From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #600 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Fri, 26 Oct 2001 Vol 08 : Num 600 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: School in Denver? the_dojang: Fw: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #599 the_dojang: Hapkido in Korea the_dojang: RE: Lau Gar Kung Fu vs TKD/TSD the_dojang: Taekwondo calendar the_dojang: (no subject) the_dojang: Ssireum wrestling the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1100 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: "Mark M. Smith" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:01:27 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: Re: School in Denver? George Petrotta, At 05:56 PM 10/25/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >>>>As someone who studied "karate" the right way years ago, I am looking > >>>>for >a good dojo for my daughter -- one that teaches the phlosophical tenents >along with the rest. I am in the south -east suburbs of Denver. If you >have any names in this area I would greatly appreciate hearing back from you. I can recommend one school for you in Castle Rock, CO, about 20 miles south of downtown Denver. It is run by Master Han Won Lee, the current US Olympic Teakwondo Coach. I have had the pleasure of visiting his school and having him conduct a seminar hosted by my school. While he is a incredible competitor, Master Lee runs his Taekwondo school as a martial arts dojang, not a sports training club. I encourage you to visit his school in your selection process, I do not think you will be disappointed. Master Han Won Lee US Taekwondo Center-Castle Rock 703 Wilcox, #J Castle Rock, CO 80104 Telephone: (303) 814-0281 George, I hope the gentleman finds this information helpful. Respectfully, Mark M. Smith Merrimack, NH ------------------------------ From: "J. R. West" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:11:29 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Fw: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #599 > BTW: A quick note to M West--- Would you be interested in doing some extra > work with myself, Dakin and a couple of others over and above what you might > have planned for the November 10th seminar? We have exchanged some e-mails > and wouldn't mind getting together to allow you an opportunity to present > some material that might not ordinarily get a chance to see the light of > day. Comments? > > Best Wishes, > > Bruce Bruce: Just tell me what you want and we'll work something out. I am bringing Mr. Hodges, Dr. Collipp and perhaps Master Instructor Tavassoli with me, so we'll have lots of help. I look forward to seeing you and my other old friends, and hope to make some new friend as well. I will be arriving Friday morning afetr driving through the night, so I should be relatively coherent by late afternoon. Perhaps we can have dinner or something on Friday night (if you can keep up with my guys)......JRW ------------------------------ From: "Andrew Pratt" Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:30:05 +0900 Subject: the_dojang: Hapkido in Korea This is a question probably for some of the more senior Hapkido masters on the list who have recently visited Korea (Hello masters Whalen and Burrese). I have just been reading an article about Haidong Kumdo. In a passing comment the Korean author stated that there are far fewer Hapkido dojangs now than a couple of years ago. He further argued that the reason for this reduction was that the Hapkido instructors were converting to HDGD. Although my experience isn't broad, I have met, and heard of, HDGD instructors who also teach 'Haidong Hapkido.' However, I don't know what their previous Hapkido training was because the question had not occurred until now. My question is have long term visitors to Korea noticed a reduction in the number of Hapkido dojangs in Seoul (and elsewhere) over their last couple of trips? Andrew ------------------------------ From: "NESSWORTHY, KEN" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:34:48 -0400 Subject: the_dojang: RE: Lau Gar Kung Fu vs TKD/TSD Rich, Where abouts in the UK are you located?? Ken Tang Soo ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:14:06 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Taekwondo calendar The_Dojang's calendar of Sport Taekwondo Events October 26, 2001 http://MartialArtsResource.com Dates and locations subject to change. 2001 3rd Islamic Womens' Oct 25-Nov 3 Tehran, Iran 26th National Collegiate Oct 26-27 Austin, Texas Campeonato de Espana Oct 27-28 Madrid, Spain Austrailian Capitol Open Oct 27 Canberra, Austrailia GTC Invitational Oct 27 Gahanna, Ohio Oakmasd Annual TKD Champs Oct 27 Fort Belvior, Virginia Ultimate Open Oct 28 Barnsley, Ireland PATU Sr. Training Camp Oct 28-Nov 2 Cheju City, Korea 15th World TKD Champs & 8th Women's World TKD Champs Nov 1-7 Cheju City, Korea AAU TKD US National Champs Nov 1-4 Orlando, Florida Barkley's ITF Invitational Nov 3 Ft. Erie, Ontario Columbia Basin ITF Invitational Nov 3 Pasco, Washington ITF Norway Champs Nov 3-4 Tjome, Norway 3rd Australasian ITF Champs Nov 4 Melbourne, Australia American ITF Cup Nov 9-11 Punta del Este, Uruguay Chile ITF Open Nov 10 Chile 18th Western US International Nov 10 Las Vegas, Nevada Boise State Nov 10 Boise, Idaho ITF TKD Impact Open Nov 10-11 West Sussex, England Balkan ITF Champs Nov 14-19 Cluj Napoca, Romania ITF Friendship Champs Nov 16-17 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Toulouse Open Nov 17-18 Toulouse, France RITA ITF Champs Nov 18 Naas, Ireland British ITF Champs Nov 24 England Alberta ITF Champs Nov 24 Camrose, Alberta Victorian Seniors Nov 25 Melbourne, Austrailia Ultimate Childrens Open Nov 25 Doncaster, Ireland 7th Central American Games Nov 30-Dec 3 Guatemala City, Guatemala Oulu ITF Open Dec 1 Oulu, Finland North American ITF Dec 1-2 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Victorian Juniors Dec 2 Melbourne, Austrailia International Boekooltrofee Dec 8 Oldenzaal, Netherlands Vermont Open Dec 8 Marshfield, Vermont Yim's TKD Champs Dec 8 Dallas, Texas Peter the Great ITF Cup Dec 8-9 St. Petersburg, Russia 2002 Ohio Seniors Jan 16 Cleveland, Ohio US Open TKD Champs Feb 18-24 Orlando, Florida French ITF Open March 2-3 Thonon-les-Bains, France Dutch Open March 11-12 Eindhoven, Netherlands Eastern Canada ITF Champs March 16 Shawinigan, Quebec Western Canada ITF Champs March 16 Edmonton, Alberta ITF Black Eagle International March 16-17 Tampere, Finland 15th Asian TKD Champ April 4 Amman, Jordan 7th South American Games April 4-14 Cordoba, Argentina Viking ITF Cup April 6-7 Skovde, Sweden EuroCup for teams May Spain 14th European Senior TKD Champs May 2-5 Ankara, Turkey European AETF ITF Champs May 2-5 Trebon, Czech Republic Canadian ITF Champs May 18 Edmonton, Alberta USTU National TKD Champs May 22-26 Detroit, Michigan Italian ITF Open June 1-2 Riccione, Italy Norway ITF Open June 1-2 Tromsoe, Norway Master Choi's ITF Invitational June 8-9 Oakville, Ontario 7th World Univ TKD Champs June 14-17 Berkeley, California USTU Junior Olympic TKD June 30-July 6 Minneapolis, Minnesota National AAU TKD Champs July 3-6 Greensboro, North Carolina 14th Asian Games Sept 29-Oct 4 Pusan, Korea 19th Central American & Caribbean Nov San Salvador, El Salvador 13th Pan American TKD Champ Nov Ecuador 2003 11th Pan Arab Games Algeria 8th All Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria European Junior TKD Champs May Athens, Greece 14th Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep 3rd World Military Games Aug-Sept Madrid, Spain 22nd World University Games Aug Taegu, Korea 22nd Southeast Asian Games Oct HoChiMinh City, Vietnam Olypimc TKD Test Event Nov Athens, Greece 2004 European Senior TKD Champs May 4-9 Lillehammer, Norway Olympic Games Aug 15 Athens, Greece Ray Terry The_Dojang-Digest California Taekwondo, Hapkido and Eskrima http://MartialArtsResource.com ------------------------------ From: Beungood@aol.com Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:23:48 EDT Subject: the_dojang: (no subject) Well it's the day after Hapkido Chen do Kwan-Boston has arrived home from Korea and we all want to go back! I have finally realized my dream of meeting and training with my Master's(Hal Whalen) teacher ( Grandmaster Won,Kil soo) and visiting Korea. The people were friendly , around every corner we often were patted on the back and told "Thank you for visiting Korea". I will always remeber walking up from the bottom of the third tunel under the DMZ and being passed by 40 or 50 members of a Korean National Police academy and everyone opne smiling and telling us "thank you for visiting Korea" ! The training was tough ,greueling and very rewarding. The masters were very attentive to our training and were always there to encourage us to keep going sand train harder. Also stressed in addition to training was loyalty to your master and respect for all Martial Artists. More to follow... HAPKI! Jacko ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:56:23 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Ssireum wrestling History of Ssireum wrestling from... The Korea Syrum (Ssireum) Research Institute, Korea * We can verify the fact that Ssireum was practiced along with Tae-Kwon-Do(Korean-style Karate) during the Three Kingdoms Period in ancient Korea. The origin of Ssireum is not yet known. but the oldest evidence pertaining to Ssireum in Korean history is a mural painting on a wall of a royal tomb located in the old capital city of Koguryo Dynasty, in Southern Manchuria, Which was discovered in 1905. This tomb is believed to have been built around turn of 4th century and in view of the fact that the ancient Ssireum style was similar to that of contemporary Ssireum. we can imagine how the people of Koguryo liked the sports. It is likely that such a popular sport was practiced well before that time. * The first official records on Ssireum can be found in Koryosa (the history of Koryo Dynasty). According to the literature in March, 1330, King Chunghe entrusted major affairs of state to his aides each day so that he could practice Ssireum with an errand boy. The king was criticized for disregarding royal customs to practice Ssireum within the palace grounds. Nonetheless, the King ignored criticism and continued his participation in the sports. Chronicles of Yi Dynasty recorded that King Sejong went out to Joja Island for pleasure cruise and had a banquet on a boat while amusingly watching his soldiers compete in Ssireum. * It is documented that in December, 1430 during King Sejong's reign, a man lost his life in a Ssireum bout but nonetheless, his opponent was not prosecuted. Instead, the incident was settled by holding his opponent liable for funeral expenses only. The resolution of this episode strongly suggests that Ssireum was widely accepted and made a sensational impact on the general public. * According to King Myungjong's Chronicles in 1560, the 15th year of King Mungjong's rule his Majesty prohibited servants from participating in Ssireum on the palace grounds. Such activity by servants was condemned but the pastime was allowed for children. * Also King Hyungjong's Chronicles recorded that in 1664. 5th year of King Hyunjong, a servant at Juja Island near Gwangju stabbed his opponent out of vexation after he lost a Ssireum match. * The famous genre painting by the great artist, Hong Do Kim in 18th century under the rule of King Jungjo vividly depicts the scene of a Ssireum match. In that picture spectators cheer and scream as they watch two contestants to be fitted in strength and technique. While the match progresses a taffy vendor stands aside in the left, selling his concessions to the spectators. * According to other literature like Dongguksesigi. Songgyungji, Kyungdo Magazine, the Ssireum game took deep roots among the populace and became a folk recreation to relieve fatigue during slow periods of farming. In time Ssireum was established as part of the traditional community festival. * The first Ssireum contest held under the sponsorship of an organization occurred at the Dansongsa theater in Seoul. October, 1912 under the auspices of Yugakkwon Club. The club name, Yugakkwon stems from head letters of three different martial arts: Yudo (Judo) Gakgi (Ssireum) and Kwontu (Boxing). * In 1915, a Ssireum contest was sponsored by the Kwangmudae theater in Seoul and lasted for four weeks. However, the contest was different from the previous contests in that victor was awarded oxen rather than money. * The first Ssireum contest that was held with the objective of spurring an interest in physical culture by the people and elevating Ssireum from the old folk recreation sport to a modern sport was the one sponsored by Pan Chosun (Korea) Ssireum Federation. The Federation was founded in 1927 by such enthusiastic athletes as Nak Won Kang. Sang Chun Suh, Jin Hee Han, Jin Kyu Kang and maintained aforementioned goals. * In commemoration of the inauguration of the Federation. the first Pan Chosun Ssireum Contest was held at the playground of Whimoon High school in Seoul in September. 1927, There was a division for high school team competition besides the senior division and in the individual division. Do Nam Lee from Hamheung was the Champion. In 1936 the first Pan Ssireum Championship Contest, which is the predecessor of today's National Ssireum Championship Contest was held at the auditorium of the Chosun Daily News under the sponsorship of the same Federation. Myung Gil Hyun was the champion among some 100 entrants in that Ssireum competition. * In the next national competitions, Byung Gyu Song of Hwangju reigned as champion for three consecutive years from 1937 to 1939. Seung Wha Huh from Pyungyang became champion of the 5th contest which was held in 1940 and Jang Ho Choe from Hamheung was the champion of the 6th contest. * The contest was discontinued after the 6th meeting and then reactivated in 1947 under the sponsorship of the same organization, although the organization had been renewed the Daehan (Korea) Ssireum Federation. Since 1947 the contest has been called the National Ssireum Championship Contest and marked it 46th meeting in 1994. * In the early years of the contest there were no weight divisions, thus a Ssireum competitor had to defeat challengers of all sizes to be named champion. It usually took until the last day of a three-day tournament to determine the champion. this kind of tournament competition was called Panmakum. * Beginning with the 12th National Ssireum Championship Contest, competition was based on a weight division system which consisted of a heavy weight division over 71.3kg and a light weight division below 71.3kg. Many problems, however, arose in carrying out the contest under the new weight division system, especially with the heavy weight division in which more often than not contestants with unmatched weight were paired together. In an effort to rectify such weight disparities five different weight divisions were introduced in 1967. The divisions were the Junior division (below 60kg). Youth division (below 65.5kg), Warrior division (below 75kg), Giant division (below 82.5kg), and Hercules division (over 82.5kg). In 1975 the weight class system was simplified to three weight divisions: the light weight division (below 70kg), middle weight division (below 80kg) and the heavy weight division (over 80kg). * The National Grand Championship which was held under the co-sponsorship of the Korea Times and Daehan Ssireum Federation in June, 1959, and continued annually until it was unfortunately terminated in 1963. The champions of this tournament received a certificate of merit and an ox as the first place award. * In 1972, the first KBS-CUP National Grand Championship was held for three days at Jangchoong Indoor Stadium under the auspices of KBS and Daehan Ssireum Federation. The grand sports event, an unprecedented success attracting thousands of spectators was the turning point for Ssireum. * In particular, this contest was conducted on a mattress instead of the conventional sand box, and the prize, a sum of 1,000,000,000 WON and silver trophy were giver instead of the traditional ox. It was the first time throughout the Ssireum history that a cash prize was awarded. Unlike any previous contests, most of the participants were student athletes, thereby transforming the game into a student's contest. The contest, which was televised throughout the nation on KBS networks, remarkably boosted the popularity of Ssireum by attracting a capacity crowd of some 10,000 spectators. The champion of the first contest was Sungyul Kim from Masan and the contest continues, marking its 23rd year in 1994. In addition, a number of other contests developed a similar prestige, including the president's Flag National Grand Championship, in its 31rd year as of 1994 and Chairman's Flag National Grand Championship which marks its 24th anniversary in 1994. ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:59:15 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V8 #600 ******************************** 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. 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