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UC Berkeley (Korean History) (Ray) 10. 2008 European Taekwondo Chips (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:45:08 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] WTF events 2008 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Apr 26-28 18th Asian Taekwondo Championship tel:86 10 8718 2930 chinataekwondo@sina.com.cn Zheng Zhou, China May 7-11 7th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championship tel:90 312 310 8816 taekwondo@gsgm.gov.tr Izmir, Turkey www.turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr May 21-29 The 18th World Military Taekwondo Championships tel:82 2 748 5160 clsm18@yahoo.co.kr Seongnam, Korea www.sangmu.go.kr July 16-20 10th World University Taekwondo Championships tel:381 11 262 8658 usss@evnet.yu Belgrade, Serbia www.usss.org.yu Aug 20-23 2008 Beijing Olympic Games-Taekwondo Competition tel:86 10 66692008 2008@beijing-olympic.org.cn Beijing, China en.beijing2008.cn --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:25:34 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Turkey is tops Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net European Taekwondo Championship 4/14/2008 Turkish Press TURKEY RANKS TOP ROME - Turkey ranked the first in the 18th Men's & 16th Women's Senior European Taekwondo Championship in Rome, Italy. On the last day (Sunday) of the championship, Servet Tazegul won golden medal in men's 67 kg category, while Hamide Bickin won bronze medal in women's 63 kg category. In country ranking, Turkey became first, and Germany the second and Spain third. In men's category, Turkey ranked the first, and followed by Greece and Germany. In women's category, Germany ranked the first, Spain the second and Turkey the third. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:32:49 -0700 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] In the news Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Sad... A friend of a friend. ======================================== Three men were arrested on murder charges for the beating death of a 25-year-old Sioux Falls, S.D. man that took place at Zippers night club in north Milford last Friday. Three men remain in the Dickinson County Jail to face the charges from the early morning incident. This week officers arrested John Allen Swan, 30, of Crossett, Ark.; Scott Thomas Adair, 29, of Crossett, Ark.; and Michael James Friedrichs, 29, of Forest City. All are charged with first degree murder. According to Milford Police, victim Matthew Thomas Begtrup, was beaten by Swan, Adair and Friedrichs, who allegedly hit the victim repeatedly during a fight outside the club at around 2 a.m., causing severe injury and bleeding to the face and head. The three were charged with willful injury the night of the altercation and posted bond. After Begtrup's death, the Dickinson County Attorney's office filed the first-degree murder charges, accusing the three of willfully and deliberately killing Begtrup with malice afore thought. Warrants were issued and the three were arrested and rebooked into the Dickinson County Jail. Swan, Adair and Friedrichs made their initial appearance Tuesday. They are being held on $750,000 bond and are scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 4 p.m. April 18. Begtrup's funeral was held Friday. People who knew him back in Sioux Falls remember Begtrup as an aspiring martial arts instructor who enjoyed teaching young people the discipline of Tae Kwan Do. Begtrup was a skilled third-degree black belt, his instructor, Master Jae Ho Sim, told KELO-TV reporter Lou Raguse in a copyrighted story. "He can straight-up side kick in the air. He can break a board 10 feet in the air standing on the ground, you know? Not jumping," Sim told Raguse. Begtrup's martial arts instructor said the 25-year-old was close to achieving his goals of being an instructor. "I've got a whole bunch of good kids here, but not too many come up to me and say I want to be an instructor," Sim said. Begtrup also helped Master Sim teach class. He especially enjoyed the kids 10 and younger. And they especially liked him. "Oh, parents come to me all the time, when the kids say, 'Guess what, Mr. Matt's filling in for Mr. Sim.' They all get excited. He's great with the kids. Pretty firm, but they love him," Sim told the television station. Begtrup told Sim he wanted to teach Tae Kwan Do for a living, so Master Sim did something special for him. He traveled to Korea and set up an exchange program. Sim planned to have Begtrup, who learned Tae Kwon Do in Korean, live there and teach Koreans Tae Kwon Do in English. "The sad thing for me is I never got to tell him I had all that going for him," Sim said. "It's just hard for me to imagine a guy like that has a great talent, great self-respect and great kindness to other kids, and all the sudden someone brutally does that to him," Sim told the station. Master Sim says he had a brand new Tae Kwon Do uniform ready for Begtrup to be buried in. Begtrup's family has asked that memorial donations will be used to create a scholarship in Matthew's name at the Jae Ho Sim's Martial Arts Academy. Back in Milford, the local police department was assisted at the scene by members of the Arnolds Park Police Department, Okoboji Police Department, Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, Milford Rescue and Lakes Regional Healthcare Ambulance. Some aspects of the case remain uncertain. Authorities have yet to elaborate about the amount of time that passed between the altercation and the end of Begtrup's life. He passed away after being transported to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. The initial statement from law enforcement officials also does not confirm, or rule out, the use of weapons. Jim Saunders, the public information officer for the Iowa Department of Public Safety, said the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has not been contacted about the murder investigation. --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:12:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Felix Smittick Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] FAI Camp 2008 - save $30 To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I don't know either but he looks lost or hungover. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:18:59 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon events Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net 2008 Kukkiwon events Training ____________________________________ Instructor (Foreigner) July 21-26 Special (Disabled) Instructor August 4-8 Instructor (Domestic) Oct 7-9 http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/english/training/training03.jsp?div=03 --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Thomas Gordon" To: Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Question for Gym Owners Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:41:24 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Mr. Circle, We spend about $100 a month on a yellow page ad. One student pays for that so it's fairly low risk for us. With that said, we're able to dominate the page with a "dollar bill" sized ad. If there were a lot of larger ads, I'd seriously considering spending my money elsewhere rather than seeing our dinky ad get lost among the mega schools or worse, attempting to compete with them and spending $800-3000 a month for an ad in a dominate location. For reference sake, in our area, as of 2007, a full page, full color ad costs about $38,000 a year. Two full pages (called "double truck") costs about $65,000. Those ads with a tab costs even more. Takes a large customer base to offset those costs. Hope that helps. Sincerely, Thomas Gordon Master's Seminars on April 18-20, 2008 www.gordonmartialarts.com/new/2008-0420 --__--__-- Message: 7 From: "Master Mark Seidel" To: Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Question for Gym Owners Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:14:25 -0400 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net The gold standard is to keep track of all new contracts that were generated by yellow pages, always ask the perspective student "how did you hear of our school". Then you can calculate the income vs. cost. If you generate 3 new students from the ad and it cost you $300.00 per month. That's a $3600 yearly cost, a student's average contract in the US is $75.00 or $900 per year so if you got three students that a $2700 base income you almost covered your cost; factor in testing fees and other sessions such as breaking class. And it paid for itself with 3 students. Same formula for websites, flyers, demos, ect. -----Original Message----- From: Jared Circle [mailto:jcircle4@msn.com] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:27 AM To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Question for Gym Owners I have a small Tang Soo Do gym in central Ohio that I have been running for 3 years now. It is time for me to renew my Yellow pages ad, which constitutes the majority of my advertising budget. What are your thoughts on the validity of the Yellow Pages book as an advertising source? Should I renew as is, or downsize and redirect some of my ad revenue? --__--__-- Message: 8 From: dave weller Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:49:01 -0500 To: Dojang Digest Subject: [The_Dojang] Master Dan Loves Olympic Sparring Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I saw a perfect example of this in a recent TKD tournament. One opponent (who was scoring at will, and a good fighter - with his feet- but had his hands down the entire fight) was getting punched _hard_ and being moved backwards. This guy obviously knew the hand strikes were not going to score and the rude bastard (yep, thats what I said!) raised his hands above his head and simply LET the guy pound on him. The scoring was done electronically (red and blue buttons for each judge to mash when a score was made) and NO points were being awarded. His Grandmaster was infuriated and stopped the match and demanded they award him points, which was done. Too little, too late imho. He should have been disqualified for poor sportsmanship. I'm all for bringing hand techniques to the head back in tournament fighting. dave weller --__--__-- Message: 9 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:30:48 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] UC Berkeley (Korean History) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net LECTURER OR VISITING PROFESSOR (open rank) KOREAN HISTORY The Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley, seeks one or more non-tenure-track instructors for courses on Korean history during the academic year 2008–09 with the possibility of renewal. Both part-time and full-time opportunities. Rank and salary dependent on candidates’ qualifications. Please send a letter of application, a C.V., descriptions of prospective courses, and two letters of recommendation to Chair, Department of History, Universityof California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2550. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible, and no later than Friday, May 9, 2008. Please refer potential reviewers to the UC Statement of Confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. The University of California is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Center for Korean Studies 2223 Fulton Street, Room 508 Berkeley, CA 94720-2318 E-mail: cks@berkeley.edu --__--__-- Message: 10 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:37:32 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] 2008 European Taekwondo Chips Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net http://youtube.com/watch?v=OnVn610xt30 http://youtube.com/watch?v=_F5WusiEQqk&feature=related --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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. 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