From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #552 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Fri, 28 Sept 2001 Vol 08 : Num 552 In this issue: the_dojang: Rites of Passage Festival the_dojang: Re: Leaving for Korea too the_dojang: Re:how to E-mail from Korea the_dojang: Thanks For Kind Advice Re: Testosterone stuff?? the_dojang: Basic Motion the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1000 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://MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 18:30:21 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Rites of Passage Festival Rites of Passage Festival Due at Nat'l Folk Art Museum September 27, 2001 A pan-Asian festival highlighting rituals held to mark stages in an individual's life is set for Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 at the National Museum of Folk Art and the grounds of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul. The Rites of Passage Festival 2001 will focus on universally acknowledged stages of life -- birth, coming of age, marriage, funerals and ancestor worship -- as practiced in traditional Korean and Central Asian cultures. Ceremonies related to these events will be staged at the museum and the area surrounding it. The festivities commence at 10 a.m. on Saturday with a performance that centers on the sottae, a pole with a bird sculpture on top, often placed at the entrance to a village, which is a symbol of communal worship, protecting villagers and warding off evil spirits. The bird atop the pole is said to communicate with the gods on the villagers behalf. Every day for the duration of the festival, visitors will be treated to three performances each by the Central Asian groups. The State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble of Mongolia is on at 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. singing about the primeval taiga forests, vast tundra and windswept steppes of the region, along with dances passed down for generations. The Uzbek state vocal and choreographic ensemble Lazgi is presenting the concert program The Khorezm Wedding, an hour-long song, dance and comedy performance, at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The ensemble will recreate a typical Uzbekistan wedding, a colorful and entertaining event. Finally, from Kyrgyzstan a singing duo presents a repertoire that conveys the joys and sorrows of life for this nomadic culture. They will sing at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The gamut of Korea's own cradle-to-grave rites of passage are covered in a series of events during the festival. A traditional wedding will be enacted at 1 p.m., and the kwollyon taekkyon, a martial arts match between two teams for the honor of the village, is scheduled for noon daily. A kut or shamanic ritual from Chungcheong Province will be demonstrated from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and again from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day of the festival except Oct. 3. On Sept. 29 and Oct. 3 at 12:30 p.m., a reenactment of a traditional funeral, this one from the Amsa-dong area in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, will take place at the National Folk Art Museum. Along a similar vein, a Buddhist ceremony called youngsanjae jakbop takes place on Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. The ceremony involves prayers for an easy passage into eternity. On a lighter note, family games are planned for 3 p.m. each day, and the theater group Sadari will put on performances for children at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. during the festival. The Hangawi (Chuseok) festivities are hands-on events that involve all the senses. Among the highlights, for visual excitement, theres a traditional dance program showcasing Jeong Myeong-sook on Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. On Wednesday at the same time, Lee Ae-gyong will present dances relating to the harvest season. For the ears, a concert of traditional popular songs and folk tunes from the Kyonggi Province takes place on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. Then, for the tastebuds, everyone is invited to try their hand at making (and eating) the Hangawi rice cake songpyeon. A special set of events for Hangawi relating to North Korea is also slated, including dance performances, singing, exhibitions and kut rituals from the Hwanghae-do and Pyeongan-do areas of the North. The festival concludes with a ganggangsuwollae or celebratory dance of all participants on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Admission to the Gyeongbok Palace grounds is 700 won. For more information on the Rites of Passage Festival 2001, call 82-2-737-2466 or go to the Web site www.ropf.or.kr. ------------------------------ From: JSaportajr@aol.com Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:25:29 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: Leaving for Korea too I also will be leaving for Korea, October 11-24, with Master Hal Whalen and 10-12 (I forget exactly how many of us) from Master Whalen's Hapkido dojang. There was a great deal of discussion and soul searching about whether or not to go ahead with the trip after the events of 9-11-01, but in the end we have all decided to go. We will be training at the Hapkido Chungdo Kwan in Seoul with several GrandMasters of the Korea Hapkido Federation. They are exited for us to come and have been planning a great mix of training and some sightseeing for us. We will be training every day, most of the day and at the end of the two weeks, our trip will culminate for many of us in our black belt test. I am a third dan in WTF Taekwondo, and I will be testing for my first dan in Hapkido in Seoul along with several of my dojang brothers and sisters. Several others will be testing for their second dan. This trip is something I have wanted to do since I was fifteen. We have all been training very hard in anticipation of the trip, including meeting Master Whalen at 6am on Sundays of training. Ive also been running every day and doing tons of kicks and pushups, as the trip has inspired me to push the limits of my physical conditioning -- and I don't want to be embarrassed sucking wind in front of the Koreans. By the way, I am probably going to bring my lap top to Korea so that I can Email my family. Does any one know how I would use AOL from Korea?? Jose' ------------------------------ From: JSaportajr@aol.com Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:30:26 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re:how to E-mail from Korea Can anyone tell me how I would best go about using E-mail from Korea to the US? I plan on bringing my lap top and plugging into an AOL access number from the hotel phone line in Seoul. Will that work? Would the AOL I would plug into there be in English or Korean? Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks Jose' ------------------------------ From: hapki@gmx.net Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:00:57 +0900 Subject: the_dojang: Thanks For Kind Advice Re: Testosterone stuff?? Greetings Bruce, I thank you for your kind advice. Please note the injuries are "old" items (mostly related to a small war in S.E. Asia a few years ago) not as a result of Hapkido. The bit of pain to remind me to take it a little slower and pay more attention to technique is a signal I do not ignore. I have no wish to gather more injuries or be in more pain. The 5-day-per-week pace here in Korea is faster than where you live or my home country. Pacing my 52 year old body is very important thing for me to remember. Went as an observer with our dojang to my first Korea Hapkido Federation "testing" (Gup to Dan) over in Masan. Very interesting to see what performance is required to move from Gup to Dan. My instructor feels I may have progressed to attempt testing next Spring or Summer. I'm not really in a hurry but do hope to move from Gup to Dan before leaving Korea as there is no Hapkido or dojang in my country. Testosterone... I'll have to ask my wife about that when she arrives in Korea next week. She's from "Esan" & 22 years younger than me... Hmmm... Hapki! - Tao Koje, S. Korea ------------------------------ From: Charles Richards Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 04:49:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: Basic Motion To his additional credit, M West can do this with anyone that attends his seminars whether that person has had Hapkido training before, or not. No small trick. - ----------------------------------------------------- Bruce, as a TSD practitioner I must whole-heartedly agree. There are quite a few of us "Korean Karate" guys that attend the Jackson reunions, and come away with a wealth of knowledge to incorporate in our "hoshinsul." Master James Allison (My Master Instructor in HKDSMK) has also had an increasing number of non-HKD players attend his seminars in Georgia. Master Allison has often said to us "there are no good or bad martial arts, just good or bad instructors." I would have to put GM West and M. Allison in the "good instructor" side of the score sheet. Regards, Charles R. Moja Kwan TSD HKDSMK 3rd Gup __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 7:43:58 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V8 #552 ******************************** It's a great day for Taekwondo! Support the USTU by joining today. US Taekwondo Union, 1 Olympic Plaza, Ste 104C, 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 (top line, left justified) of a "plain text" e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.