Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:58:32 -0800 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 14 #89 - 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. number of KKW dans in US (rich hodder) 2. My Condolences regarding GM Parks Passing (Chosondo@aol.com) 3. HKD Seminar by Burrese - Boise, ID (Mark Gajdostik) 4. Oldest Korean film (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "rich hodder" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:19:28 +0000 Subject: [The_Dojang] number of KKW dans in US Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Dear list, A very good friend of mine was just promoted to 7th Dan KKW. His wife and students are throwing a cong-rats party for him on Thursday and wanted to find out how many non Korean KKW 7th dans there are in the U.S. Any info is greatly appreciated. Rich  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Chosondo@aol.com Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:56:42 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] My Condolences regarding GM Parks Passing Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net In a message dated 3/17/2007 6:09:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net writes: WTF Vice President Cha Sok Park Passes Away 16 Mar 2007 I grew to know GM Cha Sok Park very well. I served with him during the early day of the now defunct USTU and the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU). I am shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. You all should know that even though he is mostly known for his contributions to Taekwondo, he was also an awesome Hapkidoin. Ian A. Cyrus, Headmaster, IKMAF ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Mark Gajdostik" To: Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:28:45 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] HKD Seminar by Burrese - Boise, ID Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I will most certainly be there! If any of you have the time, this is too good an opportunity to pass up. I look forward to seeing my DD friends again, and having them cause me pain! Mark Gajdostik TNT Martial Arts 503-640-8400 www.TNTma.com --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:56:47 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Oldest Korean film Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Oldest Korean Film Has Historical Value Korea Times By Kim Tae-jong The 1936 melodrama "Sweet Dream (Mimong)'" is the oldest surviving Korean film. It was recently found in a Chinese film archive. It may not be as action-packed as ``Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War'' or as touching as ``King and the Clown.'' But for serious movie buffs, the 1936 melodrama ``Sweet Dream (Mimong)'' represents an important part of Korea's film history that was until now believed to have been lost. The oldest surviving Korean movie, which was only known through historical records until it was found last year in a Chinese film archive, will be shown at the Korean Film Archive (KFA) for the first time from Thursday to Sunday, along with other historically valuable films that were discovered in recent years. Titled ``Sweet Dream,'' the film was made by director Yang Joo-nam in 1936 during Japanese colonial rule. Before the discovery of the film, the 1937 film ``Simchong'' had been the oldest surviving film although only parts of it exist. ``Sweet Dream'' deals with the secret love affair of a married woman, which was sensational in the conservative Confucian society when it was first screened. ``In terms of entertainment aspects, the film wouldn't be so great now,'' said Cho Jun-hyung, researcher of the film and education department at the KFA. ``But the acquisition is meaningful because of the film's historical value.'' The film can be used as a documentary, which shows contemporary lives of Korean people, authentic traditions and culture during Japanese colonial rule, Cho added. ``We are now making efforts to designate it a cultural heritage as well.'' Along with the film, two more movies from the early 1940s were also found and will be screened. They are ``Spring of Korean Peninsula (Pandoui Pom),'' a love story directed by Lee Byung-il in 1941, and ``Straits of Chosun (Chosonhaehyop),'' a story about a reunited family by Park Ki-chai in 1943. Historically, ``Fight for Justice (Uirijok Kuto)'' in 1919 is regarded as the first and the oldest Korean film. It was not a full-length movie but part of a play shown between acts. The first full-length Korean film is ``The Vow Made Below the Moon (Wolhaui Maengse)'' by Yoon Bak-nam in 1923. It has a propaganda theme to promote savings, which was made under the support of the Japanese colonial government. The initiator of local commercial films is the 1926 silent movie ``Arirang,'' which also led the first boom in the local film industry. Since old films are easily damaged or oxidize as time passes, it is almost impossible to restore films made before 1930 even though they are found. ``The rule in the discovery of old films is, the earlier is the better,'' said Jeong Hye-yun, who worked last year as a member of the acquisition team at the KFA for the recollection of the three films. ``As we were only able to start collecting and preserving old films in the 1970s, so many movies with historical value only exist in books and records.'' Compared to other countries, the history of the local film archive is short as no archive existed until 1974, when a national film archive center, the former body of the KFA, was founded. Now, the KFA has managed to save most of the movies made since the 1960s. The recent discovery of the three films was possible thanks to collaboration with the Chinese film archive as many of old local films can be preserved at film archives in other countries. Thanks to the collaboration with other film archives, the KFA also found four Korean films in 2004 and 2005, which were made during the Japanese colonial period from Japan and China such as ``Troop Train (Kunyong Yolcha)'' (1938), ``Fisherman's Fire (Ohwa)'' (1939), ``Homeless Angel (Chibobnun Chonsa)'' (1941) and ``A Volunteer (Chiwonbyong)'' (1941) as well as the documentary films ``Haebang News (Independence News)'' (1945) and ``Choson'' (1938). Tickets for each screening are 2,000 won each. There will be no English subtitles for the films. The Korean Film Archive is located in Seoul Arts Center, near exit 5 of Nambu Bus Terminal Station on subway line 3. For more information, call (02) 521-2101 or visit www.koreafilm.or.kr. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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