Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:26:01 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 11 #332 - 11 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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Re: CTA (Mr. V) 2. Combating Nerves and other stuff (Texatc@aol.com) 3. Preparing for battle (Burdick, Dakin R) 4. RE: Disturbing - arrest of a TKD instructor (Stovall, Craig) 5. competition jitters (Rudy Timmerman) 6. CSTA (Ray Terry) 7. Taehan kyenyOn sa - translated (Ray Terry) 8. Re: Disturbing - arrest of a TKD instructor (tkdtom) (Mike_Devich@selinc.com) 9. Re: Combat Nerves and other stuff (luke rose) 10. 18 year olds (Charles Richards) 11. Re: looking for school in MD (ChunjiDo@aol.com) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Mr. V" To: "Dojang Digest \(E-mail\)" Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 05:25:46 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: CTA Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net The CTA is the California State representative organization for the USTU. http://www.catkd.com/ Some of the benefits for athletes will be: Athlete Development Programs - California Elite Black Belt Team - Competition Seminars for all ranks - CPR/First Aid certification seminars CTA Sponsorship State Tournament Point Circuit for elite athletes Discounts for CTA Members - Tournaments - Seminars - Special Events Annual California State Awards Banquet - Awards for outstanding athletes [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Texatc@aol.com Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:30:51 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Combating Nerves and other stuff Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net G' Day, Neil! I'm not sure that my comments will help you, as my experience does not relate to competition - as such. I started TKD about 9 months ago. I am 71 and my fellow students are, with a couple of "elderly forties" exceptions, in the 15 to 20 bracket. I function well and competitively with them and have progressed more rapidly than many (I am now a red belt) I feel no sense of inadequacy or nervousness. Although my Master cuts me only a little slack, my confidence is bolstered by the emphasis on respect, which is heavily emphasized by Master Han. Self confidence, perseverance, humility and honesty all play a part in forming my attitude and that of the others. This is true of TKD in general and is the beauty of this art. Good luck Ash Coopland --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:40:52 -0500 From: "Burdick, Dakin R" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] Preparing for battle Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Robert Block mentioned www.nosyuiaido.com as a source for swords. Good place. Another one is Bogubag, the supplier for Keio in the U.S. Keio has the world's prettiest Japanese kendo catalog by the way -- well worth buying just to look at the pictures! Neil wrote: >Does anyone have any advice on dealing with nerves? What comes to mind is the story (and I'm paraphrasing here) of the potter who offended a samurai and had to fight a duel. He went to another samurai for sword lessons. The advice he received was (1) prepare yourself for death but make it a good one and (2) to dedicate yourself to get one killing blow on the opponent, no matter what happened to you. Long story short -- the offended samurai decided not to fight because he knew he could not win. So my advice would be (1) prepare yourself as if for death and (2) resolve to make the other guy remember you. You'll do fine. Take care, Dakin dakinburdick@yahoo.com --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Stovall, Craig" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:42:53 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Disturbing - arrest of a TKD instructor Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net <<>> Actually, you see too much of this, and it's a stain on the martial arts. Then again, people like this usually seek out jobs and activities that give them access to children. There was a guy that was just recently caught over in Memphis. He had worked in and around daycares for several years, and had been molesting children for quite a while before he got caught. I think they finally ascertained that he had molested about 20-30 kids over the years. So long as children are involved in martial arts you're always going to have people like this gravitating toward it. The predators follow the herd...law of nature. Anybody remember the footage of that martial arts instructor that got blown away at the airport back in the 1980's? Seems like A&E's 'American Justice' has an episode devoted to that. The guy was being escorted back by police through an airport to be brought up on charges of kidnapping and molesting a young boy who happened to be one of his students. A local news crew was there filming it. Just like out of a movie, the victim's father was staked out at a payphone. The father just spun around and unloaded a bullet in the guy's ear as he walked by. The cops and the dude never saw it coming. One of the most surreal things you'll ever see. Very reminiscent of the Jack Ruby/Lee Harvey Oswald incident. The father in me always applauds when I see that footage, and I momentarily ignore all those things I hold dear in terms of "due process" and "innocent until proven guilty". Actually, the guy got off easy. Molesters end up being cell mates with a guy named "Big Ernie", and spend their days wearing make-up and performing all manner of "personal services" in order to earn cigarettes for their "owner". That is until they get beaten to death in the shower. Oh well. It sucks to be at the bottom of the food chain. The scary part about a lot of this stuff is that we tend to visualize the molester as some transient that blew into town, or the goofball that lives in his mom's basement. Pretty easy to spot those people, or mark them early on for observation. Who would have suspected a scientist? Ten years ago, who would have suspected a priest? For me, that's the hard part. Some of these people seem so normal on the outside that you would never believe them to have these kind of hang-ups. Unbelievable. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email transmission contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entities named above. If this email was received in error or if read by a party which is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error or are unsure whether it contains confidential or privileged information, please immediately notify us by email or telephone. You are instructed to destroy any and all copies, electronic, paper or otherwise, which you may have of this communication if you are not the intended recipient. Receipt of this communication by any party shall not be deemed a waiver of any legal privilege of any type whatsoever as such privilege may relate to the sender. --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:57:58 -0400 From: Rudy Timmerman To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] competition jitters Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Neil writes: > ... The (new) instructor has asked me to take part > in a competition this month, and I find myself feeling > really nervous. I know the cause is that the > competition is in Malaysia and I will be the only > causasian there - which makes me stand out like a sore > thumb.As well as the fact that I am 31 and most of the > competitors are 18-20. So, if I do really badly, > everyone gets to notice it, and the reputation will > stick. > > Does anyone have any advice on dealing with nerves? I > know that it is only a competition, and I shouldn't > worry so much, but at 31 the idea of competing against > a predominatly 18-20 year old batch of guys somehow > just doesn't appeal! > > Advice is much appreciated - quite ashamed to feel so > intimidated. > Hello Neil: Perhaps going to the competition "to learn" will help you. I can't think of a single martial artist who would not admire the courage of a student entering a difficult situation in order to learn (in this case competition), and so this will take some of the pressure off. The feeling you now have is more common among practitioners who enter competition to win, and they often feel ashamed if their performance is not as good as expected. Your nerves will still give you lots to deal with, but alas that is part of the new experience you are about to gain. Best wishes in the competition. Rudy --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:01:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] CSTA Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Forwarding... Several highly respected TKD club owners from Califonia have launched an internal investigation into the financial dealings of the former California State TKD Association. The CSTA under the leadership of former President Byung Won Kang has been filled with suspicious spending activity and alleged misuse of state association funds for the past five years. Byung Won Kang has very close ties and dealings with the ousted and disgraced ex-President of the USTU Sang Lee. It is strange that Byung Won Kang declares that there are no funds in the CSTA accounts when California hosts the largest State tournaments in the country. With as many as 1,500 competitors who compete in the CA State Jr. Olympics generating over $125,000 every year, simple deductive reasoning would indicate that the CSTA bank accounts should be fat and healthy. Based on the outcome of the initial audit, the club owners council will bring in the California State Attorney Generals office, officials from the office of the Secretary of State, special agents from the California Buerau of Investigation and auditors from the regional office of the IRS for a full investigation. --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] Taehan kyenyOn sa - translated Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Forwarding... Dear colleagues, I am glad to inform you that in June, 2004, full and commented Korean translation of ChOng Kyo's (1856-1925) famed epical diary of the last years of ChosOn Korea, , saw the daylight at last (SomyOng Publishers, Vol. 1-10). Almost 10 years of dedicated research and translation by a group of younger historians headed by Prof. Cho Kwang (KoryO Un-ty), resulted in a wonderful, thoroughly commented work, bringing to the popular reader the intimate details of 1890-1900s political and cultural life ChOng Kyo witnessed and chronicled. In a way, I guess, for the researchers of "Kuhanmal" the publication of ChOng Kyo's work in Korean is of importance comparable to that of Koreanization of Silloks for these working on ChosOn period. It looks that recently the translation of hanmun historical records into Korean is viewed with much more respect and interest, as a kind of research work on equal footing with monograph/acad, article production - unlike the past, when it was customarily left to Kukp'yOn or PhD students. It may suggest a growing awareness of the importance of high-quality popularization of history - and/or a kind of post-modernist subversion of the traditional fetishistic cult of the "duly academic" forms of writing. Vladimir Tikhonov/Pak Noja Vladimir Tikhonov, Department of East European and Oriental Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo, P.b. 1030, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway. Fax: 47-22854140; Tel: 47-22857118 Personal web page: http://folk.uio.no/vladimit/ http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html Electronic classrooms: East Asian/Korean Society and Politics: http://folk.uio.no/vladimit/eastasianstudies.htm http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.html East Asian/Korean Religion and Philosophy: http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2003/classroom.html --__--__-- Message: 8 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net From: Mike_Devich@selinc.com Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:56:17 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Disturbing - arrest of a TKD instructor (tkdtom) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Damn perverts. Everyone says, "put 'em jail forever", "kill them." I say use them for medical experiments. That way the jerks are at least giving something back to society. mmd --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:58:34 -0700 (PDT) From: luke rose To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Combat Nerves and other stuff Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net It is very possible that the younger guys will succumb to over confidence. So if I were in your position, I'd first try the element of surprise. By that I mean hit first, hit hard, and don't let up. If the individual has checked his humility at the door and thinks he can beat you because he is younger then your aggressiveness will most likely pay off. Watch out for those counter fighters though. If you run into a good counter fighter they can be hard to deal with. Try to get them to through something they don't want to. Then you usually have time and an opening to score. I think Peter said some great things to say. The points about humility and visualization are very good points. I would highly advise you apply them. Finally, when it comes down to it, I see it as trying to get them out of their comfort-zone. When I train, I constantly try to get out of my comfort-zone, but when I want to do something that looks and feels good then you have to stay in your comfort-zone. Figuring how to stay in yours and get your opponent out of theirs is sometimes difficult. Let us know how you do. Win or lose the tournament, I'm sure your courage and honesty will inspire many. Enjoy the event, Luke --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:57:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Charles Richards To: Dojang Digest Subject: [The_Dojang] 18 year olds Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Dear Neal, NASKA breaks use 30+ guys into a seperate division, and AAU has 35-44 and a 45+. It is true that men are in the physical prime around 18-20 and that the "beginning of the decline" is a fun part of being thirtysomething. Anyway, Coach Han Lee's mental preparation tape has some good points on this. Paraphrasing and condensing. Focus on what you want to accomplish in the match, think about what your best skills are and how you will apply them. Judge your performance on if you accomplished those goals not win/loose. In short shift your performance focus to your goals and away from the (assumed) physical fitness of your opponent. Pil Seung! Charles Richards www.mojakwan.com --__--__-- Message: 11 From: ChunjiDo@aol.com Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:06:55 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: looking for school in MD Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net hi folks, one of my students has moved to MD and needs a school near columbia or elicott city. any suggestions? thank you, melinda Chajonshim Martial Arts Academy www.cjmaa.com 1.573.673.2769 Chajonshim Martial Arts Supply www.cjmas.com 1.877.847.4072 --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/the_dojang Copyright 1994-2004: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest