From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #659 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Fri, 30 Nov 2001 Vol 08 : Num 659 In this issue: the_dojang: Re: Garbage Alert the_dojang: RE: How to get over fear over 1st rank t the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #657 the_dojang: Nervousness before testing the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #658 the_dojang: Korean Traditional MA Leader Course 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: "Bruce Sims" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:39:59 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: Re: Garbage Alert Dear Folks: Just a quick advice to let you know that once again Scott Shaw has found an opportunity to let the world know how much he does not know about a MA subject. The victim in this particular case is Kumdo. As antidotes for this toxic offering in one of the latest pulp renderings from CFW Enterpises (Need I say more) may I suggest a look at a similar offering on BON KUK GUM BOP in Journal of Asian Martial Arts from a while back, or an offering on the same subject by Dr. Kimm in BLACK BELT magazine (or was it TKD TIMES?) on the same subject. And will someone please tell Shaw that the generally accepted date for the end of the Yi Dyn was 1910 not 1909, that the term "Kumdo" was used at least as early as 1896, and that the preponderance of Korean sword is not practiced with a straight sword. Best Wishes, Bruce ------------------------------ From: Kirk Lawson Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:32:00 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: RE: How to get over fear over 1st rank t > From: Tyranmarla@aol.com > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:43:45 EST > Subject: the_dojang: How to get over fear over 1st rank test > > Hello everyone, > > I have been training in the art of Tae Kwon Do for over 4 > months now. On > December the 8th, I will take my 1st rank test. I am very > unsure of how to be > calm, relaxed, and confident. I do not want to start the > testing and become > confused and lose coordination. It's common to be nevous about the tests, particularly if it's your first one. The only real advice is to not worry about it. No one expects you to be utterly perfect. Once you get out onto the floor, ignore everything else. Don't get distracted. Get into the zone. Your body knows the moves, don't confuse it by trying to think. Peace favor your sword --- As of 8:45 on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I live in a united nation. ------------------------------ From: "Marcel Mason" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:26:02 -0000 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #657 If your instructor is any good at all you are ready and *will* pass the test otherwise s/he he would not have offered you the opportunity to test in the first place. I got 3/4 of the way through the first form during my first test and realized that I had hooped the previous 2 movements, I tried to recover in as gracefull a manner as possible and work "where I was" into "where I should have been" but after completion asked the Instructor if I could redo the form (we are given a 2nd opportunity for forms if we ask for it) because I knew it didn't work right. After being asked by the Instructor why I felt I needed the 2nd run through and explaining at what point I went wrong, how I went wrong, and what should have been done instead he allowed me to redo the form. You'll do fine :-) Good luck ! - --------------- Original Message Follows ------------------ From: Tyranmarla@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:43:45 EST Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 9:33:17 PST Subject: the_dojang: How to get over fear over 1st rank test Hello everyone, I have been training in the art of Tae Kwon Do for over 4 months now. On December the 8th, I will take my 1st rank test. I am very unsure of how to be calm, relaxed, and confident. I do not want to start the testing and become confused and lose coordination. I practice at the Dojang, at home, and even on my lunch hour at work. As the day comes closer, I am starting to make mistakes in all of the moves. I would appreciate any advise. Thanks in advance MC Have you seen http://www.norada.com/tour ? ------------------------------ From: Dave Weller Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:34:09 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: Nervousness before testing A nervous white belt wrote: >From: Tyranmarla@aol.com >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:43:45 EST >Subject: the_dojang: How to get over fear over 1st rank test >I have been training in the art of Tae Kwon Do for over 4 months now. On >December the 8th, I will take my 1st rank test. I am very unsure of how to be >calm, relaxed, and confident. I do not want to start the testing and become >confused and lose coordination. > >I practice at the Dojang, at home, and even on my lunch hour at work. As the >day comes closer, I am starting to make mistakes in all of the moves. >I would appreciate any advise. >Thanks in advance >MC > For myself the nervousness prior to testing didn't end until my 2nd Dan test. For some reason (probably just the time) I was very relaxed and calm prior to that test. However, prior to each and every test before that I was extremely nervous. One of the most important things to remember is that you ARE ready to test, otherwise your instructor would not reccomend you to test! From your post I gather you practice quite a lot and obviously know your form and the other material you will be asked to demonstrate competency in. I have always been told that the real test occurs in each and every class, the performance before the testing board is merely a rehash of material you have already proven to your instructor that you know. My advice: Relax, you will do fine. The week before the test, slack off a bit on your training. Practice your form a few times, but don't do it ten times a day. You already know it! And your apprehension will only make your practice less effective. Before the test sit quietly and do some meditative breathing to calm your mind and focus your energy. In 8 years I have yet to see a white belt "fail" a test. I know others on here will have excellent advice as virtually all of us have been through the same thing you are experiencing and have lived to talk about it. One of my good friends has a saying that is appropriate here. "They can't eat you." Good luck! And congratulations (you've already passed the test)! 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: "Matthew Fisher" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:38:11 +0000 Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #658 Craig, you were complaining about the stunts that some "MA" do, i personally am nearing your side, i think that showing power and being proficient in a MA is far better than stupid and dangerous stunts, but what do you say about the "shaolin monks" who have released a DVD of their stunts including all of the things you mentioned. I am only a white belt (soon to be doing my first grading too) so i don't even know if they are really shaolin monks. So what do you think of them? Mash _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:35:03 PST Subject: the_dojang: Korean Traditional MA Leader Course Korean Traditional MA Leader Course 6 kinds of traditional MA to come Lee Jin Jae (2001/11/22) from www.taekwon.net A SunMooDo-training monk executes Taekkyun and a Taekkyun trainee learns some swordmanship? It's not impossible at all, but it is difficult to see such a thing around. It is very rare for some leaders from each martial art or MA association to start training another art. It's much more difficult when the arts are quite different from each other. But this is made possible in 'The 1st Korean Traditional Martial Arts Association Leader Course' which is going on in Golgool-Sa SunMooDo training site in Kyungju, Korea on Dec. 1st. In succession to the 1st Korean Traditional Martial Arts Seminar which was held back in Feb., this course is the second event that KTMAA opens. During the 1st seminar, they had each martial art compared and distinguished, by having several presentations and demonstration, to make the seminar a good chance for each martial art to advance. This leader course has been planned to give opportunities to fully understand principles of each martial art based on basic skills and principles and to practice each martial art comprehensively. Further, they are giving some certificates to those who complete the course and according to the number of times they join the course later on, participants may have their course acknowledged as career and also may be given some co-certificates of qualification, said the KTMAA. In this course are participating total 6 MA groups such as Taekkyun, SunMooDo, 24 Ban Mooye Kyungdang, Hanmoodo, Koonmoodo, Mooui Dankong, and this first leader course is hosted by SunMooDo. This type of a leader course is going to open once or twice every year, and is open everywhere - at a different place every time - including major training sites of each martial art association in Korea. This is intended to help experience spirit and Ye (courtesy) of each different martial art as well as technical skills. Beginning with the entrance ceremony on Dec. 1, the leader course presents demonstrations by presidents of each martial art association and chances to experience basic motions and training methods. In particular, as this course is going on Golgool-Sa(temple), participants can experience some 'temple activities' such as Yebool (Buddha worshipping) and Jwasun(sitting meditation). They all have to get up at 4 in the morning just like other monks and execute Jwasun. Then, with the sun rising, they are to walk around the temple. 10 or so of leaders are to join the course from each association, and on the 2nd day of the course, it will be open also to the ordinary people. On the 2nd day, they present training time where ordinary martial art trainees can participate, Kigong musician Shin Ki Yong's 'Catching up the stream of Chi,' and Jang Min Hwan's special lecture titled 'Chi drawing, Chi music, and Chi writing,' to attract the public. Actually, the first seminar was done mostly by lecturing, so not many people joined the seminar and martial arts had only a little time to talk with each other. So the host stressed that they have done their best to compensate for those weaknesses this time. The ultimate purpose of the leader course: by getting more ordinary people to participate, they would promote each old martial art broadly, and by each art training and exchanging together, they would get Korean traditional arts deep-rooted domestically and internationally. president Han Jung Doo from KTMAA said, "Taekwondo is successfully globalized but even Taekwondo people can make their own art more solid, through the access to various martial arts, esp. Korean traditional arts. I hope that universal Hapkido or Kumdo as well can achieve self-advancement and international success." If you want to join the course, call 02-878-2241 (Kim, Chul Keum, E-mail: global@taekwon.net). You have only to pay 10,000 won for texts and lunch, and in addition, be sure to take training uniforms or easy clothes with you. For more information, refer to the enrollment or internet websites. ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:46:31 PST Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V8 #659 ******************************** 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. Remember 9-11!