She was one step away last month, reaching the finals of the Olympic trials, where she would fight her best friend and training partner, Kay Poe. But there was a problem. Poe, ranked No. 1 in the world in the flyweight division, had injured her left knee in her last match. ''She was bawling she was in so much pain,'' says Kim, 20, of Houston. ''It seemed like every second that went by, her knee swelled up more. It was like it was going to explode.'' Battling her longtime friend, who couldn't even stand up, didn't seem fair. So Kim made an instant and remarkable decision, one that will be long remembered in today's era of me-first athletes. She opted to forfeit, automatically sending Poe to the Olympics, where taekwondo makes its debut. ''I thought, 'It's not like I'm going to be throwing my dream away,' '' Kim says. ''I'm just going to be handing it over to Kay.'' Kim's sacrifice was rewarded Monday. She was one of 12 Olympic, professional, college and high school athletes given the Citizenship Through Sports Award, which recognizes exemplary citizenship, sportsmanship, ethical conduct and community service, at a luncheon hosted by USA TODAY. It was the latest affirmation of her selfless action. Shortly after the Olympic trials, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch called Kim to tell her that the IOC would pay for her and her father, who coaches both women, to go to the Sydney Olympics as a reward for her ''fair play.'' ''She probably -- more than a lot of people who have competed -- deserves to be called an Olympian,'' says Mike Moran of the U.S. Olympic Committee. ''If you believe there is an Olympic ideal, a special spirit, she proved it. ''What she did, if we're lucky, will be emulated. It's one of the most remarkable things I've seen in sports in all my life.'' All of this praise is overwhelming to Kim, who knew deep in her heart that she was doing the right thing. ''Even though I didn't have the gold medal around me, for the first time in my life, I felt like a real champion.'' But Kim, who devoted 14 years to training, wondered if others would agree. ''After it happened, I was scared to go home,'' she says. ''I was afraid people would be so mad at me. 'Are you crazy? How could you give up the spot? I don't care if they didn't have arms or legs, I'd fight.' '' Kim has endured some criticism but says the support is stronger. Jin W. Kim respects his daughter's choice, saying, ''I've prayed to God, 'Help give Esther strength.' ''I want her to believe it was the right decision forever and ever.'' ------------------------------ From: Kim Jones Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 09:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: Re: TKD to HKD, poor form Sir, You say that the TKD students coming into your HKD dojang don't fully rotate their hips and/or bend the knee. I don't think it's a reflection of just the training, but a lack of someone teaching them and then reiterating the proper motion often enough. You are right in saying there SHOULD be power and correct form...a roundhouse kick is a roundhouse kick, but it is NOT one if the hips aren't fully rotated and the kick isn't flicked and brought back (using quick motions about the knee in throwing the kick out, going through and bringing it back). The sport aspect of TKD requires that you keep your body parts--to include elbows and knees--in as much as possible so as to guard the trunk of the body, the scoring area. Plus, it also helps keep the body from continuing to move in one direction...kinda like fighting excess inertia. (On a side note, I took HKD my 8th grade year...now going into my freshman year of college and having done TKD for all four high school years, I'm just NOW getting some kicks to look recognizeable. It's all a lack of focused training and rehabilitation of bad habits plus someone getting your attention and telling you, "hey, you should be doing this instead.") It's just a matter of instruction and then, on the person's part, practice practice practice. ===== ~~Kim Jones (*ladytimberland@yahoo.com*) http://kenochi_timberland.tripod.com/ ICQ: 52828008 AOL: Lady Timberland "The path of excess leads to the tower of wisdom." Enigma, "Gravity of Love" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 14:03:18 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V7 #440 ******************************** It's a great day for Taekwondo! 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 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. Copyright 1994-2000: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.