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TAEKWONDO & KOREAN MARTIAL ARTS MAGAZINE

VOLUME VOLUME 13 13 || ISSUE ISSUE 10 10 DECEMBER DECEMBER 2008 2008

GLOBAL GATHERING GTUK British Championships

TAEKWONDO More than just a sport

T.A.G.B. SUCCESS W.A.S.C.O. World Championships Visit the TKD-KMA magazine website at www.taekwondomag.co.uk

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The Philosophy for

a Better Life Taekwondo’s more than just a sport A Master’s Insight by Rob McGovern

Jeon Jeong Sul has been studying taekwondo for over forty years.

He has achieved an 8th dan black belt from Kukkiwon and is a wellrespected teacher and authority on taekwondo. A senior figure in the Jeollabukdo Taekwondo Association and a member of the Chung Do Kwan, Jeon Jeong Sul Kwan Jang Nim embodies the spirit of taekwondo and represents the kind of ideal every practitioner of the art should aspire to. What follows is an interview with him which offers the chance to get an insight into what a Korean taekwondo Grandmaster thinks about the art, what has kept him going for all these years and what will motivate him to keep going for many more to come.

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How many students do you think you have trained up to 1st black belt level?

Well having been a teacher for many years now, I have probably trained over 1000 students up to their first black belt level.

Who is the most prestigious person you have trained?

So many of the students I have trained have grown up to become respected members of society, including judges, solicitors and university professors. Police officers in Korea need to have a 2nd dan black belt and I have had a long involvement with training the officers up to and beyond this level. Many former students of mine have also travelled and settled abroad and started their own taekwondo schools. Whilst I hold all of my students in the highest regard, perhaps the most high profile students have been the bodyguards of various important people in the Middle East.

When and why did you first start practising tae kwon do?

I first started practising tae kwon do in 1964. I was in middle school and felt I wasn’t strong enough. I wanted a way to build up my strength and taekwondo seemed a great way to do this.

Do you come from a taekwondo family?

I have several brothers and sisters but I am the only one who studies taekwondo. My son and daughter however have both studied the art and my son is currently teaching taekwondo with my nephew in China. I am very proud and happy that my son has decided to follow in my footsteps.

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You are now an 8th Dan grand master. How did you feel the night before your 8th dan test?

8th dan tests have to be taken at the World Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul and so the night before travelling there I lay in bed running through the poomsae and everything else I had to do. I felt incredibly nervous before the test and said many prayers. I had trained for a long time for this test and so I didn’t make any mistakes and felt I did a good job.

What is the most memorable day you have experienced in taekwondo?

I have had many great days with taekwondo and I am proud of many things. I have been invited to many

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places and many big events, in Korea and I have led Korean taekwondo teams to competitions and cultural exchanges in Germany, Sweden and Denmark.

However, there is not a single day that stands out as more memorable than any other; everyday is memorable in its own way.

When I see my students improve, or when I hear from their parents that they have been getting better grades in school, I like to think that taekwondo has played a part in this. When my students show me that they have ‘jong shin’ (good spirit) in their lives, by being polite and helpful to each other and to their parents I feel very proud and this is what makes everyday so memorable.

What aspect of taekwondo did you find the most difficult to master?

All moves in taekwondo take a lot of practise to perfect, but if I had to choose just one I would say the 540 degree kick. It is particularly difficult because you take off, kick and land with the same foot.

What does taekwondo mean to you?

To me, taekwondo means discipline and strength both inside the dojang and in life. Taekwondo is a fantastic way to keep fit and stay healthy, but it is so much more than just exercise. Taekwondo is a popular sport but as an art it has a philosophy that teaches us not only respect for ourselves but for each other as well. It helps train both our bodies and minds to become better people by respecting our parents, our teachers and our fellow man.

What advice would you give to anybody who is just beginning to study taekwondo?

The single most important piece of advice I would give to anyone, in any country is to put your trust and faith into your teacher.

How do you relax and spend your time when you aren’t teaching taekwondo?

My time is divided up between taekwondo and church.

As a devout Christian I spend a lot of my time when not teaching taekwondo in church or volunteering with the congregation. And as the owner of a taekwondo school there is a lot of administration work to be done.

Your school is called ‘Sang Mu’ and recently two ‘sang mu’ schools have opened up in Suzhou, China. Would you like a ‘sang mu’ school in every country in the world?

A few years ago I travelled with a taekwondo team from Jeollabukdo to Europe and we were very well received by both the locals and the Korean population who lived there. I was overwhelmed by how people in other countries embraced taekwondo, both in terms of the sport and the art, so I would love to have ‘sang mu’ schools all over the world to help spread Korean culture and the taekwondo spirit.

Would you like to add anything else?

I would just like to reiterate what I mentioned earlier.

Taekwondo is a great way to train both your mind and body and practitioners, but especially young people, can learn important values and make long lasting friendships.

Jeon Jeong Sul, Kwan Jang Nim has been my teacher for the last 18 months and I have learntso much from him. He is an inspirational teacher and a thoroughly nice man. This interview was conducted in the office of his dojang, surrounded by trophies, ribbons and all the other trappings of a man who has dedicated a large part of his life to taekwondo. The walls are covered with certificates and photographs, mostly of his son and his students and even though evidence of his success is everywhere, I feel completely relaxed and ease in this Aladdin’s cave of taekwondo memorabilia. As we finish the interview he thanks me for interviewing him, even though the honour was mine, then stands up to adjust his belt before he goes out to teach yet another class.

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The Reverse Turning Kick

By Grandmaster Tony Vohra 8th Dan. Photographs by Master Jeff Scott-Smith 5th Dan. Assisted in demonstration of techniques by Instructor Joseph Turner 2nd Dan n this article I will introduce you to the reverse turning kick.

When executed properly can be delivered with the heel or sole of the foot whilst turning away from your opponent. The reverse turning kick can be classed as the opposite to the turning kick in that, rather than impact with the ball/instep of the foot in a forward movement one impacts with the heel or sole of the foot whilst in a spinning a reverse movement, which increases impact power!

You could consider the reverse turning kick as a spinning reverse turning kick. Rather than do a forward movement one would spin in reverse.

The kicking leg would bend with the knee coming up and the foot would travel straight in a direction to end up with the impact being made with the heel or sole of the foot depending on the distance to the target. When considering distance, this would depend on reverse spinning movement and extension of the leg when moving towards the target.

The kicking technique is applied and practiced with your back foot from static standing position. Once you are able to do the kick with good balance.

You can practice with more of a spin and in stepping combinations.

Remember to practise from fighting stance. Always aim the kicks through your opponent’s centre line.

Work on different distances of impact as you could have a target which is moving towards you. Retreating so impact can be made at different extensions of the leg, depending on how far you are from your target.

Start from fighting stance with your left leg forward. Turn your head to look over your right shoulder rotating your body. See your target with your feet still on the floor. Bend the knee up, with the foot travelling in a straight line to impact to target, through the centre line of your body and delivery finish position is with the foot.

Face your partner (or a mirror) in left fighting stance, practice at a mirror and work at a target to get your positioning and range of impact.

Now you have an idea of the basic movement involved. You need to practise so you develop an accurate and devastating technique.

First, practise on your own against the empty air. Begin with your weaker leg first - because we all had one once! Start off kicking to about waist height and gradually work your way up to head height and beyond.

Once you’ve got your technique

down, the next step is to find something to connect with - like a pad, focus mitt or punch bag. This will allow you to gauge your increasing power.

When you are practicing please try and concentrate on maintaining balance and special awareness as when we do advance techniques this will be very important.

Once you are satisfied with your delivery to a stationary target, then it’s time to practise on a floppy pad with a partner. Practise kick for kick, moving forward (attacking), or backward counter attacking.

Then moving to practice on an opponent as demonstrated in the photos.

Master Tony Vohra is always pleased to advise individual students, clubs and instructors and he will arrange courses & seminars to suit at home and abroad.

For further details, for individual stretching programmes or for access to Kukkiwon certification, contact: President Grandmaster S. S. Vohra (8th Dan), International School of Martial Arts UK HQ, Nottingham School of Tae Kwon Do, Ilkeston Rd., Nottingham NG7 3FX, England. Tel: 00 44 (0)115 9780439; Fax: 00 44 (0)115 9785567 Website: www.martialartsvohra.com Emails:info@martialartsvohra.com

1. Position target to own head height.

2. Go to sparring stance

3. Turn, rotate and view target.

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4. (above) Bend kicking leg.

5. Impact with the heel of the foot.

6. Impact with the sole of the foot

With an opponents body as a target 7. Sparring stance working towards balance and focus.

8. Turn look at target whilst rotating the body.

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The TAGB Bring home the Bacon!!!

W.A.S.C.O. World Open Championship 2008 - Lignano Sabbiadoro - Italy.

The W.A.S.C.O. Open World Championship took place recently in Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy. Organized by WASCO World Headquarters, 747 participants from: Austria, Canada, Croatia, England, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and others took part in this huge International Sports Event.

Sportsmen & women of different ages were competed in the Championships demonstrating their highly skillful abilities in a very professional environment. As usual there were a multitude of different children’s divisions, with the youngest participant being a 5 year old boy, who competed in the minipeewee division.Also as usual the high interest in the veterans (38-49 years & over) and golden divisions (over 49 years & over) of the competition was reflected by the high volume of entries where the oldest participant was of 60 years of age.

Catagories included; LightContact, Semi-Contact, Traditional martial arts’ patterns, Free-style patterns, breaking techniques and display demo-teams. For the first time in WASCO’s history there was a special competition held, called SCORE TEAM-24 which offered a cash prize of $5,000 to the winners!

The TAGB were invited to enter a team and decided to take a squad of 32 fighters including their coach and manager. They flew out from Stanstead to Trieste where they were met and taken to the Selina hotel on the beautiful coastal resort.

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Being only 50 yards from the Adriatic sea, everyone promised themselves a rewarding swim should they be successful at the competition. With a six days stay and a huge competition ahead of them, the mood for the trip was one of complete focus and total concentration for the job in hand.

With the format of the competition being continuous semi-contact and points sparring the TAGB fighters entered into both competitions aswell as the newly created Team 24 event which if you amassed the most points over the three day event, carried a $5,000 purse!

Having acclimatised themselves team TAGB set about making history and got off to a blistering start on the first day winning five gold medals.

Joseph Schembri won - 64kg.

Gordon Fearn - 70kg. Warren Vice 76kg. Tamsin Clark - 58kg. Clare Sharples - 62kg and these five went on to do the double, winning the points the next day. There were more gold medals won by: Tyrrell Belony, Steven Fox, James Watson, Allan Lusk, Andrew Deer and Lynsey Williams. Such was the quality and great level of skill displayed that the judges had a very difficult time deciding the winners for the teams forms catagory. Infact the roof was raised for virtually every event held over the 3 days. When the event

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was finished all the points were added up for gold, silver and bronze and this was when the TAGB learned they had won the Team 24 competition and scooped the $5,000 dollars prize money aswell as the huge silver cup. Coach Kenny Walton said “We now have one of our strongest squads ever.”

Over the course of the 3 day mamouth event, not one competitor was hurt which is testimony to the quality of the light-contact rules and the way that the 31 referees at the event ensured that all six areas at the event ran as it should. Doctor Lorenzo Marcia comented that “although we are prepared for every emergency, we would rather be an event that did not need to use the skills of our highly able medical staff”.

As you would expect from an event of this size, there were several TV channels, newspapers and a host of foreign journalists/photographers to capture the action.

The teams travel, hotel, doboks and food were as always, paid for by the TAGB for the entire six days

stay. The TAGB would like to thank DELVIC LTD of Birmingham for sponsoring the tracksuits.

W.A.S.C.O. HISTORY The World All Style Combat Organisation is an International martial arts organization that was created to promote peace and harmony, via a brotherhood of friendship made up of people that study a sport discipline (light-contact sparring system) in competitions.

Officially formed on the15th of November 1983 with the idea of connecting people from different martial art systems, enabling them to fight/compete without weapons.

WASCO formed a platform for people to compete, share and develop their martial arts skills as well as come together in an exciting spectacle whilst demonstrating that martial arts has a great deal more to offer than just the ability to fight.

It was in the USA, in 1974 that events were first staged and hailed a great success. Since then, competitive karate has grown beyond all

recognition and the competitions like the sport itself have evolved into greatly anticipated contests of a countries ability to stake its reputation of world class sportsmanship.

Over the years, this modern discipline of fighting without weapons, based on the self-control of its competitors has traded under several different names, such as “Contact Karate”, “American Kickboxing”, etc., However, it has now come to be best known as Light- Contact Sparring.

On the 26th of July 2003 in Ajaccio (France) at the W.A.S.C.O. Congress Meeting, Professor Gianni Sarritzu (World Grand Master, IX Dan Degree Black Belt) became the W.A.S.C.O. President. Today, the board is made up by the following people; W.A.S.C.O. President: Professor Gianni Sarritzu (Italy). Senior VicePresident: Mr. Salvatore Tronci (Italy).

Vice-President:Mr Patrik Froechlich (Liechtenstein).Vice-President: Mr. Moreno Perez (Belize). VicePresident: Mr Akuala Luabambda (Kenya). Secretary General: Mrs. Victoria Abugova (Russia).

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Light-contact results: Cadets - Male 12/14 - Group: B -67 kg 2. Darren Mutch (Scotland) 3. Christopher Mercer (Scotland) Cadets - Male 12/14 - Group: C -54 kg 1. Histon Kieran (Ireland) Juniors - Male 15/17 - Group: A -81 kg 2. Liam Murdoch (Scotland) Juniors - Female 15/17 Group: A +65 kg 2. Danielle Courtney (Ireland) Juniors - Female 15/17 Group: B -55 kg 3. Tara Griffin (Ireland) Juniors - Male 15/17 Group: C -75 kg 2. Allan Cunningham (Scotland) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A -67 kg 1. Sawani Kiran (Ireland) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -60 kg 1. Allan Lusk (England) 2. Molloy Richard (England) 3. Molloy Matthew (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -64 kg 1. Gordon Fearn (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -67 kg 1. Joseph Schrembri (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -71 kg 2. John Gregg (England) 3. James Watson (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -75 kg 1. Andrew Deer (England) 2. Alan Jackson (England) 3. Steven Fox (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -81 kg 1. Warren Vice (England) 3. Jarrod Reece (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C +91 kg 2. Allan McLeish (Scotland) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: C -55 kg 2. Jamaludin Normi (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: C -60 kg 1. Tamsen Clarke (England) 3. Nicole Brown (Scotland) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: C -65 kg 1. Lynsay Williams (England) 3. Liz McKenna (Scotland) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: C +65 kg 1. Claire Sharples (England) Veterans - Male 37/49 Group: B +86 kg 2. Richard Mitchell (Scotland) Veterans - Female 37/49 Open -50 kg 1. Susan McAneny (Scotland) 2. Fidelma Histon (Ireland) Cadets - Male 12/14 Group: A/B/C -52 kg 1. Kieran Histon (Ireland) Cadets - Male 12/14 Group: A/B/C -63 kg 3. Christopher Mercer (Scotland) Cadets - Male 12/14 Group: A/B/C -69 kg 2. Darren Mutch (Scotland) Cadets - Female 12/14 Group: A/B/C -65 kg 2. Tara Griffin (Ireland) Cadets - Female 12/14 Group: A/B/C +65 kg 2. Danielle Courtney (Ireland)

Juniors - Male 15/17 Group: A/B/C -71 kg 2. Liam Murdoch (Scotland) Juniors - Male 15/17 Group: A/B/C -75 kg 2. Allan Cunningham (Scotland) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -60 kg 1. Joseph Schrembri (England) 2. Alan Lusk (England) 3. Matthew Molly (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -64 kg 1. Gordon Fearn (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -67 kg 1. James Watson (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -71 kg 1. Tyrrell Belony (England) 2. John Gregg (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -75 kg 1. Steven Fox (England) 2. Dan Moffat (England) 3. Andrew Deer (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -81 kg 1. Warren Vice (England) 2. Jarrod Reece (England) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C -86 kg 1. Graham Connolly (Ireland) Seniors - Male 18/36 Group: A/B/C +91 kg 3. Allan McLeish (Scotland) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: A/B/C -55 kg 1. Tamsen Clarke (England) 3. Norm Jamaludin (England) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: A/B/C -60 kg 2. Linsay Williams (England) 3. Sian Davies (England) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: A/B/C -65 kg 1. Liz Mckenna (Scotland) Seniors - Female 18/36 Group: A/B/C +65 kg 1. Claire Sharples (England) 3. Amanda Sawani (Ireland) Veterans - Male - Group: A/B/C 2. Richard Mitchell (Scotland)

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Individual traditional patterns results: Taekwon-do patterns - Senior Male 18/36 - Group: C 1. Graham Connolly (Ireland) Taekwon-do patterns - Senior Female 18/36 - Group: C 1. Janice Connolly (Ireland) Taekwon-do patterns - Veterans Male over 37 - Group: C 1. Gerry Cahill (Scotland) Taekwon-do patterns - Veterans Male over 37 - Group: A/B 2. Richard Mitchell (Scotland) Taekwon-do patterns - Veterans Male over 37 - Group: A/B/C 1. Susan McAneny (Scotland) 2. Unity Kane (Scotland) 3. Fidelma Histon (Ireland)

Individual breaking techniques results:

Flying Kicks: Front Flying Rising Kick - Female over 18 - Open - Group: C Winner: Nicole Brown (Scotland) SCORE TEAM-24 RESULTS: 1. England -G.B.

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Global gathering GTUK British regional championships Stratford Upon-Avon once again hosted the annual GTUK British Regional Championships this year on Saturday November 1st. The event is always an eagerly anticipated and hard fought contest with each member bringing huge amounts of pride into the tournament and wanting to take away the coveted title of Regional Champion. This year was no different.

The format of the GTUK Regional Championships is much like a national competition with people from all over the UK entering and competing for Medals in various grade and weight categories. The twist is that as well as getting medals competitors also gain points for their region with 3 points for gold, 2 for silver and 1 for bronze. The UK is split into six regions based on number of clubs to give a fair amount of students in each region with the region winners being announced at the evening after party.

The stakes were high with each of the six regions looking to take home the title. Would it be the Scottish region - past winners on a couple of occasions, region 3 - the East Midlands were also hungry for renewed victory as were regions 2 & 5, or would it be a first time winner, tired of waiting in the wings. Time would tell...

As with every GTUK event the hard work that had gone in by instructors from JA-TKD the night before and the early morning of Saturday prepared the competition hall which was organised and set up in preparation for the arrival of the hundreds and hundreds of competitors.

GTUK President Master Oldham VIII and Vice President Mr. Archer V officially opened the tournament with all competitors lined up on their squares in a sea of white doboks, tense looks on the faces, and no doubt playing over in their minds the many ways their individual days could unfurl.

Standards were high as the Pee - Wees and Juniors kicked off proceedings. It is always extremely pleasing to see people enter their first competition and thoroughly enjoy themselves. There were a few

nerves from the youngsters and a few from their on-looking supporters but they performed fantastically and by the end of their category had done themselves, and the by now more relieved looking supporters, proud. This is testament to how effectively the instructors’ attitudes, examples and teaching breeds the qualities of confidence, passion and fair play through all of their students.

The tournament progressed at a steady but brisk rate throughout the day, with the refreshments stand doing a steady trade for hungry competitors who had suddenly found their appetite, initially lost in all the nerves. The souvenir stand which was once again selling commemorative and unique t-shirts was again selling well as people were keen to support the England squad while also taking home a piece of memorabilia of the occasion.

As the categories completed and the scores were collated the competition for the title of Regional Champion 2008 was seriously hotting up. The final colour belt events were finishing up and the black belt’s, a great many of whom had been officiating all day, donned their doboks and were preparing to compete. The spectators and colour belts were treated to some fantastic displays from male and females across all degrees in the patterns and sparring sections. Each category was as hard fought as the others and while some were victorious and others experienced defeat, the true spirit of Taekwon-Do never deserted the competitors. We are always reminded by Master Oldham and Mr. Archer that we learn so much through defeat as well as victory and everyone involved

was as magnanimous in defeat as those others were in victory.

The competition drew to a close with the regional results firmly under lock and key (well kind of, more in Master Oldham’s pocket). Competitors and spectators alike retired to various destinations, with over 250 making their way to the exceptional venue for the tournament after - party and results award ceremony.

Master Oldham allowed people to arrive and dive into the tasty buffet that had been provided (and it was certainly dived into!) and everyone sat down as the tension built once more. The results were read out in reverse order and with every result revealed, the applause and cheering increased in fervour.

In 3rd place; Region 1 - Scotland.

In 2nd place; Region 2 - Northwest.

In 1st place; Region 6 - All clubs under JA-TKD and Mr. Archer!

As all the instructors who had entered members into the tournament went up to claim their trophies, the whole room applauded. Region 6 were victorious and non were more pleased than Mr. Archer to see his black belts collect their awards on behalf of their own clubs.

The evening continued in good spirits with some excellent (and not so excellent!) dancing on the dance floor and by the time midnight came and the taxi’s were called everyone could depart for home or hotel with a smile on their face after a brilliant day and night for the GTUK. If you would like further info on the Regional Championships, including results, or details about the GTUK visit www.gt-uk.net.

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