Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 02:59:22 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 14 #158 - 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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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. First Ki Teacher (Luther Veuleman) 2. Freddie Bishop on low block (George Peters) 3. WTMF and Rev. Moon Connection (Robert Wood) 4. RE: Tong il moo do (Joseph Cheavens) 5. RE: Tong Il Mu Do (Bert Edens) 6. Re: uniform (Beungood8@aol.com) 7. World Taekwondo Championships Wrap Up (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 23:00:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Luther Veuleman To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] First Ki Teacher Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Digest, Tonight I was cleaning up my office, and looking through some old 'karate' stuff, like books, pictures, old belts, etc. I started thinking about everything I've seen and learned over the years, and was of course thinking about my dad a bit. Fathers day is coming up, so I wanted to share something. My dad was quite a bit up in age, he was in his mid 40's when my parents brought me into the world. He wasn't a martial arts guy, never showed me how to throw a punch, and the only things he knew about Korea was the language and a few things he learned from being stationed there during the Korean Conflict. He always told me "Conflict?! It was a war, cause people were shooting at us alot!" He was a linguistics guy, as the enemy pilots and telcom guys were speaking to each other in Korean, he would translate and transcript, then work with the specialists to un-encode and figure out what they where really saying. I can remember being about 9 or 10 years old, and he was teaching me how to shake someones hand correctly, and I'm sure I was being a kid, not paying attention, jacking around. So, he told me to squeeze his hand as hard as I could, and that I could use both hands to do it. I really got down on it as much as I could, huffing and puffing, making all kinds of noise. Nothing. Then he said it was his turn, and gave me this bone crunching grip with his one hand. I was thinking, he's not even a big guy, what the heck! I shook it off, and he told me I could try again. I gave it all I had, and he just laughed it off, then told me his secret. He'd been extending his index finger upwards, making it harder to hurt his hand when I gripped it. Now, regardless of whether you think Ki is real or not (I'm definitly a skeptic), you can't deny the anatomy/mechanics that where there, extending the digits to strengthen and tighten the muscles and tendons and such. He knew nothing of Ki, or really any defensive tactics, but taught me my first lesson in extending the Ki finger. These days, I've got alot of other people to thank for being my teachers, but before them all, my dad was absolutly my first teacher. So here's to all the dads out there, administering a little pain, and alot of love and life education! Charlie Veuleman www.tsdofla.com --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "George Peters" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 02:09:22 -0400 Subject: [The_Dojang] Freddie Bishop on low block Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Good Sir, I would never be one to second guess the value of a time honored basic technique. Properly employed, they can be devastating. I wish you could have been with me to a belt test a few years back where the kicker was low blocked and left in an ambulance with a broken shin bone. This made me re-evaluate my "angle of attack" to better put myself in a postion to employ these techniques. Respectfully, George _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. It’s free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_MAY07 --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Robert Wood" Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 07:59:01 -0500 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] WTMF and Rev. Moon Connection Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Hey Folks, I did some looking around the World Tong-Il Moo-Do Federation (WTMF)website and found out the Chairman of the WTMF is none other than Hyun Jin Moon; son and heir apparent to Sun Myung Moon, head of the Unification Church (queue spooky music). >From the WTMF website entitled “Inspirators” -- Among these projects is the World Tong-Il Moo-Do Federation, which was inspired by Dr. and Mrs. Moon in order to promote moral and ethical values in education through Martial Arts centered on Unification Principle. http://www.tongilmoodo.com/whats.html http://www.tongilmoodo.com/chairman.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Moon IHS, Robert L. Wood, I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business. – Michael J. Fox ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Discuss martial arts & Christianity at http://www.karateforchrist.com Get your own emal service at ZZN.COM. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Joseph Cheavens" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Tong il moo do Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 08:09:39 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Hmm, mediocre compliant partner drills set to music. . . . . . does WTMF stand for "What the Mutha F#$$?"??? Joe Cheavens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Bert Edens" To: Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:52:37 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Tong Il Mu Do Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Greetings, all... I try not to be too judgmental of other styles and schools, but I do have a few comments: 1) The lady in the second segment was much better than the guys in the first segment... A lot crisper technique, at least... 2) The aerobics doesn't really bother me as long as the students know (a) It's for entertainment (b) It's for exercise and (c) It's NOT for building quality technique 3) Did I really see a flying headbutt for a board break? 4) The split kick (front / side kick at the same time) for the board break was the best of the bunch.. 5) "Tong Il Mu Do" would probably been Unification Martial Art... What are they unifying? *bows* - Bert Edens Springdale, Arkansas > -----Original Message----- > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:23:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Luther Veuleman > > Jye, > > Oh My. Consider it judged. > > Charlie > > ------------------------------------------- > Jye Wrote: > I found this video clip: > http://tongilmoodo.com/video/demo_russ_20050306.wmv > > you guys be the judge... :dead: > ------------------------------------------- --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Beungood8@aol.com Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 11:55:18 EDT To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: uniform Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net In a message dated 5/24/2007 7:43:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net writes: I can get Mike Tomlinson to be the VP, we can develop a diversified business plan and expand services, call it ITCHY and SCRATCHY (Special CRApmu Techniques Course for Hapki Yamajama). Could I suggest a purple spandex unitard as a uniform? We can use mike as the model after we shave the back hair on the low cut exposed back. Hiiyyeeahhh! Jack O ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:47:15 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] World Taekwondo Championships Wrap Up Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Beijing World Taekwondo Championships Wrap Up in Resounding Success 24 May 2007 The 2007 Beijing WTF World Taekwondo Championships concluded its five-day competition in a resounding success at the Changping Gymnasium in northern Beijing, China, on May 22, 2007. The Beijing championships were a great success for good reasons. It was the largest both in terms of the number of participating countries and the number of journalists. "The Beijing World Taekwondo Championships were a great success. The championships, which served as a rehearsal for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, drew about 1,400 athletes and officials from a record 116 countries," said WTF President Chungwon Choue in his remarks during the closing ceremony at the Changping Gymnasium. Dr. Choue continued to say, "The opening ceremony was especially spectacular, which involved more than 1,500 performers and 800 volunteers." "Reflecting the rapidly growing popularity of the Olympic sport of taekwondo, the Beijing championships attracted a record 335 journalists from 46 countries. The taekwondo matches were broadcast daily both live and in a delayed format around the world," he said. He said, "We also witnessed a great improvement in judgment and refereeing at this championship, but we have to do more to ensure fairer judgment and refereeing." "The success of refereeing at major taekwondo championships is crucial for taekwondo to retain its Olympic status." At the closing ceremony, the Fair Play Awards were presented to Croatian Filip Grgic, the gold medal winner in the men's bantamweight division, and Chinese Wu Jingyu, the gold medalist in the women's finweight category. Venezuela, Australia and Egypt received Good Fighting Spirit Awards, while Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan were chosen as recipients of Active Participation Awards. Francisco Martin of Spain and Jamie Dossantos of Canada were selected as the best male and female coaches, respectively. Five referees were chosen as the best referees of the Beijing championships – Soo-kon Oh of Korea, Carmen Navarro Ingles of Spain, Ian Leafe of United Kingdom, Mohamed Hosni Ahmed of Egypt and Nelson Brizuela of Costa Rica. Doba Modibo Keita of Mali, the gold medalist in the men's heavyweight division, was chosen as the recipient of the Samsung Blue Passion Award. In the men's division, Korea ranked first in terms of overall medal tally, followed by Iran, Spain, Chinese Taipei and Thailand. In the women's category, Korea also clinched the team title, followed by China, Canada, Spain and Chinese Taipei. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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