Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:00:18 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 13 #333 - 2 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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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. Tired of the dillusion (s. yates) 2. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (Thomas Gordon) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:41:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "s. yates" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Tired of the dillusion Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net "I guess it's more important than discussing character development, maintaining tradition, teaching methods, or any of that other useless crap....:) Anywhoo..." Which is WORTH more than what most of the people out there are charging. Why is this concept so hard to understand? "I have read every single post concerning this subject. My good ole WV boy instinct wants to just rag on the two gentlemen (who I won't name because my instructor taught me better), who have posted, one more waaaaaaaaay more than the other, about making allllll kinds of $$$ while teaching their chosen profession. Notice I say "chosen" profession. I'm sure nobody here was "forced" to teach MA, which in my opinion would constitute the ridiculous $160+/month fees." Thats why they call it a profession, not a hobby. I left a $80,000 a year JOB(just over broke) to do what I love for a living. "His latest post was: Um, the ones that stick around ARE the loyal ones." If the school teachers only kept the A+ students, what would our educational system be like? It is EASY to accept the dedicated student. It takes HARD WORK to turn the fat, dumb, and lazy into the previous. Thats what martial arts instructorship is about. Changing lives, not accepting a hard working, naturally talented student and calling them loyal. "100.00 per hour for private lessons??" Once again, ask the doc next time you visit him what the visit really cost including the insurance they scammed out of you. "I'd happily pay my teacher whatever fee he asked, and several years ago we _begged_him to charge more" Contradictary statement? "Golly Gee Beave, a student worth more than monthly dues...?? Now, THERE'S a new concept." Once again, how many students do you have? If the rates I am charging are SO OUTRAGEOUS, then why are 230+ people paying them when there are 5-6 schools in the area (3 mile radius) who charge less? Ok, I'm done ranting. SY --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Thomas Gordon" To: Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:49:11 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Camp Fuji pushing the pace in its martial-arts program Pacific edition, Saturday, August 12, 2006 Camp Fuji is trying to put its Japan-based Marines on a faster track up the martial-arts belt chain. Personnel with tan and gray belts are getting together once a week for sustainment training at Little Guns Gym. Marines and sailors wearing green, brown and black belts also are encouraged to attend a 5:30 a.m. session every Tuesday or Thursday. All have been issued logbooks in an effort to track hours and speed up promotions. It's part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, a system that combines new and old hand-to-hand and close-combat techniques. The program, which began in 2001, trains Marines and attached U.S. Navy personnel in unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques. About 200 servicemembers assigned to Fuji's Combined Arms Training Center are participating, according to Staff Sgt. Jon Willman, who schedules black- belt instructors to visit the base. "You're required to do so many hours of sustainment training before you test for belts," said Willman, a green belt. "Sometimes, they'll do combat-conditioning drills. It's a real rigorous circuit course where they incorporate different moves, throws and strikes. A lot of repetition. " . The push is to get as many people as possible qualified up to highest belts while they're here at Camp Fuji." MCMAP evolved from the Linear Infighting Neurological Override Engagement, or LINE, combat system, a martial-arts program used by the Marine Corps from 1980 to 2002. But it was found to be lacking in flexibility and techniques for use in situations that didn't require deadly force, such as peacekeeping operations. "It was a really rigid style of fighting," Willman said. "We learned it when we went to boot camp. After that, if you didn't keep up with that kind of training, you lost it real fast. "MCMAP is for Marines with flak vests, packs and gear on, which LINE training wasn't really designed for. It's basically a bunch of mixed martial arts that the moves are tailored for. You're not gonna strip down to your trousers and T-shirts to fight somebody, so they tweaked all the moves to make it easier and better to do in your gear itself." The program's core unarmed combat system is based on 10 traditional martial arts. "It's a more fluid and flexible style of fighting," he said. "We call it giving you a bigger toolbox. . It incorporates a lot more weapons than LINE training used to. . It pretty much teaches you can use anything for a weapon." Sgt. Brian Moody heads to Okinawa next week to get certified as a black-belt instructor-trainer. Upon his return, he'll become the MCMAP chief instructor at Fuji and also be responsible for training Marines stationed at other bases on the Kanto Plain. Willman said 99 percent of Fuji personnel have reached gray-belt status, the second-highest level. "We're trying to get everybody up to green belt, which is the third," he added. "Sgt. Moody will be gone about six weeks. While he's away, everybody will get the sustainment time they need to really push forward on this." --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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