Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 02:59:00 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 14 #161 - 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. RE: Korean Swords (Dr. Daryl Covington) 2. Martial Arts Museum (aburrese@aol.com) 3. video clip: hapkido 1961 (Jye nigma) 4. school near Bracknell (Bob Banham) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 05:17:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Daryl Covington" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Korean Swords Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Perhaps one of the most telling displays on the history of the Korean sword is the exhibit at the Korean War Memorial here in Seoul. In the exhibit, you can trace the progression of swords and their use throughout Korea's history. In the beginning, the Korean swords were brittle metal, straight bladed, and all iron. From there, the basic progression is they took on the type of sword of whoever happened to be invading / occupying at the time. That is a far "oversimplified" explanation, but again... to get to the truth of the matter, come visit the exhibit. I'd be glad to take anyone over that would like to see first hand... its only about a kilometer from my place. Grace and Peace Daryl Covington Seoul, South Korea --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. --__--__-- Message: 2 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 09:49:32 -0400 From: aburrese@aol.com Subject: [The_Dojang] Martial Arts Museum Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net This might be of interest to people" Original source: http://www.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=48587&format=html Martial Arts Museum a Reality By Kristopher Daams(C) Signal Staff Writer After several years of traveling exhibits, numerous meetings and a lot of planning, the Martial Arts History Museum is scheduled to open to the public next Saturday. Valencia resident Michael Matsuda, a martial arts buff and the museum's president, had seen his hopes of opening the museum in Santa Clarita rise and fall, and his search for a location led him to the eastern San Fernando Valley. But there were no good locations over the hill. Then the city's community center building in Newhall changed ownership, and now Matsuda is scheduled to open his museum there on June 2. "We've been a traveling exhibit so everything is ready, but it's just not out here right now," Matsuda said in the empty building on Thursday afternoon. For the past several years the museum has been of a traveling nature, hitting locations in Las Vegas and numerous others in Southern California. All the items, save for pieces of armor for a samurai outfit and a lion's head, are all in storage, some of it at his home in Valencia. "This is a history museum," Matsuda said of the project, "not just a punch and kick museum." He tried to get the city's old community center in the past, but a previous owner didn't support Matsuda's museum idea. Then the place changed owners, and the new one liked the idea. He previously announced that he was going to house the museum in the San Fernando Valley; specifically, in the Los Angeles Council District represented by Councilman Richard Alarcon, a proponent of the museum. "(Los Angeles) Council members have control over properties," Matsuda said. "We went out every day looking for a property and unfortunately, there was nothing." Efforts to house the museum in Los Angeles areas with a larger Asian population also fell through. Matsuda cited a lack of vision by those council members "Unfortunately, it's very hard to get them to see the vision of what this could do," Matsuda said. "This is a huge market. We're not looking just to the martial arts, we're looking toward the entire Asian culture." Matsuda studied judo in 1968. He hated it, he said, so he tried ju-jitsu. He didn't like that either. Then he witnessed a guy in an all-black suit doing kung fu, and has been practicing it since 1974. He said the Martial Arts History Museum would likely have 70 items, excluding hundreds more pictures and photos. The scope of the museum is more than just the physical attacks that people associate with martial arts, but the music, dance, art and everything else that came with it as the art integrated itself into the American popular culture via film and television. Matsuda said the lease for the place is good for no more than two years. He hopes that after that, newly developed buildings in the downtown Newhall area would be available for the museum. An argument can even be made for a connection between martial arts and oldtime Santa Clarita, Matsuda said, as the Chinese immigrants that immigrated to California in the 19th century helped lay the railroad tracks throughout the state. "We have railroad tracks here in Santa Clarita," Matsuda said. "Those workers brought with them kung fu." A grand opening ceremony for the museum is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 2. www.burrese.com For Your Safety - For Your Success ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:04:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] video clip: hapkido 1961 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net http://youtube.com/watch?v=d_Bt29btUtk&mode=related&search= --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Bob Banham" To: Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 15:31:33 +0100 Subject: [The_Dojang] school near Bracknell Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net There's an ITF school: Thames Valley Taekwondo UNIT 11, Robert Cort Industrial Estate, Britten Road, Reading, RG2 0AU Tel: 0118 986 4858 and a Hapkido school: Yu Won Sool Hapkido 69 Cheviot Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 8UE Tel: 01753730850 There's also an independant Taekwondo school in Bracknell itself taught by Christie Bytom (5th dan) Bytomic Taekwondo Brackenhale School, Rectory Lane, Bracknell, RG12 7BA Tel: 01844 281888 Bob --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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. 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