Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 02:58:28 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 14 #154 - 7 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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Spain Clinches 2 Golds; United States, Mexico Win 1 Gold Each (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:15:12 +1000 From: Shamus To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] video clips Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net HI In reference to any dvd or video's on t k d that are mentioned by people ,Could you assist me in any necessary information to acquire these same items.As being an old hand at t k d for 33 years now i still wish to learn more about t k d as still teach here in AUSTRALIA, I appreciate your help Also am happy to communicate with other T k d Instructors, my e/ may be asked for through the editor of Dojang I am 60 years old and still going well. Thanks Shane --__--__-- Message: 2 From: sidtkd@aol.com Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 08:31:36 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Value of low block Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net The low block is when the opponent kicks. If they are standing it can also be administered but I doubt you would score a point. Sid ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 07:07:27 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Another Lopez ousted Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Lopez family suffers second blow at taekwondo worlds as Diana ousted Lopez family suffered second blow as Diana was ousted in the semifinal at the Beijing taekwondo worlds on Saturday. Diana lost to South Korean Lee Sung Hye 3-2 in the featherweight semifinal following his brother Mark's footstep of title-defence perdition. Lee crushed Hamide Bikcin from Turkey 4-0 in the final later to win the title. Lopez family is wild with taekwondo. Three taekwondo players from the family won gold medals at 2005 world championships, while the coach is the elder brother of the family Jean Lopez. As the title holder in the under-67 kilo category, Mark lost to South Korean Song Myeong-Seob -1 to 1 a day earlier in the last eight competition of men's featherweight. Diana geared up to reach the last four and posed to defend the family glory, but her expectation was shattered by Korean Lee. Diana yelled to kick off the game and soon came forward 1-0 in the first round, but Lee put the score level in the second to 1-1. In the decisive third, Lee scored twice to win the game 3-2. Diana was injured twice during the match and had to pause the game to take a care, but she didn't think that affected her performance much. "I got hurt in my wrist and neck, but I don't think that's the reason for loss. During the match, I have to get fully concentrated," said Diana. Diana yelled a lot all through the match, which she told it's a way of emotion expression. "That's my emotion for a match. Once I get the strong emotion, I'll let it out. "My brother Mark lost yesterday, I get to stand up to defend the family honor. Anyway, we still have Steven. One wins, we all win." Diana told she will train with the German team in their club back home to prepare for the Olympic trial and qualifications. Jean said the strategy change of Korean players made them hard to handle. "Both Mark and Diana lost to South Koreans. The sudden change of strategy in the third round worked well for them," said Jean. "We reach the peak in last world championships, but it's very hard to repeat that here. It's a chance to learn. We need to pick up little by little and do better next time." Steven, 29, a dominant taekwondo athlete in welterweight, is the only hope for Lopez family. He will play in under 80 kilograms and try to extend his dominance in the division. Source: Xinhua --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 07:19:48 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] World TKD Chip, results Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Competition Results on 1st Day of 2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships Female Finweight (under 47kg) Category Gold : Wu Jingyu (China) Silver : Yaowapa Boorapolchai (Thailand) Bronze : Yang Shu-Chun (Chinese Taipei) Charlotte Craig (United States) Female Bantamweight (under 55kg) Category Gold : Jung Jin-Hee (Korea) Silver : Tseng Yi-Hsuan (Chinese Taipei) Bronze : Yaimara Rosario Ferrer (Cuba) Andrea Rica (Spain) Male Featherweight (under 67kg) Category Gold : Gessler Viera Abreu (Cuba) Silver : Omid Gholam Zadeh Asl (Iran) Bronze : Song Myeong-seob (Korea) Dennis Bekkers (Netherlands) ========================== Competition Results on 2nd Day of 2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships Male Finweight (under 54kg) Category Gold : Choi Yeon-ho (Korea) Silver : Chutchawal Khawlaor (Thailand) Bronze : Batykulov Aslan (Kazakhstan) Rodolfo Osornio (Mexico) Female Featherweight (under 59kg) Category Gold : Lee Sung-hye (Korea) Silver : Hamide Bikcin (Turkey) Bronze : Diana Lopez (United States) Watcharaporn Dongnoi (Thailand) Male Lightweight (under 72kg) Category Gold : Sung Yu-chi (Chinese Taipei) Silver : Nesar Ahmad Bahavee (Afghanistan) Bronze : Tommy Mollet (Netherlands) Hadi Saei Bonehkohal (Iran) ========================== Competition Results on 3rd Day of 2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships Male Flyweight (under 58kg) Category Gold : Jose Antonio Ramos (Spain) Silver : Guillermo Perez (Mexico) Bronze : Tamer Bayoumi (Egypt) Lee Sun-jae (Korea) Male Welterweight (under 78kg) Category Gold : Steven Lopez (United States) Silver : Jang Chang-ha (Korea) Bronze : Sebastien Michaud (Canada) Balars Toth (Hungary) Female Flyweight (under 51kg) Category Gold : Briguitte Yague (Spain) Silver : Ana Zaninovic (Croatia) Bronze : Tazhigulova Nazgul (Kazakhstan) Yajaira Peguero (Dominican Republic) Female Middleweight (under 72kg) Category Gold : Maria Espinoza (Mexico) Silver : Lee In-jong (Korea) Bronze : Luo Wei (China) Silva Natalia (Brazil) --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:32:17 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] China Out to Dominate Taekwondo Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net China Out to Dominate Taekwondo By Kang Seung-woo Staff Reporter, The Korea Times BEIJING _ Concern is rising among Korean officials that China might try to assert taekwondo as its own homegrown sport. Ko Eui-min, chairman of the World Taekwondo Federation Technical Committee, said, ``China is doubted to have been adopting its Northeast Asia Project in taekwondo.'' Northeast Asia Project is an attempt to distort ancient Korean history in the northeastern territory of what is now China, including the Koguryo Kingdom (37 B.C.-A.D. 668) and the Palhae Kingdom (698-926). ``I was really upset to hear that the broadcaster at Changping Stadium in Beijing said taekwondo is a Chinese martial art, during the 2007 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Championships,'' he said. On the first day of the biennial competition, he introduced taekwondo, saying, ``Taekwondo originated from Korea, combining Japanese and Chinese martial arts.'' A similar incident happened at the opening ceremony. During the congratulatory performances with the subject of taekwondo, except for the Korea Tigers' performance, the events were staged with Chinese martial arts, which confused many Koreans present at the stadium. ``I feel really sorry that we have not tried to protect taekwondo while China is preparing for the event. Although many renovations have been under way inside the taekwondo governing body after new leaders like the president and general secretary took office, we still have a lot of things to do,'' said the 68-year-old taekwondo master, who resides in Germany. In addition, Chinese enthusiasm about taekwondo has seemed to grow further. At the opening ceremony, Chinese fans filled Changping Stadium, which seats 5,600 with five courts, to experience the heightened interest of taekwondo in China. According to the WTF, 335 people from 151 media outlets from 46 countries covered the world championships, and Chinese reporters accounted for 65 percent, 196 people. The main broadcasting company Beijing Television broadcast the championships live each day. Although the admission fee was 80 yuan for an adult and 40 for a student, which is relatively high, about 4,000 fans bought tickets to the event each day. In Sichuan Province, which has a population of more than 100 million, and Henan Province, with approximately 92 million, taekwondo was selected as a required subject in elementary schools last year. With such support, taekwondo's popularity in China has skyrocketed since it started officially in 1992. At the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004, Chinese women outlasted Korea in gold medals, 2-to-1. Despite the situation going on like this, Korea still struggles to develop its own sport, engrossed in internal discord between related authorities. ^For example, the Taekwondo Park project is still at a crossroad because of different interests from relevant parties. The park originally was to be built in Muju, North Jeolla Province, and open in 2013. To make matters worse, people's interest in the sport seems to be much lower than that of their Chinese counterparts. ``Unless we pay more attention to taekwondo, we will lose our own soul to China,'' white-haired Ko lamented. --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:56:19 -0700 From: "Martial Arts Tournaments" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Las Vegas Open Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Las Vegas Open TKD Chip August 2nd thru 5th UNLV Cox Pavilion 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154 www.lasvegasopen.org us@lasvegasopen.org 408.246.2000 KTC 3280 ElCamino Real Santa Clara, CA 95051 Sanctioned by: USA Taekwondo, WTF Tournament Chair: Charles Kim, Santa Clara, CA --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:02:13 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Spain Clinches 2 Golds; United States, Mexico Win 1 Gold Each Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Spain Clinches 2 Golds; United States, Mexico Win 1 Gold Each on 3rd Day of World Taekwondo Championships 20 May 2007 Spain grabbed two gold medals on the third day of the 2007 Beijing WTF World Taekwondo Championships at the Changping Gymnasium in northern Beijing, China, on May 20, 2007. The United States clinched one gold medal, while Mexico won one gold and one silver medal. Korea added two bronze medals. In the men's welterweight (under 78kg) final match, Steven Lopez of the United States needed a sudden-death round to brush aside a stiff challenge from Korea's Jang Chang-ha to clinch the gold medal. Lopez, who advanced to the final match by beating Canada's Sebastien Michaud in a semifinal match, thus became a quadruple gold medal winner at the World Taekwondo Championships. Michaud and Hungary's Balars Toth shared the bronze medal in the category. In the women's flyweight (under 51kg) final, Spain's Briguitte Yague outpointed Croatia's Ana Zaninovic. The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan's Tazhigulova Nazgul and the Dominican Republic's Yajaira Peguero. Mexico's Maria Espinoza earn her country the first gold medal in the 18th Beijing WTF World Taekwondo Championships as she beat Korea's Lee In-jong in the women's middleweight (under 72kg) final match. China's Luo Wei and Brazil's Silva Natalia earned the bronze medal each in the same weight division. In the men's flyweight (under 58kg) final match, Spain's Jose Antonio Ramos won the gold medal as he beat Mexico's Guillermo Perez. The bronze went to Egypt's Tamer Bayoumi and Korea's Lee Sun-jae. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang Subscribe or Unsubscribe: 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