From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #482 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Tues, 18 July 2000 Vol 07 : Num 482 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: Short hair in Korea the_dojang: I Was The Senior Student! the_dojang: RE: Sparring, HAND Contact to the Face/Head. Subject: the_dojang: RE: Sparring, HAND Contact to the Face/Head. the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #481 the_dojang: The "Sine Wave" the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. 925 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: ABurrese@aol.com Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:24:38 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: Short hair in Korea I asked my wife about the short hair and she said if it is real short, almost bald, is not good because it is like a criminal's or a gang member's. She said when you go to jail, they cut your hair, so it could look like you just got out of jail. So that could be one reason you were advised to grow your hair out. Yours in Training, Alain ------------------------------ From: Tim Bruening Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:33:51 -0700 Subject: the_dojang: I Was The Senior Student! Dear Martial Artists: July 17, 2000 Today, I was the senior student. I gave the commands to bow and recite the Tenants of Taekwondo. We then did jumping jacks, jogged around the room, did walking pushups, stretch kicks, round kicks, and practiced parrying punches. ------------------------------ From: "OES Pvv" Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:51:55 +0200 Subject: the_dojang: RE: Sparring, HAND Contact to the Face/Head. In TKD it is the ITF and it's offsprings (like GTF, ITA) do allow hand techniques to the head. For ITF and GTF the targeted area must be: From ear to ear and jaw to top front (no contact alowed to back side of head, top of head, or either side of neck.) This makes it most probable that a referee will give you a warning if you try a jab or backfist - as theese mostly vill hit outside the target area. "No" contact is allowed to head, but the definition of "no" is not the same from organisation to organisation - or referee to referee - or country to country......... There tend to be more contact allowed when higher ranks fight - but this should, in my opinnion, not be so. In ITF -a jumping punch gives 2 pts, while a "grounded" one gives one point. At lower ranks punshes is often the technique that scores (feets are to slow). Oyvind Saeter Norway ------------------------------ From: LenGWhite@cs.com Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:53:59 EDT Subject: Subject: the_dojang: RE: Sparring, HAND Contact to the Face/Head. Point sparring in TKD allows knife hand (strike with thumb tucked onto palm), front jab, and back hand to head (not face). Basically anywhere the headgear covers is OK. Excessive contact is not allowed. One point is awarded for this, same as hand contact to body. Of course in continuous, or Olympic style, hand contact of any kind to the head is not permitted. Len White ------------------------------ From: Daremo and Kitsune Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 06:36:32 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #481 >From: TKDSCRIBE@aol.com >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:03:10 EDT >Subject: the_dojang: AAU Taekwondo? > >In a message dated 7/16/00 6:52:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: > > > What is the AAU? Does it have anything to do with TKD? > > > > 1st dan WTF > > For your information, the AAU Taekwondo Committee is a "Group B" Member >of the US Taekwondo Union; the recognized governing body (NGB) for taekwondo >in America and under the US Olympic Committee. > For all practical purposes it seems more advantageous for a taekwondo >practitioner or dojang (club) to register directly through the USTU. Such >information may be found on the footer of this page. >SESilz > >------------------------------ But the AAU Taekwondo gives more opportunities to the student. More sets of poomse qualify for competition. It includes point sparring as a division. And it has a good insurance program to go along with the State, National and Junior Olympics competitions. You can receive AAU rank certification (often nationally recognized) and Kukkiwon certification (for that international recognition). Its a good solid prgram that offers the youth athlete a lot of opportunity. Young Eun 4th Dan AAU 2nd Dan Kukkiwon ------------------------------ From: "Farral, Kim G" Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:52:23 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: The "Sine Wave" Pil Sung...I haven't been around much lately, but have been trying to keep up with the postings...I've been following the "Sine Wave" postings for quite some time and I have decided to add my wee bit of opinion on the subject... It seems ( in my lil ole humble opinion) everyone is making way to big a deal out of this "Sine Wave" method of training...some educated American's terminology of developing power I am guessing...we American's seem to have to apply technical or catchy terms and phrases to describe everything that's basic and simple (this is my own personal guesswork at the term since I am not familiar with it's origin)... I was taught the "Sine Wave" before it was called that...we called it "Developing Power" (imagine that...Martial Artists developing power through timing the motion of their body with their technique...who would have thought)...The premise is very simple...drop your body weight and forward or backward motion into your technique...this is very well demonstrated as we practiced our punches out of a Riding-Horse stance and raised up on our toes as we began the punch then dropped to our heels as each punch reached the end of its travel...up and down motion...the "Sine Wave"...as we walked through our floor routines or practiced our Hyungs...we were initially taught to lift on the supporting toes and drop forward or backwards into the techniques...developing the same power and motion as we did out of the Riding-Horse stance...as we advanced in rank...around Yellow Belt level...we were taught to smooth out our motions by sweeping our foot in an arc as we stepped...barely touching the floor with the toes of the stepping foot as it arcs in towards the supporting foot and back out to complete the motion... this accomplishes 6 things (maybe more)... 1) As mentioned...it smoothes out the motions and lets the techniques flow 2) It maintains balance of the body without shifting the weight from side to side 3) It maintains the martial artist at one constant level or height as the body does not rise up and down in telegraphing, weight shifting motions 4) It helps set a proper width and length of stance 5) It provides a faster delivery of technique than raising up and down and shifting weight and balance 6) Most importantly it develops power by providing the hip motion, slight twisting of body, and dropping the body weight into each technique by dropping the heel of the arcing foot at the same time the technique reaches the end of its travel (everything happening at one time...same as the "sine wave") without bobbing up and down, shifting weight, and shifting balance... Anyway...that's how I teach...if you want to call it the "Sine Wave" that is up to the individual teaching...regardless of what you call it, it's still developing power...just make sure you are teaching it properly for all the right reasons... My 2.333 cents worth of opinion... The One and Only... Tink ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 6:47:19 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V7 #482 ******************************** 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.org 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. 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