Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:48:21 +0200 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 15 #238 - 8 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The Internet's premier discussion forum on Korean Martial Arts. 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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. ITF Master Choi returns to S. Korea to face charges (Ray) 2. More on Master Choi (Ray) 3. Kukkiwon (Bongan Kwon) 4. From another Group: Text poomse instructions (Jye nigma) 5. Re: Kukkiwon (Ray) 6. RE: From another Group: Text poomse instructions (Ferdinand "Fernando" Perez) 7. NORTH KOREA (Gordon Okerstrom) 8. from the BBC (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:50:37 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] ITF Master Choi returns to S. Korea to face charges Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 8 SEOUL, South Korea - A taekwondo master who has acknowledged taking part in a failed plot to assassinate a former South Korean president at the direction of North Korea returned home to the South on Monday after decades overseas. Choi Jung-hwa, however, was expected to be cleared of most of the allegations against him because he voluntarily returned and the statue of limitations on many of them have expired, said senior prosecutor Oh Se-in. Choi hired two agents to shoot South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during a 1982 visit to Canada, according to Oh Chang-jin, an aide to Choi. The plot, however, was detected and Choi went into hiding in Eastern Europe and North Korea. In 1991, he surrendered to Canadian authorities and was sentenced to six years in prison, but was released after one year for good behavior, Oh said. "I was unintentionally involved" in the assassination attempt case, Choi told a news conference Monday. "I think that's because of my political naivety or spirit of adventure. I made such a mistake due to this combination of factors." Choi, 54, played a leading role in promoting taekwondo in the North together with his father Choi Hong-hi, who founded the now pro- Pyongyang, Vienna-based International Taekwondo Federation in 1966. Choi's father, however, emigrated to Canada in 1972 following squabbles with the South's staunchly anti-communist ruling military regime. Choi followed two years later. South Korea founded a new taekwondo association in 1973 — the World Taekwondo Federation, or WTF — which is now recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sport's official body. Choi's father died of a cancer in 2002 and Pyongyang named a North Korean to head the ITF. An angry Choi established another taekwondo body in Canada, claiming it was the sole legitimate ITF. Oh said that Choi has recently accused North Korea of using taekwondo experts as intelligence agents. On-and-off talks on merging the WTP and the Vienna-based ITF have taken place in recent years, but no substantial agreement was forged. Taekwondo is a national sport in South Korea, where all soldiers must train in the martial art. The two Koreas fought the 1950-53 Korean War that ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty, meaning the sides are still technically in state of war. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:55:00 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] More on Master Choi Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Son of ITF Taekwondo Founder Returns to Seoul Choi Jung-Hwa Had Been Pro-N. Korean in Canada The Seoul Times Mr. Choi Jung-Hwa, son of the legendary founder of Korea's martial art Taekwondo will come to Seoul on Sept. 8, 2008, a South Korean government source announced on Sept. 7, 2008. The 54-year-old Choi has been living in Canada for the last 30 years as his father Choi Hong-Hi ((崔泓熙,1918~2002) had been working as the founder of International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), which had been leaning toward North Korea in its activities. ITF has been deviding Taekwondo through the world with the South Korea- based World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The South Korean source said on the day that Mr. Choi was expected to arrive in Seoul from Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan in the morning of Sept. 8, 2008. He will be investigated by the South Korean intelligence agency on suspicion of his espionage activities, according to the source. The source was quoted as saying that Mr. Cho expressed his willingness to revert to South Korea through the South Korean Embassy in Canada in June of 2008, saying he wants to return to South Korea. Mr. Choi, holder of Canadian citizenship, had been involved in pro- North Korean activities after he and his father left South Korea in 1972. They defected to Canada amid serious feuds with then-South Korean President Park Chung-Hee. In a recent interview with a local magazine JoongAng Sunday in Tokyo, Mr. Choi said "among the ITF Taekowndo masters were many Noth Koran agents." "They were trained by North Korea's Workers' Party and sent to foreign countries for espionage activities," Choi was quoted as saying. Mr. Choi also said that he was involved in the attempted assassination of then-South Korean President Chun Do-Hwan in 1981 on the order of North Korean government. Mr. Choi allegedly fled to North Korea from Canada in July of 1981 when their plan was detected by Canadian police to assassinate South Korean President Chun Doo-Hwan on his visit to Canada. As a grand master himself, Mr. Choi Jung Hwa was born on the Korea's southernmost island of Jeju. Mr. Choi started practicing Taekwondo at the age of seven under the guidelines of his father, Gen. Choi, Hong- Hi. Just like his father, he taught and popularized Taekwondo all over the world. He is known to be the person who introduced and developed Taekwondo in several European countries in particular. Established in 1966 by Choi Hong-Hi, the legendary of founder of Korean Taekwondo, ITF has been divided the world Taekwondo with South Korean-based the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The late Choi Hong-Hi, who founded Taekwondo in 1955, and served as a military commander in South Korea. He also supported South Korean President Park Chung-Hee when Park staged a military coup in 1961. But Choi was discharged from the military against his own will amid a feud with dictator Park Chung-Hee. Afterwards Choi served as South Korean ambassador to Malaysia, but eventually he defected to Canada amid a serious disagreement with then-President Park. His ITF had been hugely powerful among the followers of Taekwondo throughout the world with tens of thousands of followers. But South Korean government found another Taekwondo organization, World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in 1966. The two Taekwondo bodies have been dividing world's Tawkwondo members up until now. In his promotion of Taekwondo to the world the late Choi had been supported by the late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. When Mr. Choi died in 2002 the son of Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il expressed deep sorrow by sending funeral flowers. He was buried in the site for the patriots in Pyeongyang. Mr. Choi even became an object for a movie in North Korea for his heroic behavior in Taekwondo. As native of Myeongcheon, North Korea's North Hamgyeong Province, Mr. Choi had been visiting North Korean over 20 times in his life. ================== Late Choi Hong Hi: Founder of Taekwondo β€” (μ΅œν™ν¬; 崔泓熙; Nov. 9 1918–15 June 2002), also known as General Choi, was a S. Korean army general and martial artist who is a controversial figure in the history of the Korean martial art of taekwondo. Choi is widely regarded as the 'Founder of Taekwondo'β€”most often by the International Taekwondo --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:20:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Bongan Kwon To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Please advise, It appears the Kukkiwon web site has been down for some time.  Do you know if action to bring it back up is in the works or an alternitive site may provide Dan number verification. Thank you for your help. --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jye nigma To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] From another Group: Text poomse instructions Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Got this from another group.   Jye     I am trying to help someone who cannot see locate text instructions for Tae Kwon Do Tae Guk Forms.  (sorry if I butchered the spelling) I have found many videos but they all look like follow alongs. Screen readers for the blind have not gotten sophisticated enough to translate whats happening on the screen into text. I found 6 forms in text file format that are screen reader friendly but have not been able to find more than that.  His screen reader doesn't read PDF files either. Do you know where I can find text based tae kwon do forms? Thank you :) --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Ray To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: Re: [The_Dojang] Kukkiwon Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 07:19:59 -0700 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Safe Browsing from Google Diagnostic page for www.kukkiwon.or.kr/ What is the current listing status for www.kukkiwon.or.kr/? Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer. Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 3 time(s) over the past 90 days. What happened when Google visited this site? Of the 834 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 183 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 09/08/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 09/08/2008. Malicious software includes 262 scripting exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new processes on the target machine. Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including douhunqn.cn, ppexe.com. 1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including douhunqn.cn. Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware? Over the past 90 days, www.kukkiwon.or.kr/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites. Has this site hosted malware? No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. How did this happen? In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message. On Sep 8, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Bongan Kwon wrote: > Please advise, > > It appears the Kukkiwon web site has been down for some time. Do > you know if > action to bring it back up is in the works or an alternitive site > may provide > Dan number verification. > > Thank you for your help. > _______________________________________________ > 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: 6 From: "Ferdinand \"Fernando\" Perez" To: Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] From another Group: Text poomse instructions Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:04:29 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I did a search and found this link: http://www.natkd.com/taeguek.htm Fernando. -----Original Message----- From: Jye nigma [mailto:kingjye@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:05 AM To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] From another Group: Text poomse instructions Got this from another group. Jye I am trying to help someone who cannot see locate text instructions for Tae Kwon Do Tae Guk Forms. (sorry if I butchered the spelling) I have found many videos but they all look like follow alongs. Screen readers for the blind have not gotten sophisticated enough to translate whats happening on the screen into text. I found 6 forms in text file format that are screen reader friendly but have not been able to find more than that. His screen reader doesn't read PDF files either. Do you know where I can find text based tae kwon do forms? 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: 7 From: "Gordon Okerstrom" To: Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:04:28 -0500 Subject: [The_Dojang] NORTH KOREA Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net >From Fox News: U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS AP NORTH KOREA'S KIM JONG IL MAY HAVE SUFFERED STROKE. --__--__-- Message: 8 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:26:33 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] from the BBC Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net N Korea 'hired taekwondo killers' Choi Jung-hwa in Seoul Choi Jung-hwa says he returned to Seoul to clarify past misunderstandings A master of the ancient martial art of taekwondo says North Korean agents recruited him in a failed plot to kill a South Korean president. South Korean-born Choi Jung-hwa said North Korean spies infiltrated a global taekwondo body and ordered its members to kill Chun Doo-hwan in the 1980s. Mr Choi made the claim as he returned to Seoul after living abroad for years. He is unlikely to be punished over his alleged links to Pyongyang, a South Korean prosecutor told AP news agency. The senior prosecutor, Oh Se-in, was quoted as saying Mr Choi would be cleared of most of the suspicions as the statute of limitations had expired and he had chosen to return to South Korea voluntarily. 'Unintentionally involved' Mr Choi has spent much of his life in Canada, home to a branch of the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), set up by his late father, Choi Hong-hi in 1966. Choi Hong-hi moved to Canada in the 1970s after a row with the South Korean government of the time. According to Choi Jung-hwa, North Korean agents infiltrated the federation and instructed experts in the martial art - including himself - in a plot to assassinate President Chun, who governed South Korea for much of the 1980s. "I was unintentionally involved," Choi Jung-hwa said on his return to Seoul. "I think that's because of my political naivety or spirit of adventure." He told the Korea Times newspaper he had hired two agents to shoot President Chun during a 1982 visit to Canada. The plot was reportedly uncovered, forcing Choi Jung-hwa to flee to eastern Europe and eventually to North Korea. He returned to Canada in 1991 and was released after serving one year of a six-year jail term, his aide told AP. According to the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, Choi Jung-hwa returned to South Korea to clarify misunderstandings about his past. "I have committed some wrongs whether it was my intention or not," the papers quoted him as telling reporters. "I should pay for what I have done." Sporting rivalry After the death of Mr Choi's father in 2002, a schism erupted in the ITF, with rival camps based in Canada and Austria laying claim to his legacy. Choi Jung-hwa, who lead the Canada-based branch of the ITF, accused Pyongyang of trying to take over the Vienna wing of the body. The ITF is regarded with suspicion in South Korea, which follows rules laid by an alternative authority for the sport, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). WTF-style taekwondo was adopted at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 as the approved form of the sport. Taekwondo is a national sport in South Korea and all the country's soldiers are trained in the martial art. Choi Jung-hwa's return to South Korea coincides with the 60th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea, which remains officially at war with its southern neighbour. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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