Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 02:48:22 +0200 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 16 #128 - 4 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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Re: Korean long staff (Hankido) 2. Re: Korean long stick (Lee Morgan) 3. RE: Choi & Son (was Current Kukkiwon dan prices) (Thomas Gordon) 4. Taekwondo Film (Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Hankido To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 01:32:46 +0200 Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Korean long staff Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net I always thought that the current Buddhist martial arts were recreated and/or reinvented martial arts. Usually not much older than a few decades. Although it is undeniable that Buddhism and martial arts have gone hand in hand for a long time (think: Byeolmuban) there is no proven link between the practices of today and those of the past. The last time Buddhist armies came into action on the Korean peninsula is centuries ago. The classic long staff in the Muyedobotongji has iron on one side of the staff and only this side of the staff is used. In the video shown on youtube I see that both sides of the staff are used for hitting, striking etc. -- kind regards, Klaas Barends http://www.mooyesa.com/ --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 20:06:44 -0400 From: Lee Morgan To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] Re: Korean long stick Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Hankido wrote: "After watching the clip on youtube I wonder... What is makes these long stick techniques Korean? Can you really put a label like Korean or Japanese or Chinese to something as basic as a stick?" Well, from what I've seen.............If a Korean is doing something that has anything to do with martial arts, then it automatically becomes a 2000 year old Korean martial art. Lee Morgan --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Thomas Gordon" To: Subject: RE: [The_Dojang] Choi & Son (was Current Kukkiwon dan prices) Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 23:40:40 -0500 Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Master Clark, No idea about timeline of the photo. What you've written makes sense to me. So if he outranked him via martial arts, he'd be up front. If he outranked him just due to his military position, he'd be up front. So we really don't know which is which. If the picture was before 1959, it may have been due to military ranking. After kwanjangnim Son was out of CDK and replaced and General Choi was over ODK & KTA, it may have been due to martial art ranking. Who knows? Interesting nonetheless. Sincerely, Thomas Gordon Master's Seminars on April 16-18, 2010 www.GordonMartialArts.com/april --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Ray To: The_Dojang Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 07:38:50 -0700 Subject: [The_Dojang] Taekwondo Film Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Japanese Director Set to Make Taekwondo Film Chosun Ilbo The Japanese film director Ryuhei Kitamura looks like an erratic high school student with bleached blond hair and pitch black eyebrows. In Korea for a meeting with a potential distributor for his new project, a film tentatively titled "Tae Kwon" for which the shooting begins later this year, Kitamura already has a deal with big Japanese production company Yoshimoto Kogyo to make the film, with the U.S.' Arclight Films in charge of distributing the film in North America and Europe. The film, as the title suggests, is about Korea's Taekwondo. That a Japanese director should want to make it is not as improbable as it may seem. Born in Osaka, Kitamura quit high school in Japan and moved to Australia to study cinema and is currently working in Hollywood. A sports fanatic, he says he has tried almost every martial art, including Karate, Kendo and Judo. His passion for action is reflected in "Azumi" (2003), an adaptation of a popular Japanese manga. Although it had an abysmal box-office record in Japan, the film was hailed in the U.S. for the uniqueness of its violence. His Hollywood debut "The Midnight Meat Train" (2008) was an adaptation of a short story by horror writer Clive Barker, and did respectable business. "I want to make this film because I was enamored with the mysteriousness of Taekwondo. Given the worldwide popularity of the sport, it seemed odd to me that it's nearly impossible to find Taekwondo schools in Japan, when you can find it in just about every city in the United States," Kitamura says. "I took a one-day course about three years ago, and the sophisticated positions and movements seemed very mystical." He said he feels something Korean running through his veins. "I felt the Korean spirit from my childhood, hanging out with Korean-Japanese friends. Sometimes when I watch my films, I feel like I'm watching a Korean film," he says. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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