>From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 13 #484 - 7 msgs >Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:58:31 -0800 > >Send The_Dojang mailing list submissions to > the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net > >You can reach the person managing the list at > the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of The_Dojang digest..." > > ><<------------------ The_Dojang mailing list ------------------>> > >Serving the Internet since June 1994. >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. TKD/MDK (Johnnie Rouse) > 2. Texas boy in Mississippi (Don Kirsch) > 3. Michigan (kwan jang) > 4. Kukkiwon recognition question (Donne Flanagan) > 5. Re: Kukkiwon recognition question (Ray) > 6. RE: Kukkiwon recognition question (Michael) > 7. No fighting ultimate fighting's rise (The_Dojang) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >From: "Johnnie Rouse" >To: >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 07:48:43 -0600 >Subject: [The_Dojang] TKD/MDK >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >dan >rank from the kukkiwon? > >Sure why not? Unless you fall into the 10th Kwan category, in that case >things can be very complicated. > >Johnnie Rouse > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >From: "Don Kirsch" >To: "the_dojang" >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:00:05 -0600 >Subject: [The_Dojang] Texas boy in Mississippi >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Bobby Moore wrote..."Sorry Rudy but it was not I. I am a lifelong Southern >boy, living in Texas >for several years and then coming to Mississippi and attending college. >Somehow I got stuck in MS after college, but I maintain hope of escape one >day. Until then it is not too bad here." > >I too am a life long Texas boy but with my second family in Jackson, MS at >West's Hapkido my feelings are best summed up by those other Texas boys, ZZ >Top "my feet are in the Texas dust but my heads in Mississippi". Please >accept >this as an invitation to attend our twice annual Korean Martial Arts >seminar >and goat roping. You can find more information at >www.hapkido.com. >Regards, Don Kirsch > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >From: "kwan jang" >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:00:42 -0500 >Subject: [The_Dojang] Michigan >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >Bobby writes: " I am a lifelong Southern boy, living in Texas >for several years and then coming to Mississippi and attending college." > >Hi Bobby: >I did not think I could get that lucky. Have not seen or heard from the >person I know for years. Anyway, glad to see you on the DD. Good bunch of >people most times lol. > >Warmest personal regards, >Rudy > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >From: "Donne Flanagan" >To: >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:01:28 -0600 >Subject: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon recognition question >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >I have heard that there are cases of ITF dans formally recognized by the >Kukkiwon. Can anyone confirm this? How does that work? > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: Ray >Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon recognition question >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 07:51:27 -0800 (PST) >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > > > I have heard that there are cases of ITF dans formally recognized by the > > Kukkiwon. Can anyone confirm this? > >Yes. But it is more difficult after about 5th or 6th Dan. > > > How does that work? > >Work thru your NGB (USA TKD if you're in the US) and/or a local Kukkiwon >grandmaster. Or contact the Kukkiwon directly. > >Ray Terry >rterry@idiom.com > >--__--__-- > >Message: 6 >From: "Michael" >To: >Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon recognition question >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:14:33 -0600 >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >The ITF acknowledges black belt ranks up to the 3rd Dan I want to say >(Possibly 4th Dan). The black belt will then have to train under an ITF >International Instructor/Master Instructor. You can go direct with Master >Robert N. Wheatley, ITF Board of Promotions and US-ITF President. His info >can be found on the US-ITF web site which is www.usitf.com > >v/r > >Michael Munyon, V Dan >US-ITF Armed Forces Director >www.munyondojang.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ray [mailto:rterry@idiom.com] >Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:51 AM >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon recognition question > > > I have heard that there are cases of ITF dans formally recognized by the > > Kukkiwon. Can anyone confirm this? > >Yes. But it is more difficult after about 5th or 6th Dan. > > > How does that work? > >Work thru your NGB (USA TKD if you're in the US) and/or a local Kukkiwon >grandmaster. Or contact the Kukkiwon directly. > >Ray Terry >rterry@idiom.com >_______________________________________________ >The_Dojang mailing list, 2,100 members >The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net >Copyright 1994-2006: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource >Standard disclaimers apply >http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang > >--__--__-- > >Message: 7 >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:58:08 -0800 >From: The_Dojang >To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >Subject: [The_Dojang] No fighting ultimate fighting's rise >Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net > >No fighting ultimate fighting's rise >USA Today > >Ultimate fighting has been in the public consciousness for at least a >decade. Friends aired "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion" in >May 1997. That episode used the sport as an excuse to break up Monica >and multibillionaire Pete (Jon Favreau), who clings to his delusions >of competency in the ring to Monica's horror. > >A couple of months ago, we asked if UFC and other mixed martial arts >competitions were replacing boxing as America's favorite combat sport. > >Today, USA TODAY's Life section takes us to a UFC competition in >Sacramento (the one in which Tim Sylvia ... wait ... we'll stop there >in case you've got it on Tivo) and finds that it's drawing everyone >from teachers to paramedics to Hollywood agents, all boosting the >sport's substantial ratings on Spike. > >Wikipedia provides a rough guide to the various forms of this rough >sport. Some aspects of it aren't unique. Olympic-style judo sees >athletes using chokes and armbars to force opponents to submit (or >pass out, whichever comes first). Taekwondo and various forms of >karate or kickboxing include kicking and punching. > >So what makes this sport special? Why is it drawing crowds to arenas, >cable TV and pay-per-view? > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >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