>To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 10 #236 - 6 msgs >Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 03:01:49 -0700 > >Send The_Dojang mailing list submissions to > the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net > >You can reach the person managing the list at > the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of The_Dojang digest..." > > ><<------------------ The_Dojang mailing list ------------------>> > >Serving the Internet since June 1994. >Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > >The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. >1400 members. > >See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and the online search engine >for back issues of The_Dojang at http://MartialArtsResource.com > >Pil Seung! > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Hapkido video review/opinion (SEXTONR003@hawaii.rr.com) > 2. RE: Taeguk I Chang (Farral, Kim) > 3. Help with a Korean phrase... (A Future Computer Scientist) > 4. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_"What_were_you_Thinking!"_episode_?= >(bsims@midwesthapkido.com) > 5. RE: splits (Wallace, John) > 6. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Facing_the_enemy_within...._?= >(bsims@midwesthapkido.com) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >From: >To: >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:29:41 -1000 >Subject: [The_Dojang] Hapkido video review/opinion >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >I've got all of Alain's videos and would recommend them with no problem. > >Randall Sexton >www.LaughingHara.com > > <Burrese >from Paladin Press. >> > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >From: "Farral, Kim" >To: 'Dojang' >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:35:15 -0500 >Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Taeguk I Chang >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Pil Seung! > >To answer your question about Taeguk I Chang... > >"Because that's the way the form was created"...(blocking attackers from >two >different directions)... > >and there you have it... > > > > Pil Seung! > >The One and Only > "Tink" > > Kim G. Farral > 5th Dan TKD > >************************************ >If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the >delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message >may >contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may >not >copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message >and >kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this >message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by >nor attributable to ITT. >************************************ > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:48:09 -0400 (EDT) >From: A Future Computer Scientist >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net, > the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] Help with a Korean phrase... >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > > What's the korean spelling of the phrase "Go in peace" or something to >that effect. I know the phrase in Korean because we use it in or class when >we are bowing out or leaving the school, but I never asked my instructor >how to >spell it in Korean. > > >My webpage http://members.blackplanet.com/Jeff_A > >My karate school: http://heriottkd.wcm1.net/Heriot_Website/Entrance.htm > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Looking for a roommate? Let CollegeClub.com help you out! > > >CollegeClub.com makes college life even better. > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:14:51 -0500 (CDT) >From: >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] >=?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_"What_were_you_Thinking!"_episode_?= >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >ear Danny: > >".....Also caught a very interesting NOVA I believe it was last week. Had >two >guys building trebouche (spelling) at Loch Ness using medievel plans and >guesstimation. Hurled 250 lb. stones and broke through a 5 foot thick >castle wall target. I believe that there was some mention that the >original >plans for one of the machines came from China to Europe in the 1500's. One >of the machines was built by Edward Longshanks of England originally......" > >This only related tangentially but I thought people would get a rise out of >this. > >In my area there is a program called WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? and I had a >chance to view an episode where people likewise built a trebouche' ---- and >then tried hurling PEOPLE with it. There was a wonderful large net to catch >the first volunteer except that the volocity of the impact on the net >literally bounced her back out like a trampoline. Fx of her pelvis, and >both legs as I remember and some reversible nerve damage. Apparently this >happened two years ago and she was heard to report that she might be ready >for "another go." Seems like that irreversible nerve damage may have >effected her ability to learn from past experiences. :-) > >Best Wishes, > >Bruce > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: "Wallace, John" >To: "'the_dojang@martialartsresource.net'" > >Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] splits >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:25:03 -0700 >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Hi Lucy >A lot of people will tell you, why bother...but as long as it's a goal >you're working towards (along with other types of flexibility) I don't see >anything wrong with it. >I can get there with my left leg forwards ("American Splits"), but still >have a ways to go with right leg forward. Down the middle ("Chinese") I'm >not particularly close... >Anyway, Brad Appleton's Stretching FAQ (available of course at >www.martialartsresource.com, or >ftp://64.33.44.189/pub/the_dojang/Stretching.FAQ )has a systematic approach >to training to the splits. Other than hamstring flexibility, I think the >real key is the hip flexors. If for no other reason, I think the value of >the splits (American style) is the fact that you must gain flexibility >across the front of your hip joint that in our chair-bound society spends >much of the day at 90 degrees. >The direct benefit to your martial arts training is debatable. Being able >to attain a particular posture indicates you have good static flexibility - >but having the motor skills to get your body to work outside of a "normal" >range of motion is dynamic flexibility, and that comes through hard work in >forms and technical training where you consciously _try_ to kick higher, >step further, or work your stances deeper. At the dojang I attend we >occasionally do a partner drill where you face one another in a fighting >stance, then grasp leading hands and perform reeaallly slow motion kicks as >high, but as technically correct, as possible. This really helps with >dynamic flexibility for kicking, as does a particular air-kicking drill, if >you do it right. The class leader calls out chamber, kick, or relax at >various (very slow) tempos while the participants, using a wall or counter >(or potentially a partner) for stability, follow the command and hold the >various positions in as technically correct a fashion as possible. 20 or >30 >kicks like that will have your muscles screaming, and over time you should >see improvement in your ability to kick powerfully at higher ranges of >motion. > >John W. >I Dan, TKD >Fremont, CA > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lucy Westcott [mailto:booksie_girl@hotmail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:18 AM >Subject: [The_Dojang] splits > >Since the start of the year, I have been working on learning to do the >splits. I have improved greatly, but still have a a long way to go, as it >improvements come less easily now. I am just wondering, is there any real >advantage in being able to do them. Whether or not there is, I still want >to be able to do them. Also, does anyone have any hints? >Thanks, Lucy > >--__--__-- > >Message: 6 >Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:47:56 -0500 (CDT) >From: >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Facing_the_enemy_within...._?= >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Dear Debra: > >".....So much for those qualities of wisdom, peacefulness, calmness, >serenity, >filial piety huh? I guess that maybe taken as a whole we are not much >different from the rest of society......" > >I have been chewing on this for quite a few monthes now, and have still not >been able to reconcile this. Please understand that its not as though I >consider it a fore-gone conclusion that MA practitioners are automatically >a cut above, or even different from, the rest of society. I think I am >simply unable to reconcile the incredible disparity between what people say >about themselves and what they do. Its not that people set high standards >and fall short. I do THAT on nearly a daily basis. Rather, I am surprised >at how easily folks speak of lofty intentions and codes, and readily fall >to the lowest level of virtue at the least provocation. > >In the case that I mentioned in my earlier post, the individual with whom I >had the discussion is someone whom I have known for a number of years, and >whose classes I was particularly active in getting started. If anyone would >have had cause to assume the least possibility of injury from me it would >have been this particular instructor. Nor are we talking about a poorly >educated individual or new-comer to KMA in general. I am left to ponder >what hope there is for most of us in the KMA community to work together if >I can experience this sort of suspicion so close to home. Certainly other >folks must have had similar experiences. I, for one, would be interested to >hear how they resolved such situations. > >Best Wishes, > >Bruce > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >The_Dojang mailing list >The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net >http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang >http://the-dojang.net > >It's a great day for Taekwondo! Support the USTU by joining today. >US Taekwondo Union, 1 Olympic Plaza, 104C, Colorado Spgs, CO 80909 >719.866.4632 FAX 719.866.4642 ustugold@mailsnare.net www.ustu.org > >Old digest issues available @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com > >Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com >Standard disclaimers apply. >Remember 9-11! > > >End of The_Dojang Digest