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Re: progression of technique (Jye nigma) 2. hook kick and endurance (John Gonzales) 3. article: 7 benefits of regular physical activity (Jye nigma) 4. Re: intervention (Jye nigma) 5. Day 3 (Ray) 6. S.Lopez takes bronze (Ray) 7. Controversy (Ray) 8. Re: hook kick and endurance (Ray) 9. Re: hook kick and endurance (Jye nigma) 10. Re: hook kick and endurance (Victor.E.Dodge@jci.com) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:45:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] progression of technique To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Stance work is the foundation. Transistion between stances is the natural progression. *deep stances build up the legs, and provide excellent rooting for stances. Basic kicks can be drilled along with training the stances, but for serious students I'd start them out slowly and extremely controlled movements to build up the muscles needed to kick, and the develop proper kicking mechanics. Once your pupils have properly developed the basics then move on to jumping, spinning, techniques. Jye --- On Thu, 7/31/08, freddie bishop wrote: From: freddie bishop Subject: [The_Dojang] progression of technique To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 6:20 AM When teaching students their techniques, in what order, if any, do you use? For example, a lot of schools teach the front snap kick and the jumping front snap kick in the first or second week. As with most industries, the martial arts have "fad periods", where certain aspects of the martial arts are popular. In my martial arts lifetime I have seen the Bruce Lee period, the kickboxing period (PKA), the ninjustsu period, the Olympic Tae Kwon Do period, and the mma period. My question is: have you made your Korean martial art conform to the mma period? Thank you Fred _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2,400 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: 2 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:20:14 -0400 From: "John Gonzales" To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] hook kick and endurance Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Thanks Ray for the advice. However, my HapKiDo instructor tells us to keep the leg straight so that you can go through two people lined up side by side before bringin the leg in. Jye, your adive as helped alot with my form and I will try it on other kicks as needed. The back leg hook kick really needs it, buts its improving. So now, the real question is what advive does anyone have for improving endurance. I keep losing sparring matches to a guy who as horrible form but amazing endurance. I feel like that guy who always loses the boxing match because he gets tired. Its bloody frusturating. My instructor tells me to just keep at it and I'll get more endurance, but I am curious as to any other tidbits of advice that dont result in me taking a bad kick to the chest. Its one thing if its a good kick, but the guy wins becuase I get tired. It doesn't help that we do kicking excercises for almost an hour prior, but we all do it so all things being equal, I need to improve my endurance. I try to train atleast 5 days a week, and may push that up to 6 so that I have 2 days sparring. I feel like a lush asking this, and I do apologize. Thank you in advance for your understanding and generosity! John -- John M. Gonzales Jr., M.A., M.S. We are the measure of all things, And the beauty of our creation, of all of our art, is proportional to the beauty of ourselves, of our soul's. - Jonas Mekas --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma To: jyesluv@hotmail.com Subject: [The_Dojang] article: 7 benefits of regular physical activity Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activityDate updated: July 26, 2007 Content provided by MayoClinic.com Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than old-fashioned exercise. The merits of exercise - from preventing chronic health conditions to boosting confidence and self-esteem - are hard to ignore. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. Need more convincing? Check out seven specific ways exercise can improve your life. 1. Exercise improves your mood. Need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? A workout at the gym or a brisk 30-minute walk can help you calm down. Exercise stimulates various brain chemicals, which may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out. You'll also look better and feel better when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. Exercise even reduces feelings of depression and anxiety. 2. Exercise combats chronic diseases. Worried about heart disease? Hoping to prevent osteoporosis? Regular exercise might be the ticket. Regular exercise can help you prevent - or manage - high blood pressure. Your cholesterol will benefit, too. Regular exercise boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol while decreasing low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad," cholesterol. This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly by lowering the buildup of plaques in your arteries. And there's more. Regular exercise can help you prevent type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer. 3. Exercise helps you manage your weight. Want to drop those excess pounds? Trade some couch time for walking or other physical activities. This one's a no-brainer. When you exercise, you burn calories. The more intensely you exercise, the more calories you burn - and the easier it is to keep your weight under control. You don't even need to set aside major chunks of time for working out. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk during your lunch break. Do jumping jacks during commercials. Better yet, turn off the TV and take a brisk walk. Dedicated workouts are great, but activity you accumulate throughout the day helps you burn calories, too. 4. Exercise strengthens your heart and lungs. Winded by grocery shopping or household chores? Don't throw in the towel. Regular exercise can leave you breathing easier. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. In fact, regular exercise helps your entire cardiovascular system - the circulation of blood through your heart and blood vessels - work more efficiently. Big deal? You bet! When your heart and lungs work more efficiently, you'll have more energy to do the things you enjoy. 5. Exercise promotes better sleep. Struggling to fall asleep? Or stay asleep? It might help to boost your physical activity during the day. A good night's sleep can improve your concentration, productivity and mood. And, you guessed it, exercise is sometimes the key to better sleep. Regular exercise can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. The timing is up to you - but if you're having trouble sleeping, you might want to try late afternoon workouts. The natural dip in body temperature five to six hours after you exercise might help you fall asleep. 6. Exercise can put the spark back into your sex life. Are you too tired to have sex? Or feeling too out of shape to enjoy physical intimacy? Exercise to the rescue. Regular exercise can leave you feeling energized and looking better, which may have a positive effect on your sex life. But there's more to it than that. Exercise improves your circulation, which can lead to more satisfying sex. And men who exercise regularly are less likely to have problems with erectile dysfunction than are men who don't exercise, especially as they get older. 7. Exercise can be - gasp - fun! Wondering what to do on a Saturday afternoon? Looking for an activity that suits the entire family? Get physical! Exercise doesn't have to be drudgery. Take a ballroom dancing class. Check out a local climbing wall or hiking trail. Push your kids on the swings or climb with them on the jungle gym. Plan a neighborhood kickball or touch football game. Find an activity you enjoy, and go for it. If you get bored, try something new. If you're moving, it counts! Are you convinced? Good. Start reaping the benefits of physical activity today! --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:15:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] intervention To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net host substance abuse meetings at your school after hours of operation. Jye --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Ed and Mikes wrote: From: Ed and Mikes Subject: [The_Dojang] intervention To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7:42 PM yes, drug and alchol abuse, if anyone out there can advise... my email address is edandmikes@verizon.net Thank You !! _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2,400 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: 5 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:13:00 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Day 3 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Beijing Olympic Taekwondo Competition Result ( Day 3) Beijing Olympic Taekwondo Competition Results on Day 3 (2008. 8. 22) - Women’s -67kg Category - Gold : Hwang Kyung Seon (Korea) Silver : Karine Sergerie (Canada) Bronze : Gwladys Patience Epangue (France) Sandra Saric (Croatia) - Men’s -80kg Category - Gold : Hadi Saei Bonehkohal (Iran) Silver : Mauro Sarmiento (Italy) Bronze : Steven Lopez (U.S.A.) --__--__-- Message: 6 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:19:59 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] S.Lopez takes bronze Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net After suffering his first-ever defeat in three Olympic Games, and first loss in six years, welterweight Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) rebounded to win a bronze medal Friday night at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Italy's Mauro Sarmiento, the eventual silver medalist, defeated Lopez in sudden-death overtime in the quarterfinal round. When Sarmiento advanced to the finals, Lopez was entered into the repechage for one of two bronze medals. Lopez defeated Sebastien Konan from the Ivory Coast, 3-0, and then defeated Azerbaijan's Rashad Ahmadov for the bronze medal, 3-2. The bronze medal gives the Lopez siblings three medals at the Beijing Games. Diana Lopez captured bronze in the women's featherweight division and Mark Lopez was the silver medalist in the men's featherweight class. --__--__-- Message: 7 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:44:56 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Controversy Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net South Korea, Iran shine on day of controversy in taekwondo Agence France-Presse Beijing, August 22, 2008 South Korea bagged their third taekwondo gold and Iran struck their first of the Beijing Olympics Friday on a day of refereeing controversy which crushed American Steven Lopez's three-peat dreams. Iran's Hadi Saei beat European bronze medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy 6-4 in the men's -80kg welterweight final to lift the second Olympic gold of his career after winning the -68kg title at the Athens Games four years ago. In the women's -67kg welterweight final, South Korea's double world champion Hwang Kyung-Seon beat Canada's Karine Sergerie, the world champion in the 59-63kg class. But the third day of the four-day taekwondo competition saw a sad end to the fairy tale run of Lopez, which has included four world titles and two Olympic gold medals. He bowed to Sarmiento in the quarter-finals 2-1 after he was given a one-point penalty for a leg move which was ruled an illegal kick by Indonesia referee Oh Il-Nam but seen as a defensive tactic by Lopez. The US taekwondo team protested to no avail, although member countries of the World Taekwondo Federation had earlier signed a document pledging not to make a protest, US team leader Herb Perez said. "We feel if we force the World Taekwondo Federation to raise their standards then this would be a better Olympic sport. It should be fair for all athletes," Perez said. The 29-year-old American led 2-0 in the first two rounds but the Italian, fifth at the world championships last year, hit back with a kick in the third round. Lopez was given a one-point penalty to end the regulation three rounds at 1-1. Sarmiento scored a point in a sudden-death fourth round to win the match. The US team immediately protested against the point deduction as it said Lopez's lifting of his right shin, which was deemed an illegal kick below the belt, was made in defence against Sarmiento's attack toward his shin. "There is a chance that I will be sanctioned, but I'm not concerned about myself," Perez said. Lopez fought back through the second-chance repechage round of losers to win one of two bronze medals, adding to one silver and one bronze won by his siblings. Mark Lopez, 26, grabbed the men's -68kg featherweight silver and Diana, 24, the women's -57kg featherweight bronze on Thursday. The Lopezs are the first trio of siblings to represent the United States at the same Olympics in the same sport since 1904. They became the first US family trio to medal after the Tritschler brothers all missed out in gymnastics 104 years ago. --__--__-- Message: 8 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] hook kick and endurance Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:46:46 -0700 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Start by bringing it straight ALL THE WAY. Once that works well, then worry about the hook portion of the kick. Ray Terry thedojang@sbcglobal.net On Aug 21, 2008, at 8:20 PM, John Gonzales wrote: > Thanks Ray for the advice. However, my HapKiDo instructor tells us > to keep > the leg straight so that you can go through two people lined up side > by side > before bringin the leg in. --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:03:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] hook kick and endurance To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net No problem with asking questions, that's what the groups here for. Now my method of developing endurance deals mostly with breathing technique. I'm no robot, I get tired, but I recharge rather quickly which gives the illusion of me not being tired. First and foremost the mind is the powerhouse, you must visualize yourself doing anything you want to acheive. I don't mean just think it, but you have to picture it in your mind's eye. Why is this important? because when you start getting tired, you need to put your mind elsewhere so that you don't defeat yourself with your own thoughts. That is key! Now your instructor is partly correct in saying keep doing it and that'll build endurance, but where he's wrong is if you keep doing the same thing you're gonna react the same way and never get passed the getting tired and run outta gas. So, what I would recommend you trying is a few breathing methods to be done while sparring and while you're not doing anything. First, when you start your day or have free time start breathing exercise #1: Standing still breathing in through the nose with the tongue on the roof of the mouth. *When you breath in, force your adbomen out while keeping your shoulders in their same position- they'll want to move upward upon inhalation. So when you do this breathing method the only thing that should move is the abdomen- it should move in and out. Now when you breath in try to do so slowly as slow as you can. Then hold it for at least 10 counts. then Slowly through a very small hole between your lips (as if drinking through a straw) release the breathe- try for another 10 counts or longer. Get on a regimen of doing this. This will begin to train you to hold a breathe to get the max amount of oxygen from inhaling and exhaling slowly. Controlling the breathe is key. Now breathing exercise #2. When you are sparring or running, when you start feeling out of breathe, breathe in and hold that breathe- *It will feel like the world is gonna come to an end, but hold that breathe the best you can, and let it out slowly not as slow as in breathing exercise #1, but slowly. You'll have to do this until you feel like you've caught your breathe. No breathing fast!!! We breathe slow to replenish the oxygen that's been depleated. If you can get this down, you're endurance will improve big time! So now put this all together- breathing exercise #1 is preparation everyday for physically demanding situations. Exercise #2 is for in the heat of the moment physically demanding situations, lifting, moving, running, sparring, etc. How to use this with sparring. When you feel like you need to catch your breathe, in one motion you fall back and regroup from your opponent. When you retreat at the same time you start breathing exercise #2; inhale and exhale holding for a short time. This may require that you do it a few times 2 -3 should be enough after practicing for a while. Then you should feel recharged and ready to go. So each time you start to feel tired, keep doing it. ***Keep in mind that this method assumes that you are breathing properly during sparring. It is important that you do as mentioned above upon retreat/regrouping so that your opponent doesn't pick up on you getting tired and pour it on as you're trying to Jye --- On Thu, 8/21/08, John Gonzales wrote: Jye, your adive as helped alot with my form and I will try it on other kicks as needed. The back leg hook kick really needs it, buts its improving. So now, the real question is what advive does anyone have for improving endurance. I keep losing sparring matches to a guy who as horrible form but amazing endurance. I feel like that guy who always loses the boxing match because he gets tired. Its bloody frusturating. My instructor tells me to just keep at it and I'll get more endurance, but I am curious as to any other tidbits of advice that dont result in me taking a bad kick to the chest. Its one thing if its a good kick, but the guy wins becuase I get tired. It doesn't help that we do kicking excercises for almost an hour prior, but we all do it so all things being equal, I need to improve my endurance. I try to train atleast 5 days a week, and may push that up to 6 so that I have 2 days sparring. I feel like a lush asking this, and I do apologize. Thank you in advance for your understanding and generosity! John -- John M. Gonzales Jr., M.A., M.S. We are the measure of all things, And the beauty of our creation, of all of our art, is proportional to the beauty of ourselves, of our soul's. - Jonas Mekas _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list, 2,400 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: 10 Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] hook kick and endurance To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net From: Victor.E.Dodge@jci.com Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:07 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Greetings and pil sung! I agree with Jye's advice on breathing. Very important! Make sure you're not holding your breath by using forceful kihap during striking. In sparring class,... Relax. It's a learning opportunity not a tournament/competition. Also, conserve energy. Do not tense up. Practice loose/tense. This increases speed as well because you're not fighting against your own muscles! Don't go for the KNOCK OUT on every strike. Get plenty of rest. You may be over training and exhausting your energy supply. I hope this helps,. Victor Dodge "John Gonzales" To the_dojang@martialartsresource.net 08/22/2008 09:17 cc AM Subject [The_Dojang] hook kick and Please respond to endurance the_dojang@martia lartsresource.net Thanks Ray for the advice. However, my HapKiDo instructor tells us to keep the leg straight so that you can go through two people lined up side by side before bringin the leg in. Jye, your adive as helped alot with my form and I will try it on other kicks as needed. The back leg hook kick really needs it, buts its improving. So now, the real question is what advive does anyone have for improving endurance. I keep losing sparring matches to a guy who as horrible form but amazing endurance. I feel like that guy who always loses the boxing match because he gets tired. Its bloody frusturating. My instructor tells me to just keep at it and I'll get more endurance, but I am curious as to any other tidbits of advice that dont result in me taking a bad kick to the chest. Its one thing if its a good kick, but the guy wins becuase I get tired. It doesn't help that we do kicking excercises for almost an hour prior, but we all do it so all things being equal, I need to improve my endurance. I try to train atleast 5 days a week, and may push that up to 6 so that I have 2 days sparring. I feel like a lush asking this, and I do apologize. Thank you in advance for your understanding and generosity! John -- John M. Gonzales Jr., M.A., M.S. We are the measure of all things, And the beauty of our creation, of all of our art, is proportional to the beauty of ourselves, of our soul's. - Jonas Mekas --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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