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Today's Topics: 1. 2009 U.S. Open Update (The_Dojang) 2. Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (Ray) 3. Molestations, Martial Arts, and the Mafia (Ken McDonough) 4. misc video clips (Jye nigma) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:09:55 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] 2009 U.S. Open Update Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net 2009 U.S. Open Update Mark Kaufmann USA Taekwondo January 22, 2009 We are very excited to give you an update on the progress of the 2009 U.S. Open. This looks to be one of the more memorable USAT events in recent years. We currently have 1,000 Athletes, 245 Coaches and 50 International Referees. We expect this to at least double in the next two weeks. We have over 40 different nations participating, at least five 2008 Beijing Olympians from Nepal, Greece, Canada, Sweden and the Dominican Republic. We also have at least 10 confirmed National Teams. The registration deadline is a little over one week away with the early registration deadline concluding this Friday January 23 at 11:59 pm MST. If you have not registered, or your registration is not paid by this date, you will be assessed a $50 penalty. So get your registrations in and please complete them by the early deadline of the 23rd. We have a couple of interesting new components to this event: a WTF International Referee seminar and refresher course, a Kukkiwon Dan testing, the use of electronic body protectors, and... the fact that we are at the historic Tropicana Hotel in the heart of the Vegas strip! This will be the 62nd IR seminar held by the WTF and the 53rd IR Refresher course. We currently have 240 IR's and potential IR's registered. The seminar will be held at the Tropicana Hotel from February 7-10, 2009. Registration for this seminar has been closed. If you would like a schedule of the seminar go to http://www.usa-taekwondo.us/event/event/623. For more detailed information please contact Amanda Rubin, Amanda.rubin@usa-taekwondo.us or 719-866-4632. The Kukkiwon has chosen the 2009 U.S. Open to launch a historic Dan test. This will be held on Sunday, February 15th at the Tropicana Hotel. There will be mandatory seminars for the testers on the 13th and 14th. Registration for this historic test will be available until the 26th of January. For a schedule of this historic testing, go to http://www.usa-taekwondo.us/event/event/623. For more details contact Becie Seals at becie.seals@usa-taekwondo.us or 719-866-4632. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Open, USAT will use the LaJust Electronic Body Protectors as a scoring system. The EBP's will be used for the 14-17 and Adult (18-32) sparring divisions only. If you are in these divisions please bring WTF-approved headgear, forearm guards, shin guards, mouth guard and protective cup (required for male competitors). Opening Ceremony and the March of Nations will be held on Thursday the 12th of February. We encourage all nations to participate in this exciting and entertaining procession. There will also be an entertaining 15-minute demo by the united taekwondo clubs of Las Vegas as well as a short performance by the Les Folies Bergere. If you have registered you can be excited to be a part of one of the more memorable Open's in recent history. If you have not registered yet....... what are you waiting for? This will be one of the largest, most competitive, exciting tournaments USAT has ever hosted. I look forward to seeing you at the 2009 U.S. Open. Viva Las Vegas! Mark A. Kaufmann Director, USAT Events --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:22:21 -0800 Subject: [The_Dojang] Seoul Journal of Korean Studies Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Forwarding... The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies is pleased to announce publication of the latest issue of the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, vol. 21 no. 2 (Dec. 2008). To obtain copies, please contact the International Center for Korean Studies at icks@snu.ac.kr. If you are interested in contributing, please contact the associate editor, Sem Vermeersch (semver@snu.ac.kr) for further details. The contents of this issue is as follows: CH'OE YONG-HO. "The Private Academies (Sowon) and Neo-Confucianism in Late Choson Korea." (139-191) KIM YOUNG MI. "Buddhist Faith and Conceptions of the Afterlife in Koryo." (193-220) KENNETH R. ROBINSON. "Yi Hoe and His Korean Ancestors in T'aean Yi Genealogies." (221-250) MAYA STILLER. "Transferring the Dharma Message of the Master - Inscriptions on Korean Monk Portraits from the Choson Period." (251-294) Review Article JUN SUN HONG. "A Review of Current Research on Marital Violence and the Efficacy of Intervention in Korea." (295-312) Special Essay MARTINA DEUCHLER. "The Flow of Ideas and Institutions - James Palais: His Critics and Friends" (313-322) Book Notes Program Coordinator International Center for Korean Studies Seoul National University 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742 --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:27:59 -0800 (PST) From: Ken McDonough To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Molestations, Martial Arts, and the Mafia Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Regarding this martial arts instructor who molested kids, lemme tell ya something, if this happened in Ozone Park, NY, they would find this guy buried in the Meadowlands or over at Joe's Auto Parts in Bensonhurst. Maybe even in the "hole" in Ozone Park where they found Tommy DiSimeon (portrayed by Joe Pesci in the movie Goodfellas) and a few other people.   I was thinking about this martial arts instructor and then I was reading about Albert Anastasia, head of Murder Inc. So, I read about it in Wikipedia. This is what I read:   "Early in his organized crime career, Anastasia served in a gang led by Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. Anastasia was always a devoted follower of others, primarily Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello. His devotion to Luciano knew no bounds. His paternal niece Louise Anastasia and her husband Joseph Cataldo, the brother of Dominick Cataldo had stood with Gambino crime family associate Salvatore Polisi and his wife Rose Marie Noto when Father Joseph Greenfelder baptized Salvatore's youngest son, Joseph Polisi at St. Elizabeth's Church in Ozone Park, New York."   I lived three blocks from St. Elizabeth's and went to school there. Mostly Italian and Irish. Those nuns, known as Big Penguins, loved to hit you on the knuckles with the ruler (among other body parts). This was my introduction to weapons in the martial arts. Basic weapons.   Now all you had to do, back in the day, was go to one of the wiseguys and tell them about a guy in the neighborhood teaching martial arts and molesting children. What do ya think would happen...do you think this guy would post bond and live to go to trial ?   Ah, forgettaboutit !   Ciao for now,   K down in Big T   (Its Friday, and I'm musing...)   --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:53:50 -0800 (PST) From: Jye nigma To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] misc video clips Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net sunmudo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfj3PvWAaa0&NR=1   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6oB7T9We8&feature=related   kouk sun do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNH2Q7G1ys&NR=1   itf demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4boDL9ZUP4&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div   itf fights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxGB6tCRIE&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 1994-2009: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. 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