From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V7 #577 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Sun, 27 Aug 2000 Vol 07 : Num 577 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: new job, new life, new dojang and a wing chun dummy the_dojang: Hapkido 9th Dans the_dojang: Sydney the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1000+ 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: ChunjiDo@aol.com Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:13:05 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: new job, new life, new dojang and a wing chun dummy In a message dated 8/26/00 7:30:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: << Expect to pay $500 to $900 for a good one. But, you can make your own for less. >> yikes! i'm certain it's worth it, but i might be making one from those plans :). this is for my garage turned dojang and a few students. maybe down the road when i have a store front, i'll get a professionally made dummy. things are looking up in my neck of the woods. i quit my job as an HR/CS/Facilities manager in retail and am getting back into good old security work. just your basic 7:30 am to 3:30 pm M-F, and none of the ups and downs days, nights and weekends of retail. we're tearing out the garage door, putting in french doors, redoing the walls and closing in the space for a dojang. i sell some puzzle mat flooring so i can get that incredibly cheaply, along with most of the other staples. i've got quite a bit of the basics already and several students lined up. it's exciting, going from a 60 hour work week (not including the martial arts supply) to a 37-40 hour work week again. i have time for a life now. i have time for martial arts again. the martial arts acted as my safety valve in the past. i've been relatively stress free, or at least easily able to handle any stress that came my way, and it's because of the martial arts. i can directly trace my positive attitude back to when i started martial arts. i was somewhat of an angry and negative person before i got into the arts. what a truly awesome experience it has been to _live_ in the spirit of the arts and not simply _practise_ them. for the past few months i was unable, too tired, unwilling, whatever...to live the way. and what a huge mistake that was. i could actually feel my stress levels rise in response to work issues. the farther away i was from the time i had last been able to work out and or meditate, the less able i was to handle work stressors. needless to say, i'm so fortunate to have things falling into place right now....although, i admit, i've worked to make them fall into the right places :). i'm getting my life back....thanks for letting me share that with you. melinda kidder Chajonshim Martial Arts Supply http://www.chajonshim.com ------------------------------ From: "jere-hilland" Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:41:08 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Hapkido 9th Dans <...I would like to here more about wht what the early student of Choi that you talked with had to say. My best Todd> I am just about finished putting together a web page with pictures from this trip. I am separating it to two categories. One for family and one for hapkido which will include pictures with him, of a bowing ceremony Dr. Kimm led us through at the grave of Choi Yong Sul, doing tai chi at sunrise in a city park in Peking, etc. I have 13 CD's of pictures to finishing going through... Jere R. Hilland BTW Todd, Dr. Kimm took several pages of notes as he rode with him in the car on the way to Taegu. His lecture to us at the mountain was not near as comprehensive, although Dr. Kimm did relay some of his stories. One of my students on the trip took notes for me. They are being typed. JRH ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 8:24:47 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Sydney Sunday, August 27 Terrorist cell in Auckland New Zealand Herald By JOHN ANDREWS, WORLD EXCLUSIVE New Zealand detectives have foiled a possible terrorist plot to target a nuclear reactor in Sydney, venue for next month's Olympic Games. Partly as a result of a police investigation in Auckland, Australian authorities may order the Lucas Heights reactor, on Sydney's southern outskirts, to shut down. The plot may have been hatched by Afghani sympathisers of Osama bin Laden, the Western world's most wanted terrorist - a suggestion that is believed to have raised alarm in official circles. Weekend Herald sources revealed that members of what appears to be a clandestine cell of Afghan refugees in Auckland continue to maintain direct telephone links with suspected terrorist organisations in their strife-torn homeland, including the Mujahadeen, a fundamentalist Muslim volunteer group. Detectives in Auckland stumbled on the apparent reactor conspiracy during an investigation into people-smuggling by organised crime syndicates. They conducted a series of house raids in March and found evidence suggesting a conspiracy to attack Lucas Heights: * The lounge of a Mt Albert home was converted into a virtual command centre, complete with conference table and maps. * A Sydney street map was found with the site of the 1950s era reactor and access routes to it highlighted. * Entries in a notebook outlined police security tactics, standards and chains of command for the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990. * Signs of a clandestine cell of refugees granted New Zealand residency. Agreeing that the evidence had sinister overtones, a senior detective told the Weekend Herald: "It is circumstantial and suspicious. If it was not for the Sydney games, they [Australian authorities] would not be so tetchy. There is quite a bit of interest there." Copies of the seized material had been sent to Australia. The detective said the fact that an Iranian refugee possessed police tactic notes could be construed as an attempt to work out how police would respond in certain situations. Readers could conclude that police methods were similar throughout the West. The big question was: why did they have those notes? "The worry is they can fly out, do the job and come back in," he said. "Why do this if you are trying to get away from the nastiness? There's something funny about them. "The average refugees want to make a home for themselves, get away from difficulties they confronted in the past and relish peace and tranquillity." The marked street map showing Lucas Heights was in the possession of a man from the Iran-Afghanistan region, who claimed he found it inside a National Geographic magazine he bought at a garage sale. The messages on the map, seemingly in Western-style handwriting, appear to indicate the author has some knowledge of police surveillance measures. It is understood no arrests have been made connected to any anti-reactor plot or anti-Western criminal conspiracy, but investigations are continuing. Investigators believe that, while most refugees are probably genuine in their efforts to obtain sanctuary, the ultimate aim of those involved in clandestine cells is to support, finance and create mayhem in countries such as the United States. New Zealand residency is especially attractive to them because they are more likely to avoid suspicion when entering target countries on New Zealand passports, said one investigator. Police say the cell they uncovered consisted of about 20 mainly Afghani refugees in Auckland who, they believe, have been familiarising themselves with the Western way of doing things, possibly as a forerunner to foreign forays. Delving deeper into the cell's affairs, detectives began to suspect some newcomers were using the relative obscurity and remoteness of New Zealand as a launching pad for more sinister activity. They found strong indications that at least some had military training and were engaged in armed conflicts before being granted New Zealand residency. Photographs of new New Zealand residents brandishing AK-47s point to their earlier lifestyles. Officers believe some refugees granted residency have fought previously in hotspots such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Bosnia, Chechnya, Somalia and SriLanka. The Auckland police investigation has revealed another worrying aspect - the frequency of trips supposedly near-penniless refugees have made to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Bin Laden, for whom the United States Government is offering a $US 5 million ($11.65 million) reward, is a multi-millionaire Saudi extremist living under the wing of the ruling Taleban in Afghanistan. Accused of motivating Muslims worldwide to commit terrorist acts, he has told his followers that their only means to reach heaven was to attack the United States and Israel. Department of Immigration statistics for the past two years show about 200 Afghanis had their applications for refugee status approved and 17 were declined. Police revelations have prompted official alarm on both sides of the Tasman. New Zealand law enforcement agents are liaising with their counterparts in Australia, the United States, Canada and Britain while trying to keep one step ahead of potential terrorists. The Sydney Morning Herald reported calls in April last year for the Lucas Heights reactor to be shut down for the Sydney Olympics, as Atlanta authorities did with a smaller research facility there before the 1996 games. The Herald quoted a leading anti-reactor campaigner as saying nuclear authorities in Australia acknowledged a potential terrorism threat when they increased security at the Lucas Heights reactor during the 1990 Gulf War. Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported, also in April last year, that Australia's spy agency - the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation - was investigating claims that bin Laden was trying to recruit members in the city. ASIO and counter-terrorist police were on alert following sensational allegations which emerged in a court case in which an Iraqi national was accused of attacking a family for refusing to join bin Laden's extremist Muslim group. New Zealand Herald ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 8:26:44 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V7 #577 ******************************** 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. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. 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