Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 11:14:30 -0800 (PST) From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 9 #181 - 10 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.8 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Sender: the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net List-Help: List-Post: X-Subscribed-Address: rterry@idiom.com List-Subscribe: List-Id: The Internet's premier discussion forum on Korean Martial Arts. 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Re: 17th and 18th International HapKiDo Seminars (Ray Terry) 4. paintballs - you get what you pay for (Gregory Giddins) 5. flooring system (michael tomlinson) 6. ITF (sam saenz) 7. Good Reading... (Chereecharmello@aol.com) 8. Re: TKD self-defense (David N. Beck) 9. Re: nutrition (Mark Harris) 10. Re: Studio Growth (David N. Beck) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Laurie S." To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 07:55:22 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Ray (TKD Sekf defense) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Ray wrote: <<<>>> Thank you, Ray :o) I did see a site about that (forgive for not remembering which one. I seen so many). It's $0.02 well spent :o) Thanks again. Laurie yellow belt/green strip (5yh gup TSD) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Morgan James To: 'Dojang Digest' Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:45:08 -0600 Subject: [The_Dojang] Training Schedules Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I was wondering how most of you that own and operate your own schools go about making your monthly training schedules for your classes. I have learned that it is very important to lay out a schedule of what exactly you plan to cover during your classes prior to actually teaching them. Here's a little information about my dojang. I teach Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do. Due to my regular 40+ hours/ week job and committment to my family life (wife, 3 kids) I teach classes only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Beginner and Advanced adults are on Mondays and Wednesdays. Advanced kids are on Mondays and Saturdays. Beginner kids are on Wednesday and Saturdays. This way everyone has class twice a week. Classes are 1 hour in length except for my Saturday classes for my kids which are 1 hour and 15 minutes. One Friday a month I have all the kids meet and have class together for 1 1/2 hours. Same thing for the adults, one Friday a month, all ranks, for 1 1/2 hours. These Friday classes are usually saved for "task-specific" activities such as nothing but 1 1/2 hours of Self-Defense, or nothing but Free Sparring, or nothing but one-steps, ect. So, everyone can look forward to having classes 3 times a week, once a month. Right now I have 41 actively paying students and this has worked out pretty good. I would like to offer more classes but due to my other committments, I cannot at this time. Those of you out there with similar class schedules and student body, how do you plan on what to teach and when to teach it while at the same time offer new things from time to time and still dedicate time to the basics? How often do you practice free-sparring a month? How often to do practice kyuk pa, or breaking? How much time to you spend on stretching given you have only 1 hour to cover other things? Please don't think I don't have things under control. I do. I love teaching and my students are happy with what I cover with them and have had no complaints about the teaching curriculum but I would really like to know what everybody else out there is doing in order to gain some ideas to make my "good" school a "better" school. Thank you all. James Morgan GTKDA --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 8:22:51 PST Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: 17th and 18th International HapKiDo Seminars Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > We have reached an agreement with the Clarion Hotel (601-969-2141) to host > the next two International HapKiDo Seminars. The 17th IHS will be held on > the weekend of August 17th, 2002, and the 18th will be held on the Weekend > of March 1, 2003. Roomrates will be $69 per night, including breakfast > buffet. I look forward to seeing everyone again soon...Thanx for your > time...J. R. West www.hapkido.com Good news! In the calendar. Folks, if you can only make one HKD / KMA seminar each year, this should be both of them. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Gregory Giddins To: "'the_dojang@martialartsresource.net'" Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:53:58 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] paintballs - you get what you pay for Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net With regard to using paint from paintballs for knife training- It seems like a good idea, but test the paint frist. Some manufacturers expend some effort to ensure their paint doesn't stain, others don't. In many cases, you get what you pay for with paint. Be careful of the Brass Eagle paintballs, esecially the pink. The pigment doesn't always come out of clothing (actually, it never does). Yellow is usually easier to remove than pink, red, or green (and now they even have gold, silver, purple, etc etc), but not always. White is usually easy to remove as well, but then you need to make sure you're wearing a colored Tee (duh). Anyway, I would highly suggest testing on a piece of cotton fabric before marking up your students with painball paint. Each pigment mixture acts differently, and most of the companies have proprietary mixtures, so none of them are guaranteed to act the same. Anyway, definately stay away from cheap pink paintballs, no matter what use you're putting them to! I have more clothes with pink splots on them than I care to think about. :) Greg Giddins (Hopeless, obsessed painball player) --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "michael tomlinson" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:12:16 +0000 Subject: [The_Dojang] flooring system Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I have to agree with Master Nabors on the great flooring system that Javier Agosto and he has at his dojang in Tampa "Korea Martial Arts", I've been bounced on those mats more times than a cheap basketball at a grade school intramural tournament!! I have never got up from one of those falls and had to look at my drivers liscense to remember who I am!! Great all around surface for kicking, joint lock throwing and also very very good for grappling,, we've done some all day grappling sessions on that flooring system and I still have all the flesh on my toes after that,, I highly recommend those mats. Michael Tomlinson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:48:58 -0800 (PST) From: sam saenz To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] ITF Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Craig, Gathered from the information on the ITF website, the reason for the split, is that someone or some group do not want Master Choi to be the next president. Master Choi was legally voted to be the next president by the ITF board. All of a sudden, in some emergency meeting, which was apparently illegal, Master Choi was removed, and then expelled. I do not know exactly why. Allegations have been flying back and forth since the split, so its hard to get facts. You are so right that TKD is going to suffer in the long run. I went on the bulletin board a couple of days ago, and posted a plea to stop. I got good responses, but someone started mudslinging at someone else's response, and it started all over again. Sad situation indeed. To me Tae Kwon Do is Tae Kwon Do no matter what the organization. You may get some feedback by going back through the archives on the website. Don't get caught in all the hoopla. The best thing we can do is train hard and carry on the Tae Kwon Do tradition as we have been taught. Tae Kwon Sam Saenz Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Chereecharmello@aol.com Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:50:03 EST To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Good Reading... Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net For the ladies on the DD: My instructor recently gave me a book to read: The Gift Of Fear, by Gavin De Becker I expected the book to be about Martial Arts, but it wasn't. The book is dedicated to 'intuition' and other means of recognizing a potential predator. The book goes on to outline ways that violent criminals set up their victims. As I read the descriptions I realized that I have, on several occasions, been subjected to such people. At one point while reading I had to stop and catch my breath because I realized I was, a few months ago, very close to being attacked...so close in fact, that I recognized the Police-artist sketch of a rapist loose in my area... I suggest the read to any woman who thinks that real "FEAR" is always a bad thing... --__--__-- Message: 8 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:13:49 -0600 (CST) From: "David N. Beck" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: TKD self-defense Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Ok, let me clarify my request. I wanted to know if TKD actually taught stuff >like that. I know my new school does not. I wanted to see actual TKD self >defense, if any. If there was/is, I wanted to know what they teach/taught. >Maybe I'm nosey, but I know TKD, at one time or another, taught self defense >and not just kicking and punching. > >Laurie Depends on the school. The focus of a particular school may be sport-oriented, self-improvement oriented, forms oriented, or self-defense oriented. The techniques CAN be used very effectively for self-defense, although there are certain situations kicking & punching don't work well in. So many schools and organizations have taken techniques from other arts to fill in the gaps. Typically it's Hapkido probably because of the Korean background. Remember that you have a lot of different flavors of TKD out there, it was not created by one person that maintained strong quality control (whatever the ITF claims). Remember also that awareness and attitude make up the most important components of self-defense; what particular technique is not that important -- ANY resistance improves the chance of successfully defending yourself. Even if a particular school is totally sport-oriented and pays no attention to self-defense whatsoever, a student will be in better shape with better reflexes, and thus be better prepared for an altercation. David N. Beck, WATT Lead Engineer Internet: David.Beck@alcatel.com Phone: 972-519-3103 Address: MS SDVS-2, 1000 Coit Road, Plano, Texas 75075 ** Opinions expressed are not those of Alcatel USA ** --__--__-- Message: 9 From: "Mark Harris" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 12:46:05 -0600 Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: nutrition Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Can anyone give me some tips on nutrition? I'm about 6'1", 250 lbs. I do eat healthy and also drink whey protein as a supplement. I'm not sure if I'm getting enough carbs since I'm usually dragging after a couple of TKD classes. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you, Mark _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:48:24 -0600 (CST) From: "David N. Beck" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Studio Growth Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Brian wrote: > >What are some of the things that people use to promote the growth of their >studio (i.e. marketing, after school programs, seminars, etc.) as well as >income generating activities My GM has asked me and some of the other black >belts to help him in this task. Any pitfalls I should be aware of? Standard business advertising like yellow pages, the newpaper, or area coupon mailings rarely get much of a response. The primary thing I'd suggest is to have some sort of easy introduction program available and do lots of demonstrations with signups right after. Depends some on the school some and what type of people you're after, but the demo team's with the music, balloons popping with a touch, and a 'Bad Guy' getting beat up by a little kid are pretty hokey and attract the wrong sorts. Have that overweight 50 year old in the group; show the audience that anyone can do it. Ask the kids some questions about the tenets of TKD, say. Let everyone show off a little. Have an announcer explain what's being shown and a little bit about the school. Try to make it like your regular class for the most part so it doesn't matter who's able to make/not make a particular demonstration. Make them about 15-20 minutes long and do them everywhere you can -- county fairs, spring festivals, Boy Scout troop meetings, malls... You don't need to ask them for any money right then, but you can pass out coupons for an intro private lesson or some such. Another suggestion is a website. Put some sort of intro offer there too that people can e-mail you to sign up for 24/7. Many websites are mostly history and curriculum - which are more student resources. Answers to frequently asked questions are good, but what you really want is for the casual web-surfer to come visit your school. > >One thing that I suggested is seminars. In the spirit of Master West, Alain >et al. He is a high ranking Hapkido master and I think that there would be a >market for it but have no idea of how to approach setting them up. Do you >just advertise and hope for the best? If so, where? Call studios and ask if >they would like the service? Any ideas on pricing structures? >I suggested maybe offering the services to local TKD studios but his concern >is that many Korean masters may resist the idea due to ego. Is this a common >problem? Is there a way around it? It's common. It's not just Koreans; many people with their own schools have know-it-all attitudes... Seminars may bring in some people, but nearly all would be there just for the seminar, not be looking to join your school. Unless it's a BIG name you can get media coverage for, and those usually cost big $. I think seminars are a good thing, but aren't too suited to growing a studio. Hope that helps, David N. Beck, WATT Lead Engineer Internet: David.Beck@alcatel.com Phone: 972-519-3103 Address: MS SDVS-2, 1000 Coit Road, Plano, Texas 75075 ** Opinions expressed are not those of Alcatel USA ** --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang 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 Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2002: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply. Remember 9-11! End of The_Dojang Digest