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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. (no subject) (Horold whalen) 2. WTF Tour 2009 Mexico (The_Dojang) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:55:45 -0800 (PST) From: Horold whalen To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] (no subject) Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net When I met Master Won,Kil Soo was in Jan of 1976 , He taught in his own Dojang it was the Youn Pung Gym It was located out side of Yon Gu Gol.He had some military students but mostly Korean Nationals , He taught separate classes one for Tae kown do and a separate class for Hapkido ,I attended both but never pursued Tae Kwon do rank. Camp Stanton had A master Moon teaching he was from Chung do kwan and at Camp Gary Owen their was Master Kim from Mooduk kwan   Master Won was one of the founding members of kukiwon ,I remember going  there to show support for my friends in TKD his pictures were on the walls at the time i believe he was a fifth or sixth Dan we never discussed rank Back then it was get on the mat .   I could give you story after Story about the man ,I knew his children when they were five and six years old ,now they are married with family's of their own His oldest daughter lives in New York ,and his wife is a true jem and a special woman.   When I returned in 1981 I was one of the first to Americans too receive the certificate of appointment from the Korea Hapkido Association ,Lived with Master Won and his family for three months ,i slept in the Dojang and ate with his family ,he refused to accept any money from me since 1976 for lessons ,I always found some way to help him .When I was in Korea in 1981 he had began teaching at Gary Owen every morning at 5:45 am and again at 5:30 pm his brother taught at Camp Stanton twice daily and they ran the Youn pung gym during the other hours. Several years later he was in charge of all Instructors on Second division bases .   Pleas i do not want to bore you with Master Won ,But he is my Family I invited him to the U.S 1985 and he lived wih my family for 5 weeks and taught all of my classes at the YMCA in Quincy ,he was made a Honorary citizen by the Mayor of Quincy   When I return To Korea he is the one ho meets me at rthe airport it is his family i stay with ,and I train with him and his teacher Hapkido teacher even though Master Won is a 9th dan in TKD he has tld me Hapkido was hs first love ,But people "do not like pain" .and he would laugh and say "You need Hapkido taste"   Hal Whalen 7TH Dan KHF Hapkido chunDo Kwan YounPung Gym     --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:02:31 -0800 From: The_Dojang To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Subject: [The_Dojang] WTF Tour 2009 Mexico Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico Concludes in Resounding Success WTF.org Amid high interest from both the public and international media, the World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico wrapped up in a resounding success in Mexico City, Mexico on Nov. 14, 2009. Before 8,000 spectators at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Korea’s Su-jeong Lim defeated Guatemala’s Euda Carias Morales 15-2 to win the top honors in the women’s -57kg category. With the victory, Lim, the gold medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, took home $20,000 in prize money. The United States’ Diana Lopez and Spain’s Andrea Rica Taboada each won the bronze medal in the same category, together with $5,000 in prize money. In the men’s -80kg final match, Great Britain’s Aaron Cook came from behind to defeat the United States’ Steven Lopez with a KO victory. Korea’s Jung-ho Park and Iran’s Farzad Abdolahi clinched the bronze medal. In the men’s -68kg division, host Mexico’s Idulio Islas won the title by edging Iran’s Mohammad Bagheri 9-0, while Germany’s Daniel Manz and Canada’s Maxim Potvin earned their respective country the bronze medal. The Dominican Republic’s Gabriel Mercedes outpointed Brazil’s Marcio Ferreira 3-0 for the title. Spain’s Joel Gonzalez Bonilla and Mexico’s Damian Villa won the bronze medal each. The one-day World Taekwondo Tour, the first of its kind, drew a total of 16 top-class athletes in four weight categories, with no use of electronic protectors and an instant video replay system. Modified WTF Competition Rules were applied to the event, in which a kick to the head granted an athlete four points, together with a strict 10-second rule. --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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