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(Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] U.S. Team Readies for World Championships Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net U.S. Team Readies for World Championships April 12, 2005 After two weeks of preparation at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center, the United States team readies for Wednesday's opening of the Men's and Women's World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain. The event marks the 17th Men's World Championship and the 10th Women's World Championship, with competition running from Wednesday through Sunday. A total of 124 countries are represented among the 918 athletes (561 male and 357 female). The lightweight divisions will be first up on Wednesday. Jason Han (Monterey Bay, Calif.) has a first-round bye and then will face Karel Nosek from the Czech Republic. In the women's division, 2004 Olympic silver medalist Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) also drew a first-round bye and will have a second-round fight against Nohemar Leal of Venezuela. Thursday will feature the flyweight and middleweight matches. Male flyweight Tim Thackrey (Tarzana, Calif.) will have a first-round bye and then face a fighter from China in the second round. Female flyweight Jesika Torres (Stockton, Calif.) drew a first-round match against an opponent from Venezuela. In the middleweight competition, Tony Graf (Miami, Fla.) enjoys a first-round bye and will then face the winner of a match between Nigeria and Ghana. Female middleweight Sanaz Shahbazi (Monument, Colo.) also drew a first-round bye. She will match up against a Brazilian opponent in the second round. The finweight and welterweight divisions will be contested on Friday. Luis Reyes (Chatsworth, Calif.) and Mandy Meloon (Sugar Land, Texas) are the U.S. finweight representatives. Both will have first-round byes, with Reyes facing a fighter from Kyrgyzstan in the second round and Meloon matching up with the winner of the first-round match between Croatia and Lesotho. In the welterweight division, two-time Olympic gold medalist Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) has a bye in the opening round and then faces Korea, while women's welterweight Brittany Nickolyn (Dallas, Texas) will face a fighter from the Netherlands in the second round after drawing a first-round bye. Saturday features competition in the bantamweight and heavyweight classes. Male bantamweight Brian Gallagher (Littleton, Colo.) has a first-round fight against Belarus, while female bantamweight Eleni Koutsilianos (Astoria, N.Y.) drew a first-round bye. She will face the winner of the Brazil-Philippines first-round match in the second round. In the heavyweight division, Steven Ostrander (San Antonio, Texas) has an opening-round bye and will then fight the winner of the first-round contest between Great Britain and Belarus. Women's heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.) will open against Greece. The World Championships conclude on Sunday with the featherweight competition. The brother and sister tandem of Mark and Diana Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas), younger siblings of Steven, will be the final U.S. fighters. Mark Lopez will face a fighter from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the first round. Diana Lopez drew a first-round bye. She will open her competition in the second round against the Ivory Coast. The U.S. team is led by Men's Head Coach Jean Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas), the older brother of Steven, Mark and Diana, and by Women's Head Coach Juan Moreno (Miami, Fla.). --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "jakskru" To: Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Beer and the Martial Arts Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:58:41 -0400 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net i dont know bout those, but here in cleveland we have the great lakes brewing company and their beers are pretty damn good...great to try techniques with on unsuspecting drunk friends...especially handshakes! :) ----- Original Message ----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brooke Thomas" To: Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: [The_Dojang] Beer and the Martial Arts > OK, I cannot passively sit by and read that the best > beer comes from across the pond. California easily > has the best beer in the world now with products from > Bear Republic in Healdsburg, Stone Brewing in San > Diego, Sierra Nevada in Chico, and Anderson Valley > Brewing in Anderson Valley (to name just a few). So > there. > > I am desperately trying to add a martial arts tie-in > here somewhere....oh yeah! Don't drink and throw! > > Brooke Thomas > Hapkido Blend > _______________________________________________ > The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members > The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net > Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource > Standard disclaimers apply > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "jakskru" To: Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] bridge Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:37:48 -0400 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net i guess from the lack of response to my question that either no one knows how to bridge this gap or it is an "ancient chinese secret" original message----- after much discussion with my "outranking me" brother, i have a question... or a request rather.... how does one bridge the gap between technique and free sparring?....to be more specific, are there any exercises or drills that one can do to to get technique into an actual combat situation? at our HKD school, the two are seperate entities and i was wondering if there was a proven way to bridge this gap.... --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:56:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] bridge To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net please elaborate on the question. Jye jakskru wrote: i guess from the lack of response to my question that either no one knows how to bridge this gap or it is an "ancient chinese secret" original message----- after much discussion with my "outranking me" brother, i have a question... or a request rather.... how does one bridge the gap between technique and free sparring?....to be more specific, are there any exercises or drills that one can do to to get technique into an actual combat situation? at our HKD school, the two are seperate entities and i was wondering if there was a proven way to bridge this gap.... _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2000 members The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Gladewater SooBahkDo" To: "the_dojang" Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:00:18 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Master titles Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Some people seem to be hung up on rank and titles I believe both are important just misused and abused. Rank is given not as an award but a gauge for the instructor. I can look at my over 100 students and tell what material they are ready to learn based on what rank they have earned. That is it. How long it took to get it should have minimum time requirements to insure enough time has been given to do enough repetition of the material. If it takes 4 years to reach dan fine. If it takes 10 years great. 2 years is not enough. As for the title of Master. I have no problem with it. It is a "TITLE". I all my doctor "DOCTOR" not Mr. The term simply means that person has achieved a high level of skill. As for the statement made by Mr. Balfanz "Show me what you have on the mat and I'll let you know if you can teach me" It sounds like his cup is to full. I understand what he is saying and I respect his position, but If I would have said that to my instructor I may not have lived so see the second class. It is simply disrespectful. I think you should research the instructor you choose before you join a school, but to challenge them may not be the smartest way. JC --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:13:51 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: "Ed Howe" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Beer Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Sorry guys but when it comes to beer, nothing beats an ice cold Molson Canadian ice brewed beer. [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type Image/gif which had a name of 3.gif] --__--__-- Message: 7 From: "Dugy" To: Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:15:59 -0400 Subject: [The_Dojang] BEER Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Beer. Now a word from your beer belly figher... Grolsch - lager from Holand is by far one of the best beers around Amstel light - a beer that is far from light.. maybe on calories but sure gives a good punch! Also from Holland New Castle - also a fav of mine.. Don't remember where this comes from..... Guiness stout-- a bit heavy.. unless you make a black and tan.. I agree - the best beers come from across the pond.. Bud, miller, coors, you can have them!! Regards, Doug M TKD student - yellow belt --__--__-- Message: 8 From: "Gladewater SooBahkDo" To: "the_dojang" Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:17:13 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Master Pak Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Master Clay I am not I error about Master Pak. He was a member of the US Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do) Moo Duk Kwan Federation. You are correct that he is a master and does deserve that title. He is a very good practitioner. He left the organization, and suddenly was Grandmaster Pak. That in my opinion is WRONG. I have no problem with Master Pak, his ability, or him starting his own organization. To promote himself as grandmaster seems less than humble when I remember competing in the ring right next to him at a nation Moo Duk Kwan tournament where although he was a senior member was not senior enough to even set at the head talbe. I am not judging Master Pak on anything except his public promotion of him self as a grandmaster. If leaveing one organization for what ever reason, and creating a new name constitutes the title grandmaster it really has no value at all. JC --__--__-- Message: 9 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] Beer Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Ok folks. Time to take the beer thread over to Beer.com's Beer Mail or their Meet Market. Thanks. Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:52:05 -0400 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net From: Vic Cushing Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: KMAIA, yet again Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net As Ray points out the link > http://www.chungtongyudo.co.kr/Editorials/TheKMAIA.htm I sort of a joke, even funnier is to trace it back to its home page: http://www.chungtongyudo.co.kr/index.htm and find that many of the links are broken and the ones that are not all lead back to Chubby Wannabee and to Joe Connolly These folks don't even put proper effort into maintaining their own falsehoods. Vic Cushing --__--__-- Message: 11 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:23:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] The 7 Biggest Muscle Myths Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net The 7 Biggest Muscle Myths We deflate the lies and inflate your biceps By: Scott Quill The guy lifting beside you looks like he should write the book on muscle. Talks like it, too. He's worked out since the seventh grade, he played D-1 football, and he's big. But that doesn't mean he knows what he's talking about. Starting now, ignore him. The gym is infested with bad information. Lies that start with well-intentioned gym teachers trickle down to students who become coaches, trainers, or know-it-all gym-rat preachers. Lies morph into myths that endure because we don't ask questions, for fear of looking stupid. Scientists, on the other hand, gladly look stupid--that's why they're so darn smart. Plus, they have cool human-performance laboratories where they can prove or disprove theories and myths. Here's what top exercise scientists and expert trainers have to say about the crap that's passed around in gyms. Listen up and learn. Then go ahead, question it. MYTH #1 Lifting incredibly slowly builds incredibly big muscles. Lifting super slowly produces superlong workouts--and that's it. University of Alabama researchers recently studied two groups of lifters doing a 29-minute workout. One group performed exercises using a 5-second up phase and a 10-second down phase, the other a more traditional approach of 1 second up and 1 second down. The faster group burned 71 percent more calories and lifted 250 percent more weight than the superslow lifters. The real expert says: "The best increases in strength are achieved by doing the up phase as rapidly as possible," says Gary Hunter, Ph.D., C.S.C.S., the lead study author. "Lower the weight more slowly and under control." There's greater potential for growth during the lowering phase, and when you lower with control, there's less chance of injury. MYTH #2 If you eat more protein, you'll build more muscle. To a point, sure. But put down the shake for a sec. Protein promotes the muscle-building process, called protein synthesis, "but you don't need exorbitant amounts to do this," says John Ivy, Ph.D., coauthor of Nutrient Timing. If you're working out hard, consuming more than 0.9 to 1.25 grams of protein per pound of body weight is a waste. Excess protein breaks down into amino acids and nitrogen, which are either excreted or converted into carbohydrates and stored. The real expert says: More important is when you consume protein, and that you have the right balance of carbohydrates with it. Have a postworkout shake of three parts carbohydrates and one part protein. Eat a meal several hours later, and then reverse that ratio in your snack after another few hours, says Ivy. "This will keep protein synthesis going by maintaining high amino acid concentrations in the blood." MYTH #3 Leg extensions are safer for your knees than squats. And cotton swabs are dangerous when you push them too far into your ears. It's a matter of knowing what you're doing. A recent study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that "open-chain" exercises--those in which a single joint is activated, such as the leg extension--are potentially more dangerous than closed-chain moves--those that engage multiple joints, such as the squat and the leg press. The study found that leg extensions activate your quadriceps muscles slightly independently of each other, and just a 5-millisecond difference in activation causes uneven compression between the patella (kneecap) and thighbone, says Anki Stensdotter, the lead study author. The real expert says: "The knee joint is controlled by the quadriceps and the hamstrings. Balanced muscle activity keeps the patella in place and appears to be more easily attained in closed-chain exercises," says Stensdotter. To squat safely, hold your back as upright as possible and lower your body until your thighs are parallel to the floor (or at least as far as you can go without discomfort in your knees). Try front squats if you find yourself leaning forward. Although it's a more advanced move, the weight rests on the fronts of your shoulders, helping to keep your back upright, Stensdotter says. MYTH #4 Never exercise a sore muscle. Before you skip that workout, determine how sore you really are. "If your muscle is sore to the touch or the soreness limits your range of motion, it's best that you give the muscle at least another day of rest," says Alan Mikesky, Ph.D., director of the human performance and biomechanics laboratory at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. In less severe instances, an "active rest" involving light aerobic activity and stretching, and even light lifting, can help alleviate some of the soreness. "Light activity stimulates bloodflow through the muscles, which removes waste products to help in the repair process," says David Docherty, Ph.D., a professor of exercise science at the University of Victoria in Canada. The real expert says: If you're not sore to the touch and you have your full range of motion, go to the gym. Start with 10 minutes of cycling, then exercise the achy muscle by performing no more than three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions using a weight that's no heavier than 30 percent of your one-rep maximum, says Docherty. MYTH #5 Stretching prevents injuries. Maybe if you're a figure skater. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed more than 350 studies and articles examining the relationship between stretching and injuries and concluded that stretching during a warmup has little effect on injury prevention. "Stretching increases flexibility, but most injuries occur within the normal range of motion," says Julie Gilchrist, M.D., one of the study's researchers. "Stretching and warming up have just gone together for decades. It's simply what's done, and it hasn't been approached through rigorous science." The real expert says: Warming up is what prevents injury, by slowly increasing your bloodflow and giving your muscles a chance to prepare for the upcoming activity. To this end, Dr. Gilchrist suggests a thorough warmup, as well as conditioning for your particular sport. Of course, flexibility is a good thing. If you need to increase yours so it's in the normal range (touching your toes without bending your knees, for instance), do your stretching when your muscles are already warm. MYTH #6 You need a Swiss ball to build a stronger chest and shoulders. Don't abandon your trusty bench for exercises like the chest press and shoulder press if your goal is strength and size. "The reason people are using the ball and getting gains is because they're weak as kittens to begin with," says Craig Ballantyne, C.S.C.S. You have to reduce the weight in order to press on a Swiss ball, and this means you get less out of the exercise, he says. The real expert says: A Swiss ball is great for variety, but center your chest and shoulder routines on exercises that are performed on a stable surface, Ballantyne says. Then use the ball to work your abs. MYTH #7 Always work out with free weights. Sometimes machines can build muscle better--for instance, when you need to isolate specific muscles after an injury, or when you're too inexperienced to perform a free-weight exercise. If you can't complete a pullup, you won't build your back muscles. So do lat pulldowns to develop strength in this range of motion, says Greg Haff, Ph.D., director of the strength research laboratory at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. The real expert says: "Initially, novice athletes will see benefits with either machines or free weights, but as you become more trained, free weights should make up the major portion of your training program," says Haff. Free-weight exercises mimic athletic moves and generally activate more muscle mass. If you're a seasoned lifter, free weights are your best tools to build strength or burn fat. --__--__-- Message: 12 From: Tkdsid@aol.com Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:28:03 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] KMAIA Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net To all that know this group: This in a nutshell symbolizes everything that is wrong with martial arts. Groups of wannabees get together giving phony rank and spewing venom. There is only one solution but I doubt now that it will ever take place. Central authority!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get rid of the nutjobs! Sid --__--__-- Message: 13 From: "Howard Spivey" To: Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:15:17 -0400 Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Sah bum Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Bruce, that's curious... over the years I have trained in two very traditional Korean arts (Ji Do Kwan and Jungki Hapkido), and have trained with senior Korean teachers in both. In both organizations, the Koreans themselves refer to their senior instructors ("masters", if you will) as "sah bum". In Ji Do Kwan, one is called sah bum at 5th dan (kyo sah up to that rank); in the Jungkikwan, it's at 4th dan. Of course, this is typically translated into English as "master". Regards, Howard Bruce Sims wrote: "....What about "sah bum"?...." Not for me, Danny, though I don't have a problem using the term to be polite--- especially when one is bowing-in at a school. However, the derivation of the term comes a little too close to the concept of "instructor" as in the concept of a "coach" or "lecturer". I don't view the MA as a Phys Ed experience or I would probably go along with it. As it is I view the person running the class as a teacher, the person running the kwan as a "director" and everybody from 10th guep to 10th Dan as "students". :-)" --__--__-- Message: 14 From: "ISA Headquarters" To: Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:36:30 -0400 Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Grandmaster Choi, jr. Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Have y'all heard, that Master Choi is now Grandmaster Choi after the Atlantic City celebration. Respectfully, George I. Petrotta ISA Director www.sungjado.org/ isahdq@sc.rr.com --__--__-- Message: 15 From: Ray Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Re: Grandmaster Choi, jr. To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > Have y'all heard, that Master Choi is now Grandmaster Choi after the > Atlantic City celebration. Yep... April 2005 Congratulations to Grand Master Choi, Jung Hwa from all at ITF-Information and Com-Do Corp. The ITF Promotions Committee conferred the honour of IX Dan at the 50th Anniversary Celebration Banquet on April 10, 2005. Ray Terry rterry@idiom.com --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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 1994-2005: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest