Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:30:07 -0800 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 11 #67 - 12 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Subscribed-Address: kma@martialartsresource.com List-Id: The Internet's premier discussion forum on Korean Martial Arts. 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Today's Topics: 1. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Grail_Stuff_?= (bsims@midwesthapkido.com) 2. Slane on TSD forms.... (George Peters) 3. The Dutch connection (Rudy Timmerman) 4. GM Lim, Hyun Soo (Todd Miller) 5. Re: gophers and moles in the red light district? what? (ChunjiDo@aol.com) 6. Re: GM Lim, Hyun Soo (hwarangrage@optonline.net) 7. Confusion (Ray Terry) 8. KHF People (Updated) (Ray Terry) 9. Art vs. Sport (David Weller) 10. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Amsterdam_Excursions?= (bsims@midwesthapkido.com) 11. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Commonalities_in_Mu-Do_?= (bsims@midwesthapkido.com) 12. Review: Korea and Globalization (Ray Terry) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:11:06 -0600 (CST) From: To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Grail_Stuff_?= Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Dear Rick: ".....As one of the authors of books on applications the one thing I have discovered, at least to my satisfaction, is that we will never know for sure what the "original master" had in mind when they created the form. The best we can do is to understand the applications in a way that will make sense to us in our current situation......" If one is willing to juggle all of the influences that produced the various forms, and over an extended period of time, it might be possible to come close. Consider that forms work goes back to well before Indian combative culture and what we now understand as appropriate warm-up and conditioning. If, before combat, a person went through a host of exotic postures and motions to placate the gods or spirits and produce a fine outcome who would have noticed that repetition of combat like motions tended to produce better execution when the time came. Similar thought is found in hunting rituals where spearing and thrusting motions are made repeatedly. Isn't it interesting that the hunters are then more competent at their thrusting motions when necessary in the hunt. If that is not enough there is also the underlying Animist/Buddhist/Taoist/Shammanistic movements that blend practical combative necessity with garnering spiritual support in another way. Maybe starting off a hunt or a battle by working a few mudras into a combat form can't hoit, right? How about forms as mnemonic devices. Even up to Choi Yong Sul in the Hapkido arts, many teachers couldn't read or write and their students were often much worse off. How do you hand these students information in such a way that they will be able to study and practice and pass info on to the next generation? To my way of thinking the WORST thing was for someone to come along and say "this is what this movement is". No one can prove it, and it tends to have a limiting effect on the student investigating the full range of body motion. These are just a few influence, but maybe if people are willing to study the forms rather than debate about whether such study is wasted time, we might uncover more of their usefulness, ne? FWIW. Best Wishes, Bruce --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "George Peters" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:42:29 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Slane on TSD forms.... Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Good Sir, I know how confusing this can be, but all I can tell you from my experience is to "hang in there". Aside from the obvious techniques, the ARE some that do raise some questions as to their application. In our org, when you reach the rank of Cho-Dan, you begin to learn what is known as Pyung Ahn one step sparring,ie; the combat applications of the "not so obvious moves" in those respective forms. Other things reveal themselves to you in time(not ALL other things though). I have found applications I never imagined from forms,ie; once when engaging in a friendly sparring match with a Kung Fu instructor, I was met with a high soo do attack and a low roundhouse. Without thinking, I used the crane stance with blocks from the hyung Sip Soo. Prior to this time I was sure that they had been placed there by a master who knew that I would be along someday and that this move and it's perfection would cause me endless consternation. This situation was unique to me as we do not employ low roundhouse in class normally. Anyway, aside from the applications pointed out by the Pyung Ahn one step sparring, one master told me that our org would rather leave some things for the student to discover on their journey, not to spoon feed them each class and aid them in learning when the need help. I hope this helps you. A question for the DD members: In the hyung Sip Soo, what is the "limp wristed move" immediately prior to the first knife hand block for? Respectfully, George Peters _________________________________________________________________ Find great local high-speed Internet access value at the MSN High-Speed Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:09:17 -0500 From: Rudy Timmerman To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] The Dutch connection Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Hello Bruce: To further clarify the Dutch connection with the dreaded Tibetan Gophers, it should be noted that this connection is a direct result of the Dutchmen’s zest for trade with the East. The value of the Tibetan critter was such that the Dutch wanted to bring it to back Europe, where the art of Gopher tossing was fast becoming popular in the 1400s. Not wanting to outright purchase the critters, the Dutch tried to trade them for a lesser known rather large breed of Floridian rat. However, the whole thing collapsed when it was found out that the Floridian rodents had a nasty habit of digging large holes for themselves where they eventually drowned in their own excrement. Needless to say, even the Orientals were not particularly interested in having many of these large rodents, and they just kept one around as a pet. The rest of the world had no problems recognizing the uselessness of large rodents with a nasty habit of digging holes for themselves they could not get out of, and they simply left the Floridian rodent to drown in his own excrement hoping it would not cause too much of a stink. Dutchmen, known for their aptitude to quickly "smell a rat", were some of the first to abandon trade. Sad for their failure to rid the US of its nasty rodent problem, they pulled back to that infamous district in Amsterdam to pursue more pleasurable activities and that is where the Dutch connection ends. However, before leaving, the early traders left behind one important document for future historians: “Beware of large Floridian rodents. Regardless of the nasty Oriental habit to keep them around as pets, these critters WILL leave a nasty odor on anyone even remotely in touch with them.” Hopefully this clears up any misconceptions:) Sincerely, Rudy --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Todd Miller" To: Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:15:14 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] GM Lim, Hyun Soo Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net GM Lim, Hyun Soo will be teaching several Hapkido seminarsin March. March 20th at the Chicago Renniasance North Shore Hotel, March 27th & 28th at Fitness First, Feeding Hills, MASS. Anyone that is interested in the original Hapkido of Doju Nim Choi, Yong Sool should not miss any of these seminars as they will be a great chance to train with Doju Nim Choi's longest running student. Hope to see you there! Take care Todd Miller --__--__-- Message: 5 From: ChunjiDo@aol.com Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:07:55 EST To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: gophers and moles in the red light district? what? Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net "Mel writes: > i remember being drug through the streets with a hand over my > eyes although i could still see well enough to know something was > awry. i > suppose i can now say that i actually have visited the birthplace of > KSW and have > been studying KMAs since i was five. wow! Bruce, see what you started:) Now you have Mel, and George and Michael all going on pilgrimages to Amsterdam, while we ALL know that the real roots of Korean arts lie in the Tibetan Gopher tossing that JR brought back at great risks to his personal safety. Sincerely, Rudy" i killed a gopher in the yard last year. does that count? or was it a mole. dam|\|. any arts based on mole thumpin'? perhaps i should start one. although i might be accused of stealing from gm jr's curriculum. i am the supermaster of mole thumpin' come join us for superior training in various mole thumpin techniques. and i dont want to even know what happens with moles and gophers in amsterdam's red light district. take care, melinda (who has now offended tall people and gopher/mole lovers...and probably tall gopher/mole lovers) Chajonshim Martial Arts Academy www.cjmaa.com 1.573.673.2769 Chajonshim Martial Arts Supply www.cjmas.com 1.877.847.4072 --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:48:54 -0600 From: hwarangrage@optonline.net Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] GM Lim, Hyun Soo To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Dear Mr. Miller, Can you give a little more imfor on time , fee's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Miller Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:15 pm Subject: [The_Dojang] GM Lim, Hyun Soo > GM Lim, Hyun Soo will be teaching several Hapkido seminarsin > March. March > 20th at the Chicago Renniasance North Shore Hotel, March 27th & > 28th at > Fitness First, Feeding Hills, MASS. > > Anyone that is interested in the original Hapkido of Doju Nim > Choi, Yong > Sool should not miss any of these seminars as they will be a great > chance to > train with Doju Nim Choi's longest running student. > > Hope to see you there! > > Take care > Todd Miller > _______________________________________________ > The_Dojang mailing list, 1600 members > The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:08:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [The_Dojang] Confusion Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Confusion caused by the English name of the KHF "The Korea Hapkido Federation" is the English name of "Dae Han Hapkido Hyup Hwoe". "Dae Han" means Korea, and "Hyup Hwoe" means federation in English. 1. "Dae Han" or "Han Kook" in Korean expression The official name of Korea is "Dae Han Min Kook" in Korean, and "The Republic of Korea" in English. Many people use the name of "Han Kook" from the second and the fourth syllables of the full name "Dae Han Min Kook" for convenience, when they call a country, Korea. (Kook is sometimes expressed in Kuk.) And "Dae Han" is used traditionally as a prefix in lots of names to express Korea like in the official name of the country, Korea. When you see names containing the meaning of Korea, you can easily find "Dae Han" in the names of traditional, original and historical. So many names appearing after them have no alternative except "Han Kook" to express Korea. However, all these are translated in the same word "Korea" or "Korean" in English. And this make non-Korean speaking people very confused. 2. "Hyup Hwoe" , "Federation" and "Association" Dae Han Hapkido Hyup Hwoe" has its name in English ""The Korea Hapkido Federation". Here, "Hyup Howe" is translated in "Federation" instead of "Association". For sometime, people didn't care much about the English expression. We know that the literal meaning of "Hyup Howe" is closer to the word "Association". And we admit that normally it is translated in association. However, the boards of directors adopted the word "Federation". And we have registered that name as our foreign name to the Korean government for Dae Han Hapkido Hyup Hwoe" since 1990. 3.The World Body of the KHF The KHF is setting up a world organization as a planned project in order to promote Hapkido more systematically, which is already introduced and practiced by many people all over the world. As one of these procedures, the KHF is gathering information about Hapkido people acting major countries or cities all over the world. And with these information, the KHF is appointing qualified people as regional directors regardless their nationalities, sex and colors. And with this, the KHF is looking for a suitable name for this organization. Our identity is expressed in terms of "Dae Han Hapki Do". So we want a name comprizing this. By last December we planned to have a name, like "Dae Han Hapki Do Se Gue Yun Maeng" or "Dae Han Hapki Do Se Gue Yun Hap" in Korean, meaning "Korea Hapki Do World Federation". However, the name has not yet been fixed. When the world organization is set up, it will take all the international works of "Dae Han Hapki Do". The KHF, of course, is going back to the domestic affairs. Sung Book Bae Director, the KHF --__--__-- Message: 8 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:11:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [The_Dojang] KHF People (Updated) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net The KHF People (Updated) 1. Head Quaters Oh, Se Lim Lee, Jae Hwan Bae, Sung Book 2. Great Teacher Choi, Yong Sul Ji, Han Jae 3. Boards of Directors Park, Se Jong Yu, yung Woo Lee, Yung Do Shin, Jin Mun Choi, Jae Ik Choi, Hyung Soo Han, Sang Chul Kim, Jung Kun Park, Sun Woong Park, Dae Hyun Kim, Han Chul Lee, Kwang Hyung Ham, Soo Yong Kim, Soo Nam Kwon, Oh Kap 4. Senior Committee Lee, Tae Jun Kang, Jung Su Song, Young Gi Kim, Jong Taek Kim, Jong Yun Kim, Duk In Jin, Jong Mun Yun, Myung Oh Jung, An Se Yu, Sang Ho Park, Hyun Su 5. Special Committee Lee, Dong Woo Kim, Nam Je Kim, Hyung Sang Seo, Myung Il Lee, Chang Soo Noh, Su Gil Kwon, Yung Jin Han, Kyu Il Chae, In Gil Ryu, Chun Hee Noh, Kwang Yul Lee, Ho Il 6. The Directors of the KHF Branches Pusan ....... Kim, Kyung Hwan Taegu ....... Lee, Ju Hyun Daejun....... Jin, Sung Woo Kwangju ......... Kang, Hyung Bok Inchoen ......... Kang, Young Kil Ulsan ......... Lee, Sang Bok Kyungki(N)...... Jun, Won Il Kyungki(E)...... Song, Sung Young Kyungki(S)...... Lee, Kun Hwa Kyungki(W)..... Yu, Yun Wang Chungbuk ...... Lee, Jin Ho Chungnam...... Kim, Chun Yong Junbuk....... Jung, Bong Ok Junnam...... Kim, Si Yul Kungnam..... Shin, Jae Hwan Kangwon..... Jung, Ik Chul Cheju...... Kim, Nam Kyu Gumi...... Park, Myung Bok Chungnam(S)...... Kim, Jin Woo Chunnam(E)...... Kim, hung Su Paris.............. Lee, Kwan Yung London.......... Sam Plumb Durham........ Kim, Bum Boston......... Harrold Whalen Frankfurut........ Choi, Gil Bong Kuala Lumpur........ Julian Lim Singapore......... Anthony Low Buenos Aires....... Jose Antonio Lagier Bogota........... William Rayo Rocero Ecuador....... Gabriel Zarate Orlando ....... Richard Hackworth Teheran ...... Mohamdreza Hashempour Cape Town...... Shin, Min Kuk Brussels..... Guy Kusters Hong Kong.... Kim, Jong Ho 7. Advisory Committee Lee, Yung Sik Lee, Jae Gun Kim, Sang Moo Lim, Jong Yun An, Sung Yong Jin, Bok Mun Baek, Du Hyun Lim, Myung Sup Ahn, Jae Yun Jung, Sun Sung Kim, Byung Soo Kim, Won Hong Huh, Tae Whan Jun, Jae Hwan Kim, Ke Jong Jung, Yung Chul Huh, Nam Han Kim, Yung Jong Jun, Chong Sung Han, Bong Soo (USA) Kim, Yung Hwan (USA) Choi, Se Ho (USA) Kwon, Tae Man (USA) Kim, Myung Yong (USA) Kim, Jong Sung (USA) Son, Tae Soo (USA) Kim, Jin Pal (USA) Holcombe Thomas (USA) Lee, Sung Soo (Australia) Shin, Yang Gi (Argentina) Kim, Yong Chul (Canda) Hwang, In Sik (Canada) Kim, Woo Tak ( Canada) Park, Hyun Soo (Canada) Park, Hee Soo (Canada) Kim, Sung Gon(Spain) Shin, Hyun Sung (Spain) Pang, Kyubg Won (Spain) Yun, Man Soo (Chile) 8. IT Strategic Team Kim, Bum Chul Choi, Suk Hwan Kim, Kyung Han Kim, Bo Hyung Park, Yong Chul Fabian Duque John Johnson --__--__-- Message: 9 From: David Weller Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:03:21 -0600 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Art vs. Sport Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Mr. Clark asked : > Let me ask this of folks in KKW side. If you were to draw up a > lesson plan and chart the amount of time spent on sport or competition > related activities would there be a greater or lesser amount of time > spent on sport or self-defense? My answer is a resounding Self Defense! Just last night my teacher asked the black belts in attendance to pair off and demonstrate 2 self defense techniques. We were then instructed to teach those techniques to the color belts in class. This comprised at least 1/2 the class. The rest being devoted to forms practice,stretching, and floor exercises. The floor exercises routinely consist of low kicks, middle kicks and high kicks. We regularly practice self defense involving strikes to the face and our B.O.B. gets his face pounded all the time, with fists. We are constantly admonished to keep our "hands up, guard your head". We are told that even though a punch to the face is "illegal" in a tournament we should not develop the bad habit of arms at the side (like you see so often in tourny TKD fighters). And one might easily find our Master's fist near our nose as a reminder. "illegal"... sure, In a tournament setting, but in our Dojang, you'd best watch your noggin. Just a couple cents worth, nice dialog going, keep it up !! have a groovy day, dave weller --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:40:55 -0600 (CST) From: To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Amsterdam_Excursions?= Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Dear Rudy: You are playing this all wrong!! :-) What you need to do is start offering tour packages to the Homeland of the Dutch and the REAL cradle of Korean Martial Arts. You can take them to the "kuk sool won" which tradition tells us is a corruption of "Cookie 'n Sues' House". I understand that after many genrations their use of various tools is second to none. If facts hold true I believe that down the street is the original source of Taekwondo. As we all know this means the "way of the hand and the foot" and has long been a popular point of pilgramage for fetish-seekers from all over the world. They got some things there that I hear go WAY beyong wooden shoes!! I could go on and on, or people can send away for an entire book on Korean martial history and its real story. I believe the entire volume can be had by sending your next six monthes of wages to some PO box in Florida. Have to check on that.... FWIW. Best Wishes, Bruce --__--__-- Message: 11 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:55:36 -0600 (CST) From: To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Commonalities_in_Mu-Do_?= Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Good idea. Lets take a look. "......1. What are the "common bio-mechanics" that bind together wrist locks, and spinning back kicks...both found in the Hapkido arts...both as different as night and day. I could name a dozen other examples, but you get my drift........" At the short end are the integration of movement between the shoulder and the pelvic girdles. This is not limited to just relating wristlocks to spinning back kicks but contributes to the inter-relationship among a broad range of empty-hand techniques. Expanding on this the use of both turning and spinning are represented repeatedly in weapons applications as well as empty-hand techniques, and may depending on the circumstances be part of the weapons execution itself or conversely be part of the disarm for that same weapon. But I am sure you are already aware of all of this as you have GM Ji to explain all of this to you. ".......What are the underlying goals and philosophies? Who defines this? Is it as simple as, "I kill, you dead", or would it fill the Encyclopedia Britannica and address a multitude of issues ranging from personal development, to upholding one's piece of the whole social contract (far beyond mere fighting)?...." The O-Gae (Five Tenets" has been part and parcel of Korean martial philosophy for approximately 1400 years. It is commonly invoked even to this very day in countless TKD/TSD/HKD/ and kumdo schools around the world in many forms and interpretations. In various forms the neo-confucian, Buddhist, Taoist, Shamanist, and monarchical forms have all lent their influences. Nor are we to discount the various more subtle influences including Japanese nationalism of the early 20th Cent and Western democracy and educational models of the late 20th century. I have neither the intent nor the desire to MAKE people honor the philosophical underpinnings of the Korean arts. Gawd knows that the Koreans themselves are not always on top of this. I point out only that on those occasions when we stray from these guidlines we get the sorts of travesties that have kept this Net occupied for the last two years. FWIW. Best Wishes, Bruce --__--__-- Message: 12 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:28:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: [The_Dojang] Review: Korea and Globalization Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Korea and Globalization: Politics, Economics and Culture, by James Lewis and Amadu Sesay. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002, 245 pp. (ISBN: 0-7007-1512-6; cloth). reviewed by Doowon Suh Korea University dwsuh@korea.ac.kr Korea and Globalization, edited by James Lewis and Amadu Sesay, deals with one of the most critical trends of social transformation in the contemporary world - the issue of globalization - and examines how South Korea (hereafter Korea) has undergone the process. According to the authors, globalization is a mega-trend in which the boundaries of a nation-state become no longer a significant barrier to the free flow of information, technology, industrial goods, capital assets, culture and so forth. Globalization is also a wave from whose direct and indirect influences no single nation-state can be totally immune, and in which multilateral relationships between nations and their increasing networking become more dominant than ever. Since it is a sweeping process affecting the entire world, globalization embraces diverse dimensions, whose individual aspects are shaped by multiple factors, some unique to each country and others extending across national boundaries. The eight articles included in the book well represent the multidimensional nature of globalization: they cover issues of (1) everyday social life, (2) industrial relations and capitalist development, (3) political economy and society, (4) culture and values, (5) the Korea-Japan relationship, (6) religion, (7) literature, and (8) Korea's participation in international organizations (specifically the UN's peace-keeping operations). According to the authors, Korea has made steady, notable progress in adjusting to the phenomenon of globalization; however, as in other cases of great transformation, the process of globalization in Korea has not been free of trouble. There still remain significant obstacles for Korea to overcome in order to sustain both the remarkable industrialization and modernization that the nation has achieved during the past four decades, and the political democratization that has been underway since the late 1980s. For instance, as James Lewis aptly points out in his article, "The Japan That Does Not Exist and The Ugly Korean," the bilateral relationship between Korea and Japan has a long history, but popular sentiment in the two nations has been mutually hostile for a variety of reasons, most of which derive especially from Japan's colonization of Korea between 1910 and 1945. A strong sense of nationalism among lay Koreans has its primary essence in a widely shared anti-Japanese mentality that springs from the nation's sufferings during the colonial period. This hostility has been strategically manipulated by Korea's authoritarian governments, and its role as a virtual "state religion" has offered a critical impetus to rapid and remarkable economic growth. Such antagonistic feelings between the two nations, however, must diminish in order for Korea and Japan to collaborate in designing an Asia-Pacific community and accomplish regional integration in a new epoch of globalization. This fine book provides a welcome introduction for students of Korean history and society to the various trajectories of Korea's globalization. It is highly informative and insightful, and well grounded in detailed descriptions of diverse aspects of globalization. Some drawbacks, however, function as obstacles to the reader's clear and comprehensive understanding of the globalization process in Korea. First, although economic change acts as the primary driving force behind globalization, neither the new trend of neoliberal economic restructuring, which is foreign to the Korean economy, nor the paths of the nation's development made possible by the state-led, export-oriented, and protectionist policies of its authoritarian regimes, are sufficiently discussed. Moreover, no articles in the book extend their argument to scrutinize the processes and consequences of the financial crisis in 1997. This gap is a significant drawback given that the subsequent austere economic restructuring policies imposed by the IMF inflicted severe damage on both ordinary people's lives and the nation's economic structure while at the same time facilitating globalization in economic terms. The inclusion of discussions of globalization processes in the post-financial crisis period would have made the book more up-to-date. Secondly, Korea's trading and diplomatic relationships with the US, Japan, China and North Korea itself have not only been changing rapidly but also developing in a much more complicated and crucial manner than ever since "segyehwa" (globalization) was introduced as a buzzword by the Kim Young Sam administration (1993-1997). This lack of systematic analysis of Korea's relationship with her neighbors causes the volume to miss out on a pivotal facet of globalization. Third, domestic politics in Korea have undergone a tremendous change in recent years in the transition from the authoritarian regime to democracy and its consolidation. The sustainability of this political democratization is integral to Korea's economic restructuring. Many developing countries, including Korea, are thus faced with a daunting situation in which they have to successfully accomplish both political democratization and neoliberal economic restructuring. The extent to which democratization and restructuring can mutually reinforce and empower each other will be fundamental to the steady progress of globalization. It is therefore lamentable to see the absence of attention to these two factors and their interactions in the book. Finally, too many mistakes in the Romanization of Korean names and places in the McCune-Reischauer system regrettably detract from the work. One of the editors apologizes to the reader for unanticipated encounters with such mistakes in the Introduction (p. 9); nonetheless, this cannot be deemed a fair excuse in an academic work, given the potential for confusion that such mistakes can create. Citation: Suh, Doowon 2004 Review of Korea and Globalization: Politics, Economics and Culture, ed. by James Lewis and Amadu Sesay (2002) Korean Studies Review 2004, no. 01 Electronic file: http://koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ksr04-01.htm --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues available @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest