Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:48:22 +0100 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 16 #70 - 2 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. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: Send The_Dojang mailing list submissions to the_dojang@martialartsresource.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net You can reach the person managing the list at the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of The_Dojang digest..." <<------------------ The_Dojang mailing list ------------------>> Serving the Internet since June 1994. Copyright 1994-2009: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. 2,500 members. 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. Taekwondo Grannies (Ray) 2. 30th International Hapkido & KMA Clinic (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:05:04 -0800 Subject: [The_Dojang] Taekwondo Grannies Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Taekwondo Grannies: The Ladies Who Punch Thursday March 05, 2009 Peter Sharp, Asia correspondent news.sky.com Forget a walk in the park or afternoon tea. These little old ladies spend two hours a day in a gym outside Seoul kicking six shades of you- know-what out of hardboard and roofing tiles. Hell's Grannies: The team are aged between 58 and 80 They're members of South Korea's elite, kick-ass Taekwondo Grannies Team, which boasts 22 fully fledged black belt members, all aged between 58 and 80. The daily workout is a melee of flailing fists, high-kicking feet and the sound of shattered wood and crashing tiles. In the country where Taekwondo was born these practitioners of the art take their sport deadly seriously. Ji Bok Yeon is an intimidating 75-year-old. You really would cross the street to stay out of Granny's way. She joined nine years after being diagnosed with cancer. She beat the disease and has been beating her way through the wooden boards ever since. "Doctors first saved my life by giving me a 30-month anti-cancer treatment and Taekwondo then gave me a cure," she said. " I no longer take anti-cancer medication after my nine-year workout." Ladies have new-found confidence The team has not only shattered myths about ageing, it has also given the ladies a new-found sense of confidence. "They have a feeling of courage and power which is unusual for the elderly," said coach Yoon Yeo-Ho, a Taekwondo master who founded the team in 1989. "Before they joined they may have felt nervous on the streets, but not any more." Park Yeong-Ja, 72, agrees. She wears a second grade black belt and says: "If any punk gets drunk and tries to do anything stupid I think I can knock him out in a single blow." Their families are having to get used to a lethal weapon wandering around the house. "I don't think my husband is afraid of me. I think he is just happy I am staying healthy," said Bok Yeon. The Grandma Taekwondo Federation Demonstration Team makes appearances at festivals and ceremonies all across South East Asia. They provide their own security. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:08:54 -0800 Subject: [The_Dojang] 30th International Hapkido & KMA Clinic Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net See you there next week. Ray Terry thedojang@sbcglobal.net --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest