From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #195 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Mon, 26 March 2001 Vol 08 : Num 195 In this issue: the_dojang: Hapkido Self Defense Center the_dojang: Big Kens slip of the tongue. the_dojang: Re: Hapkido the_dojang: Korean Studies Conference at U of Michigan the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #194 the_dojang: "Wrong info on Korean still abounds on Net" the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1111 members strong! Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The premier internet discussion forum devoted to the Korean Martial Arts. 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 the online search engine for back issues of The_Dojang at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dennis McHenry" Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:07:12 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: Hapkido Self Defense Center <> Congratulations Jere!! Good Luck. Mac ------------------------------ From: Dave Weller Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:24:38 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: Big Kens slip of the tongue. >From: Ken McDonough Posted: >Ken "Big Slip Daddy" McD... > >("Its got the competition clutch with the four on the floor, and....la la >til the ...roar...and if that ain't enough to flip your lid, there's one >more thing--its got the big slip, daddy !") > > Not Pink Slip Darn it Ken, I love ya man, BUT.... follow this link for the truth: http://www.cabinessence.com/brian/lyrics/surfer_girl.html#6 It seems to be "pink slip, daddy." But what the heck, I always thought Jimi Hendrix was saying "excuse me while I kiss this guy" ..... For further confirmation go to: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/543/cap.html#l Just so I slip in a little martial arts here, I noticed some comments on a korean version of Tai Chi. I am wondering if anyone familiar with this could tell me which Chinese Family style it is based on (Chen, Yang, Wu(Hao), Wu(Chian Chuan), or Sun)? The link presented did not go into much detail about the source of this style...... Any help out there ??? dave weller student wtf tkd "Practice a thousand hours and you learn self discipline. Practice ten thousand hours and you learn about yourself." Myamoto Musashi ------------------------------ From: "Dana Vaillancourt" Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:41:45 Subject: the_dojang: Re: Hapkido Congrats Sa Bum Hillard! Best of luck in your family endeavor! >From: "jere-hilland" >Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:35:07 -0500 >Subject: the_dojang: Hapkido > >This past Friday I retired from the insurance business. I am pleased to >announce the creation of the Hapkido Self Defense Center. A full time >dojang >dedicated to hapkido! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:30:13 PST Subject: the_dojang: Korean Studies Conference at U of Michigan ANNOUNCEMENT: KOREAN STUDIES CONFERENCE, MAY 4-6, 2001 For abstracts of all the papers that will be presented, go to the conference website: http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/ksp/2001-conference/index.html - -------------------------------------------- "Between Colonialism and Nationalism: Power and Subjectivity in Korea, 1931-1950" dates: The conference begins on Friday morning, May 4th, and runs through Sunday afternoon, May 6th. conference site: International Institute, #1636, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor About the Conference: While acknowledging the defensive and democratic aspects of Korean nationalist resistance against Japanese colonial rule, and the violent and unique aspects of Japanese colonialism in Korea, this conference will consider new narrative strategies for writing the histories power and consciousness in Korea during these two tumultuous decades marked by mobilization, collapse of empire, new interventions, and then civil war. By examining the parallels and interaction between Japanese colonialism and Korean nationalism in the 1930s, between Japanese colonialism and post-1945 intervention by Soviet and American forces in Korea, and between colonial modernity and nation-state building efforts in post-1945 Korea, we seek a more critical understanding of the ideology and practice of colonialisms and nationalisms in 20th century East Asia. This conference has been made possible with the support of grants from the Korea Foundation and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. Additional support came from a number of sources within the University of Michigan, including the Korean Studies Program, the Center for Japanese Studies, the International Institute, the Graduate School, the Institute for the Humanities, the Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures, and OVPR. This conference is open to the public, but seating is limited. If you wish to attend, you must acquire advance permission from Kristy Demas, the conference coordinator: Kristy Demas, Coordinator Korean Studies Program 1080 South University, Suite 3663 School of Social Work Building Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 Tel: (734) 764-1825 Email: kdemas@umich.edu ------------------------------ From: Chereecharmello@aol.com Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:05:14 EST Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #194 I am starting a product website for our school... Does anyone use an internet shopping cart? If so, what company and have you had any problems with them? Thank You in advance! Cheree chereecharmello@aol.com www.cskimkaratebloomfield.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:39:44 PST Subject: the_dojang: "Wrong info on Korean still abounds on Net" Forwarding... Ray http://www.koreaherald.com Wrong info on Korea still abounds on Net recognition throughout the world, there is still a lot of erroneous information circulating on the Web that could mar the national image and integrity of Korea and its people, a recent Web report found. The Korean Information Service (KOIS) conducted a month-long intensive research on the Web and spotted 515 errors in information on Korea from 369 Web sites, said the state agency for overseas publicity of Korean affairs. KOIS commissioned the Web project to a team of 30 graduate students majoring in mass communications at Sogang University in order to review the English-language Web content on Korea and address these problems more actively. Under the guidance of Prof. Kim Hak-soo, evaluation work was conducted according to three sets of criteria - the accuracy, objectivity and timeliness of the information listed - said Park Jung-yul, the KOIS official who directed the research efforts. The uncovered errors range from outright mistakes and simple statistical oversights to prejudicial comments and intentional criticism targeting particular aspects of Korean culture, history and society. Blamed for running inadequate information most frequently were a host of Web sites operated by private corporations with 212 cases, trailed by public educational sites and individual sites with 103 and 71 cases, respectively, the survey found. The area where wrong information on Korea was found more often was history with 102 cases, while 55 and 52 cases of incorrect information were reported at local geography and Korean culture-travel sites. In particular, one of the most common blunders in geography was in the reference to the body of water that lies east of the Korean Peninsula. Even though it is called the East Sea in Korea, a large number of Web sites are unilaterally describing the geographical entity as the Sea of Japan in accordance with the Japanese style. The sheer lack of knowledge on Korea has also reared its ugly head in a way, for instance, that the "People's Flag" of North Korea represents South Korea as seen in such trade-travel sites as www.magister.com.tr/network/network.htm and www.laurasmidiheaven.com. As for other individual cases, the martial arts page of the University of Montana (www.bsktd.com) implied that martial arts were created in Korea under the historical context concerning numerous invasions it faced, thus negating the roots of Korean martial arts. Even though martial arts arose as a common phenomenon in ancient times to develop fighting skills, the Web site, which also lists vast information on other martial arts traditions in Asia, reduces the Korean discipline merely to an accidental development dependent on outside factors. "As a crossroads between Chinese, Mongol, Siberian, and Japanese military developments, Korea's historical exposure to fighting arts dates back nearly two millennium. Ironically, this lack of isolation did not permit a strong identity of indigenous martial art development, but rather fostered transitional and adoptive methods of armed and unarmed combat," the Web site notes, adding that modern Korean martial arts were "founded on Japanese styles." A group of Web sites created by individuals and online travel firms tended to depend on stereotypes and generalize the local situation based upon their personal observations. Explaining ways to win respect from Koreans, Goalasia.com, a referral service for teaching positions in Asia, contributes to fostering an overconfident attitude with prospective language instructors. The Web site advises that Westerners need to display their strong individuality as Koreans "fear (their) strength of character." In the travel Web site at www.marimari.com, the Korean national treasure of the Koryo blue celadon is explained with a graphic image of a white porcelain from the Choson period. The KOIS report also expressed serious concerns with Web campaigns against some particular aspects of Korean culture and traditions as a source of generating negative views of Korea. The U.S.-based animal rights site at www.enviroweb.org portrays Koreans as "murderers" with regard to the local custom of eating dogs and compares Koreans killing dogs to Hitler who masterminded the massacre of the Jews. In a case that can be viewed as politically incorrect, the USFK, which has stayed here over the last 50 years, flatly defines Korea as a "potential combat zone" in its Web page at www.korea.army.mil. With no actual, specific information attached on local conditions, the Web content, though technically true, posted by the institution that shores up one pillar of Korean defense cannot help but impart a negative image of Korea and unfounded fear of war to unidentified masses, observers said. "Some information on Korea during the Cold War era does contradict the rapid detente momentum taking place on the Korean Peninsula in recent years and is becoming obsolete to be replaced in correct terms," said Park of KOIS. In order to tackle the unwanted distorted image of Korea on the Web, KOIS plans to host "Internet error hunting games," a public event aimed at finding out erroneous information on Korea, and will continue to demand corrections with host sites. "KOIS is resolved to monitor the contents of Korea-related Web sites and provide correct information on the Net in order to help generate an accurate image of the country," Park said. (khjack@koreaherald.co.kr) By Choe Yong-shik Staff reporter ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:41:15 PST Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V8 #195 ******************************** It's a great day for Taekwondo! Support the USTU by joining today. 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