Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:00:34 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 13 #312 - 1 msg 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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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. RE: Another world chip that few know about... (michael tomlinson) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "michael tomlinson" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Another world chip that few know about... Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:47:44 +0000 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net World champion yellow belts competing in Hapkido tournaments??? Yeah ok I get it... Michael Tomlinson >From: The_Dojang >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] Another world chip that few know about... >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:43:57 -0700 > >Hapkido 10 kick-start competition >By PHIL EDWARDS , Thursday, 27 July 2006 > >A team of 10 Launceston martial arts enthusiasts will test themselves >against the best in the world in Australia's first international >hapkido competition on the Gold Coast tomorrow. > >The team from the Launceston Hapkido Club leaves for the Gold Coast >today to take part in the 2006 Hapkido world championship at Carrara >Stadium. > >Nine other teams and 150 participants from six countries including >South Korea, Holland, Iran, Nepal and New Zealand will contest the >championships which showcase hapkido, a unique Korean martial art >which focuses on self-defence through physical, mental and spiritual >improvement as well as fighting techniques. > >Instructor Beau Forwood said the Launceston club was hosting the >tournament on the Gold Coast after winning two world championship >tournaments in Korea in 2004-05. > >"We actually beat the Koreans at their own art in their own country to >win the right to host the first international competition ever held in >this country," he said. > >"We won the Korean national title in 2004 and the Presidential Games >the next year - which is a pretty huge achievement." > >The Gold Coast tournament will be hosted by Grand Master Jong Hyuk Kim >who founded the Launceston club in 2000. > >Forwood said the local club's success in Korean national competitions >had given it the recognition required to hold the prestigious >championships. > >The team will feature 10 players ranked from beginner's yellow belt to >third dan black belt, ranging in age from nine to 70. > >"Teams have to present a prepared demonstration and will be judged on >martial arts technique, presentation and manner and spirit," he said. > >"The skills involve form, kicking, throwing techniques and >coordination but no actual physical combat. 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