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3ASKATOON #ANADA /N .OVEMBER A A MAN BROKE INTO A BEAUTY SALON BY SMASHING HIS WAY THROUGH THE FRONT WIN DOW "UT HE NEGLECTED TO SEE THAT NEXT DOOR WAS $AVE ,OCHERT S #HAMPION &IGHT #LUB ,OCHERT STILL IN HIS OFFICE SAW THE MAN AND PROCEEDED TO CHASE THE BURGLAR DOWN THE STREET THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND CAUGHT HIM IN AN ALLEY (E GRABBED THE WEAPON A HAMMER FROM THE BURGLAR AND THEN TOOK HIM DOWN WITH TWO PUNCH ES ,OCHERT HANDED THE BURGLAR OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES
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(ONG +ONG ,EGENDARY MARTIAL ARTIST AND ACTOR "RUCE ,EE WILL BE MEMORIALIZED AT HIS ANCESTRAL HOME WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THEME PARK IN HIS HONOR 4HE PARK WILL HOLD A STATUE MEMO RIAL HALL MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY AND CONFERENCE CENTER 7ITH A BUDGET OF MILLION THE PARK IS ESTIMATED FOR COMPLETION IN THREE YEARS
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OF SOME "UDDHIST SECTS +OREANS SAY THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO ENJOY A GOOD TEA /NE SHOULD START BY ENJOYING THE SOUNDS OF THE WATER BOILING 4HEN
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INJURY OR DEATH BURNS AWAY IN THE CRUCIBLE OF MEDITATION "UT THE SUSTAINED PRACTICE OF MEDITATION MAY CARRY A FEW OF US FURTHER &EELINGS OF DEEP CONTACT WITH THE %TERNAL 3OURCE HOWEVER WE CHOOSE TO NAME IT COME FIRST 4HE WORLD AROUND US BECOMES CLEAR LUMINOUS AND JOYFUL EVEN AS WE SEEM TO DISSOLVE AWAY /UR OWN NARROW PREOCCUPATIONS AND ANXIETIES NO LONGER TAKE CENTER STAGE 4HESE INTENSE FEELINGS CAN NOT TRULY BE DESCRIBED IN WORDS
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0ERSEVERANCE AND 0ROMISE &OR SOME 4AE +WON $O IS ABOUT FIGHTING COMPETITION AGGRESSIVE NESS AND EVEN hSHOWINESS v &OR OTHERS IT IS ABOUT DEFENSE BEING PREPARED IN SITUATIONS THAT CALL FOR FIGHTING TO DEFEND SELF AND OTHERS 9ET FOR A FEW 4AE +WON $O IS SO MUCH MORE )T IS A MANNER OF LIV ING THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING AND SELF DEFENSE )T IS ABOUT TRAINING BOTH THE MIND AND THE BODY TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE )T IS ABOUT BEING PREPARED MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO FACE WHATEVER CHALLENGES LIFE TOSSES YOUR WAY AND TO HANDLE THOSE CHALLENGES HON ORABLY COURAGEOUSLY AND ADEPTLY WHILE BEING MORALLY RESPONSIBLE IN EVERY WAY 4HIS IS THE WORLD OF 4AE +WON $O IN WHICH 'RANDMASTER %UNGGIL #HOI THRIVES 4HIS IS THE FOCUS OF HIS STYLE OF TEACHING h.OTHING IS )MPOSSIBLEv IS THE MOTTO BEHIND 'RANDMASTER #HOI S INSTRUCTION )N KEEPING WITH THE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO FOCUS HIS SCHOOL IS CALLED THE h(OME OF $ISCIPLINE v -OST BEGINNING STUDENTS HAVE LIT TLE CONCEPT OF THE TRUE MEANING OR EVEN THE NEED FOR SELF DISCIPLINE
±4HE ATTITUDE OF A TRUE 4AE +WON $OIST IS ONE WHO THINKS BEYOND Y SELF AND WHO IS PREPARED TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE WEAKER ! TRUE P P P 4AE +WON $OIST IS NOT SELF SEEKING OR SELF IMPORTANT AND DOES NOT G P USE HIS OR HER SKILLS TO SHOW OFF ! TRUE 4AE +WON $OIST IS STRONG IN SELF DISCIPLINE ACCOUNTABILITY JUSTICE AND CARING ² 4HE 'RANDMASTER DEMANDS DISCIPLINE WHEN NECESSARY
BUT MOSTLY HE INSPIRES IN HIS STUDENTS THE DESIRE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN SELF DISCIPLINE (E GIVES THEM A REA SON TO WANT TO EXCEL 4HOUGH HE HAS MANY OUTSTANDING QUALITIES TWO IN PARTICULAR STAND OUT (IS ABILITY WITH CHILDREN IS REMARK ABLE 3OMEHOW EVEN THE TOUGHEST OF STREET KIDS RECOGNIZE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT HIM AND RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO HIS UNSPOKEN AND QUIET AUTHORITY 4HEY BECOME STILL AND RESPONSIVE WHEN HE ENTERS THE ROOM /VER TIME THEIR RESPECT AND LOVE FOR HIM GROWÂ&#x2C6;AND THEIR LIVES CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AS THEY PROGRESS UNDER HIS SENSI TIVE GUIDANCE 4HEY WILL RESPOND TO HIM WHEN THEY HADN T AND WOULDN T RESPOND TO OTHERS 4HEY SENSE HIS SINCERITY HIS LOVE HIS CAREÂ&#x2C6;AND HIS AUTHORITY 4HERE IS A TREMENDOUS DIF FERENCE BETWEEN hPOWERv AND hAUTHORITY v !S EXPLAINED IN THE BOOK 4HE 3ERVANT BY T *AMES # (UNTER WHO QUOTES -AX 7EBER FROM HIS BOOK 4HE 4HEORY OF 3OCIAL AND %CONOMIC /RGANIZATION POWER IS DEFINED AS h4HE ABILITY TO FORCE OR COERCE SOMEONE TO DO YOUR WILL
EVEN IF THEY WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO BECAUSE OF YOUR POSITION OR YOUR MIGHT v /N THE OTHER HAND
AUTHORITY IS DEFINED AS h4HE SKILL OF GETTING PEOPLE TO WILLINGLY DO YOUR WILL BECAUSE OF YOUR PERSON AL INFLUENCE v "UILDING AUTHORITY WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES Â&#x2C6;INSPIRING AND GAINING THEIR IMMEDIATE TRUST AND RESPECTÂ&#x2C6;REQUIRES EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS 4HIS IS ONE SET OF QUALITIES 'RANDMASTER #HOI HAS MASTERED )N #HOI OFFERED HIS SCHOOL TO TEACH A FREE THREE YEAR BLACK BELT COURSE TO STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC HOUS ING 4HE DAY THE CHILDREN AGES TO ARRIVED EN MASSE IS UNFORGETTABLE )T SEEMED AS THOUGH NONE HAD EVEN THE SLIGHTEST CONCEPT OF RESPECT OR CONCERN FOR OTHERS 4HEY STORMED INTO THE BUILDING JUMPING UP AND DOWN TRYING TO GRAB THE ATTENDANCE CARDS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE OFFICE ASSISTANT WHILE TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT SHE WAS SAYING 3OME DIDN T EVEN WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE DOJANG WITH THEIR SHOES ON 4HEY LAUGHED YELLED FUSSED AND FOUGHT 4HEY IGNORED THE THREE BLACK BELTS INSIDE ON THE DOJANG FLOOR WHO WERE TRYING TO BRING ABOUT SOME SORT OF DISCIPLINE AND ORDER !FTER A FEW MOMENTS OF NEAR CHAOS THE DOOR TO THE 'RANDMASTER S OFFICE SLOWLY OPENED AND HE QUIETLY STEPPED OUT ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE DOJANG NOT SAYING A WORD 7ITHIN TWO SECONDS A GENTLE WAVE OF STILLNESS SPREAD OUT AND SETTLED ON ALL WHO WERE IN THE ROOM 3TILL UNSPEAKING HE SLOWLY AND SILENTLY WALKED AMONG THE NEW STUDENTS OCCASIONALLY LOOKING AT ONE OR TWO 'RADUALLY THE STUDENTS FOUND THEMSELVES GATHERING INTO A SEMBLANCE OF LINES ASTONISHED AND SILENT EYES
GLUED ON THE -ASTER 7HEN THEY WERE LINED UP #HOI WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TURNED AND FACED HIS NEW CLASS 3PEAKING SOFTLY YET WITH AUTHORITY HE BEGAN TO EXPLAIN WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF THE STUDENTS AND WHAT 4AE +WON $O WAS ALL ABOUT 4HESE PREVIOUSLY LOUD
UNDISCIPLINED AND DISRESPECTFUL STUDENTS RESPONDED
AND WITHOUT THEM REALIZING IT THEIR LESSONS BEGAN /VER THE NEXT THREE YEARS A FEW OF THESE STUDENTS DROPPED OUT /NE ESPECIALLY CHALLENGED STUDENT REQUIRED MANY TESTS AT MOST BELT LEVELS FOR HIS DISCI PLINE CONCENTRATION AND SKILL LEVELS WERE BELOW PAR "UT 'RANDMASTER #HOI KNEW HE WAS CAPABLE OF MORE AND PUSHED HIM TO REACH PREVI OUSLY UNKNOWN LIMITS TO LEARN TO ACHIEVE AND TO NOT QUIT NO MATTER THE PROBLEMS HE FACED 4HE STUDENT TO HIS CREDIT AND TO #HOI S PATIENCE AND SKILL PERSEVERED AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVED HIS BLACK BELT 4WO OTHER STUDENTS WENT ON TO QUALIFY FOR AND ENTER NATIONAL 4AE +WON $O COM PETITIONS !LL WHO DIDN T QUIT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOR THE BETTER AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SOME OF THEIR LIVES RESPOND ED TO AND GREW TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRE CIATE DISCIPLINE AND RESPECT !NOTHER DISTINCT QUALITY OF 'RANDMASTER #HOI IS HIS REMARKABLE TALENT TO JUDGE A PERSON S ABILITIES AND HOW FARÂ&#x2C6;AND WHENÂ&#x2C6;TO PUSH THAT INDIVIDUAL TO BECOME BETTER THAN HIS HER SELF CONFIDENCE PREVI
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%UNGGIL #HOI OUSLY ALLOWED 4HOSE WHO LEARN TO TRUST HIM WILL GO FARTHER THAN THEY EVER BELIEVED THEY COULD GO 4HOSE WHO REFUSE TO TRUST HIM ULTIMATELY QUIT UNFORTUNATELY NEVER LEARNING WHAT THEIR TRUE ABILITIES COULD BE /NE YEAR AN OVERWEIGHT AND OLDER BY MANY YEARS STUDENT WAS PREPAR ING TO TEST FOR BLACK BELT 3HE WAS PRACTICING ON THE FLOOR WITH ANOTHER CLASSMATE YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE HER SON WHO WOULD TEST ON THE SAME DAY 4HEY WERE ALONE ON THE FLOOR 4HINKING THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND TO HEAR SHE AND HER CLASSMATE WERE DIS CUSSING THE UPCOMING TEST 4HE OLDER STUDENT SHARED HER FEARS OF TESTING WITH SUCH A YOUNGER MORE ATHLETIC GROUP AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF SHE COULD NOT KEEP UP 3UDDENLY 'RANDMASTER #HOI S DOOR SLOWLY OPENED AND HE WALKED QUIETLY UP TO THE TWO STUDENTS ,OOKING AT THE OLDEST HE ASKED HER h$O YOU TRUST ME v 3HE REPLIED h9ES v #HOI LOOKED AT HER AND SAID NOTHING !FTER A MOMENT HE TURNED AND WALKED AWAY !FTER A FEW STEPS HE TURNED AND ASKED AGAIN h$O YOU TRUST ME v h9ES OF COURSE ) DO v SHE REPLIED h7HY v SHE ASKED IN PUZZLEMENT /NCE AGAIN HE WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A WORD 4HE STUDENTS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SURPRISED 'RM #HOI SPEAKS AT 7HEN HE REACHED HIS OFFICE DOOR
HIS ANNUAL BENEl T FOR THE 'RANDMASTER TURNED AROUND
LOOKED AT THE STUDENTS STILL SILENTLY CANCER 4HE 'RAND WATCHING HIS RETREAT AND ASKED A MASTER S SON HELPS A YOUNGSTER BREAK A THIRD TIME h$O YOU TRUST ME v BOARD !T AN ANNUAL h9ES -ASTER #HOI ) DO v WAS THE CANCER BENEl T #HOI IMMEDIATE BUT PUZZLED RESPONSE (E EXECUTES A m YING QUIETLY TURNED BACK INTO HIS OFFICE AND KICK TO BREAK A GENTLY CLOSED HIS DOOR (E DIDN T SAY BOARD ANOTHER WORD ,OOKING AT EACH OTHER
THE CONFUSED STUDENTS ASKED h7HAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT v 4HEY COULD NOT THINK OF ANY REASON ABLE ANSWER 4ESTING DAY CAME 4HE OLDER STUDENT FULL OF FEAR AND TREPIDATION ASKING HERSELF WHY SHE EVER PUT HERSELF IN THIS POSITION AT HER AGE AND WEIGHT JUMPED RIGHT IN TO FACE THE DAY AND ALL IT CONTAINED %MBARRASSED SHE HAD NOT EVEN TOLD HER FAMILY WHAT SHE WAS DOING THAT DAY
FOR SHE DIDN T WANT TO SHAME THEM WITH HER LACK OF PER FECT ATHLETIC SKILLS IN THE DOJANG "UT FOR BETTER OR WORSE
SHE WAS DETERMINED TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE DAY HELD .O HOLDING BACK NO EXCUSES NO CONSIDERATION FOR ADVANCED AGE WAS REQUESTED 7HAT THE YOUNGER ONES HAD TO DO
SHE WOULD ATTEMPT !FTER TESTING SHE LEARNED THAT SHE DID MORE PUSHUPS
SIT UPS AND OTHER EXERCISES THAN HER TWO CLASSMATES ON EITHER SIDE THEY TOLD HER THAT THEY HAD DONE ONE FOR EACH TWO COUNTS BUT WITH EYES CLOSED TO CONCENTRATE AND NOT SEEING WHAT THE OTHER STUDENTS WERE DOING SHE DID ONE FOR EACH COUNT !LL CONSIDERED SHE MADE IT AND DID BET TER THAN SHE D ANTICIPATED 4HANKS TO 'RANDMASTER #HOI 3HE HAD JUST LEARNED ANOTHER LESSON FROM HER INSTRUC TOR ONE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION FROM WEEKS EARLIER (ER TRUST IN THE 'RANDMASTER HAD BEEN WELL PLACED (E CERTAINLY PUSHES HIS STUDENTS OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES
BUT NOT SO FAR THAT THEY MUST FAIL IN THE PROCESS 4HIS
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QUALITY INSPIRES HIS STUDENTS TO TRUST HIM AND TO KEEP TRYING 4HE STUDENT NOW FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE REPEATED QUESTION h$O YOU TRUST ME v THAT #HOI CHALLENGED HER WITH PRIOR TO BLACK BELT TESTING #HILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL ABILITIES BENEFIT FROM ATTEND ING 'RANDMASTER #HOI S SCHOOL )T IS NOT A SCHOOL JUST FOR THE ATHLETICALLY GIFTED 4HERE ARE MANY LESSONS OTHER THAN FORMS BOARD BREAKING AND FIGHTING SKILLS THAT HE HAS TO OFFER "UT THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE FULL IMPACT OF HIS TEACHING QUICKLY REALIZE THAT HIS METHODS ARE NOT LIKE THOSE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3CHOOL TEACHERS OF TODAY TEND TO OFFER THEIR TEACHING ON A SILVER PLATTER h4HIS IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN HERE IS HOW YOU WILL DO IT AND THAT IS WHAT YOU JUST LEARNED v 4HEY DO THE THINKING FOR THE STUDENT 4O THE CONTRARY THE LONGER STUDENTS STAY WITH #HOI THE MORE THEY LEARN THAT HIS TEACHING COMES FROM THE EXAMPLES HE SETS AND WHAT HE HAS THE STUDENTS DOÂ&#x2C6;OR FACE (E DOES NOT TELL THEM WHAT THEY WILL LEARN OR IDENTIFY THE LESSON INSTEAD THEY MUST OBSERVE AND QUESTION SEEKING THEIR OWN ANSWERS (E TEACHES THEM TO THINK AND REASON FOR THEMSELVES AS HE GUIDES HIS STU DENTS INTO DISCOVERING THEIR OWN ANSWERS )N THIS PROCESS TWO OF MANY IMPORTANT LESSONS STU DENTS LEARN ARE $ON T MAKE A SUGGESTION UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO ACT UPON IT ANDx)F YOU ARE AFRAID OF SOMETHING THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF FAC INGÂ&#x2C6;AND CONQUERING %VERY ACTION TAKEN IN THE DOJANG HAS A SOUND REASON BEHIND IT EVERYTHING IS A LESSON "UT ONLY THOSE WHO SEEK TO LEARN AND WHO CONTEMPLATE WHAT THEY ARE LEARN ING WILL REALIZE THE TRUE IMPACT OF THE PHYSICAL LESSONS 4HE PHYSICAL LEADS TO THE MENTAL THE TRUE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT #HOI TEACHES -ANY LESSONS ARE INTANGIBLE SUCH AS PATIENCE GIVING UNDERSTANDING AND HELPING 4HE MENTAL CHARACTER BUILDING LESSONS THAT STUDENTS GAIN FROM 'RANDMASTER #HOI S 4AE +WON $O WILL ULTIMATELY BE APPRECIATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE OF ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED /NCE STUDENTS RECOGNIZE THEM
THEY REALIZE A NEW ROAD TOWARD MENTAL GROWTH HAS BEEN OPENED SHOULD THEY DESIRE TO TRAVEL A NEW LEARNING PATH 4O GET WHERE THE 'RANDMASTER IS TODAY IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY (E HAS NOT ONLY LEARNED MANY LESSONS BUT IS STILL LEARNING 4HERE IS NO FINAL END TO LEARNING NOR IS IT A FINAL ACHIEVEMENT 4HERE IS ONLY hMORE v 'RANDMASTER #HOI AN EIGHTH DEGREE BEGAN LEARNING HIS LESSONS FROM 4AE +WON $O AT THE TENDER AGE OF THREE (IS FATHER WAS HIS FIRST TEACHER AND THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HIS LIFE 7ITH HIS FATHER S HELP AND EARLY TRAIN ING SUSTAINING HIM YOUNG %UNGGIL #HOI CONTINUED 4AE +WON $O INSTRUCTION DURING COLLEGE THROUGH MANY WORLD COMPETITIONS AND BEYOND EVEN INTO THE +OREAN MILITARY 4AE +WON $O HAD LONG AGO BECOME A CHOSEN WAY OF LIFE FOR HIM THOUGH HE HAS STUDIED OTHER DISCIPLINES SUCH AS +UNG &U /NCE HIS INITIAL PHYSICAL TRAINING WAS MASTERED AND THE MENTAL TRAINING HE ACQUIRED HAD PROVED ITSELF IN LIFE S LESSONS THE REALIZATION HIT HOME EVEN MORE THAT THE DOOR TO CONTINUAL GROWTH IS ALWAYS OPEN NO MATTER THE LEVEL OF COMPETENCY REACHED 4HERE IS A SAYING THAT STATES h)F YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE ASK A BUSY MAN v 4HIS CERTAINLY FITS 'RANDMASTER #HOI "ELIEVING IN GIVING BACK TO THE COM MUNITY HIS VARIOUS CHARITIES HAVE INCLUDED HELPING WITH THE 7OMEN S 3HELTER AS WELL AS WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED
&!2 ,%&4 2ECEIV ING A CONGRATULA TORY PLAQUE FROM 'RM ,EE OF THE VISITING #HILDREN S 4+$ TEAM ,%&4 $ISPLAYING HIS EIGHTH DAN +UKKI WON CERTIl CATION CHILDREN (E HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP 7E CANNOT JUST GIVE IN 7E MUST TRY UNTIL THERE IS NOTH ING MORE TO BE GAINED v (E SET OUT TO GET HELP TO SAVE FORUMS AND GIVES GENEROUSLY TO HIS COMMUNITY BOTH IN TIME AND IN DONATIONS HIS DAD TO HELP THE ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR HIM (OWEVER 'RANDMASTER #HOI S BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION 'RANDMASTER #HOI WROTE TO THE !MERICAN #ONSULATE IS HIS CONTINUING DEDICATION TO HIS h+ICK #ANCER /UT OF (E CONFERRED WITH AUTHORITIES SPOKE WITH DOCTORS AND THE 7ORLDv #ANCER "ENEFIT (ELD IN ,EESBURG 6IRGINIA
PRAYED (E WORKED HARD TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE THE BENEFIT INCLUDES SPONSORING A 4AE +WON $O TOUR THROUGHOUT THE CONTINUAL PAIN OF FACTS HE WAS TOSSED NAMENT FOR FOURTEEN YEARS A GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE (E PUT ON A CALM BRAVE FACE SO HIS STUDENTS WOULD NOT LAST TEN YEARS AND A -ASTERS 'RANDMASTERS 4AE +WON BE EXPOSED TO HIS DISTRESS (E TOLD NO ONE AT SCHOOL $O $EMONSTRATION EACH YEAR SINCE THE BEGINNING /NLY HIS CLOSEST OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNEW OF WHAT #ONTINUING TO GROW FIVE YEARS AGO HE ADDED THE "LUE HE WAS SUFFERING (E KEPT HIS BUSINESS GOING ON AS 2IDGE (OSPICE !NNUAL $EMONSTRATION IN 7INCHESTER
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AND INSPIRE HIS SON INTO FINDING THE RIGHT ANSWERS IN A TOUGH WORLD WHO IS HIS SON S 2OCK OF 'IBRALTAR AND HIS FADE AWAY BEFORE HIM SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY GREATEST INSPIRATION 0ICTURE SUCH A MAN ALWAYS BEHIND 4HE DAY CAME WHEN HIS FATHER ASKED TO BE TAKEN HIS ADORING LOVING APPRECIATIVE SON WITH A GENTLE
HOME AGAIN (E WANTED TO DIE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY IN LOVING TIE THAT FOREVER BINDS WITH RESPECT AND TRUST HIS OWN HOME IN HIS OWN BED (E WAS SO ILL THAT HE !ND THEN ONE DAY FROM A COUNTRY FAR FAR AWAY THERE COULDN T EVEN SIT FOR BUT A FEW MOMENTS "UT HE WANT ED TO GO HOME #HOI SET EVERYTHING ASIDE AND FLEW HIS COMES A DREADED PHONE CALL h3ON $AD HAS CANCER FATHER BACK HOME TO +OREA TO CARE FOR HIM AND BE WITH 4HE DOCTORS HERE CANNOT DO ANYTHING FOR HIM 0LEASE
HELP v HIM IN HIS FINAL DAYS )N THAT MOMENT 'RANDMASTER S MIND IS FILLED WITH "EFORE HIS FATHER S FINAL BREATH 'RANDMASTER #HOI FEAR AND DESPERATION FOR THIS PERSON SO IMPORTANT IN DECLARED WAR WITH THIS CRUEL DISEASE (E MADE A PROM HIS LIFE FOR HIS BELOVED FATHER 4EARS PUSHED HARD PAIN ISE TO HIS FATHER THAT HE WOULD DO ANYTHING AND EVERY FULLY AGAINST HIS EYES (IS THROAT DRIED UP AND TIGHT THING HE COULD TO RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP FUND ENED IN A KNOT 4HEN WITHOUT WARNING HE IS ASSAULTED CANCER RESEARCH AND ULTIMATELY h+ICK #ANCER /UT OF THE WITH A MYRIAD OF CONFLICTING EMOTIONS h./ v THE SON 7ORLD v FOREVER (E WANTED TO HELP SPARE OTHERS THE WANTS TO SHOUT TO THE HEAVENS h)T CANNOT BE v "UT THE PAIN HE FELT AND AVENGE THE DEATH OF A LOVING FATHER INESCAPABLE FACTS REVEAL THEMSELVES )S THERE NO SHRED WHO DIED TOO SOON TOO CRUELLY AND TOO PAINFULLY !ND THEN HIS BELOVED FATHER THE HERO OF HIS LIFE DIED OF HOPE LEFT h9ES THERE MUST BE HOPE 7E MUST TRY !FTER A LONG ABSENCE OF SEVERAL WEEKS
6! -AYOR +RISTINE 'RANDMASTER #HOI 5MSATTD PRESENTS RETURNED TO !MERICA
#HOI WITH A CERTIl TO HIS FAMILY AND TO CATE OF RECOGNITION HIS SCHOOL 4HE SCARS FOR HIS YEARS OF OF LOSS WERE STILL FRESH
SERVICE TO THE COM THE DEMONS WERE STILL MUNITY ,%&4 0RE THERE TO BATTLE BUT HIS SENTING A CHECK TO "LUE 2IDGE (OSPICE MIND WAS MADE UP REPRESENTATIVE %RNIE (E WOULD HOLD A MAR TIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT #ARNEVALE AND DEMONSTRATION TAEKWONDOTIMES COM -ARCH
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AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP ON LEARNING !ND EACH YEAR THE !MERICAN #ANCER 3OCIETY RECEIVES A LARGER AND LARGER CHECK TO HELP FUND MORE RESEARCH 4HE COMMU NITY IS BLESSED !ND THAT IS A BASIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE EXISTENCE OF 4AE +WON $O AS A WAY OF LIFE A BEEN EASY HAVING E PAINFUL FEELINGS ATH FOUGHT FOR CON ER #HOI NEVER QUIT
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LIFE JOURNEY TO HELP OTHERS 4HIS IS WHAT #HOI TEACHES AND ENCOURAGES ,EARNING TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT AND BEING ABLE TO DEFEND YOURSELF AS WELL AS HELPING AND DEFENDING THOSE LESS ABLE ARE ALL IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF 4AE +WON $O TAUGHT BY #HOI (E COACHES AND AIDS THOSE WHO SEEK COMPETITION AND WISH TO MOVE ON FROM LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO NATION AL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS "UT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HIS TEACHING PUTS THE EMPHASIS ON INSTILLING VALUES SUCH AS DISCIPLINE
RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY AND MUCH MORE 4HESE VALUES ARE LEARNED INDIRECTLY THROUGH CLASS LES SONS CONTINUALLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BLACK BELT JOURNEY AS WELL AS DIRECTLY )N CLASS HE WILL ASK HIS YOUNG STUDENTS SUCH QUESTIONS AS h$O YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT PERSON v !FTER THEY ALL NATURALLY RESPOND h9ES v HE WILL ASK THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GREAT h$OES @GREAT MEAN BEING WEALTHY v h.O v HE TELLS THEM h! BETTER WAY OF BEING @GREAT IS TO HELP OTHERS v 4HROUGH STUDENT TEACHING AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO HELP CLASSMATES AT LOWER BELT LEVELS 'RANDMASTER #HOI PUTS ACTION TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT TEACH STUDENTS
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RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND GAIN PEOPLE SKILLS WHICH IN TURN BUILD THEIR OWN SELF RESPECT AND SELF CONFIDENCE 4HESE ARE IMPORTANT SKILLS 'RANDMASTER #HOI HELPS HIS STUDENTS LEARN 4HESE SKILLS OF HELPING AND GIVING BACK TO OTHERS ARE PART OF THE WAY OF LIFE FOR SERIOUS 4AE +WON $O STUDENTS IN 'RANDMASTER #HOI S SCHOOL !LL THAT HE TEACHES AND THE EVENTS HE SPONSORS POINT THE WAY DOWN THIS PATH OF COMPASSION 7ITH HIS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HIS CONTINUOUS STUDY AND MULTIPLE YEARS TEACHING OTHERS 'RANDMASTER #HOI HAS MUCH TO OFFER HIS PUPILS 3TUDYING UNDER 'RANDMASTER #HOI OFFERS A STUDENT SO MUCH MORE THAN A PHYSICAL MARTIAL ART )T OFFERS A WAY OF LIFE 'RANDMASTER #HOI S BIGGEST GOAL IS TO MOTIVATE OTHERS TO HELP AND TO NEVER QUIT (E STATES h)F ANY ONE PERSON LEARNS FROM THIS AND @DOES THEN OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESS FUL IF THIS STORY HELPS ANY ONE PER SON GET THROUGH THE PROBLEMS IN LIFE WITH WHICH THEY ARE CHALLENGED THEN THIS STORY HAS FULFILLED ITS PURPOSE AND IS SUCCESSFUL -AY 'OD BLESS AND GUIDE ONE AND ALL v●
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(APKIDO P 4RA G 4 4RACING ITS 3IGNATURE 3IGNATU 3IG 3IGNA 3IGNATURE 3KILLS IG GNATUR GNATU G NAT ATTURE 3K A 3 (ISTORY AND #ONTROVERSY
)T IS NO SECRET THAT THE HISTORY OF (APKIDO IS CLOUDED BY NATIONAL PREJUDICE HALF TRUTHS LIES AND UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUESTIONABLE STATUS OF THE ART (OWEVER ITS ORIGINS AND HISTORY CONTINUE TO BE UNCLEAR %VEN THOUGH MANY OF (APKIDO S PIONEERS ARE STILL ALIVE OR ARE ONLY RECENTLY DECEASED THERE CONTINUES TO BE VARIOUS VERSIONS ABOUT HOW THIS ART CAME TO BE !N ONGOING DEBATE EXISTS AS TO WHO ACTUALLY FIRST COINED AND USED THE TERM h(APKIDO v 3OME SAY IT WAS #HOI 9ONG 3UL THE PREDECESSOR OF (APKIDO WHILE OTHERS SAY IT WAS *I (AN *AE THE ACKNOWLEDGED FOUNDER OF MODERN (APKIDO 3IN -OO (APKIDO !CCORDING TO MANY ACCOUNTS *I (AN *AE WHO IS WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE FOUNDER OF MODERN (APKIDO ORGANIZED THE SKILLS HE LEARNED ADAPTING AND COORDINATING THEM INTO A CURRICULUM THAT IS FOR THE MOST PART ACCEPTED WORLDWIDE "EYOND ASSEMBLING THE SKILLS INTO A COMPREHENSIVE CUR RICULUM *I ALONG WITH +IM -OO 7OONG (YUN CONTRIBUTED THE EXTENSIVE KICKING REPERTOIRE THAT HAS BECOME A SIGNATURE OF (APKIDO /N THE OTHER HAND #HOI 9ONG 3UL THE PREDECES
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4HE RELATION SHIP BETWEEN 3OKAKU 4AKEDA RIGHT EARLY PHOTO AND #HOI 9ONG 3UL WAS COMPLICATED 4HERE ARE MANY DIFFERING AC COUNTS OF HOW HE INm UENCED #HOI AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS +OREAN MARTIAL ART
SOR OF MODERN (APKIDO DID NOT HAVE A SET CURRICULUM OF ANY KIND (E SIMPLY TAUGHT THE SKILLS OF WHAT HE CALLED $AE $ONG 2YU (APKI 9U 3OOL 9AWARA AND LATER (APKI 9U +WON 3OOL IN A FREE ASSOCIATIVE MANNER 0ROMINENT STUDENTS OF #HOI SUCH AS 3UH )N (YUK *OO "ANG ,EE AND +IM *UNG 9UN WENT ON TO CREATE CUR RICULUMS THAT RESULTED IN +UK 3OOL 7ON (WA 2ANG $O AND (AN 0UL RESPECTIVELY 4HOUGH EACH ART PAINTS A DIF FERENT PICTURE REGARDING ITS ORIGIN ALL THE FOUNDERS WERE KNOWN TO HAVE TRAINED UNDER #HOI AND THEIR BASIC SKILLS BEAR A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE )T IS CONCEIVABLE THAT MUCH OF WHAT WAS TAUGHT BY #HOI 9ONG 3UL WAS CHANGED ADAPTED OR MISUNDERSTOOD BY HIS STUDENTS 1UITE POSSIBLY ALL WERE GRASPING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE PROVERBIAL ELEPHANT ALL WERE RIGHT BUT NOT COMPLETELY RIGHT 7E HAVE SIMILAR HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF TRADITION BEING ALTERED BY TIME AND CULTURE &OR EXAMPLE /KINAWA +ARATE +EMPO *ITSU WAS EXPORTED TO *APAN AND EVENTU ALLY DUE TO CULTURAL INFLUENCE EVOLVED INTO 3HOTOKAN +ARATE 4HIS EFFECT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE TWO ARTS NOW BEAR LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT TO AESTHETICS TECHNICAL CONTENT AND APPROACH 4HE SAME CAN BE SAID OF THE h+OREANIZATIONv OF *APANESE 3HOTOKAN AND 3HUDOKAN +ARATE WHICH MANY BELIEVE GAVE BIRTH TO 4AE +WON $O .EVERTHELESS WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH OF HOW (APKIDO CAME TO BE BUT A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE ARTS OF $AITO 2YU AND (APKIDO TELL US MORE OF THE STORY 4HE FACTS SURROUNDING #HOI 9ONG 3UL S RELATIONSHIP WITH 3OKAKU 4AKEDA THE HEAD OF $AITO 2YU ARE CONTROVERSIAL ) HAVE CONDUCTED PERSONAL INTERVIEWS OF SOME OF (APKIDO S MAIN PIONEERS SUCH AS 3UH )N (YUK 3UH )N 3UN 3UH "OK 3UP AND *I (AN *AE AND EACH HAS A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT ON WHO DID WHAT AND THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS 4HIS IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT 4AKEDA NEVER OBSERVED A SET CURRICULUM OR EVEN TAUGHT THE SAME SKILL TWICE #ONSEQUENTLY EACH OF HIS TOP STU DENTS EXPRESSIONS OF WHAT WAS TAUGHT IS DIFFERENT ! TAEKWONDOTIMES COM -ARCH
(!0+)$/ 4RACING ITS 3IGNATURE 3KILLS The phases of a basic straight downward cut (Kiri Oroshi) which forms the basis and Hapkido basic unarmed skills. Application of a basic straight downward cut
Use of the sword to apply a Wrist Spin in order to retain it
Aiki Age-Sage application in executing Wrist Spin, a skill that is common to Daito Ryu (Kote Mawashi), Aikido (Kote Mawashi), and Hapkido (Son Mok Dollyo)
Application of Wrist Turnout as a weapon retention skill. This skill is Common to Daito Ryu (Kote Gaeshi), Aikido (Kote Gaeshi), and Hapkido (Son Mok Go Gi)
Unarmed application of Wrist Turn-out
NOTE TO READERS THE ONLY +OREAN REPORTED TO HAVE A PROVABLE LINEAGE TO $AITO 2YU IS *ANG )N -OK A $OCTOR OF /RIENTAL -EDICINE WHO KEPT HIS TEACHING ACTIVITIES TO A MINIMUM .OT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL S CONTRIBUTION IF ANY TO (APKIDO
OF $AITO 2YU DO NOT MAKE DIRECT REFERENCE TO THEM $AITO 2YU IS BASED ON SIX FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES 2EI #ORRECT &ORMAL 0ERSONAL #ONDUCT -ETSUKE %YE #ONTACT -AAI $ISTANCING +OKYO "REATHING
+UZUSHI 5NBALANCING AND :ANSHIN 2EMAINING -IND 4HE PHYSICAL SKILLS OF $AITO 2YU ARE HIGHLY 4IES TO (APKIDO S 0AST STYLIZED FORMAL AND MAY BE DESCRIBED AS RIGID )T IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF 5ESHIBA -ORIEHI DEPARTED FROM THIS MANNER OF 9U &LOW &LUIDITY 7ON #IRCULARITY AND 7HA EXECUTING SKILLS WITH HIS CREATION OF !IKIDO SUPPOS (ARMONY FORM THE CORNERSTONE OF THE EXECUTION EDLY AFTER VISITING #HINA AND WITNESSING DEMONSTRA OF (APKIDO SKILLS 9ET IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT TIONS OF THE INTERNAL MARTIAL ART DISCIPLINES OF 4AI #HI (APKIDO PROPONENTS SUCH AS *I (AN *AE $OJU AND #HUAN AND "A 'UA :HANG 5ESHIBA S !IKIDO BECAME OTHERS HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY INCLUDED THESE PRINCIPLES MORE FLUID CIRCULAR AND DYNAMIC !NYONE EVEN THE UNINITIATED VIEWING AN !IKIDO DEMONSTRATION CAN IN THEIR TEACHING 3O WHERE DID THEY COME FROM -ORE PRECISELY WHO FIRST COINED AND IMPLEMENTED EASILY IDENTIFY THESE ELEMENTS )T IS MY OPINION THAT THERE IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY THEM 3OME OF MY CONTEMPORARIES BELIEVE THAT THESE BETWEEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED THREE CORE PRINCIPLES OF (APKIDO AND THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF ITS SKILLS PRINCIPLES WERE EXTRACTED FROM $AITO 2YU WHILE (APKIDO IN MY OPINION IS RELATIVELY MUCH THE SAME SOME SPECULATE THAT THEY WERE FIRST USED BY 3UH
)N (YUK +UK 3A .IM +UK 3OOL 7ON AND OR ,EE AS $AITO 2YU WITH RESPECT TO THE EXECUTION OF ITS *OO "ANG $OJU (WARANGDO 4HESE PRINCIPLES ARE SKILLS )F (APKIDO DID IN FACT STEM FROM $AITO 2YU IT NOT UNIQUE AND CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO JUST ABOUT ANY IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THEY SHARE SOME SIGNA MARTIAL ART EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY TURE SKILLS AND APPROACH "UT WHAT SIGNATURE SKILLS REFERRED TO (OWEVER THE TEACHINGS OR THE PRINCIPLES DO THEY SHARE THAT TIES THESE TWO ARTS TOGETHER
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$EFINING (APKIDO
"EFORE GOING ANY FURTHER IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO DEFINE !IKI AND HOPEFULLY IN THE PROCESS BRING SOME ACCURACY TO h(APKI v h!Iv IS DEFINED AS A JOIN ING OR UNION h+Iv IS DEFINED AS ENERGY LIFE FORCE (OWEVER WHEN PRACTICALLY APPLIED TO THE PRACTICE OF MARTIAL ARTS IT REFERS TO THE PRINCIPLE OF DESTROYING AN OPPONENT S BALANCE AND WILL TO FIGHT )T IS FURTHER DEFINED AS CONCENTRATING ENERGY IN THE HAND AND FOREARM IN ORDER TO THROW OR PIN AN OPPONENT "REAKING AN OPPONENT S BALANCE WITH INSTANT CON TACT IS A SIGNATURE SKILL OF $AITO 2YU 4HIS IS ALSO A KEY PRINCIPLE OF (APKIDO HOWEVER IT IS OFTEN NOT EVIDENT WHEN OBSERVING PRACTITIONERS EXECUTE SKILLS !NOTHER SIGNATURE SKILL OF $AITO 2YU IS !IKI !GE 3AGE 4HIS SKILL MAY BE TAKEN IN TWO PARTS !IKI !GE
OR +I !GE IS AN UPWARD EXTENSION AND MOVEMENT OF ENERGY AND !IKI 3AGE OR +I 3AGE IS A DOWNWARD EXTENSION AND MOVEMENT OF ENERGY +I !GE IS A SKILL IN WHICH THE HANDS WITH THE FINGERS SPREAD ARE HELD IN FRONT OF THE BODY 4HE THUMBS ACT AS THE AXIS AROUND WHICH THE FINGERS ARE EXTENDED UPWARDS IN A CURVED PATH BACK TOWARD THE EYES (APKIDO AS COMMONLY PRACTICED CONTAINS A BASIC SIGNATURE SKILL SIMILAR TO $AITO 2YU S !IKI !GE CALLED $AN *UN (O (UP "UP ,OWER !BDOMINAL 2ESPIRATION -ETHOD )N !IKIDO THIS SAME SKILL IS REFERRED TO AS +OKYU .O (ENKA "REATH 0OWER +I 3AGE IS A SKILL IN WHICH THE FINGERS ARE SPREAD AND ROTATED DOWNWARD #OLLECTIVELY THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS +I !GE 3AGE 4HESE COMMON SIGNATURE SKILLS ARE DONE IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER IN $AITO 2YU AS THEY ARE IN !IKIDO AND (APKIDO 4HEY TIE THE THREE ARTS TOGETHER AND TELL MORE OF THE STORY THAN ORAL TRANSMISSION OR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS CAN (OWEVER MOST (APKIDO PRACTITIONERS PRACTICE THIS SKILL AS A KI AND BREATHING METHOD RATHER THAN A DIRECT APPLICATION FOR FIGHT ING )N $AITO 2YU !IKI !GE 3AGE IS EXPRESSLY MEANT TO DISRUPT AN OPPONENT S BALANCE 4HIS ACCORDING TO MOST $AITO 2YU PRACTITIONERS IS THE ESSENCE OF !IKI &URTHER WHEN THE HANDS ARE HELD IN !IKI !GE
!IKIDO REFERS TO THIS AS hUNBENDABLE ARMv WHEN FULL POTENTIAL IS REACHED PERFORMING $AN *UN (O (UP "UP (APKIDO CALLS THIS hLIVE HAND ARM v 7HEN COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD +I !GE AND +I 3AGE CONTAIN A WEALTH FOR APPLICATION
0HYSICAL 3IMILARITIES
&ROM WHAT ) CAN ASCERTAIN (APKIDO IS DERIVED FROM $AITO 2YU 'REAT %ASTERN 3CHOOL OF !IKIJITSU AND THE LINEAGE OF 3OKAKU 4AKEDA ! SUPERFICIAL COMPARISON OF (APKIDO WITH $AITO 2YU WOULD REVEAL THAT BOTH HAVE SIMILAR GENERAL CONTENT
Initial stage of Dan Jun Ho Hup Bup and its completion. Hapkido and Daito Ryu and Hapkido share this signature skill.
WITH RESPECT TO A HANDFUL OF BASIC SKILLS BUT NOTHING MORE 9ET THEY BOTH HAVE A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF METHODS TO DEFEND AGAINST WRIST SEIZURES 4HE QUES TION IS WHY (APKIDO AND $AITO 2YU CONTAIN COMPARABLE SKILLS
SUCH AS 7RIST 4URN /UT )MMOBILIZATION 4HROW %LBOW )MMOBILIZATION 7RIST 4URN )N 4HROW 7RIST 3PIN
7RIST 0RESSURE )MMOBILIZATION AND &OUR $IRECTION )MMOBILIZATION 4HROW 4HEY ALSO SHARE COMMON PINNING AND FINISHING SKILLS $AITO 2YU IS ORIENTED AROUND THE USE OF THE LONG SWORD SHORT SWORD AND DAGGER SO THE PRACTICE OF +ENJITSU IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MARTIAL ART 9ET (APKIDO DOES NOT HAVE SUCH A FOCUS 4HE HEAVY EMPHASIS ON WRIST AND ELBOW IMMOBILIZATIONS MAY BE SIMPLY SWORD RETENTION AND DEFENSE AGAINST SWORD ATTACK 5NDERSTANDING THE SWORD S RELATIONSHIP TO THE CORE SKILLS OF $AITO 2YU AND (APKIDO WILL ALLOW THE (APKIDO PRACTITIONER TO GAIN SOME INSIGHT INTO THE DEGREE OF SHARED SKILLS &OR EXAMPLE AN OPPONENT SEIZES YOUR WRIST WHILE YOU HOLD YOUR SWORD IN MID DLE POSITION 9OU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THE SWORD Aiki Age (Upward movement of energy) and Aiki Sage (Downward movement of energy). Aiki Age is a signature skill of Daito Ryu that is also common to Aikido (Kokyu No Henka [Breath Changes]) and Hapkido (Dan Jun Ho Hup Bup [Lower Abdominal Breathing Method]) Application of Aiki Age/ Sage. Note the upward and downward movement of energy. This action approximates the upward and downward cutting action of the sword.
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Aiki Sukui-Age (Hand Scooping-Wrist Rolling) a exercise and application common to both Daito Ryu and Aikido but not Hapkido.
A different version of Aiki Sukui-Age practiced in some Aikido schools as a “rowing” exercise. This exercise also is not present in Hapkido.
TO HIGH POSITION AND COMPLETE A DOWNWARD CUT
EVEN WITH THE OPPONENT HOLDING ON TO YOUR WRIST )T SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE BUT IT S NOT )F YOU BRING YOUR AWARENESS TO THE OCCURRENCE OF THE OPPONENT SEIZ ING YOUR WRIST YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS WILL BE TRAPPED THERE AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR WRIST AND A STRUGGLE WILL ENSUE (OWEVER IF YOU EXTEND YOUR AWARENESS TO THE TIP OF THE SWORD ALMOST IGNORING THE FACT THAT YOUR WRIST IS BEING SEIZED THEN FOCUS YOUR POWER ON YOUR ELBOWS AND BREATHE INTO THE $AN *UN 2ED &IELD ,OWER !BDOMEN YOU WILL FIND THAT RAISING THE SWORD TO HIGH POSITION AND COMPLETING A DOWN WARD CUT IS RELATIVELY EASY TO ACCOMPLISH 4HE PRACTITIONER S CONCENTRATION AND AWARENESS SHOULD BE AT THE 4ANDEN A POINT ABOUT THREE INCHES BELOW THE BELLY BUTTON AND ON THE TIP OF THE SWORD 4HE RIGHT HAND IS THEN PLACED ON THE HANDLE JUST BEHIND THE SWORD GUARD IN THE SAME MANNER 7HEN MOVING THE SWORD FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH POSITION
THE SWORD IS THRUST UPWARD AND TO THE REAR RATHER THAN SWUNG UPWARD AS OFTEN SEEN 3IMULTANEOUSLY PULLING WITH THE INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND AND ROTATING THE BUTT OF THE SWORD ON THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE LITTLE FINGER ACCOMPLISH THIS 9OU SHOULD HAVE THE FEELING OF STRIKING YOURSELF ON THE FOREHEAD WITH THE SPINE OF THE BLADE *UST AS THE SPINE OF THE BLADE APPROACHES THE FOREHEAD PUSH OR THRUST THE SWORD UPWARD AND TO THE REAR WITH THE LITTLE FINGER INITIAT ING THIS ACTION AND THE ELBOW SUPPLYING THE MOMEN TUM /NCE THE SWORD REACHES HIGH POSITION THE WRIST OF THE LEFT HAND SHOULD BE JUST IN FRONT OF THE FOREHEAD ELBOW IN A RELAXED POSITION NOT SPREAD TOO WIDELY AND NO MORE THAN DEGREES POSTERIOR 4HE ELBOWS INITIATE THE DOWNWARD CUT WITH A DROP PING ACTION FOLLOWED BY THE HANDS 4HIS CREATES A ROLLING ACTION OF THE BLADE RATHER THAN A CHOPPING ACTION *UST AS THE BLADE OF THE SWORD CONTACTS ITS INTENDED TARGET THE WRIST AND HANDS TWIST SHARPLY
INWARD 4HIS IS KNOWN AS hWRINGING THE SWORD v )N THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CUT THE SWORD IS PUSHED FOR WARD OR PULLED BACKWARD TO CREATE A SLICING ACTION !NOTHER SIMILARITY IS PROPER SWORD GRIP /NE S GRIP ON THE HANDLE OF A SWORD IS EQUAL TO MAXIMIZING ITS MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE ! THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THIS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT CAN THEN BE APPLIED TO UNARMED COMBAT &IRST GRIP THE HANDLE OF THE SWORD WITH THE LEFT HAND WITH THE LATERAL EDGE OF THE LITTLE FINGER AT THE EDGE OF THE BASE 4HE INDEX FINGER AND THUMB SHOULD FORM A h6v ON TOP OF THE HANDLE 4HE WRIST SHOULD BE HELD INVERTED WITH ANA TOMICAL SNUFFBOX DEPRESSED ALWAYS A VALLEY n NEVER A PEAK 4HE GRIP SHOULD BE FIRM BUT RELAXED WITH THE MAXIMUM FORCE OF THE GRIP IN THE LITTLE FINGER AND DECREASING FORCE WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT FINGER 4HAT IS RELATIVELY SPEAKING THE LITTLE FINGER SHOULD GRIP THE RING FINGER THE MIDDLE FINGER AND THE INDEX FINGER BARELY #OULD IT BE THAT THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT OF PROPER GRIP GAVE RISE TO THE hKI FINGER v A SIGNATURE OF SOME SCHOOLS OF (APKIDO
A version of Aiki Sukui-Age that is common to Daito Ryu and Aikido and is often included in Hapkido skills but without specific reference.
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!MIDST ALL OF THE CONTROVERSY PERSONAL PERSPEC TIVES DENIALS AND EMBELLISHMENTS ONE THING IS CERTAIN (APKIDO IS HERE TO STAY 4HOSE OF US WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HOW (APKIDO CAME TO BE MAY NEVER REALLY KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH (OWEVER WE HAVE MAS TERS WHO ARE LIVING HISTORY BOOKS AND TEXTS SUCH AS $AITO 2YU !IKIJITSU AND 4AEK +YON THAT ENABLE US TO ARRIVE AT OUR OWN TRUTHS 4RACING THE SIGNATURE SKILLS OF (APKIDO TO ITS ROOTS TRANSCENDS THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTS ABOUT HOW IT CAME TO BE IN ITS PRESENT FORM )T PUTS THE h(APKIv INTO (APKIDO )T TRANSFORMS (APKIDO FROM MARTIAL WRESTLING TO MARTIAL MAGIC ●
Another variation of Aiki Age-Sage (Daito Ryu) or Dan Jun Ho Hup Bup (Hapkido)
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WORK AND HAVE A CAREER IN THEIR FIELD OF INTER EST 7E ALL KNOW THIS ISN T ALWAYS HOW IT WORKS 4HEIR FIELD OF INTEREST MAY BE HARD TO BREAK IN TO AND THEIR DREAMS FOR THEIR FUTURE MAY SEEM LIKE SUCH A LONG SHOT THAT WE AS PRACTI CAL !MERICANS AND CARING PARENTS MAY TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO LOWER THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR DREAMS IN ORDER TO SUC CEED 7HETHER THESE GRADUATING SENIORS WANT TO BE ACTORS WRITERS OR PROFESSIONAL MARTIAL ARTISTS THE INNER VOICES OF SENSIBLE PARENTS AND FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS THERE ENCOURAGING THEM TO
4HE BUDDING GRADUATE CAN NOW PLEASE BOTH PAR ENT AND SELF BY PURSUING A LIBERAL ARTS BACHELOR S DEGREE IN MARTIAL ARTS WHILE IN COLLEGE MAKE A BACK UP PLAN WITH A VALUABLE OLLEGE EDUCA ION "UT TIMES ARE CHANGING .OVICE HIGH CHOOL SENIORS WITH DREAMS OF MARTIAL ARTS GREATNESS Ã&#x2030; A "RUCE ,EE ARE NOW ABLE O APPEASE HOSE SEN IBLE PARENTAL URGINGS AND TILL FULFILL HEIR DREAMS 4HE BUDDING GRADUATE CAN NOW PLEASE BOTH PARENT AND SELF BY PURSUING A LIBERAL ARTS BACHELOR S DEGREE IN MARTIAL ARTS WHILE IN COLLEGE 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF "RIDGEPORT BASED IN "RIDGEPORT #ONNECTICUT NOW OFFERS THE FIRST AND ONLY !MERICAN BACHELOR S DEGREE IN MARTIAL ARTS .O OTHER SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY PROVIDES A COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE THE SOLE CURRICULUM IS MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES 7HILE OTHER SCHOOLS SUCH AS #ONCORDIA 5NIVERSITY IN )RVINE #ALIFORNIA
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OFFER MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND DEGREES AS PART OF THEIR EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCE BACHELOR DEGREES "RIDGEPORT S NEW DEGREE IS THE PRE MIERE !MERICAN BACHELOR S DEGREE DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE STUDY OF MARTIAL ARTS )T S GOOD NEWS FOR BOTH PARENTS AND UP AND COMING MARTIAL ARTISTS BUT IS THAT LEVELHEADED INNER VOICE STILL NAGGING
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#ONSIDER THE CURRICULUM AT "RIDGEPORT ITS DEGREE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER OFFERED IN THE WORLD 7HILE !SIAN MARTIAL ARTS COLLEGES EXIST THEIR FOCUS IS MAINLY ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING FOR THEIR SPECIALIZED MARTIAL ART "RIDGEPORT S DEGREE TAKES A MORE 7ESTERN WORLD APPROACH
OFFERING THE SAME PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAIN ING OF THE TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS COLLEGES OF THE %AST AND COMBINING THAT WITH THE STANDARD WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION OF THE 7EST "RIDGEPORT HAS CREATED AN EXTRAORDINARY DEGREE THAT PRO VIDES INTENSE MARTIAL ARTS STUDY WHILE MELDING IN THE HIGHLY REVERED BALANCED EDUCATION OF THE TRADITIONAL LIBERAL ARTS "RIDGEPORT S REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION ARE THE SAME FOR ANY LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE IN THE 5 3 CUSTOMARY CREDIT HOURS /F THESE CREDIT HOURS ARE GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDING STANDARD ALGEBRA AND COMPOSITION COURSES 4HESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL COURSES IN ALL COLLEGE DEGREES THAT ALL STUDENTS MUST ATTAIN
WHETHER THEY MAJOR IN MATH SCIENCE OR MARTIAL ARTS !NOTHER CREDITS REQUIRED FOR THE DEGREE ARE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES OFFERING STU DENTS +OREAN #HINESE -ANDARIN OR *APANESE OPTIONS 4HIS IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE MARTIAL ARTS DEGREE AT "RIDGEPORT PROVIDING INSIGHT AND LANGUAGE SKILLS INTO THE THREE BIG GEST MARTIAL ARTS CULTURES IN THE WORLD !N ADDITIONAL CREDITS ARE NEEDED FOR THE MARTIAL ARTS MAJOR AND COMPRISE THE MAJORITY OF MAR TIAL ARTS STUDIES FOR THE DEGREE 4HESE INCLUDE CLASSES IN %ASTERN RELIGIONS PHILOSOPHIES
CULTURAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN ONE OF THREE MARTIAL ARTS OFFERED AT "RIDGEPORT 4AE +WON $O +ARATE OR 4AIJI 4AI CHI 4HE FINAL CREDITS NEEDED TO GRADUATE ARE FREE ELECTIVES 4HE FREE ELECTIVES ARE WHERE STUDENTS CAN BEGIN TO HONE IN ON THEIR DESIGNATED CAREER PATHS "RIDGEPORT REFERS TO THESE COURSES AS TRACKS BUT THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO A COLLEGE MINOR 6ARIOUS TRACKS ARE OFFERED TO THE MARTIAL ARTS MAJOR AT "RIDGEPORT &OR INSTANCE STUDENTS CAN TAKE THE BUSINESS TRACK SETTING UP FOR A BUSINESS CAREER IN MARTIAL ARTS AS A SCHOOL OWNER PERSONAL TRAINER OR BUSINESSPERSON WITHIN THE MANY MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS /R
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THE WORLD FROM PLACES SUCH AS +OREA AND 3AUDI !RABIA BOTH GENTLEMEN WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF MAJORS LOW FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS IN ORDER TO hENHANCE THE PROGRAM v 4HEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON HELPING TAKE PART IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A REVOLUTIONARY DEGREE AND WANT TO BE SURE THAT EACH OF THEIR STUDENTS TAKES AWAY NOT ONLY MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING BUT ALSO A LEVEL OF DIPLO MACY FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF GLOBAL BALANCE 4HE DEGREE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN GLOBAL EDUCATION !S %ASTERN CULTURES HAVE STARTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 7EST IN THE LAST HALF CENTURY THE 7ESTERN WORLD BEGINS TO OPEN ITS MIND TO %ASTERN WAYS AND CULTURES "RIDGEPORT S DEGREE IS MORE THAN A NEW MAJOR OFFERING IT REPRESENTS THE DESIRE OF !MERICANS TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE WORLD AND IS A SIGN OF A NEWLY FORMING INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY 3O FOR ALL THE YOUNG SPIRITED MARTIAL ARTISTS DREAMING OF TAK ING THEIR LOVE OF MARTIAL ARTS AND MAKING IT THEIR LIFE S WORK THERE IS NOW A QUALITY EDUCATION OFFERED HERE IN !MERICA !ND FOR ALL THOSE SENSIBLE PARENTS KNOW THAT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL HIS OR HER DREAMS WHILE STILL OBTAINING THE INVALUABLE COLLEGE EDUCATION OFFERED AT "RIDGEPORT A MEET ING OF THE MINDS COMBINING THE TRADITIONAL WELL ROUNDED EDUCA TION WITH THE PASSION OF TODAY S MARTIAL ARTIST ●
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AND BROCCOLI OR SPINACH !T !- ) HAVE A PROTEIN IES AND OBJECTS !DHERING TO THESE GUIDELINES CRE ATES A HARMONIZING BALANCE OF STRENGTH AND ENDUR SHAKE AND SANDWICH WHICH INCLUDES LEAN MEAT AND ANCE IMPERATIVE TO A FIGHTER S LONG TERM SUCCESS v LETTUCE &OR LUNCH ) EAT LEAN PROTEIN GREENS AND ! TYPICAL DAY FOR A PROFESSIONAL MARTIAL ARTIST PAR SOME STARCHY CARBOHYDRATES !T 0- ) HAVE A SAND
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+OREAN BEVERAGES ARE NOT TO BE IGNORED $URING CELEBRATIONS SUJEONGGWA AND SIKHYE ARE SERVED 3UJEONGGWA IS A CINNAMON FLAVORED PUNCH THAT IS SWEET AND SPICY AND CAN BE SERVED WARM OR COLD )T IS BELIEVED THAT THIS DRINK WILL PREVENT ANEMIA AND CONSTI PATION 3IKHYE IS A SWEET DRINK MADE OF STEAMED RICE AND FERMENTED MALT WATER /FTEN GINGER JUICE AND CIT RON HONEY ARE ADDED TO SIKHYE 4EAS ARE PROMINENT BEVERAGES IN THE DAILY LIVES OF +OREANS 4RADITIONAL GREEN TEA WHICH IS NOW WIDELY POPULAR IN THE 7ESTERN WORLD FOR ITS ANTIOXIDANTS AND HEALTH VALUES HAS BEEN A TRADITIONAL +OREAN DRINK FOR QUITE SOME TIME 4HE TEA MADE FROM YOUNG TEA LEAVES HAS A MILD FLAVOR AND IS THOUGHT TO BE BEST SUITED TO SERVE WITH +OREAN COOKIES )NSAM TEA IS PROBABLY THE MOST WELL KNOWN +OREAN TEA )NSAM OR h+OREAN GINSENGv ROOT IS BOILED FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN SWEETENED WITH A TOUCH OF HONEY 4HIS TEA IS BELIEVED TO BE VERY HEALTHY AND BEST FOR PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES 'INGER TEA IS MADE BY BOILING GINGER AND LEEKS THEN ADDING SUGAR 4HIS TEA HAS A STRONG SHARP TASTE AND WILL MAKE YOUR BODY TEMPERATE RISE TO THE POINT OF PERSPIRATION 'INGER TEA
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MILKY LIQUID MADE FROM FERMENTED SWEET RICE AND HAS BOTH A SWEET AND SOUR TASTE *EON OR FRIED PANCAKES ARE A POPULAR ACCOMPANIMENT TO MAKGEOLL )NSAMJU IS LIQUOR MADE FROM )NSAM ROOT )T IS BELIEVED TO HAVE HEALING BENEFITS WHEN CONSUMED IN SMALL PORTIONS DAILY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME )NSAMJU IS A POPULAR SOUVENIR AMONG TOURIST DUE TO ITS CLEAR BOTTLES REVEAL ING THE INSAM ROOT INSIDE -AESILJU IS +OREAN WINE MADE FROM PLUMS -ANY FAMILIES MAKE THIS DRINK AT HOME BUT IT CAN BE PURCHASED AS WELL 3MALL GREEN PLUMS ARE AGED FOR FIVE YEARS TO MAKE THIS POPULAR WINE +OREAN CUISINE IS STEEPED IN TRADITION UTILIZING HIS TORIC METHODS AND ANCIENT RECIPES )T ALSO REMAINS ONE OF THE WORLD S HEALTHIEST CULTURAL DINING EXPERIENCES 7ITH STAPLES SUCH AS VITAMIN RICH VEGETABLES NATURALLY GROWN HERBS FIBER FULL RICE AND THE FRESHEST OF FISH AND MEATS COUPLED WITH COOKING TECHNIQUES THAT ELIMINATE FAT AND BOOST NUTRIENTS +OREAN CUISINE IS A DIVERSE AND HEALTHY CHOICE ●
E NEW TO THE MARTIAL ARTS OR YOU EASONED BLACK BELT WHATEVER S A 4ENET OF 4AE +WON $O TO R MARTIAL ART MANNERS
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ETIQUETTE IS A CORNERSTONE OF 4AE +WON $O AS MANY OTHER !SIAN MARTIAL ARTS 7HILE EACH 4AE O SCHOOL MAY VARY IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED PROPER
RE CERTAIN RULES THAT REMAIN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ORLDWIDE 4AE +WON $O COMMUNITY E ATMOSPHERE INSIDE A DOJANG IS ONE OF COURTESY AND ECT WHICH IS OFTEN VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ATMOSPHERE SIDE THE CLASSROOM &OR EXAMPLE INSIDE THE DOJANG DENTS MUST ADDRESS INSTRUCTORS AS 3IR OR -R -RS -ISS
MATTER THE AGE OF THE INSTRUCTOR (OWEVER OUTSIDE THE NG STUDENTS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO CALLING PEOPLE BY IRST NAMES 3O IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THOSE NEW TO ARTIAL ARTS OFTEN ARE CONFUSED BY THE ETIQUETTE OF 4AE $O OLLOWING IS A BASIC OVERVIEW OF DOJANG ETIQUETTE PEFULLY ETIQUETTE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE IT IS COURTESY PECT THAT MAKE TRUE MARTIAL ARTISTS STAND OUT IN ALL OF THEIR LIVES !ND IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS FOR WHICH NO CLEAR RULE IT IS ALWAYS WISEÂ&#x2C6;WHETHER WEARING K OR NOTÂ&#x2C6;TO ABIDE BY THE 4AE +WON $O /ATH h4O WAYS TO BE MODEST COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL TO BERS IN PARTICULAR MY SENIORS 4O PUT THE ART TO Y IN SELF DEFENSE OR IN DEFENSE OF THE WEAK AND TO BUSE MY KNOWLEDGE OF IT v
QPJOUT!PG!FYDFMMFODF .EVER TIRE OF LEARNING ! GOOD STUDENT CAN LEARN ANY WHERE ANYTIME 4HIS IS THE SECRET OF KNOWLEDGE ! GOOD STUDENT MUST BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR HIS ART AND HIS INSTRUCTOR -ANY STUDENTS FEEL THAT TRAINING IS A COMMODITY BOUGHT WITH MONTHLY FEES AND ARE UNWILLING TO TAKE PART IN ANY DEMONSTRATIONS TEACHING OR WORK AROUND THE DOJANG !N INSTRUCTOR CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THIS TYPE OF STUDENT !LWAYS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO LOWER RANKING STUDENTS )T IS ONLY NATURAL THAT THEY ATTEMPT TO EMULATE THEIR SENIORS !LWAYS BE LOYAL AND NEVER CRITICIZE THE INSTRUCTOR 4AE +WON $O OR THE TEACHING METHODS )F AN INSTRUCTOR TEACHES A TECH NIQUE PRACTICE IT AND ATTEMPT TO UTILIZE IT ! STUDENT S CONDUCT OUTSIDE THE DOJANG REFLECTS ON THE ART AND THE INSTRUCTOR )F A STUDENT ADOPTS A TECHNIQUE FROM ANOTHER DOJANG AND THE INSTRUCTOR DISAPPROVES THE STUDENT MUST DISCARD IT IMMEDI ATELY OR TRAIN IN THE DOJANG WHERE IT WAS LEARNED .EVER BE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE INSTRUCTOR
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"EFORE THE CLASS COMMENCES AND WHEN IT FINISHES FORM ORDERLY LINES FACING THE INSTRUCTOR WITH THE MOST SENIOR STUDENT STANDING TO THE THEIR RIGHT AND THE REMAIN DER LINING UP FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN ORDER OF SENIORITY
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!T THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE CLASS THE MOST SENIOR STUDENT CALLS THE CLASS TO ATTENTION WITH THE COMMAND h#HARYOT v
4O PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL CONCESSIONS 4O BE ASHAMED OF ONE S VICE 4O BE POLITE TO ONE ANOTHER 4O ENCOURAGE A SENSE OF JUSTICE 4O DISTINGUISH THE INSTRUCTOR FROM STUDENT AND SENIOR FROM JUNIOR
"OW TO THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE PROPER DIS TANCE .O JEWELRY MAY BE WORN DURING CLASS .O SHOES TO BE WORN IN THE DOJANG AT ANY TIME &INGERNAILS AND TOENAILS MUST BE KEPT CLIPPED SHORT AND CLEAN $OBOK MUST BE KEPT CLEAN AT ALL TIMES 7HEN FIXING YOUR DOBOK OR BELT DO NOT FACE YOUR INSTRUCTOR .O HORSEPLAY WHISTLING OR LOUD TALKING IN THE DOJANG 7HEN SITTING IN THE DOJANG KEEP THE BACK STRAIGHT WITH LEGS CROSSED AND BENT AT THE KNEES HANDS ON THE KNEES OR IN THE LAP 7HEN A SENIOR GIVES YOU AN ITEM EXTEND BOTH ARMS WITH PALMS UP TO RECEIVE THE ITEM .EVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER IN THE DOJANG ESPECIALLY DURING SPARRING .O TALKING DURING CLASS EXCEPT TO ASK A QUESTION "EFORE ASKING A QUESTION RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO ATTRACT THE INSTRUCTOR S ATTENTION 7HILE IN THE DOJANG ALWAYS ADDRESS THE INSTRUCTOR AS 3IR OR -R -RS -ISS USING THE INSTRUCTOR S SURNAME 3TUDENTS MUST BEHAVE IN A DISCIPLINED MANNER WHILE TRAINING .O PROFANITY WILL BE USED IN THE DOJANG 2ESPECT ALL SENIORS !NY STUDENT WHO IS LATE FOR CLASS MUST GET THE INSTRUCTOR S PERMISSION TO ENTER THE DOJANG THEN BOW TO THE INSTRUCTOR BEFORE JOINING THE CLASS
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4AE +WON $O STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF ETIQUETTE
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)N 4AE +WON $O THE WORD INTEGRITY MEANS BEING ABLE TO DISTIN GUISH RIGHT FROM WRONG AND HAVE THE CONSCIENCE IF WRONG TO FEEL GUILT ,ISTED ARE SOME EXAMPLES WHERE INTEGRITY IS LACKING )NSTRUCTORS MISREPRESENTING PERSONAL CREDENTIALS AND THEIR ART BY PRESENTING IMPROPER TECHNIQUES BECAUSE OF A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OR APATHY TO THEIR STUDENTS 3TUDENTS WHO MISREPRESENT THEMSELVES BY hFIXINGv BREAKING MATERIALS BEFORE DEMONSTRATIONS )NSTRUCTORS WHO HIDE THEIR LACK OF EXCELLENCE IN MARTIAL ARTS BEHIND LUXURIOUS TRAINING HALLS AND FALSE FLATTERY TO STUDENTS 3TUDENTS WHO REQUESTS RANK FROM AN INSTRUCTOR OR ATTEMPT TO PUR CHASE IT 3TUDENTS WHO GAIN RANK FOR EGO PURPOSES OR THE FEELING OF POWER )NSTRUCTORS WHO TEACH AND PROMOTE THE ART FOR MATERIALISTIC GAINS
0ERSEVERANCE )N .AE
4HERE IS AN OLD &AR %AST SAYING THAT STATES hPATIENCE LEADS TO VIRTUE TO MERIT v /NE CAN MAKE A PEACEFUL HOME BY BEING PATIENT TIMES #ERTAINLY HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY ARE MOST LIKELY BROUGHT TO THE PATIENT PERSON 4O ACHIEVE SOMETHING WHETHER IT IS A HIGHER DEGREE OR THE PERFECTION OF A TECHNIQUE ONE MUST SET HIS GOAL AND THEN CONSTANTLY PERSEVERE /NE OF THE MOST IMPOR TANT SECRETS IN BECOMING A LEADER OF 4AE +WON $O IS TO OVERCOME EVERY DIFFICULTY BY PERSEVERANCE
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4HIS TENET IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE $OJANG WHETHER CONDUCTING ONESELF IN FREE SPARRING OR IN ONE S PERSONAL AFFAIRS ! LOSS OF SELF CONTROL IN SPARRING CAN PROVE DISASTROUS TO BOTH STUDENT AND OPPONENT !N INABILITY TO LIVE AND WORK WITHIN ONE S CAPABILITY OR SPHERE IS ALSO A LACK OF SELF CON TROL
)NDOMITABLE 3PIRIT "EAKJUL "OOLGOOL
h(ERE LIE WHO DID THEIR DUTYv ! SIMPLE EPITAPH FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTS OF COURAGE KNOWN TO MANKIND !LTHOUGH FACING THE SUPERIOR FORCES OF 8ERXES ,EONIDAS AND HIS 3PARTANS AT 4HERMOPLAE SHOWED THE WORLD THE MEANING OF INDOMITABLE SPIRIT )T IS SHOWN WHEN A COURAGEOUS PERSON AND HIS PRINCIPLES ARE PIT TED AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS !T ALL TIMES AND WITHOUT ANY FEAR OR HESITATION A SERIOUS STUDENT OF 4AE +WON $O WILL DEAL WITH THE BELLIGERENT WITH INDOMITABLE SPIRIT REGARDLESS OF WHOSOEVER OR HOWEVER MANY THE NUMBER MAY BE
3TUDENTS SHOULD NEVER LEAVE CLASS FOR A BREAK FOR WATER OR FOR AN EARLY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PERMISSION
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! NOTEWORTHY AND HISTORIC EVENT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST 3EPTEMBER IN #EDAR 2APIDS )OWA AT THE -ASTER 3YMPOSIUM AND "LACK "ELT 3EMINAR HELD BY 4AE +WON $O 4IMES 4HE FOUNDERS OF TWO OF THE LARGEST MAR TIAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
THE 7ORLD 4ANG 3OO $O !SSOCIATION AND #HOI +WANG $O -ARTIAL !RT )NTERNATIONA MET FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME 4HE LEGENDARY MEETING 'RANDMASTER BETWEEN 'RANDMASTER 3HIN RIGHT *AE #HUL 3HIN AND SHAKES HANDS 'RANDMASTER +WANG WITH 'RAND *O #HOI WAS A DEMON MASTER #HOI AS STRATION OF THE HIGHEST 4+$4 PUBLISHIER LEVEL OF RESPECT AND ETIQUETTE DIRECTLY FROM THE TOP 7OO *IN *UNG 'RANDMASTER 7OO *IN *UNG 0UBLISHER OF 4AE +WON $O 4IMES DESCRIBED THE INTRODUCES THE EVENT AS NERVOUS EXCITING AND THRILLINGÂ&#x2C6;LIKE THE 'ODFATHERS OF TWO LARGE -AFIA TWO DYNAMIC AND ORGANIZATIONS MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME *UNG SAID h)T FELT LIKE WE HAD TO CALL WORLD RENOWN AN AMBULANCE OR FIRE TRUCK v DESCRIBING THE TENSION THAT HAD BUILT IN THE ROOM MARTIAL ARTISTS AS MASTER INSTRUCTORS SABUMNIMS AND BLACK BELTS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE OBSERVED THE MEETING OF THE TWO RENOWNED FIGURES !S *UNG CALLED THEM BOTH UP TO THE STAGE FIRST 3HIN THEN #HOI #HOI DID CHARYUT STOOD AT ATTENTION AND THEN BOWED POLITELY TO 'RANDMASTER 3HIN "ECAUSE #HOI IS FIVE YEARS YOUNGER THAN 'RANDMASTER 3HIN HE CONSIDERED 3HIN HIS SENIOR AND TREATED HIM VERY RESPECTFULLY AS SUCH EVEN THOUGH THEIR MARTIAL ART STYLES ARE DIFFERENT 3HIN REPLIED WITH A VERY POLITE BOW "OTH GRANDMASTERS WERE HONORED TO MEET ONE ANOTHER SAYING THEY HAD HEARD OF EACH OTHER A THOUSAND TIMES "OTH STATED THAT WITHOUT THIS SEMINAR THEY MAY HAVE NEVER MET IN THIS LIFE
ONLY IN HEAVEN OR HELL AND WERE SO GLAD TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET AT THE SEMINAR "OTH FOUNDERS WENT ON TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE SEMINAR 'RANDMASTER #HOI DEMONSTRAT ED MARTIAL ART TECHNIQUES WITH THE STRENGTH AND VITALITY OF A YEAR OLD EVEN THOUGH HE IS OVER YEARS OLD 'RANDMASTER 3HIN SPOKE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLE OF MARTIAL ART AS A LEADER OF SPIRIT ,ATER AS THE MARTIAL ICONS WERE ABOUT TO GET INTO A VAN BOTH KEPT OFFERING THE HONOR OF THE FRONT SEAT TO EACH OTHER WHILE BOTH REFUSED TREATING EACH OTHER WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT 4HEIR COURTESY AND RESPECT TOWARD EACH FORCED THEIR JUNIOR 'RANDMASTER 3UN GI *UNG OF "UFFALO .EW 9ORK TO TAKE THE FRONT SEAT MAKING HIM FEEL VERY AWKWARD 4HE NEXT TIME THEY WERE TO RIDE IN A VAN TOGETHER DURING THE SEMINAR 'RANDMASTER 7OO *IN *UNG SUGGESTED THAT 'RANDMASTER 3HIN TAKE THE FRONT SEAT SINCE AS *UNG JOKED HE WOULD DEPART THIS LIFE SOONER "OTH ESTEEMED LEADERS AND FOUNDERS OF TWO OF THE LARGEST MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD TREATED ONE ANOTHER WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND COURTESY 4HESE ARE THE SINCERE BEHAV IORS AND ATTITUDES OF TRUE MARTIAL ARTISTS 4HE 4ENETS OF -OODO HAVE FIVE CRITERIA COURTESY
INTEGRITY PERSEVERANCE SELF CONTROL AND INDOMITABLE SPIRIT "OTH LEADERS DEMONSTRATED THESE SINCERE TENETS AND IMPRESSED ALL OBSERVERS !T THE CLOSE OF THE EVENT THIS PAST 3EPTEMBER ATTENDEES WERE POLLED FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMINAR 5NDISPUTEDLY ATTENDEES AGREED THAT THE MEETING OF 'RANDMASTER 3HIN AND 'RANDMASTER #HOI WAS THE TOP HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEMINAR 4HE FIRST SEMINAR MARKED THE HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO RESPECTFUL FOUNDERS A MEETING THAT MAY MARK THE HIGHLIGHT OF A GENERATION OF MARTIAL ARTISTS WORLDWIDE
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0ATRICK 7ALKER WAS A &IGHTER "Y 3TEVE 3YBERT ! TALENTED YOUNG MARTIAL ARTIST WHO TRAINED AT 9OUNG "ROTHERS 4AE +WON $O )NSTITUTE IN #RANBERRY
0ENNSYLVANIA 0ATRICK EMBODIED WHAT THE 4ENETS OF 4AE +WON $O ARE ALL ABOUT COURTESY INTEGRITY PERSEVER ANCE AND MODESTY (E WAS SOFT SPOKEN BUT WHEN IT CAME TO 4AE +WON $O HE LET HIS KICKS AND PUNCHES DO THE TALKING /NCE DURING A CLASS HE OVERDID IT AND KICKED A FELLOW STUDENT HE WAS SPARRING IN THE HEAD !N INSTRUCTOR ORDERED HIM TO GO OUTSIDE AND KICK AT A LIGHT POLE UNTIL HE LEARNED TO EXERCISE CONTROL 4HREE YEARS AGO 0ATRICK FOUND HIMSELF IN ANOTHER FIGHTÂ&#x2C6;A BIG ONE BIGGER THAN ANY MATCH IN WHICH HE COMPETED IN ANY TOURNAMENT )T WAS AGAINST CANCER $ESPITE HIS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT HE LOST THIS FIGHT (E PASSED AWAY 3EPTEMBER AT THE AGE OF DUE TO COMPLICA TIONS FROM (ODGKIN S LYMPHOMA )T HAD APPEARED HE WAS WINNING THE FIGHT !BOUT A YEAR AGO 0ATRICK CAME IN HIS DOBOK TO THE 9OUNG "ROTHERS SCHOOL IN #RANBERRY (E LOOKED BETTER BUT HE WAS WEAK FROM THE EFFECTS OF HIS ILLNESS AND TREATMENTS (E TRIED TO DO SOME KICKING DRILLS BUT DID NOT LAST VERY LONG (E APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP -ASTER 2OBERT :ANG HEAD INSTRUCTOR AT 9OUNG "ROTHERS IN #RANBERRY SAID 0ATRICK WANTED SO BADLY TO STAY INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DURING HIS ILLNESS THAT HE WOULD DROP BY TO CLEAN THE WINDOWS OR MIRRORS OR SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE WHILE HE WAS TOO WEAK TO WORK OUT (IS ILLNESS WORSENED OVER THE PAST YEAR 7HEN 9OUNG "ROTHERS HELD A BLACK BELT ,%&4 0ATRICK TRAINED TESTING LAST SPRING 0ATRICK WANTED TO BE AT 9OUNG "ROTHERS THERE AT LEAST TO SEE HIS FELLOW STUDENTS 4+$ "%,/7 3HORTLY PERFORM (E WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE BEFORE HIS DEATH HE DOJANG IN 2OSS
SITS WITH 'RANDMASTER WHEN 'RANDMASTER 9OUNG AT A BLACK BELT 9OUNG "O +ONG
TESTING THE HEAD OF 9OUNG "ROTHERS WHO WAS CONDUCTING THE TEST ING SPOTTED HIM h0ATRICK MY BOY v HE EXCLAIMED h#OME UP AND SIT BY ME v !ND HE MOTIONED FOR 0ATRICK TO TAKE THE SEAT BESIDE HIM AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM !LL OF THE BLACK BELTS WHO WERE TEST ING THAT DAY TURNED TOWARD HIM (E HAD NO COLOR AND HIS HAIR WAS GONE A CASUALTY OF HIS TREAT MENTS "UT WANTING SO BADLY TO SIT NEXT TO HIS KWANJANGNIM
HE TRIED TO RUN UP TO
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)N MEMORY OF 0ATRICK 7ALKER AND HIS INDOMI TABLE SPIRIT 9OUNG "ROTHERS STUDENTS RAISED MORE THAN DURING A BREAK A THON HELD LAST .OVEMBER 0ATRICK S FAMILY WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND HIS MOTHER -ARY !NNE KICKED OFF THE BREAK A THON BY BREAKING A BOARD WITH A PALM STRIKE !LL OF THE MONEY RAISED WILL BENEl T THE 5NI VERSITY OF 0ITTSBURGH -EDICAL #ENTER #ANCER 0ATIENT !SSISTANCE &UND SAID -ASTER 2OBERT :ANG HEAD INSTRUCTOR AT 9OUNG "ROTHERS IN #RANBERRY 4OWNSHIP 0ENNSYLVANIA
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"LACK "ELT "EGINNINGS STRONGÂ&#x2C6;INTENSE ) CAN SAY IT FELT LIKE A MAGNET 9OU COULD SEE EVERY FIBER OF HER BODY GATHERING ENERGY )T WAS INTENSE 4O WATCH HER DO HER FORMS FELT AS IF SHE WAS IN COMPLETE HARMONY WITH HER MIND AND BODY ) FELT HER RAISE HER ENERGY LEVEL TO THE POINT THAT WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR HER TO KIHAP IT CAME FORTH LIKE A DRAGON "Y "OB #LYDE EMANATING FROM THE BOTTOMS OF HER FEET THROUGH EVERY VITAL POINT IN HER BODY AND OUT THROUGH THE TOP OF HER 4HIS IS A STORY ABOUT A 0HILIPSBURG 0ENNSYLVANIA
HEAD AND FROM HER MOUTH )T WAS FORCEFUL AND ) SAY IT WOMAN AND HER LIFE LONG BATTLE WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS WAS SCARY )T WAS LIKE THE MOST PRIMAL AND POWERFUL )T S ALSO ABOUT HER DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT TO ENERGY ) HAD EVER SEEN 3HE WON FIRST PLACE DEAL WITH HER ILLNESS AND NEVER GIVE UP OR QUIT LIKE SO %VEN THOUGH SHE SEEMED WEAK SHE WAS STRONGER MANY KIDS AND ADULTS DO 0EOPLE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAN ALL OF US PUT TOGETHER 3HE WAS CENTERED AND SHE DO NOT UNDERSTAND LUPUS OR MAYBE THEY DON T CARE TO 4HEY THINK IT S ALL IN THEIR HEADS )T@S NOT 7HEN YOU KNEW WHERE SHE NEEDED TO DRAW UPON HER SPIRIT 4HE POINT IS THAT BECAUSE OF HER SPIRIT THE WORDS @CAN T SEE A PERSON WAKE UP EVERY MORNING IN SO MUCH PAIN AND @FEAR ARE NOT IN HER AND THEY STILL SAY EVERY VOCABULARY THING IS OKAY THEY RE 7HEN ) GOT HOME FROM NOT 4HAT S WHERE 4ANG /RLANDO ) HAD A RENEWED 3OO $O CAME IN TO PLAY A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT MAJOR ROLE IN HER LIFE MY FUTURE ) WAS INVITED TO 4HIS WOMAN STARTED THE BLACK BELT TEST AND ) PRE TAKING 4ANG 3OO $O LES PARED FOR IT SO ) COULD DO MY SONS ABOUT TEN YEARS GO BEST ) WAS NERVOUS UNTIL ) (ER MASTERS KNEW ABOUT WALKED INTO THE CAFETERIA AND HER ILLNESS AND WORKED THAT SPIRITED PERSON ) MET IN WITH HER 3HE STRUGGLED
&LORIDA RAN INTO ME FACE TO BUT NEVER GAVE UP OR FACE ) STILL DIDN T KNOW HER QUIT !PPROXIMATELY TWO NAME AND ) HAD NO IDEA THAT AND A HALF YEARS AGO SHE SHE WAS FROM 0ENNSYLVANIA
BEGAN RECEIVING TREAT BUT WE GREETED EACH OTHER MENTS FOR HER ,UPUS
LIKE GOOD FRIENDS 7E WERE WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOSE EXCITED TO SEE ONE ANOTHER ALL HER HAIR AND DRASTI BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH TEST CALLY DROP WEIGHT $OWN ING ) TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD TO AROUND POUNDS
INSPIRED ME AND ) ADMIRED SHE STILL WOULDN T GIVE HER SPIRIT 3HE TOLD ME THAT UP 3HE TOLD ME THAT SHE BELIEVES THAT IS WHY SHE SHE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO WAS PLACED ON THIS EARTHÂ&#x2C6; &LORIDA TO COMPETE AT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE "Y THE THE 7ORLD 4ANG 3OO $O -RS #LYDE WITH 7ORLD 4ANG WAY HER NAME IS 4AMMY 4OURNAMENT (OW COULD ) SAY NO )F IT WASN T FOR HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION AND THE DEDICATION OF HER 3OO $O !SSOCIATION FOUNDER AND HEAD 'RANDMASTER*AE -UCH HAS HAPPEND SINCE MASTERS AND WHAT 4ANG 3OO $O HAD DONE FOR HER ) #HUL 3HIN THE PREVIOUS STORY 4AMMY REALLY DON T KNOW IF SHE WOULD BE HERE TODAY HAS GIVEN SPEECHES TO THE 4HE FOLLOWING h4RUE 3PIRITv WAS WRITTEN FOR A LOCAL PUBLIC AND SOME SUPPORT NEWSLETTER IN THE 0HILADELPHIA AREA BY +AREN -ORAN GROUPS ABOUT ,UPUS AND SHE USES 4ANG 3OO $O IN HER PRESENTATIONS 3HE TRAINS THREE TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK ) HAVE A QUESTION (AVE YOU EVER SEEN @KI +I IS S THE INTERNAL ENERGY (AVE YOU EVER WITNESSED PURE ENERGY WITH HER INSTRUCTORS AT LEAST ONE HOUR A DAY AT HOME EVERY DAY AND SHE RESTS ON 3UNDAY 3TUDYING THEORY OR SEE THE SOUL OF A PERSON 7E DID )T WAS AT THE AFTER TRAINING IS A MUST ALSO 7ORLD 4ANG 3OO $O +ARATE 4OURNAMENT IN /RLANDO
3HE HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS AND COM &LORIDA IN MENDATIONS ,ANCASTER &EMALE #UP 'RAND 3HE WAS EASY TO SPOT !LTHOUGH SHE WAS SMALL SHE #HAMPIONSHIP #OMMENDATION FROM THE 7ORLD CARRIED HERSELF MUCH LARGER THAN SHE SEEMED )T WAS 4ANG 3OO $O !SSOCIATION #OMMENDATION FROM THE BLACK RED AND YELLOW FLAMING DO RAG ON HER HEAD THE 7ORLD 4ANG 3OO $O !SSOCIATION #ENTRAL 0! AND THE HEAVY MAKEUP THAT GAVE IT AWAY 3HE WAS VERY SICK (ER BODY MAY HAVE BEEN FAILING BUT AS ) MET &EMALE #UP 'RAND #HAMPION 2EGION 3ENIOR $AN BLACK BELT &EMALE #UP 'RAND #HAMPION HER IN THE SPARRING MATCH HER SPIRIT WAS RISING TO THE 6ALLEY &ORGE 3ENIOR $AN &EMALE 'RAND #HAMPION SURFACE 3HE WHOOPED ME IN THE FIRST ROUND 7ESTERN 0! 3ENIOR $AN &EMALE 'RAND #HAMPION 3HE WAS SERIOUS 3HE WAS ALSO THE HAPPIEST 3HE LOOKED THREATENING IN A TOURNAMENT WAY BUT SHE WAS #ENTRAL 0! 3ENIOR $AN &EMALE 'RAND #HAMPION AND 7ORLD 4ANG 3OO $O 3ENIOR $AN &EMALE THE ONLY PERSON OUT OF THE OR SO OF US THAT BONDED 7ORLD #HAMPIONSHIP #UP 'RAND #HAMPION US AND MADE NEW FRIENDSHIPS BLOSSOM 3HE WAS THE )N CLOSING ) WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW PROUD GROUP HUGGER AND THE CHEERLEADER OF THE GROUP "UT ) AM OF THIS PERSON 3HE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND MY THEN WE SAW IT n ) SAW IT 3HE DID 3IP 3OO FORMS WIFE OF YEARS 4AMMY ,EE #LYDE !S THIS #HO $AN "O STARTED HER FORMS SHE SLOWLY GATHERED HER ENERGIES AND YOU COULD FEEL IT )T WAS
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"EAUTIFUL 4HING FOR 4EEN "EAUTY 1UEEN "Y +AREN %DEN "RITTNEY #OLLIFLOWER RECEIVED ROSES WHEN SHE WAS CROWNED A -ARYLAND 3TATE *UNIOR 4EEN BEAUTY QUEEN "UT LIFE FOR THE YEAR OLD HAS BEEN NO BED OF ROSES )T WAS HER MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING THAT HELPED HER DEAL WITH FEELINGS OF REJECTION AND SELF DOUBT
@GO FOR IT v 3AID THE NOW VIVACIOUS TEEN "RITTNEY WAS CROWNED THE -ARYLAND 3TATE #OVER 'IRL AND WAS FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE .ATIONAL #OVER -ISS IN !NAHEIM #ALIFORNIA 7HEN FIRST MEETING THIS YOUNG LADY YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE IS VERY POLISHED IN COMMUNICATION AND PEOPLE SKILLS 3KILLS SHE SAYS SHE LEARNED THROUGH HER +ARATE TRAINING h-ARTIAL ARTS TEACHES YOU TO SHAKE HANDS WITH CONFI DENCE TO LOOK PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND TO STAND AT ATTEN TION v "RITTNEY SAYS h4HESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HARD ENOUGH FOR ANY TEENAGED GIRL TO DO BECAUSE YOU RE SO AFRAID OF BEING REJECTED v 3HE ADDS )T WAS THIS YOUNG GIRL S TRAINING AT -ILE (IGH +ARATE THAT SHE SAYS HELPED HER OVER COME SUCH FEARS h) AM LEARNING THROUGH TRAINING TO TRULY RESPECT MYSELF FOR WHO ) AM REGARDLESS OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO ME IN MY HOME LIFE v 7HAT S MORE IMPORTANT
"RITTNEY SAYS THAT HER TRAINING HAS TAUGHT HER HOW NOT TO BE AFRAID OF LOSING h*UST LIKE IN CLASS YOU DON T TAKE LOSING AS HARD AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THAT YOU DID YOUR BEST v 3HE SAYS
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7HEN "RITTNEY WAS NINE YEARS OLD HER FATHER WALKED OUT ON HIS FAMILY AND NEVER CAME BACK h3HE WAS TRAUMATIZED AND ) DIDN T KNOW WHAT TO DO v 3AYS 4AMMY !BNER
"RITTNEY S MOTHER h)T WAS BAD ENOUGH WHEN THERE WAS NO MORE RELATIONSHIP AND NO MORE MONEY BUT "RITTNEY LITERALLY WENT FROM THIS SWEET OUTGOING LITTLE GIRL TO CRAWLING INTO A SHELL 3HE IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL INTEREST IN THINGS SHE ONCE LOVED DOING AND STARTED DROPPING OUT OF ACTIVITIESv 3AYS -S !BNER 4HE NOW HONOR ROLL STUDENT SAYS SHE STILL REMEM BERS THAT DAY AND HOW UPSET SHE WAS h)T WAS LIKE
ONE DAY HE WAS IN MY LIFE AND THE NEXT DAY MY DAD DIDN T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME ANYMORE ) REALLY TOOK IT HARD v "RITTNEY SAYS
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4AMMY !BNER SIGNED UP FOR KICKBOXING CLASSES AT -ILE (IGH +ARATE "RITTNEY SHYLY TAGGED ALONG HAVING NO IDEA HOW THAT DAY WOULD CHANGE HER ENTIRE DIS POSITION (EAD )NSTRUCTOR $OUG -OONEY TOOK "RITTNEY ASIDE WITH HER MOTHER AND STARTED WORKING WITH HER h) REMEMBER HER BEING A VERY WELL MANNERED AND QUIET GIRL v 3AYS )NSTRUCTOR -OONEY "RITTNEY TOOK TO +ARATE INSTANTLY h4HE DETERMINATION SHE PRESENTED
EVEN TO THIS DAY WAS THAT OF SOMEONE FAR BEYOND HER YEARS v -OONEY SAYS !ND AS IT ALWAYS DOES "RITTNEY S MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING STARTED TO CHANGE HER INTERNALLY 3OON SHE WAS WALKING A LITTLE TALLER AND HOLDING HER HEAD HIGH AGAIN h7ITHIN ABOUT A YEAR OF TRAINING ) NOTICED THAT ) WAS STARTING TO GET MY DAUGHTER BACK v SAID 4AMMY !BNER
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"RITTNEY SAYS SHE STILL HAS FEELINGS OF ABANDONMENT WHEN IT COMES TO HER FATHER 3HE SAYS WHAT MAKES IT WORSE IS THAT MOST OF HIS FAMILY LIVES NEAR BY AND SHE FEELS THAT THEY TOO HAVE WRITTEN HER OFF h+ARATE IS HELPING ME TO DEAL WITH THIS TOO v 3HE GOES ON TO SAY h) AM LEARNING TO FOCUS ON WHAT ) DO HAVE INSTEAD OF WHAT ) DON T v "RITTNEY HOPES TO COMPETE IN SOME OF THE LARGER PAGEANTS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND SHE S ON SCHEDULE TO TEST FOR BLACK BELT BY THE TIME SHE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL h) VE SEEN HER BECOME MUCH MORE CONFIDENT OVER THE YEARS v SAYS -ILE (IGH )NSTRUCTOR $OUG -OONEY h!ND ) M SURE THAT THERE LL BE NO STOPPING HER WHEN IT COMES TO HER GOING FOR WHATEVER SHE WANTS IN THE FUTURE v (E ADDS &OR MORE INFORMATION ON -ILE (IGH +ARATE SCHOOLS VISIT &REE+ARATE COM
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COMBATIVES OBSTACLE COURSES AND SWIMMING WERE ALL RECOMMENDED -ORE IMPORTANTLY STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY LEARN THESE SKILLS RATHER THAN MINDLESSLY PERFORM THEM -UCH OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN FUNCTIONAL PHYSICAL TRAINING THAT GREW OUT OF 7ORLD 7AR )) BEGAN TO DIMINISH WHEN THE FIGHTING STOPPED AND THE PUBLIC STARTED TO FOCUS AGAIN ON SPECTA TOR SPORTS AND GAMES 3CHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS EVENTUALLY DENOUNCED CALISTHENIC EXER CISE AND NATIONAL YOUTH FITNESS LEVELS BEGAN TO DETERIORATE "Y THE TIME ) WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY S AROUND OF THE YOUNG !MERICAN MEN FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR MILITARY SERVICE )N THE EARLY S A WIDELY PUBLICIZED TEST OF BASIC CORE STRENGTH SHOWED THAT AROUND OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGES WERE UNFIT )N SPITE OF THESE ALARMING STATISTICS MANY IF NOT MOST SCHOOL PHYSI CAL EDUCATION LEADERS CONTINUED TO ARGUE THAT A SPORTS AND GAMES FOCUS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM 7EIGHT TRAINING CALISTHENIC AND GYMNASTICS WERE OFTEN IGNORED OR REJECTED OUTRIGHT #OSMETIC FITNESS BEGAN TO EMERGE AND PROSPER IN THE LATE S AND IT HAS RECENTLY GIVEN WAY TO THE REBIRTH OF hFUNCTIONAL FITNESSv THAT EMPLOYS MANY OF THE OLDER AND CLASSICAL PHYSICAL TRAINING METHODS MATERIAL AND MOTIVATORS 4HE MEDICAL COMMUNITY FITNESS CLUB INDUSTRY MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS AND FORWARD THINKING HUMAN PERFOR MANCE EXPERTS HAVE FUELED MUCH OF THE PROGRESS
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&UNCTIONAL 4RAINING -UCH IS BEING SAID AND WRITTEN RECENT LY ABOUT FUNCTIONAL TRAINING 7HAT MAKES TRAINING FUNCTIONAL &OR ME TRAINING IS FUNCTIONAL IF IT IMPROVES TRAINEES FUNCTIONING IN THEIR SPORT OR WHATEVER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THEY TRAIN FOR E G FIRE FIGHTING LIFE GUARDING 4RAINING IS NOT FUNCTIONAL JUST BECAUSE IT INCLUDES EXERCISES IN MULTIPLE PLANES OF MOTION OR ON UNSTABLE SURFACES STABILITY BALLS ROLLERS
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ING WOULD NOT BE FUNCTIONAL EITHER (OW ABOUT USING MOSTLY BODY WEIGHT EXERCISES AND TEACHING ATHLETES TO HAN DLE THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT 4HERE ARE MANY SPORTS IN WHICH ATHLETES HANDLE SOMEONE ELSE S BODY ALL VARIETIES OF WRESTLING OR SOME OTHER OBJECTÂ&#x2C6;IN SPORTS SUCH AS TRACK AND FIELD THROWS
ROWING KAYAKING WEIGHTLIFTING AND ARCHERY "ODY WEIGHT EXERCISES ARE GOOD BUT NOT FOR EVERY TRAINING TASK &OR EXCEPTIONAL JUMPING ABILITY AND EXPLOSIVE POWER SHORT SETS OF WEIGHTLIFTING EXER CISES WITH TIME LIMITS AS DESCRIBED IN %XPLOSIVE 0OWER AND *UMPING !BILITY FOR !LL 3PORTS CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH SINGLE LEG SQUATS OR HANDSTAND PUSH UPS BECAUSE IN THOSE EXERCISES ONE MOVES TOO SLOWLY TO DEVELOP EXPLOSIVENESS %VEN WHEN THE END GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ONE S OWN BODY AT A MODERATE SPEED USING EXTERNAL RESISTANCE SPEEDS UP ONE S PROGRESS &OR EXAMPLE IF A GYMNAST S GOAL IS TO DO PUSH UPS IN A HANDSTAND TO BE ABLE TO REPEATEDLY DO A HANDSTAND FROM A HEADSTAND THEN THE RIGHT WEIGHT EXERCISES AT THE RIGHT TIME BRIDGE THE GAP IN GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF SHOULDERS AND ARMS BETWEEN PUSH UPS WITH FEET ON THE FLOOR OR ON A STACK OF MATS TO VERTICAL PUSH UPS BY A WALL (ERE IS A GOOD DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONAL TRAIN ING &UNCTIONAL TRAINING EMPHASIZES TRAINING OF MOVEMENTS NOT ISOLATED MUSCLES COACH *UAN #ARLOS 3ANTANA Â&#x2C6;BUT THE MOVEMENTS HAVE TO MAKE SENSE I E TO BE APPLICABLE IN ONE S LIFE AND SPORT !NOTHER GOOD DEFINITION PARAPHRASING COACH -IKE "OYLE &UNCTIONAL TRAINING IS ABOUT USING KNOWLEDGE OF FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY TO SELECT EXER CISES THAT PREVENT INJURIES AND IMPROVE PERFOR MANCE #OMBINE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY
WITH ATTENTIVE OBSERVATION AND YOU WILL RUN TRULY FUNCTIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS )F IN AN EXERCISE YOU SEE POOR POSTURE GRIMAC ING EXCESSIVE TENSION EXTRA MOTIONS OR POOR CONTROL CHECK THE FUNCTION STRENGTH AND ACTI VATION OF STABILIZERS FOR THIS EXERCISE )F WEAK
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"UT THERE IS MORE TO FUNCTIONAL TRAINING THAN JUST PREVENTING INJURIES !NOTHER ASPECT IS PREPARING FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE 4HIS REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE AS WELL AS THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGI CAL PRINCIPLES OF ACTIONS TRAINED FOR 7ITH A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN THE ACTIVITY YOU CAN SELECT OR DESIGN EXERCISES THAT ARE RELEVANT AND ARRANGE THEM IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE SEQUENCE AND PROPORTIONS &ACED WITH STAGNATING DEVELOPMENT OF DISCUS THROWERS 4SVETA +HRISTOVA AND 3VETLA -ITKOVA THEIR COACH 0ETER 2AKHMANLIEV REEXAMINED THEIR TRAIN ING (E DECIDED THAT SPEED MATTERS MORE IN DISCUS THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT SO HE PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON IT (E REARRANGED PERIODIZATION OF THEIR TRAIN ING AND REDUCED THE VOLUME OF WEIGHTS LIFTED AND THROWS MADE AS WELL AS ACCELERATION RUNS HURDLES
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ING SERVICE OR A SINGLES BAR v DENTS OR THE IMMEDIATE RELATIVES THINGS GOT A LITTLE NASTY FOR A WHILE OF YOUR STUDENTS .O ROMANCE IN THE DOJANG BECAUSE IT CAN DESTROY 4HE BOTTOM LINE -ASTER +WON LOST A LOT OF STUDENTS (E EVENTUALLY MOVED TO ANOTHER YOUR FINANCE 4HAT SHOULD ALSO EXTEND TO YOUR STAFF AND LOCATION AND IS STARTING TO RECOVER (E HASN T HIT THE SENIOR STUDENTS STUDENTS MARK YET AND HE S BEEN RE OPENED FOR TWO YEARS -ANY WORKPLACES HAVE RULES AGAINST INTER OFFICE DAT ING PLUS TODAY S SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS DO NOT EXACTLY *AMES HAD A NEW SCHOOL AND WAS DOING OKAY (E HADN T HIT STUDENTS YET BUT HE HAD BEEN OPEN ENCOURAGE DATING IN THE WORKPLACE (UMANS BEING THE ONLY A YEAR $URING THIS TIME A WOMAN NAMED 'LORIA CREATURES THEY ARE WILL BE DRAWN TO EACH OTHER AND THERE APPROACHED HIM 3HE WAS A FIRST DEGREE IN 4AE +WON IS VERY LITTLE YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT (OWEVER YOU CAN LET $O AS WELL AS A CERTIFIED !EROBIC )NSTRUCTOR WITH A LIST IT BE KNOWN THAT YOU DO NOT CONDONE hFOOLING AROUNDv OF IMPRESSIVE DEGREES DEALING WITH EXERCISE AND PHYSI IN OR AROUND THE DOJANG 2EMEMBER SOMETIME YOU MAY CAL FITNESS 3HE WANTED TO TEACH A WOMEN S CARDIO CLASS HAVE COUPLES ENROLL MARRIED OR JUST DATING AND YOU CAN T TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN T SEE EACH OTHER )NFORM USING HER OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS 4HEY REACHED AN AGREE MENT 3HE TAUGHT AT HIS PLACE TWICE A WEEK AND MADE A EVERYONE IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT YOU ARE RUNNING A REASONABLE FINANCIAL SPLIT WITH *AMES *AMES USED THE DOJANG NOT A DATING SERVICE OR A SINGLES BAR 4HIS HOLDS CLASS AS A hFEEDERv TO HIS PROGRAMS "USINESS WAS GREAT ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR YOU AND YOUR INSTRUCTORS 3HE EVEN INCREASED CLASSES TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK *AMES 9OU MUST ALSO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN 4HERE ARE HAD WELL OVER STUDENTS AND WAS STILL GROWING *AMES OFTEN TELLTALE SIGNS THAT PEOPLE ARE hFLIRTINGv OR INTERESTED AND 'LORIA WENT OUT A FEW TIMES hxIT WAS NOTHING SERI IN EACH OTHER ESPECIALLY IN TEENAGERS 3EPARATE THEM
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ON A HOT SUMMER DAYv HIS WORDS NOT MINE 3TEPHANIE DID HE EVER MAKE US DO PUSH UPS AND DRILLS WHEN HE WAS EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE A FORMER CHEERLEADER AND FOUND OUT !ND IF YOU TAKE TEENAGERS OUT OF TOWN FOR GYMNAST 3HE HAD BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND HAD MADE COMPETITION HAVE EXTRA CHAPERONES $ON T BE FOOLED INTO A FULL RECOVERY BUT FOUND SHE GAINED ABOUT POUNDS THINKING THAT YOU CAN WATCH OVER FOUR OR MORE HORMONE AND WANTED TO GET RID OF IT BEFORE GOING BACK TO WORK AS DRIVEN TEENAGERS INCLUDE PARENTS ON ANY OVERNIGHT TRIP CHEERLEADER FOR THE LOCAL .&, TEAM 3HE JOINED THE CAR WITH MULTIPLE STUDENTS DIO CLASS AND THEN THE 4AE +WON $O CLASS *AMES AND !S FOR YOU AND YOUR BLACK BELTS ) LL TELL YOU WHAT MY THIS YOUNG LADY STARTED SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER
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