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Copyright 1994-2006: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. 2,100 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. US National Team Garners Four Medals (Ray Terry) 2. Tiger Kim (Burdick, Dakin Robert) 3. 95 take ITF instructors course (Malaysia) (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:22:20 -0800 From: "Ray Terry" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] US National Team Garners Four Medals Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net U.S. National Team Garners Four Medals on Opening Day of Dutch Open March 18, 2006 The USA Taekwondo Senior National Team won four medals Saturday at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, Holland. Men's flyweight Tim Thackrey (Tarzana, Calif.) won gold, men's middleweight Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.) and women's welterweight Simona Hradil (Winnetka, Calif.) captured silver, and women's featherweight Diana Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) took bronze. Thackrey won six straight matches to capture the men's flyweight title. He began the day by beating Canadian Eric Gosselin, 3-2, then defeated Azerbaijan National Team member Elnur Amanov, 7-0. A 12-6 win over Germany's Nouh Elkasmi and a 9-4 victory over German National Team member Boris Winkler put Thackrey into the medal round. In the semifinal, Thackrey defeated Jose Federico of the Guatamalan National Team, 7-4, then won a 5-2 decision in the finals over German National Team member Levent Tuncat. Federico and Denmark's Philip Reyes were the bronze-medal winners. The U.S. squad came very close to making it three gold medals as Graf and Hradil both lost one-point decisions in their respective finals. Graf's road to the finals included wins over Brazil's National Team member Ibi Aires (6-(-1)), Kazakhstan's National Team member Arman Chilmanov (7-6), French National Team member John Trouillet (9-3), German National Team member Robert Vossen (7-0), and Turkish National Team member Kadir Bilek (10-3). In the finals, Graf lost a close 8-7 decision to Canada's Francois Coulombe. Bilek and Netherlands' Antwan Janse took the bronze. Hradil defeated Germany's Evelyn Arhebamen, 3-0, and Germany's Sandra Podlech, 7-2, to reach the medal round. Another 7-2 win in the semifinals, over German National Team member Ester Scholten, put Hradil into the final where she lost a 1-0 decision to French National Team member Gwladys Epangue. Scholten and Spain's Ivonne Lallana claimed the bronze medals. Lopez scored wins over Norway's Julia Fleier, 8-1, Germany's Kathleen Blumenthal, 6-1, and Belarus National Team member Ludmila Zheronkina, 7-0, before losing to German National Team member Pinar Budak. Mexico's Iridia Salazar won the gold over Budak, and Spain's Sara Barbero won bronze along with Lopez. Other U.S. fighters in action Saturday were women's flyweight Simone DeVito (Corlandt, N.Y.), men's featherweight Chris Martinez (Houston, Texas), men's heavyweight Stephen Lambdin (Hurst, Texas) and women's heavyweight Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.). DeVito advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over the Netherlands' Chesmee Arenganeng (9-2) and German National Team member Melanie Hartung (5-(-1)). In the quarterfinals Devito dropped a 6-4 decision to French National Team member and eventual bronze medalist Francine Lahely. Argentina's Laura Lopez Rodriguez won the gold in the women's flyweight division, Spain's Brigitte Yague took the silver and Brazil's Maria Valdirene claimed the bronze along with Lahely. Martinez defeated Turkish National Team member Bekir Turk, 2-1, before losing to Mohamed Azhamriue of the German National Team, 4-3. Dennis Bekkers of the Netherlands won the men's featherweight gold, while Germany's Servet Tazegui took the silver and Mexico's Erik Osornio and Brazil's Diogo Silva claimed the bronze medals. Lambdin scored a 6-5 win over Marcus Murray of the Swedish National Team, before withdrawing due to injury. The men's heavyweight gold medalist was Michael Borot of France, followed by silver medalist Ferry Greevink of the Netherlands and bronze medalists Teemu Heino of Finland and Firmin Zokou of France. In women's heavyweight action, Cahoon lost her opening match to Swedish National Team member Karolina Kedzierska, 5-3. Kedzierska went on the win a bronze medal along with Belgium's Laurence Rase, while Turkey's Filiznur Aydin won the gold and the Netherlands' Yvonne Oude Luttikhuis took the silver. The Dutch Open concludes on Sunday with competition in the men's and women's finweight, bantamweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions. U.S. fighters in action Sunday will include finweights Mandy Meloon (Sugar Land, Texas) and Luis Reyes (Northridge, Calif.), bantamweights Eleni Koutsilianos (Astoria, N.Y.) and Brian Gallagher (Littleton, Colo.), lightweights Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) and Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) and welterweights Sanaz Shahbazi (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Rudford Hamon (Miami, Fla.). --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:50:18 -0500 From: "Burdick, Dakin Robert" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] Tiger Kim Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Jye was mentioning Tiger Kim. Here's his obit from the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EFDF1E39F936A15756C0A96E95 8260&sec=&pagewanted=print May 25, 1998 Paid Notice: Deaths KIM, SANG SOO (GRAND MASTER TIGER KIM) KIM-Sang Soo (Grand Master Tiger Kim) of Alpine, NJ, on May 22, 1998. Beloved husband of Young Yim Kim. Devoted father of In Sun Kim, Nam Young Kim, Choon Young Kim and Joon Young Kim. Father-in-law of Steven Kwon. Brother of Sang Chul Kim, Sang Ki Kim, Byung Min Kim and Chung Ja Kim. Grandfather of Daniel Kwon and Julie Kwon. Friends may call at the Barrett Funeral Home, 148 Dean Drive, Tenafly, NJ, on Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Funeral mass Tuesday, 10 AM, St. Joseph's Church, Demarest, NJ (201-767-1954). Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY. It would be really good if the master was Tiger Tanaka, who trained James Bond in ninjutsu in "You Only Live Twice." http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/images/bond-allies/yolt/tt004.jpg Yours in the arts, Dakin dakinburdick@yahoo.com [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] --__--__-- Message: 3 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:40:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: [The_Dojang] 95 take ITF instructors course (Malaysia) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net 95 take part in ITF instructors' course By NG WEI LOON FOR the past four decades, the International Taekwon-do Federation (ITF) martial art has attracted a huge following outside its country of origin, South Korea. The oriental art also made its presence felt in Malaysia during that period. Recently, a three-day international instructors' course led by ITF president Grand Master Choi Jung Hwa was held at the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Indoor Sports Arena. Kruk correcting a participant's posture. The recent event, organised by the Gombak District ITF in conjunction with the ITF 40th anniversary, attracted 95 participants aged from 10 to 69 years, including 32 foreigners from Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Korea, Nepal, Britain and the United States. Three years ago, Malaysia also hosted a similar course at Genting Highlands. "In ITF's 40-year history, which is relatively short, it has generated a lot of following with an estimated 30mil practitioners around the globe," said Choi, who credited ITF instructors for creating awareness of the art. "The art should not be too commercialised. We do not want our instructors to serve their own interests by exploiting students. In making the art accessible to all, we need to increase the number of quality instructors." Choi also expressed the organisation's aim in extending the art to more third-world countries and African nations. "Although we want to continue developing and improving the art, it is vital to preserve its original form. The essence of it lies in dedicated instructors that are striving to attain the goal," he said. ITF Korea secretary general Oh Chang Jin said the art was exiled from its birthplace due to political deviations. "As a result, ITF was forced to carry out its activities through various programmes outside Korea," said Oh, who is delighted that ITF World Championships returned to its country of origin in 2004. "The natural reconciliation process has stirred many Koreans that are practising the art to support the cause, to correct history. The call for the resurrection and restructuring of ITF is an unsurpassable experience. We share the nice, bubbly feeling for the art, with spirit and soul," added Oh. In addition, Choi said the art has proven to be an engine in driving the world towards peace and harmony. "In our modern society, moral values have been compromised in our pursuit of academic excellence. It is reflected in the alarming crime rate around the world. Taekwondo exponents become better individuals because they appreciate the moral education embedded in the art," said Choi. ITF vice president Michael Tibollo, who is a lawyer by profession, said the fundamental philosophy of learning and teaching the art has created a sense of belonging among the exponents. "Taekwondo has instilled values like selflessness and mutual respect that enabled its members to foster closer ties. We are pleased to see instructors rekindling their bonds and friendships here," said Tibollo. In the course, the participants were exposed to in-depth knowledge of the art, which imitates human movement by incorporating physics principals. They were also taught to utilise major muscle groups to generate more force in their moves. ITF research and development chairman Dr Zibby Kruk, who assisted Choi throughout the course, said: "Our aim is to educate our instructors to speak on the same wavelength with a standard training methodology. Besides that, our role is to share more dynamic and explosive techniques with instructors who have acquired the fundamentals to improve on their speed, strength, flexibility, balance, and co-ordination." "On the first day, it took the participants about two hours to break the ice. The sessions became more interactive from then on," added Kruk, who is also a genetic and biochemistry researcher at the University of Adelaide in Australia. For Charles Yong from Singapore, he came with his wife Alexandria and two sons, Issac, 12 and Zechariah, 10, in tow as they share a common interest. "We took up the art because our children were enrolled on taekwondo classes for four years. At the beginnning, we were keen on learning about the art. Now, it is more about the personal satisfaction of moving up to another level," said Charles. Meanwhile, the youngest participant, Zechariah, was excited with having the privilege to be up close and personal with Choi. "I feel that the best way to give back to the art that I am passionate about is to assist others in picking up the art," added Charles, who holds a first dan black belt. Coming to Malaysia brings back fond memories for Choi, who stayed here from the age of seven to 10. Choi's late father General Choi Hong Hi, who was the ITF founder, served as the first Korean ambassador to Malaysia. He was also responsible for introducing the art here. "My childhood in Malaysia was a time filled with excitement. I not only learn foreign language in a foreign country, but, I was introduced taekwondo here," said Choi, 52. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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 1994-2006: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest