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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. Congress Passes Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification (The_Dojang) 2. TKD Gains Growing Global Appeal (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: The_Dojang Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:15 -0700 To: The_Dojang Subject: [The_Dojang] Congress Passes Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification NRA-ILA Back in June, we reported on a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule change that would have expanded the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include spring-assisted or one-handed-opening knives, and would have directly targeted the importation of "assisted opening" folding knives. (Read the proposed rule here. http://www.ilaalerts.org/UM/T.asp?A1.2.5512.9.286323 ) Assisted opening knives are frequently used by hunters, anglers, farmers, ranchers, firefighters, law enforcement and emergency personnel and anyone else who may need to open a knife with only one hand. The proposed regulations would have designated all such knives as "switchblades" -- despite the fact they do not fall under the federal definition of "switchblades" -- and would have made them illegal for import into the United States. Fortunately, in July, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed anamendment to the Federal Switchblade Act as part of the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010. This NRA-supported amendment then headed to a House-Senate conference committee. Last week, the U.S. House passed the amendment. We are happy to report that this week, the U. S. Senate passed the measure as well. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: The_Dojang Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:23:36 -0700 To: The_Dojang Subject: [The_Dojang] TKD Gains Growing Global Appeal Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Taekwondo Gains Growing Global Appeal The Chosun Ilbo Taekwondo continues to gain ground as the world's most popular martial art. Last week's World Taekwondo Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark, proved that the national sport of Korea continues to grow into a global sport. The final results of the five-day event, held every two years, also showed that Korea's position at the top of the taekwondo world is being met with a number of challengers. China took the lead in the women's overall team ranking, followed by Korea in second place and Spain third. Korea came in first in the men's team final with Iran a distant second, 55 points behind. American athletes did well individually as Danielle Pelham took home the fourth gold for the U.S. women and Steven Lopez, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, finished first in the men's welterweight class. But on the downside, the 2009 championships received criticism from judges and taekwondo experts who called for improving the judging system. One example was the failure by judges to warn athletes when they went outside the 8 m by 8 m fighting mat. There were also questions raised about gold medal winner Lopez, who critics said wasn't penalized enough for raising his legs during a fight. However, this year's championships adopted new measures like the "Lajust," an electronic sensor inside the athletes' vests to detect kicks and punches. Video replays proved to be an accurate source for judging as well. Taekwondo experts expect the status of the martial art to improve over time as important issues are being actively addressed for "the way of the foot and fist," as the name means in Korean. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest