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Kimchi goes into space (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:55:35 -0500 From: aburrese@aol.com Subject: [The_Dojang] RE: Korean language Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net < To: Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] sang moo sa Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:15:35 -0600 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net there student uniforms are very good , lettering very good also more expense though boylestkd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "freddie bishop" To: Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:19 PM Subject: [The_Dojang] sang moo sa Does anyone have any experience with Sang Moo Sa uniforms, particularly the middle weight and heavy weight karate uniforms, and their lettering and other customizing services? Thanks Fred ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2,300 members The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net Copyright 1994-2008: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://the-dojang.net --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "B.J. Pritchett" To: Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:55:13 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] 1 Dan Decided, TKD Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Many thanks to the members who offered advice on testing family members. We took each of your emails to heart and made a family decision. It is our pleasure to announce to you one of the newest members to the Black Belt Community. My son James tested for and attained his first dan decided in TKD (studying the ITF forms) on 16 Feb 08. He tested under my instructor with an invitation to our students to come watch the testing. We both believe we have a bit of work to do on his self-defense, but he did an awesome job on the rest of his test. I am very proud of him, as is his father and sister who hopes to test in another two years for her first dan! (It's a family adventure!!!) Yours in the Arts BJ Pritchett --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "J R Hilland" To: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:47:58 -0600 Subject: [The_Dojang] Hapkido Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net We had a great time in Jackson, MS at the 28th International hapkido seminar practicing A LOT of hapkido, seeing old friends and making new ones. Dr. Kimm taught the hapkido BB class Saturday morning and I got to thumb through his new hapkido history book. A special thanks to our senior hapkidoin, GM West and Master Holcombe Thomas, who each probably forgot more about hapkido just last month than I know. Ray, sorry we didn't get to spent any time off the mats. We will have to catch up next trip. As always, the time and effort GM West spent putting this all together was obvious and worth the trip. Jere R. Hilland, Fargo, ND www.hapkidoselfdefense.com --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Gordon Okerstrom" To: Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:46:08 -0600 Subject: [The_Dojang] 1 Dan Decided, TKD Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Congratulations and welcome brother. Gordon Okerstrom --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:27:24 -0800 Subject: [The_Dojang] Back home and list back up Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I've returned from the 28th International HKD Conference and Seminar and all is well. If you emailed something to the list in the last few days and don't see it, please resend. Great being with 200+ of the best KMAers in the US for an entire weekend. Also great to see old friends (esp Masters Hodder, Hilland, Reed, Lyons, Borucki, Mangum, Propst, Richards and Clarke). And making new ones. Hello Master Munyon! (http:// www.munyondojang.com) Things of interest... Dr. Kimm, the first instructor to teach Hapkido in the US, taught the Hapkido black belt class on Saturday. Master McHenry received his TSD 7th Dan, presented by Grandmaster James Saffold. Grandmaster Saffold received his 8th Dan directly from senior MDK Grandmaster Jae-Joon Kim (RIP) in 2002. Congrats to Master Mac! Senior KHF US rep Master Holcombe Thomas was present, again, and taught an interesting session. Always good to see Master Thomas out on the map. Always great to see Master Hilland with that huge smile on his face as he brings the pain. And, of course, getting to see Grandmaster JR West again, the first American to receive a black belt in Hapkido. Ray Terry thedojang@sbcglobal.net --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:41:40 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Taekwondo Picked for Universiade Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Taekwondo Picked for Universiade By Kang Seung-woo Korea Times Feb 26 Taekwondo is taking a big step toward evolving into a world sport, as its poomsae and kyorugi competitions are likely to become official events at the 2009 Belgrade Universiade, an international multi-sport festival held in Serbia. ``I make an official promise that poomsae will be on the official program of the 2009 Belgrade Universiade along with kyorugi,'' Dr. Sinisa Jasnic, vice president of the 2009 Universiade organizing committee, said Tuesday after a meeting on poomsae with Yang Jin-suk, the secretary of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) at the WTF headquarters in Seoul. The 2009 Universiade, the 25th edition of the festival for collegiate athletes, is scheduled from July 1-12, 2009, and the kyorugi competition is set from July 1-5. ``To realize that, we agreed to sign the official contract in May this year in Belgrade between the WTF and the organizing committee,'' said Jasnic, who also serves as general director of the Unversiade in Belgrade. He arrived in Korea on Saturday for a four-day visit on his way to Harbin, China, for a FISU (The International University Sports Federation) executive committee meeting scheduled from Wednesday through Saturday. The idea of putting poomsae ¯ fixed movements of taekwondo or form ¯ on the 2009 Belgrade Universiade program was first proposed at the Second International Taekwondo Symposium in October 2007 at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. The symposium was co-hosted by UC Berkeley and the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation in Korea. To further promote taekwondo, the WTF launched the inaugural WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Seoul in 2006 and a second poomsae championships in Incheon in 2007. ``Given taekwondo's high popularity, taekwondo will be a compulsory sport of the Universiade in the near future, and I hope in 2013 and afterwards,'' Jasnic said. Since the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, taekwondo has been adopted as an optional sport at Summer Universiades, including the 2005 Universiade in Ismir, Turkey, and the 2007 Bangkok Universiade. ``Taekwondo is one of the most successful sports at the Universiades, and we have seen a continued increase in taekwondo activities, especially at the Bangkok Universiade,'' Jasnic said. ``It is a fact that taekwondo is becoming very, very popular among student populations." --__--__-- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:49:05 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Olympics test event Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net A test event for the taekwondo competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games kicked off in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2008 for a four-day run, drawing high media attention. The Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Taekwondo Invitational Tournament took place at the University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium in downtown Beijing. The event, which serves as a rehearsal for the taekwondo competition of the Beijing Olympic Games, drew a total of 126 athletes from 26 countries, along with 29 international referees. Reflecting growing popularity of taekwondo around the world, especially in China, about 730 media people, including 618 Chinese, registered with the Organizing Committee to cover the test event. Beijing TV, the host broadcaster of the event, broadcast live for three hours every day. The opening day of the four-day event featured two weight categories – the men's -58kg and the women's -49kg. Preliminary matches for the two weight divisions were conducted between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., while quarterfinals, semifinals, repechage matches and final matches, along with awarding ceremonies, were held from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The second day will feature another two weight categories – the men's -68kg and the women's -57kg; the third day, the men's -80kg and the women's -67kg; the fourth and final day, the men's +80kg and the women's +67kg. A day earlier, on Feb. 25, WTF President Chungwon Choue visited the venue to deliver a speech for 29 international referees. "A successful refereeing and judging at taekwondo competitions, especially the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, will help ensure that taekwondo is included among the IOC's 25 core sports for the Summer Olympic Games," WTF President Choue said. He continued to say that, "In this regard, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should be the most exemplary event for taekwondo ever in terms of refereeing and judging." "The WTF will take strongest action when undesirable incidents related to refereeing and judging happen at this Beijing test event. The referees and judges will no longer be allowed to officiate at the WTF-promoted events," he said. "Coaches who receive two warnings will be removed on the spot." --__--__-- Message: 9 From: Ray To: The_Dojang The Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:17:15 -0800 Subject: [The_Dojang] Kimchi goes into space Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net NY Times reporting is known to be highly suspect, so fwiw... > New York Times > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/world/asia/24kimchi.html?em&ex=1204088400&en=4491262b574df846&ei=5070 > > Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before > By CHOE SANG-HUN > SEOUL, South Korea - After South Korea began sending soldiers to > fight beside American forces in Vietnam, President Park Chung-hee > made an unusual plea. He wrote to President Lyndon Johnson to say > that his troops were miserable, desperate for kimchi, the fermented > cabbage dish that Koreans savor with almost every meal. > > Chung Il-kwon, then the prime minister, delivered the letter to > Washington. When he traveled overseas, he told Johnson, he longed > for kimchi more than for his wife. The president acquiesced, > financing the delivery of canned kimchi to the battlefield. > > Now kimchi is set to conquer the final frontier: space. > > When South Korea's first astronaut, Ko San, blasts off April 8 > aboard a Russian spaceship bound for the International Space > Station, the beloved national dish will be on board. > > Three top government research institutes spent millions of dollars > and several years perfecting a version of kimchi that would not turn > dangerous when exposed to cosmic rays or other forms of radiation > and would not put off non-Korean astronauts with its pungency. > > Their so-called space kimchi won approval this month from Russian > authorities. > > "This will greatly help my mission," Mr. Ko, who is training in > Russia, said in a statement transmitted through the Korea Aerospace > Research Institute. "When you're working in spacelike conditions and > aren't feeling too well, you miss Korean food." > > Kimchi has been a staple of Koreans' diets for centuries. These > days, South Koreans consume 1.6 million tons a year. Until recently, > homemakers would prepare the dish by early winter, then bury the > ingredients underground in huge clay pots. Now, many buy their > kimchi at the store and keep it in special kimchi refrigerators, > which help regulate the fermentation process. > > It is hard to overstate kimchi's importance to South Koreans, not > just as a mainstay of their diet, but as a cultural touchstone. As > with other peoples attached to their own national foods - Italians > with their pasta, for example - South Koreans define themselves > somewhat by the dish, which is most commonly made with cabbage and > other vegetables and a variety of seasonings, including red chili > peppers. > > Many South Koreans say their fast-paced lives, which helped build > their country's economy into one of the biggest in the world in a > matter of decades, owe much to the invigorating qualities of kimchi. > Some take a kind of macho pleasure watching novices' eyes water when > the red chili makes contact with their throats the first time. And > when Korean photographers try to organize the people they wish to > take pictures of, they yell, "Kimchiiii." > > Mr. Ko's trip will be an occasion for national celebration. Since > 1961, 34 countries, including Vietnam, Mongolia and Afghanistan, > have sent more than 470 astronauts into space. Koreans found their > absence among the countries that fielded space missions humiliating, > given their country's economic stature. The government finally > decided in 2004 to finance sending one scientific researcher into > space. > > Mr. Ko, a 30-year-old computer science engineer, beat 36,000 > contestants in a government competition to earn his spot on board > the Russian-made Soyuz rocket. He will travel with two cosmonauts > and will stay in the International Space Station for 10 days > conducting experiments. > > Space cuisine has come a long way since the early days of > exploration, when most of the food was squeezed out of tubes before > it was discovered that regular food could be consumed in conditions > of weightlessness. Now, astronauts can order from a fairly wide > variety of foods, from chicken teriyaki to shrimp cocktail, with > some modifications. For instance, hamburger rolls produce crumbs > that can float off and clog equipment, so other breads are used. But > the food at least looks, smells and tastes familiar. > > Still, guest astronauts may carry special cuisine. One, Charles > Simonyi, who spent part of the fortune he made at Microsoft to > travel as a "space tourist" last year, took along a six-course meal > prepared by the French chef Alain Ducasse. > > The South Koreans created versions of several other foods for Mr. > Ko's mission, including instant noodles, hot pepper paste, fermented > soybean soup and sticky rice. But kimchi was the toughest to turn > into space food. > > "The key was how to make a bacteria-free kimchi while retaining its > unique taste, color and texture," said Lee Ju-woon at the Korean > Atomic Energy Research Institute, who began working on the project > in 2003 with samples of kimchi provided by his mother. > > Ordinary kimchi is teeming with microbes, like lactic acid bacteria, > which help fermentation. On Earth they are harmless, but scientists > feared they could turn dangerous in space if cosmic rays and other > radiation cause them to mutate. > > Another problem was that kimchi has a short shelf life, especially > when temperatures fluctuate rapidly, as they sometimes do in space. > > "Imagine if a bag of kimchi starts fermenting and bubbling out of > control and bursts all over the sensitive equipment of the > spaceship," Mr. Lee said. > > He said his team found a way to kill the bacteria with radiation > while retaining most of the original taste. > > Kim Sung-soo, a Korea Food Research Institute scientist who also > worked on "space kimchi," said another challenge was reducing the > strong smell, which can cause non-Koreans to blanch. He said > researchers were able to reduce the smell by "one-third or by half," > according to tests conducted by local food companies. > > Mr. Ko, the Korean astronaut, said he would use the kimchi to foster > cultural exchange. He plans to prepare a Korean dinner in the space > station on April 12 to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the day the > Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. > > The developers of the "space kimchi," meanwhile, say their research > will continue to benefit South Korea in a practical way even after > the country's national pride is burnished by Mr. Ko's historic > mission. > > They say kimchi's short shelf life has made exporting it expensive > because the need for refrigeration and rapid transport. That has > added to the cost in importing countries, limiting sales. > > "During our research, we found a way to slow down the fermentation > of kimchi for a month so that it can be shipped around the world at > less cost," Mr. Lee said. "This will help globalize kimchi." --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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 1994-2008: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest