Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:59:05 -0800 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 14 #57 - 4 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 1994-2007: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. 2,200 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. speed drills for kicking (Don Ross) 2. Therapy for cancer kids (The_Dojang) 3. RE: JC In Monroe (Stovall, Craig) 4. North Korean in Scotland (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Don Ross" To: "dojang_digest" Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:22:24 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] speed drills for kicking Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Here's one we've used, Jye, Students in facing parallel lines. On command, do the specified kick, trying to execute it faster than your partner. Vary the cadence to prevent anticipating the count. After a few kicks, shift the lines so people have different partners. pil seung, Don Ross There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. - Mark Twain --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:21:12 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Therapy for cancer kids Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Singapore News Taekwondo used as therapy for cancer kids Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia 17 February 2007 Taekwondo used as therapy for cancer kids Cancer and taekwando may make a rather odd combination, but not so for 15 children who are using the martial art as a form of therapy for their cancer. The Assisi Hospice, where the kids are patients, claims this is a world first. Executing martial art moves, they look like most children their age, but some suffer from leukemia, while others have tumours of various kinds. Aged between 4 and 20, they have been practicing the sport of taekwondo once a week since November last year. Cancer patient Daeng Herryadi said, "Usually when you have cancer you are just resting at home, eat and sleep, so when you we do exercising, we sweat, so it really help us to feel like we are fit.? Besides being therapeutic, the new hobby has brought them tremendous joy. Petra Anna Jasmine added, "I love doing all the kicks and punches, because I am a tiger taekwando warrior." Echoing fellow patients, Inshera Diana said, "Interesting because, like a lot of movements, and also you are doing exercising.? The parents too vouch for the sport's benefits. Parent Zaifariq Rapan said, "The instructor is well-trained here so they are professional in taekwando, we don't have to worry anything about this.? Another parent, Sophie Mirosevic Sorgo said, "We were very excited and her younger brother was most jealous and wanted to join in as well, so it has really been a great thing." Still, precautions were taken by the sports body running the programme. Milan Kwee, President, Singapore Taekwando Federation "We have modified the programme so we try to avoid any sparring contact for the time being. The Federation has also highlighted the programme to the world body which is now promoting it to other countries. The President added the cancer-kids are an inspiration, even for the able-bodied exponents of taekwondo. The new activity even got staff of the Assisi Hospice into the act - like Sister Linda who got her black belt in the 1970s, "Now I am coming back because of our kids. This is my first comeback in almost 30 years.? Fun aside, the children will be performing on 24th February, at the launch of the Hospice's Teddy Bank Drive. And the children say they will continue with the sport even after the performance. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:04:37 -0600 From: "Stovall, Craig" To: Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: JC In Monroe Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net <<>> Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but keep in mind I compete (3-0 record) and train other fighters. Having a cage or not is about the last thing I worry about when dealing with promoters. Some of the biggest pro promotions in the world (Pride FC, IFL, Bodog, etc) choose a roped ring over a cage format. Cost has nothing to do with it. Have you priced a ring lately? Here's what you need to consider. How do they treat you and your fighters? Do you have adequate changing and bathroom facilties? Access to water? Mats and pads in the warm-up area. Do they even have a warm-up area. Does the promoter keep his promises? If they offer help on gas and motel money, do you have to chase them down to get the money or are they up-front about it? Do they schedule firm bouts in advance, or do they play "switcheroo" the night of the fight? Do they practice good matchmaking? How about security? How about medical professionals on stand-by? A ring doctor? Paramedics in attendance? Does their referee know his job? Do they have experienced judges? There's nothing worse than for a guy to train months for a fight, and then have his night ruined by some karate geek who has never judged MMA and doesn't know what the hell they're looking at. Venue. Do they hold it in a nice area (school gym, or community center) as opposed to the local watering lounge (night club, lodge, or worse)? Are they trying to draw the family crowd (no smoke, no alcohol, more secure) or the idiot crowd that wants to see blood (smoke, beer, rowdy fans that don't know their place). Do they start on time? What's the opinion of folks who have dealt with them before? Are they trying to build the sport and help fighters on the rise, or are they just trying to make a buck? How many events have they had before? So much to consider. Having a cage is no big deal. I know a pathological liar with warrants on their ass from three different states who also happens to own a cage. It just takes a little money and an address to have it sent to. If you find an organization that you feel comfortable with and they treat you good...by all means support their events (cage or no cage). Just do the due diligence before you send guys in there to risk some skin. --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:46:46 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] North Korean in Scotland Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Chang honoured to visit Scotland while he strives to unite taekwondo RICHARD MOORE scotsman.com 18-Feb-07 ONE of the most influential figures in world sport arrived in Edinburgh late on Friday evening. But he slipped into the city without fuss or fanfare and, since then, he has hardly been harassed while shuttling between his plush hotel in the West End and the less salubrious Meadowbank Stadium, where today he will witness a tournament named in his honour. Tomorrow, Professor Chang Ung, the IOC member for the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and president of the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), is due to meet his "great friend" and IOC colleague, Sir Craig Reedie, the former BOA chairman. But first comes the inaugural Chang Ung Cup, featuring more than 100 of the world's leading taekwondo exponents. The tournament, organised by Scottish ITF vice-president Peter Harkess, has already succeeded in its first mission: it has attracted Chang himself, for his first visit to Scotland. "I am honoured," says Chang of the tournament named in his honour. "I am not sure I deserve it." Some say he does; others that he doesn't, or at least not yet. Chang, who was a basketball player himself - he's well over six feet tall - is something of a troubleshooter for the martial art of taekwondo, which has endured so many divisions and cloak-and-dagger antics that its governing body, or rather bodies, make Hearts under Vladimir Romanov appear a model of straightforwardness and transparency. Chang launches into an explanation of a history which is difficult to follow, but bits stand out. "Every year I met General Choi Hong Hi [the founder of taekwondo] and he complained to me that the IOC does nothing for taekwondo," says Chang. Choi expelled his son from the organisation in 2001; his son subsequently set up a rival ITF in Canada. Meanwhile, there is also a World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) which has enjoyed full Olympic status since 1996. Legend has it that, in 2002, as he lay on his deathbed, Choi asked Chang to take over the presidency of the ITF - or one of the ITFs. Some contest this version of events, but Chang did take over and now it is his job to unite the factions. The task is not made any easier by three ongoing court cases, in Canada, Vienna, where Chang's ITF is based, and Italy. "Every family, party or organisation has a lot of divisions," notes Chang. But there is a sinister dimension to many of those that have existed in taekwondo, with Chang mentioning "embezzled money... smuggling problems with Russia... sentenced to death in Vietnam" as he discusses the various personalities involved. And this is not even to mention the WTF, set up in opposition to Choi's ITF, by General Park Chung Hee, a senior member of South Korea's fascist junta. Through the friendship between another leading WTF figure, "Mickey" Kim, and the former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, the WTF gained entry to the Olympics, something that had frustrated Choi during his lifetime. So it has fallen to Chang Ung to honour Choi's dying wish; to this end he is trying to unite the various factions. At the Asian Games in Doha in December he made a huge breakthrough, hammering out an agreement with the WTF to establish a "Co-ordination Committee." In the lobby of his Edinburgh hotel he produces a one-page document headed 'Mutual Agreement' and signed at the bottom by him and Chungwon Choue, the president of the WTF. "It's very difficult because of 40 years of separation," he says, "and there is still hostility. But the co-ordination committee is my baby; I have set the ball rolling. The committee meets in March. We are doing our best to unify for Beijing." In the meantime, taekwondo exponents - or some of them, at least - are grateful. "He is doing a lot for taekwondo," says Harkess. "That's why we named our event after him." --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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 1994-2007: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest