>To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 10 #239 - 5 msgs >Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 03:01:48 -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. Re: Ray Terry On Hwang Kee (George Peters) > 2. Forms Pressure Points etc (L. Veuleman) > 3. Re: Re: Ray Terry On Hwang Kee (Ray Terry) > 4. Gyeonggi-do (Ali Alnasser) > 5. Yongmudo, A Totally New Martial Arts (Ali Alnasser) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >From: "George Peters" >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 00:55:17 -0400 >Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Ray Terry On Hwang Kee >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Sir: > I believe that Grandmaster Hwang Kee was associated with with a few >styles such as Kwon Bup,etc. >It is a known fact that he did indeed study more than one art of more than >one origin. Thank you for keeping me on my toes and always providing >something thought provoking. > Respectfully, > George > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 22:13:41 -0700 (PDT) >From: "L. Veuleman" >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] Forms Pressure Points etc >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Dear John Lewis, > >Since you used Japanese and Korean in the same sentence, you must be >talking to me. : ) > >There are tons of things that can be taught in a form, it kinda depends on >the person learning, and since you are asking, you might be ready to start >pin-pointing some things. Folks that LOVE forms practice usually get very >indepth with them, and start finding all kinda neato stuff. I actually >remember when I first started teaching, that we had alot of self defense in >our curriculum due to my instructor working in law enforcement field, and >he brought alot of things that were natural to HIM into the program. Well, >these things were not so natural to me, but the same type of defenses were >in our 'kata', so instead of teaching two different things, IE when doing >form x you do this to get out of a lapel grab, then next night doing the >Police version, I wanted to teach and explain what I was already teaching >in the 'kata', since that would be more natural to someone who had been >doing the forms for a while. I didn't nessecarily change that much, just >made it...more familiar I guess. Most of it was very similar, but the >forms usually have you putting a bit more of the hurtin' on your bad guy. >All that said, It meant I had to spend alot more personal time with my >forms, then alot of trial and error. > >So, after all that rambling, that is what I suggest you do if you are >searching for 'extras' in your forms - Trial and Error. Spend time looking >at different angles of attack, and most importantly, remember 'a block is a >punch and a punch is a block'. Also, it wouldn't hurt to crack some human >anatomy books or one of those Dillman pressure point books (not an >indorsment) and see where all the important, easy to hurt stuff is. For >instance, your good ol low block was a low block back in the low belt days, >but now, why can't it be a hammerfist strike down low? Good spots to hit >are the inside OR outside of the thigh. Just play around, see what you can >find, but as Master West encourages, Reusable Partners... > >YITMA > >Charlie Veuleman > > > >************** > L. Charles Veuleman - http://www.bluewavekarate.com > Natchitoches Karate Institute - Chittim Jordan Tae Kwon Do > 318-356-7727 > Natchitoches Kustom Inks - Quality Screen Printing > 318-332-1676 > 204 Rapides Drive Natchitoches, LA 71457 > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >From: Ray Terry >Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Re: Ray Terry On Hwang Kee >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:29:31 -0700 (PDT) >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > > > I believe that Grandmaster Hwang Kee was associated with with a few > > styles such as Kwon Bup,etc. > > It is a known fact that he did indeed study more than one art of more >than > > one origin. Thank you for keeping me on my toes and always providing > > something thought provoking. > >The best source of info on Hwang Kee is his own book "History of the Moo >Duk Kwan", published for the 50th anniversay of the founding of the MDK. >Contact the SBD MDK Federation at 888-SOO-BAHK to get a copy. > >Ray Terry >rterry@idiom.com > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >From: "Ali Alnasser" >To: >Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 09:54:30 +0900 (KST) >Subject: [The_Dojang] Gyeonggi-do >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >I will be leaving for Korea in the coming weeks for three months and I'm >wondering if anyone could suggest some interesting things to see/do in or >around southern Gyeonggi-do. Thanks! > >[TABLE NOT SHOWN][TABLE NOT SHOWN][IMAGE] > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: "Ali Alnasser" >To: >Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 10:17:12 +0900 (KST) >Subject: [The_Dojang] Yongmudo, A Totally New Martial Arts >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Many Korean boys learn "Taekwondo" even before they attend school and are >also taught the sport while they do their military service. However, not >that many people pursue Taekwondo once they start their social lives as >an ordinary citizen. Taekwondo is a martial arts representing Korea, but >only a few people are practicing the sports as Taekwondo participants in >international competitions. > >"Hapgido" is quite popular but it is difficult to consider it something >Korean as it is widely practiced in Japan as "Akido." However, there is a >general martial art called "Yongmudo," which combines the techniques of >Taekwondo, Hapgido, Judo, Fencing and Ssireum. The term Yongmudo >represents that it is a martial arts (mudo) invented by field experts and >professors of Yongin University, a school specializing in the education >of martial arts and sports since 1953. > >The movements of Yongmudo were devised over two years by professors and >former gold medallists of Judo, Fencing, oriental martial arts, >Taekwondo, and self-defense. Giving its first demonstration of Yongmudo >at an international martial arts camp in August 1999, Yongin University >conducted a tour exhibition in each state of the United States in April >and May last year and this year some of the school's graduates were >employed as Yongmudo instructors overseas, including the US. > >Currently, Yongmudo is part of the oriental martial arts department. >¡°Bodyguard Department¡± majors take Yongmudo as a compulsory minor >subject, however, Yongmudo is soon to be established as an independent >department of its own. > >Receiving approval from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as an >incorporated body, the school plans to inaugurate the World Yongmudo >Association on June 18 and hold an international summer training camp at >Yongin University's gymnasium in July. About a hundred Americans have >already applied to take part in the camp. > >Kim Byeong-cheon, the chairman of the World Yongmudo Association, taught >Hapgido at Yongin University for thirty years and is now a businessman in >charge of 1,000 employees working at Bokwang, Bokwang Industrial Co and >Bokwang Construction. Kim described Yongmudo as a third generation >martial arts; the first being one of action, the second of mental >endurance, and the third a combination of the two. Kim added that >Yongmudo consists of a fusion of martial arts technique, which is divided >into three levels of difficulty ("dan"), elementary, intermediate and >advanced, and that knowledge of Yongmudo would be useful in personal >self-defense. > >(Weekly Chosun, Seo Il-ho, ihseo@chosun.com) > >[TABLE NOT SHOWN][TABLE NOT SHOWN][IMAGE] > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >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