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Australian Master Michael Muleta The T he Lethal Art

How to Kill Fight off a

Gunman

Exclusive Interview The New Kukkiwon President

Won Sik Kang

Honoring a Legend GM Sung Duk Sun Inside the

30 Year Celebration of TKD Times

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September 2011 / Volume 31 No. 5 / Issue Number 183 Publisher & CEO Woojin Jung

Features

Managing Editor Laura Stolpe

51 Australian Master Michael Muleta

Creative Director Elizabeth Brown

Training since the age of 17, seventh-degree ITF Master Michael Muleta is a leader in the Australian martial arts community. He most recently has launched an international martial arts coaching program.

Business Director Brian Heckart Copy Editors Bill Heckart Julie Heckart Web Site Manager Midwest Dedicated

Consultant John Lee

International Cover Consultant Sang Koo Kang

Columnists

Alex Haddox C. M. Griffin Doug Cook Erik Richardson Guy Edward Larke Jerry Beasley Karen Eden Master Rondy Stace Sanchez Stephen DiLeo Tae Yun Kim Tom Kurz

Bloggers

Aaron Wayne-Duke Erica Linthorst Dr. Dave Nelson Jeremy Talbott Paul Marsala Rick McIntosh

Contributors Brendan Gillen Doug Cook Fabian Nunez Fernan Vargas Guy Edward Larke Liam McGrath Ron Shane Stephen DiLeo Travis Young

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58 The New President An Interview with Kukkiwon President Won Sik Kang An exclusive interview with the new Kukkiwon president granted only to TaeKwonDo Times. Find out what changes have been made and what’s in store for the future of the TKD World Headquarters.

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Celebrating 30 Years

Check out photos from the TaeKwonDo Times 30 Year Anniversary Banquet! See which martial artists attended and what happened at this historic event!

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Firearm Defense Rules The Raven Method

Your attacker has a gun on you. What are your options?

Find out here!

72 Exposing the Perfect Weapon Master Jeff Speakman Martial artist and actor Jeff Speakman talks to TKDT about coming up in the arts and his leap into movies.

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76 Grandmaster Sung Duk Sun Guardian of Tradition Cover Photo by Brendan Gillen

Vice Presidents Don Wells Eui Min Ko George Vitale He-Young Kimm Young Lee

General Advisors Jhoon Rhee Jin Suk Yang Hee Il Cho Woon Chick Park Chuck Sereff Soo Nam Park

One of TaeKwonDo’s beloved pioneers recently passed.

Read about the legendary man and his journey here.

Edward Sell Rick Rojeck Tiger Kim Kwang Sik Myung Soon Ho Lee Chun Sik Kim

Public Relations Jung Oh Hwang Taek Sung Cho Michelle Kim General Education Alexander Choi Byungchul Kim

Yong Bum Kim Event Coordinator Jun Pyo Choi Sung Yong Ji Song Son Yu Martial Art Tech.

Jae Kyung Kim

Scott Greca Barry Harmon Jamie Serio Dojang Operations Mike Menters Marshall Pereir Alex Suh

Donald C. Kimm News Director Mike Zeman Marketing Director Scott Warner Lisa Warner

International Department Kwang Jo Choi Jae Chul Sin David Moon Jin Suk Yang (WTF) Yong Son Ri (ITF)

76 International Correspondents Asia: Changsub Shin Europe: Bum Ju Lee Africa: Cover

Robin Rafferty Argentina: Ricardo Desimone South America: Jose Luis Giarone Australia: photo

by Chee Bill Bly. Tam Fook

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86 Train Your Equipment Focus Mitts Learn new techniques and drills to try with your focus mitts. Train harder and smarter!

90 Goodwill Tour 2011 The 2011 Goodwill Tour saw the return of a 17-member professional Tae Kwon Do demonstration team from North Korea in June 2011. The first time ever East Coast Tour saw stops in Boston, New York City and the Delaware Valley. Check out photos here and read more about it at www.usnktkd.com.

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WKF Prepares for Inaugural Hapkido Student Exchange Program Dallas, TX - Hapkido students from Korea will visit the U.S., most for the first time, to learn about American culture and martial arts from American martial artists and their families for one week in July as part of the WKF Hapkido Student Exchange Program.

Students will participate and compete in the Korean Martial Arts International Championships & Masters Demonstration and Hapkido Seminar with Masters Scott and Steve Seo, sightsee in the Dallas area and homestay with host families.

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Dojang Management No Perfect Rules Each dojang has its own unique management system. One dojang may have a manager; another may choose to operate without one. A manager without a martial arts background may manage the business aspects of one dojang, but others will require the manager to be a practitioner of martial arts. Because situations vary, the style of successful management can differ from place to place.

My own view is that you must carefully assess your program and its needs. If the operating budget is generous, a manager can be hired to take care of sales, promotional events, and other components of business, ensuring that the school is up and running. Alternatively, if the instructor himself is the business manager, he will do as well as any other manager if he has confidence and develops his marketing skills. It is important to acknowledge your own strengths, however. A man of few words may be good at teaching but he may lack necessary marketing skills!

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He can rely on the assistance available to him in his own dojang. Even young students can serve as assistant managers. If managerial tasks are delegated to them, they realize these are important responsibilities, and the result is a school that runs more smoothly. If students help with marketing and other tasks, the responsibilities are shared and the instructor will have more time to manage the overall operations and marketing.

If the manager is someone who is completely unknowledgeable about a dojang, he must familiarize himself with the instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality and goals. He must also quickly learn the fundamental philosophy of martial arts, as well as the benefits of becoming a student. Once the manager becomes knowledgeable about these basics of martial arts training, he can talk to potential students about training, within the limits of his newfound knowledge.

Each system has its advantages and disadvantages. The decision whether to hire a business manager or be your own business manager is one you must make as the instructor. You may need to try different approaches before finally making up your mind.

At any rate, the human relations aspect of being an instructor remains most important! If you treat all people well --- including your spouse and family members, your friends and neighbors, and your co-workers and classmates --- you will receive the same kindness in return. You must not forget the human relations aspect when doing marketing tasks for your business. Even in marketing, one can learn much about humanity and the importance of martial arts. *This This is an excerpt of Grandmaster Grandmast JJungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gss la latest bo book, Best Instructor + Best School + Best Life!

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International Master Class Hapkido Seminar

EVENTS

International Master Class Hapkido Seminar Corona, California—In April 2011, the first European Hapkido Master Class was given by Korean Hapkido Grandmaster Hong Sik Myung, ninth-dan. The event was organized by the Nederlandse Hapkido Bond of the Netherlands. The Chairman Martin Zingel and Vice Chairman Pierre van Bentum of the Nederlandse Hapkido Bond had the honor of opening this master class taught by the highest ranking WHH (World Hapkido Headquarters - Hapkidowon) grandmaster in the world, Grandmaster Myung, one of the few remaining Hapkido masters with over 50 years experience. This rare event was held in a gymnasium where Anton Geesink, the deceased legend, taught Judo. In attendance were Hapkido masters from the countries of Georgia, Germany, and the Netherlands. Grandmaster Myung issued special certificates of participation to all of the masters attending and in addition, Master Zingel was honored with a special award for his dedication and propagation of the art of Hapkido in the Netherlands.

22nd North & East India Invitational Kothi, India—The 22nd North & East India Invitational ITF Taekwon-do Championship was successfully conducted at Base Camp Kothi, Manali, Himachal Pradesh in May 2011. The Championship had 305 participants from ten states in India. The Delhi School took first with 43 Golds, while Uttara Khand School finished second with nine Golds and the Karnataka School finished third with seven Golds.

WTF World Championships Seoul, South Korea—After five days of competition in the 2011 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in May 2011, Iran topped others in the overall medal tally in the men’s division with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze, followed

by Turkey with one gold, one silver and one bronze. Thailand ranked third, with one gold and one silver, followed by Spain 22nd North & East India Invitational with one gold.

In the women’s division, China topped others in the medal tally with two golds and two silvers, followed by Croatia and Great Britain with one gold and one silver. Korea came next with one gold and three bronze medals, followed by Thailand with one gold. In the women’s -46kg weight category, Korea’s So Hui Kim earned her country the first gold medal as she beat China’s Li Zhaoyi 13-6 in the final match. Kim, 17, a high school student, reached the final match with a sudden death 2-1 victory over Turkey’s Rukiye Yildirim. The bronze medal in the women’s division went to Turkey’s Yildirim and Germany’s Suemeyye Manz.

In the women’s -54kg final match, Thailand’s Chutchawal Khawlaor, the bronze medal winner at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships, managed to defeat Korea’s Ji Woong Park, the first placer at the Korean national team selection qualification tournament, for the top honors. Khawlaor reached the final match with a 7-5 victory over Russia’s Seyfula Magomedov, the gold medalist at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships.

The Russian and Iran’s Meisam Bagheri Dehcheshmeh, the bronze medalist at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships, shared the bronze medal in the men’s category.

In the men’s -74kg final match, Iran’s Alireza Nassrazadany, the silver medalist at the 2010 British Open, beat Thailand’s Patiwat Thongsalup, the bronze medalist at the 2009 Universiade, 9-3 to grab the gold medal. Nassrazadany advanced to the final match with a 9-7 victory over Mali’s Ismael Coulibaly. Coulibaly and Turkey’s Ridvan Baygut each won the bronze medal in the men’s division.

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ILEETA Conference

ILEETA Conference Chicago, Illinois—Raven Tactical Members Fernan Vargas, David Avello, Armando Bucio and Mario Rodriquez presented a D.A.R.T. Hand Gun Retention and Disarming Instructor certification course at the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) in April 2011 in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, Illinois. Over 700 law enforcement educators and trainers assembled in order to share the latest knowledge and skills during the annual ILEETA International Training Conference. Instructors representing every state in the United States were present. Participants also attended from Canada, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, Hong Kong, Jordan and the United Kingdom. In addition, vendors were on hand to display the newest technologies at the sold out ILEETA Expo.

“The purpose of the Annual ILEETA Conference, “explained ILEETA Executive Director Harvey Hedden, “is to equip the instructors with the knowledge and skill needed to share with the men and women who protect society.” The topics of instruction included everything from being trained as an instructor in TASER electronics control devices to dealing with persons with autism. Throughout the conference, events raised funds for the Trinity of Dedication Foundation whose mission, honoring life—preventing death, includes providing support to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, Concerns of Police Survivors, conference scholarships and other endeavors.

Kevin Skoglund & Raiyanna McElmurry

Black Belt Shines at Comic Book Day Galesburg, Illinois—Thousands of comic book retailers across the globe participated in Free Comic Book Day, an annual event sponsored by about a dozen publishers and studios including DC and Marvel. Fans were able to enjoy free comic books in an event that continues to grow thanks to box office blockbusters like Spiderman, Iron Man and the recently released Thor. At many locations, “superheroes” were on hand for pictures and autographs. Alternate Realities in Galesburg, Illinois featured Iron Man and Darth Vader, but it was the duo of the Green Hornet and Kato that drew most of the attention and photo requests. “Green Hornet” Kevin Skoglund said he was looking for a “Kato” when he contacted a local martial arts studio for help. The dojang obliged by suggesting black belt Raiyanna McElmurry for the job. “Ray was fantastic. She had the moves to go with the character and that made it exciting for everyone,” said Skoglund.

7th Annual TaeKwon-Do International Conference New York, New York—TaeKwon-Do International held their 7th Annual Conference in June in New York City. Union President Grandmaster Kim hosted the majority of the seminar, which featured martial arts history, TKD basics, and an in-depth patterns seminar.

Master Marr from Glen Ridge TaeKwon-Do in New Jersey hosted the business portion, and Grandmaster Lee, also of New Jersey, did a special Hapkido practice for the students in attendance.

Member schools from Delaware, Connecticut, upstate New York and Manhattan all participated in the event, with Barry O’Mahoney from Master Marr, Master Meany, Grandmaster Kim, Barry O’Mahoney and Morgan Prue.

Warrior TaeKwon-Do from Cork, Ireland joining as a special guest. Master Morgan Prue was presented a katana sword from her seniors for her recent promotion to fifth-dan black belt.

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Aaron Banks Hall of Fame

Aaron Banks Hall of Fame New York, New York—Great Grandmaster Aaron Banks’ 2011 Hall of Fame Banquet took place recently at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Most of this year’s inductees had at least 45 years of training in the martial arts. The banquet is a martial art historical event, dating back to the first one presented by Grandmaster Banks in 1968. Among this year’s inductees were Grandmaster Frank Capolla III, Grandmaster James Grady, Peter Michaelson, Raymond Mondeschien, Michael Dealy, Rico Dosanjos, Robert Copper, Gary Alexander, Frankie Mitchell, Leon Swain, William Mack and Dr. Juan Otero.

Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee

ATA Inaugurates New Grandmaster Little Rock, Arkansas—One year after embarking on a trip around the world, ATA Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee and Chief Master In Ho Lee return to Little Rock, Arkansas. The remarkable journey, known as the Songahm Vision Tour, visited places of high significance to Songahm Taekwondo, both past and present. The journey concluded on June 25 at the Inaugural Ceremony of the 2011 World Championships, where Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee entered retirement, making him the first Grandmaster Emeritus and welcoming in Chief Master In Ho Lee as acting Grandmaster of the ATA. Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee had the daunting task of following in the footsteps of Eternal Grandmaster H.U. Lee, whose passing in 2000 left a massive void in the organization. Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee oversaw a period of unprecedented growth in the ATA during his leadership.

After the most extensive review and vetting process by the ATA’s Masters Council since its formation in 2000, Chief Master In Ho Lee was announced as the Grandmaster Nominee on June 25, 2010, during last year’s Opening Ceremony of the ATA World Championships. Since his nomination, Chief Master In Ho Lee embarked on a twelve-month period of training, study, fasting and reflection necessary to earn the title of Grandmaster and serve as Songahm Taekwondo’s “Instructor of Instructors” worldwide. He will become only the third Grandmaster in the organization’s history, following in the footsteps of Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee and the ATA’s founder, Eternal Grandmaster H.U. Lee.

AWARDS & PROMOTIONS Sixth-Dan Earned Maplewood, New Jersey—Master Juan Bas was recently promoted to sixth-degree dan at a special black belt test held by the Martial Arts Commission branch of USA Taekwondo (USAT-MAC). Taking his first test in almost ten years, Master Bas was allowed to take a skip dan test, bypassing fifth-dan, by USAT-MAC president, Grandmaster Joon Pyo Choi. Before taking the test, which he did with eight others who were promoted from first through sixth-dan, Master Bas participated in a poomsae training seminar given by Grandmaster Jae Jin Kang of the Kukkiwon. Master Bas, a student of TKD for 26 years, is the head master of Bamboo Martial Arts in Maplewood, New Jersey.

He has trained under Grandmaster Kwang Jae Lee and Master Levy Diogene.

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Master Juan Bas earns 6th dan.

Choson Promotions Warwick, New York—The Chosun Taekwondo Academy in Warwick, New York recently hosted its quarterly belt promotion test. With well over 100 students testing for rank promotion, the event was overseen by Master Doug Cook, Master Robert Adams, Master Richard Tamian, Instructor Terri Testa and Instructor Cheryl Crouchen. Instructors Terri Wynne, Michael Klugman, Lisa Ehrenreich, Jake Garrett and taekwondotimes.com / September 2011

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Pamela Pyke assisted with command and control responsibility, emphasizing safety and precision. The Chosun students were required to demonstrate proficiency in skills ranging from basic self-defense techniques and poomsae to free-sparring and breaking.

Unlike the vast majority of martial arts schools that cater mainly to children, the Chosun Taekwondo Academy boasts an unusually high percentage of adults due to a holistically-oriented curriculum focusing on genuine Korean defensive doctrine, martial arts philosophy, meditation, and internal energy, or Ki, development. In addition, the academy offers a variety of unlimited classes throughout the day, all taught by qualified black belt instructors.

7th Degree Promotion San Francisco, California—Recently at the World Kido Federation Summit, Grandmaster In Sun Seo promoted Master Rolando Vergara D. of Panama City, Rep. of Panama, to the rank of seventhdegree in the Korean martial art of Hapkido. Master Vergara has dedicated over 30 years of his life to Hapkido, is founder and president of the Panamanian Hapkido Association and also is the Regional Director of the World Kido Federation and Haminjok Hapkido in Panama. Master Vergara is the first Panamanian to reach a seventh-degree black belt in Hapkido.

PCFSN Honors Martial Artist Washington, D.C.—Since 1983, our nation has observed National Physical Fitness and Sports Month during May as a celebration of the joy and benefits of leading an active, healthy lifestyle.

Proclaiming a special month to promote physical activity and fitness is a way to offer Americans of all ages, backgrounds and abilities a special incentive to adopt an active lifestyle. As part of the celebraMaster Rolando Vergara with tion, the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) honored their 2011 Lifetime Grandmaster In Sun Seo Achievement Award winners. American martial arts pioneer Sihak Henry Cho (S. Henry Cho), American Athletic Union President and CEO Robert “Bobby” Dodd, Ph.D., sports and military trailblazer William G. “Bill” McNamara, researcher and obesity warrior James F. Sallis, Ph.D. and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Vice President of Programs Judith C. Young, Ph.D. are the recipients of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards presented annually by the President’s Council.

“The efforts of our 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients have significantly contributed to our nation’s development of a more profound focus on overall quality of life in relation to health,” said PCFSN Executive Director Shellie Pfohl. “These five individuals have led the way in catalyzing our mission, devoting their entire careers to promoting fitness, sports and nutrition.”

S. Henry Cho is a ninth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is recognized as a pioneer of American martial arts.

Fifty years ago, he opened the first permanent Korean Karate (later to be known as “Tae Kwon Do”) school in the United States. Grandmaster Cho has been a leader in promoting sharing and cooperation in the martial arts community, staging and producing the All American Open Tae Kwon Do-Karate-Kung Fu Championships for 46 years. He was inducted into the U.S. Tae Kwon Do Grandmasters’ Society Hall of Fame (Pioneer Award 2006), inducted into Black Belt Magazine’s Hall of Fame Mr. Waterman, Vincent Sinclair and Jahwun Marshall (Man of the Year 1971), and awarded a People’s Honor Decoration from South Korean President Park Chung Hee in 1970.

Universal MA Center Promotions Valley Stream, New York—Universal Martial Arts Center of Valley Stream, New York, recently had a promotion test led by Master Vincent Sinclair. Kyobumnim Urbane Waterman was promoted to third-dan and Mr. Jahwun Marshall received his first-dan after a grueling two-hour exam that included techniques, self-defense sparring and breaking a cement brick. Mr. Waterman has been training for over 16 years and Mr.Marshall has been training over eight years. A group of red belts were also pre-tested for their upcoming black belt test.

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Mum, Entrepreneur, World Champion Sophie Barnett

By Liam McGrath

Meeting Sophie Barnett in her shop called Born Again, which specializes in quality pre-owned nursery products, tucked away in a corner of an industrial estate in a little market town called Kingsbridge in the UK, you would never guess that this woman was a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Nor that she has been to the World Championships in Korea and won a Gold and Bronze medal.

“If I’m honest,” says Sophie, “I’ve got quite funny emotions about it. First, it feels like it happened to someone else in a completely different country…

I will talk about it with people if they ask, it’s a weird thing I’m slightly embarrassed by it. I am happy with it and we were given a certificate and that’s in a frame along with the medals but it’s fairly low key because that’s not the way we work, its slightly alien, but I am pleased to pieces.”

The next main competition for Sophie is the World Championships in Canada in 2012, but at the moment she is working her way towards becoming a second-degree black belt after passing the pre-grading and having the actual grading in front of the secretary to the worldwide ITF and the head of the ITF in the UK, Master Trevor Nicholls.

But Sophie has come a long way since originally joining the ITF version of the sport in 2004, a decision to try and test herself. “I wanted to do something I’d never done before, something I knew I would find difficult. I am not particularly sporty and I have no sense of natural balance; I fall over all the time, I hate exercise and I have very little coordination. And I knew I would find it hard and

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approaching 40, I thought ‘well, I’ll give it a bash’ and I did.”

Now seven years later Sophie has overcome that challenge, moving through the different colored belts before getting to where she is now. But which belt was the most difficult?

“The white belt grading, my very first one; or my black belt grading, as it’s a bigger grading from a nerves’ point of view, because you want it so badly. They are looking at you as a person, not just that you can do the movements, they are looking at you developing as a student in Tae Kwon Do. They are looking at what you put into the club, the person you are, your commitment to Tae Kwon Do…to the club and…to the actual grading itself.

It’s a much more rounded grading than the white

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belt where they were just looking to see if you have the basics.”

Sophie has always had to juggle a business, her children and Tae Kwon Do, which at times has meant the formers having to come first. A prime example was in 2008 leading up to the ITF World Championships in Birmingham.

“That was as a colored belt, the ITF did a colored belt competition for the first time called the World Kup. I did all the training for that and I was really up for it as it was just before my black belt, but unfortunately one of my kids was really ill in the hospital and I couldn’t go.”

So when it came to Korea last year, it was always going to be a tough decision for her, but with the backing of the people around her, it turned out to be the opposite. “I had the support

not only from my work colleagues, not only from my fellow Tae Kwon Do people, but my kids were ace. They trained with me as well so they understood; if I had done it and they had asked me not to go to Korea, I wouldn’t have gone. So I had a big dilemma, my commitment as a mum and the opportunity that was open to me.

“I thought I was being really selfish, but how many women at 42 get the chance to go and compete in a country I’d never normally go to?

And compete in a sport that I love, with people I respect, and go with my friends from Tae Kwon Do. There are not many people who would go and get that chance and I would have been foolish not to.”

So off to Korea she went. After the opening ceremony, which Sophie described as “very frightening,” her first part of the tournament was the patterns competition, which initially had Sophie doubting herself. “I had had a big wobble beforehand. I said I wasn’t going to do it, but my friend

pointed out a couple of my opponents and said, ‘You can beat those guys, I know you can. Just get out there and use maximum power. You will face and you will do it.’ And that’s what I did, and it was fine. I actually had an English girl in the final.

So England won Gold and Silver in that event.”

“I also won the first Gold medal for England in the competition and became the first ever senior to win a Gold medal, as this was the first time in the history of the ITF that seniors have had their own world competition. In fact, the England seniors won the overall competition, paving the way for England to win overall country.”

And this was followed by the Bronze in sparring, which Sophie was glad to get out with a medal let alone her health.

“I came up in the semis against a fifth-degree who was huge. I was the lightest in the group and she beat me and in fact, she broke someone’s cruciate ligament in the final, so I’m so glad that wasn’t me!” taekwondotimes.com / September 2011

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With all the success in Korea, Sophie wasn’t quite expecting the reaction she got when she took part in the British National Championships last October.

“It was actually quite tough because word got out in my group that I had been to Korea, and they wanted my blood and it was horrible!

Normally, I just hide away in a corner and do my thing but no; they were after me like they had to prove something to me.”

With Sophie going for the second-degree black belt, it remains unclear whether she will be able to go to Canada in 2012, as she is running out of time to qualify for the patterns.

She can still enter the sparring, however for Sophie, it depends on whether she can keep going or not.

“Getting there would be good, I’m not getting any younger. I’ll be 44, nearly 45. I have to hope the body stays together, the finances stay together and I’m not too old and creaky.

You pick up injuries all the time. I’d like to get there—get to Canada.”

But if Sophie does make it to the World Championships next year, then there’s only one thing she will be aiming for. “I’d like to win a Gold in the fighting. I think the Gold in the pattern was just amazing and I don’t know how I did that. I would like to win a Gold in 24 September 2011 / taekwondotimes.com

the sparring or at least like to go to the Silver. I should have done better in the sparring in Korea and I can’t watch it back on the video; it’s too painful because I made so many mistakes. So if I can do better than a Bronze, that would be awesome.”

As for when she will call time on Tae Kwon Do, Sophie is clear in her mind when that moment will be, though it’ll be a very difficult decision. “ To be honest I was going to retire from competing before the Worlds, then the opportunity came to qualify and I thought, well I’ll give it a go. It’s really hard because there’s a core of us—three active black belts in our club, two of which are seniors, one being myself— and you’re kind of held up as an example. So to not do it means you are letting people down; either the club down, the instructor down, the fellow students down, or you’re letting the other two down so more pressure is on them. I suppose realistically, I’ll do it until I can’t do it, or until the fire goes, until I lose that edge, but at the moment it still matters.”

Sophie has already accomplished more than she could ever have dreamed when she started in 2004. If she was to make it to Canada next year and win the fighting Gold, she thinks that would surely be the high to end on.

Photos by DE Events Photography ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Liam McGrath is a young freelance sports journalist who currently works in the South-West of England, United Kingdom.

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August Chosun Taekwondo Academy The Chosun Taekwondo Academy, located at 62 Main Street in Warwick, New York, was founded in 1997 by Master Doug Cook, sixth-dan black belt and a senior student of Grandmaster Richard Chun. This lineage set the stage for the creation of a holisticallyoriented, martial arts institute based on traditional Asian principles and authentic Korean martial arts doctrine. Literally translated, the term “Chosun” can be defined as “land of the morning calm.”

It is the mission of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy to provide authentic martial arts instruction to adults and children alike, at an affordable price in a safe and encouraging environment. Roughly 17 qualified black belt instructors adhere to a stringent curriculum composed of a repeating template of skills that increase in complexity throughout the various belt and dan levels. Promotion from one rank to the next is predicated on proficiency in an escalating series of basic strikes, kicks, and stances, one-step sparring, self-defense techniques, poomsae or formal exercises, combination drills, and board breaking. In addition to this pure-form Tae Kwon Do syllabus, Chosun

students are taught fundamental exercises targeted at increasing flexibility and physical fitness in conjunction with methods of cultivating internal energy or ki, used to amplify technique and to promote a greater sense of well being. Meditation is employed as a vehicle to clear the mind, enhance focus, and cultivate concentration.

The Chosun schedule features unlimited classes intended for children, mixed sessions largely attended by families, and dedicated training for teen/adults and black belt students exclusively. Sunrise classes allow early-risers to begin their day with a period of ki exercises, meditation and poomsae.

The Chosun curriculum principally highlights the concept of taekwondo as a martial way or a path to enlightenment rather than merely a sport.

Demographically, the academy is composed of 70% adults as compared to 30% children with an equal mix of black belt and color belt students. The Chosun Taekwondo Academy, a professional, full-time operation, frequently sponsors training trips to Korea and can be contacted through their website at www.chosuntkd.com or at info@chosuntkd.com.

The Chosun Taekwondo Academy May 22, 2011 Belt Test

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The Chosun Youth Leadership Team with Warwick mayor and town dignitaries

Master Doug Cook at a recent book signing.

The Chosun dojang

Master Cook lectures at the prestigious Korea Society in New York.

Chosun students training at the Kukkiwon.

Training with Grandmaster Richard Chun at Won Kak Sa Buddhist Temple.

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September Xcel Martial Arts At Xcel Martial Arts in Columbus, Ohio, Masters Larry and Deb Confer educate their students, ranging in age from three to 64, on Tae Kwon Do and self-defense. Together, with their daughter Bri, also an instructor at Xcel while attending college, the Confers came up through the ranks together and eventually opened a school three years ago. Last January, they moved into a larger location to accommodate their growing student body. At their new location, they continue to grow and add new and exciting classes for their students, who they say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;are the greatest students.â&#x20AC;?

At Xcel, maintaining traditional teaching and martial art practice is important. All classes are taught with discipline and respect for the students, art, history and instructors. Students are always expected to meet every requirement of their belt level in order to move forward. At Xcel, they encourage their students to always give their very best and they will not accept less from them.

Couger class, kids 8 to 15, standing at attention to begin class.

Masters Confer with 5 students showing off their medals from the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH.

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The Confers believe it is invaluable to provide an environment for children of today filled with fun and fitness, while teaching students self-control as well. Parents of children training at Xcel Martial Arts enjoy the benefits of Tae Kwon Doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence on their children, giving them increased focus.

Adult students love the great workout and coming together with like-minded martial artists. At Xcel, the students and instructors make up one big family that grows closer each day.

In addition to traditional Tae Kwon Do classes, Master Deb Confer is also a certified personal trainer and teaches a Fitness Boot Camp which is giving many martial artists increased fitness and is a great success.

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Tiger class, kids 4 and 5. learning basic kicks.

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Panthers Class, kids 6 and 7 learning how to do jumping jacks.

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Raising Awareness By Alex Haddox

IdjgcVbZcih Vh I am often asked how I can look so calm when I spar in class. No matter what is happening, no matter what is being thrown, it never seems to affect me. This is even true when we have guests over and we have never seen them move before.

The short answer is experience. My experience was gained from fighting complete strangers at tournaments across three states twice a month for years.

I am a strong proponent of sparring to prepare for a potential street confrontation. The best preparation includes knowing what it feels like to get hit. You also need to know what it is like to try to hit someone who is trying to avoid you while striking back. There is no substitute.

Punching in the air is nice to refine technique.

Punching heavy bags is great for tactile feedback.

However, there is no substitute for simulated combat.

Contact sparring in the studio is fantastic.

However, familiarity breeds complacency. You get comfortable inside your bubble. For example, you line up against Bob. You have been training

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with him for a few years now and you know Bob favors his left leg for front kicks and he has a great backfist. As a result, you adjust your techniques to account for his known strengths and weaknesses.

Next is Frank. You know Frank is a headhunter so you pull your guard up high to protect your nose.

After a while, sparring looks more like dancing than combat simulation.

You eventually learn the style and preference of everyone in the dojang. It becomes familiar and you become complacent. It happens everywhere.

I remember in one of my Hapkido classes the instructor told us to experiment in sparring that day; try something new. When I lined up against the instructor for sparring, I used a Kenpo spinning rear-leg sweep. It freaked him out and he even got mad at me. “Was that a Hapkido move?”

I answered, “Well, no.” He then ordered me not to do it again.

When I complained that he told us to experiment with new things he responded with, “That was not new to you and it was not Hapkido, so don’t do it again.”

IgV^c^c\ 9Zk^XZh On the street you will not face people from your style or your studio. Therefore, you cannot train like you will face people from your style.

The challenge is to acquire experience in sparring with complete strangers from different styles.

The simple answer is tournaments.

When you line up opposite somebody at a tournament, you know nothing about him. You have no idea where he trains, how he trains, how fast or slow he is, his favorite moves or how hard he hits. He could be smaller than you, your size, or he could have a six-inch reach advantage over you. At some international tournaments, you can compete against people from other countries who may not even speak your language. You have no idea what to expect and it forces you to adapt immediately to an unfamiliar opponent. That is a far more realistic training environment than your dojo of ten years.

Tournaments are a semi-safe environment to expand and refine your fighting skills against people you have never met and might never see again.

I say “semi-safe” because safety gear is mandatory, referees and judges control the action and there are rules. However, from personal experience, you can never let your guard down. For example, I have been hit full-force in the head with my back turned after the referee called break. It was an instant headache, but I went on to win the match.

Tournament sparring teaches you to explode.

The next time your dojo lines up for sparring, take a moment and look around to see how people start out. I am willing to bet that after the instructor calls ‘start’ that people mill around, feeling each other out with a few trial strikes before actually engaging and exchanging blows.

That is not how attacks happen on the street.

When things go down in the real world, it is fast, it is intense and it is instantaneous. Effort is at 150%

instantly. Hand-to-hand fights are all or nothing for around 30 seconds. With knives, the exchange can last less than ten seconds.

When you line up against somebody in a tournament, this complete stranger, he is coming for you, NOW, not later. When the referee calls start, the person who scores the point is usually more aggressive and the one who explodes with a series of strikes. Milling around before engagement is a rarity. Your opponent wants that point and he is going to hunt you down to get it as fast as he can.

So consider competing in an occasional tournament as a supplement to your training. For realistic self-defense training you: v need to spar v need to face complete strangers v need to face different styles v need to confront highly aggressive and explosive attacks These are skills you can acquire from competing in local and regional martial arts tournaments.

Alex Haddox has nearly two decades of combined traditional martial arts training in multiple styles including American Kenpo, Hapkido and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He also holds firearms instructor credentials and is a Level 3 instructor in Jim Wagner’s RealityBased Personal Protection System. His company, Palladium Education, Inc., offers self-defense training to the general public and workplace violence prevention training to the health care industry. Additionally, he is the creator and host of a free weekly podcast called “Practical Defense” that is heard in over 100 countries. To learn more or contact Alex Haddox, visit www.palladiumeducation.com. taekwondotimes.com / September 2011

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Some of you will remember this and some of you won’t. It was 1974, a time when there were only three TV channels to choose from and on a Sunday afternoon, the channel to choose was ABC. ABC’s Wide World of Sports was a huge ratings grabber for the entire family. The opening video became an American catch phrase: “The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat.”

On one particular Sunday, a very little Master Karen Eden was anxiously waiting for this show to come on. Like many kids of that time, the motorcycle dare devil, Evel Knievel, was a thrilling personality to watch. He was on lunch boxes and T-shirts. He even had his own doll, complete with a stunt motorcycle.

Kids were breaking bones everywhere trying to ride their bicycles off of roof tops.

On this particular Sunday, Evel Knievel had made a claim that would literally defy gravity. He said that he could successfully jump across the Snake River Canyon. This canyon, located in Idaho, is 500 feet deep and 25 miles long. Evel had a specially designed motorcycle for the stunt, which included a steam powered engine and a parachute.

The show cut away to the dare devil warming up, just minutes away from his daring feat. “That guy is crazy,” my older brother said.

“Yeah, crazy,” I responded.

Finally, the moment had arrived.

Evel Knievel took off on his rocket cycle…and didn’t make it.

His chute sailed him across the canyon and landed him just a few feet from

the water. What we didn’t know then, is/is, had he landed in the water, he would have drowned from a harness malfunction.

Over the course of Evel Knievel’s career, the two questions that people always asked him were: “Why do you think you can do this,” and “Why do you even want to try?” I only remember his reply being an answer that somehow still eluded the question.

So why did he want to do it? Given the technology at that time, the mathematical odds that he would ever make it across that canyon were pretty much slim to none. Yet he still had to go for it.

Maybe Evel Knievel didn’t know himself why he had to do the life-risking things that he did. But I think I may have a clue.

It’s the same reason that we, as martial artists, get in a ring and fight other skilled opponents.

Especially as a female competitor, I must have been asked that question a dozen times. “You’re a girl.

Why do you want to do such manly things?”

It’s because I need to know what I’m made of.

I have discovered that life doesn’t even begin until you’ve reached the end of your comfort zone.

Sure, it’s nerve-racking to try such things. But the payoff is huge, because whether I won or lost, I promise you that today I do know what I’m made of.

Evel Knievel died in 2007 from pulmonary fibrosis. He holds the world record for the most broken bones ever endured by a human being (35 in all).

Quite a painful price to pay to find out what you’re made of. But as this quote from Theodore Roosevelt, which is said to be one of Evel Knievel’s favorite quotes, there are those of us who just can’t seem to get through life without knowing: “It’s better to take a chance in life to win a victory or suffer defeat even though scarred by failure, than to live in the shadow of life as some do, never knowing a victory or defeat because they have not the guts to try either.”

Woman of the Times By Karen Eden

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Karen Eden is a fifth-degree black belt and master in the art of Tang Soo Do. She is also a published author, former radio personality and TV journalist, who has appeared on CNN, FOX National, and Animal Planet. She has also appeared in two major Hollywood productions. Karen has written for and appeared in many martial arts publications over the years. Her books include The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tae Kwon Do (Penguin Books) and I Am a Martial Artist (Century Martial Arts). She is also the poet behind the popular I Am a Martial Artist product line, also available through Century Martial Arts, and Dojo Darling martial arts wear, available through Karatedepot.com. Master Eden currently teaches at-risk youth through the Salvation Army in Denver, Colorado. For contact or booking information, email her at sabomnim@toast.net.

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I have been putting the finishing touches on the newly constructed and badly needed leadership lounge.

This 1,500 sq. ft. outdoor space is in addition to our existing 24,000 sq. ft. school. You would think that this massive “super school” would stand out in the community. Not really. Cary, North Carolina is the land of the giants. The children’s ballet school down the road is 20,000 sq. ft. The gymnastics school on the corner is 75,000 sq. ft. and the newest gym is 144,000 sq. ft.

Land must be dirt cheap here? Not really. A commercial acre costs between half to one million. Is my school filled with really big students? No, the average student is under three feet tall and around eight years old. The only explanation I can think of is the American need for our own personal space.

I never realized I possessed this need until I lived in Korea. Land was limited, people were plentiful and the personal space I was accustomed to, was sacrificed.

Where I came from, if you accidentally bumped into someone and touched them, you said, “Excuse me,” and moved away. In Korea, you were always touching someone. You could not move away, you would just end up touching someone else. No one bothered to be excused.

After a few months of being stepped on and jumped over in the dojang, pushed and shoved in and out of subways, and constantly trying to back up from people talking way too close to my face, I wanted to get away from it all.

A holiday weekend was coming up and I had some time off from teaching classes and training with the Korean Tiger Team. I rented a cabin in the mountains, packed some groceries and hiking gear, put the puppy in the car and I was off.

The cabin was just a square vanilla box, no furniture but it had electricity…and it was peaceful. I sprawled out my stuff and enjoyed my “space”. I was in heaven, for a moment anyway. Suddenly I heard a car pull up and doors slam. The cabin door flew open, followed by a family with their arms filled with groceries, baggage and children. I was frantically trying to communicate that there must be some overbooking error going on, but it was obvious I was the only one concerned. They were busy moving in. I was holding my puppy up over the heads of the children so they couldn’t poke and tease him while trying to scoot all my belongings with my feet over to a corner so it wouldn’t get trampled.

More cars. Slam, slam. More people, more children and now the speakers and karaoke machine were being carried in.

Once settled, the other families roared with laughter when they learned I thought I rented the cabin just for myself. Why would someone need so much space? They thought it would be boring to be alone.

Apparently cabin space was measured like tent space.

The label, “sleeps 10” means how many sleeping bags they can fit inside lined up edge to edge.

The other renting families had never met each other, but enjoyed cooking, playing and singing together all night. I remained hopeful of some peaceful time in the wilderness of the mountains the next day. While they were distracted with karaoke, I snuck out of the sardine packed cabin and spent the night sleeping in my car with my dog. The rolled up windows kept the stifling heat in, the mosquitoes out and the karaoke tunes muffled.

By the next morning, the population in the mountains had exploded. A mass was forming to walk through the narrow mountain trails. Nearby trees had been stripped of suitable walking sticks. I had to carry my puppy in a gym bag with his head sticking out so he didn’t get stepped on. Our single file line bottle-necked as we each waited our turn for the stepping stones crossing the fresh water brook. Portable propane grills lined the banks as far as the eye could see and the smell of cooking Sam-gyup-sal (strips of pork) filled the air. Everyone was busy taking photos of the mountains, their families and the hundred other people who fit into the frame as well.

They were all happy to “get away from it all”.

I’ll have to stop and remind myself the next time I feel spoiled for more space and have the urge to expand.

After all, according to my tent calculations, this school has enough space for nearly 2,000 sleeping bags.

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Master Rondy is a sixth-degree black belt in WTF Taekwondo, a fourth-degree in Hapkido and a second-degree in Kickboxing. She was the only non-Asian member of the Korean Tigers Professional Martial Arts Team, spending two years in Korea, living in Seoul and YongIn. Master Rondy successfully blends the cultures of a Korean teaching staff and an American management staff for her 24,000 square foot superschool located in Cary, North Carolina. For more information visit whitetigertkd.com.

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Most people who have never practiced martial arts have an image of schools as stern military style combat classes complete with a former Green Beret instructor barking out commands and students performing superhuman techniques. Good job Hollywood! Of course, as students, we all recognize the stereotypes and hopefully we strive to present the real image of our school or style. One of the bedrock principles that sets apart martial arts from other activities and, arguably the most important â&#x20AC;&#x153;basicâ&#x20AC;? of all, is respect. I am not talking about instructor-worship, or the black belt that demands respect because of the number of stripes on his or her belt. Rather, I am referring to a healthy, mutual courtesy; earned from good leadership, dedicated students, and strong principles. That is the hallmark of martial arts which separates what we do from the mayhem

we so often see displayed in sporting venues everywhere. There are plenty of instances every day that demonstrate the lack of respect among athletes, reporters, businessmen, politicians, etc. Now before I jump on the soap box and indict American society, I want to be clear that there are plenty of famous people with integrity; for example, Cal Ripkin, Jr., Coach Joe Paterno, and Anderson Silva, just to mention a few. However, as a senior martial artist, I have to ask, are we moving this concept forward and passing it on to future generations of students in the same way our instructors taught us?

Why is respect so important to martial artists? Assuming the instructor is competent, consider what happens in a classroom setting when one or more arrogant students believe they know more than the teacher, (a frequent occurrence in a beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class). There is no

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Respect is essentialâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a nonnegotiableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is especially true for martial arts because the material can be lethal. Instructors and senior students have an obligation to lead by example so junior ranks follow. Before any physical techniques can be absorbed, the student must trust and respect the instructor. Of course, this does not just happen, it has to be earned.

Instructors must demonstrate a command of the style and be patient, while students need to be open minded and willing to work hard.

Recently, I attended a large tournament in Pittsburgh to watch my son point fight as a middleweight. I noticed a very talented national fighter in his division named Troy Binns. During one of his matches, Troy landed a pretty hard shot, but there was no blood and the point was correctly awarded. First, his instructor immediately chastised him and second, he apologized to his opponent and the referee. What a rare show of class and respect!

The amazing thing was that everyone from his school stood out for the same two reasons: they were all very good fighters and they were all very respectful. Somehow I do not see that as a coincidence!

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I]Z Adhh d[ V 7aVX` 7Za i HijYZci 8Vc WZ V 9^h]ZVgiZc^c\ :meZg^ZcXZ One spring day in 1997, just before beginning a vigorous training session at the Richard Chun Taekwondo Center in New York City, I sat with Grandmaster Chun in his office discussing several issues relating to school ownership. Being the benevolent and forthcoming man that he is, Grandmaster Chun was never one to hold back valuable information from his disciples.

The conversation on that warm afternoon centered on my question as to why he chose not to display photographs of his many black belt students on the walls of his Upper Eastside dojang. The root of my query evolved from observations I had made while visiting various schools here and in Korea, the homeland of Tae Kwon Do. At one dojang locally, I had noticed a cluster of color photos depicting what appeared to be the location’s entire population of black belts; there weren’t many, but they all seemed to be represented, including the master instructor.

Likewise, while training at the Korean National University for Physical Education or KNUPE, in Seoul, South Korea, as well as other noteworthy training facilities in the “land of the morning calm,” I was impressed with row upon row of proud, young black belts frozen in black and white images that stared down at me from frames firmly secured above the mirrors that ran the entire length of the dojang.

Tributes of this sort seemed to add an air of heritage and permanence to not only the institution itself, but also the sacred training floor upon which we were about to stand. And so, almost two decades ago, shrouded in my naiveté’, I was confounded as to why my kwanjangnim did not share in this practice.

Without ever meeting Grandmaster Chun, one could not be familiar with his humble, gracious demeanor. He is unyieldingly courteous and disarmingly kind in his approach; except, of course, when he is standing in class before a large group of students.

It is then that his ferocity and passion for Tae Kwon Do quickly becomes apparent. Nevertheless, sitting at his desk across from me that day, he paused seemingly in deep reflection before answering. I trust that I am not breaking a confidence when I share his reply. Kwanjangnim looked up and said, “If I were to mount photos of every black belt that I have graduated across the years at this school alone, not only would they fill every available wall, but a real danger exists that I would weep for those who have left.”

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With that statement, I truly began to understand the deep and singular relationship that exists between a worthy master and his loyal students.

Since then, I too have created many black belts; clearly not as many as Grandmaster Chun, but the quantity reaches well into the hundreds. Some, based on limited tenure are difficult to remember. The vast majority, however, will never leave my mind. Many are still with me and have gone on to become highly competent master instructors. Others, having enrolled as youngsters, eventually entered college, had families of their own and relocated. A very few, sadly, have been forced to discontinue their training due to unrelated injuries or physical disabilities. But as with most martial arts schools, many black belts tend to depart largely based on time constraints, family responsibilities or simple boredom stemming from a limited curriculum. This last malady frequently results in a trickling away of enthusiasm for the art in general. Fortunately, our school offers a traditional curriculum extending through sixth-dan that constantly challenges the black belt, invariably igniting continuing interest. Still, to surrender for any reason is a tragedy of considerable proportions.

Regardless, the rapport that exists between the master instructor and the black belt student is exceptional in nature. If taken seriously and allowed to mature, the relationship is infused with a quantifiable consistency that mirrors other vivid liaisons in life. For example, at the culmination of the black belt examination, the master instructor symbolically bestows the student with wisdom by first wrapping the black belt around his waist before tying it around the student’s.

Consequently, even though the practitioner may in the future train with other instructors, this is a statement that clearly says: “I am your first master and we are tied together

for now and forever.” This ritual is vaguely reminiscent of another, equally heavy with meaning: that found in the bond of marriage signified by the gold wedding band. Once a serious commitment is made to the study of traditional Tae Kwon Do, one cannot simply ignore its profound implications.

It is said that genuinely competent martial arts instructors give a little piece of themselves away to each student they seek to inspire until, eventually, there is nothing left. The only way the teacher can replenish their skill is through constant, personal training and then facing new students yet again. And so, the cycle continues. I absolutely believe this to be true. Yet I ultimately hold that it is with each defection or departure of a black belt that an intangible, spiritual fragment of the master is torn away, never again to be replaced.

The silent torment, unique to those at the top, cannot rightfully be shared and is overwhelmingly exacerbated by an informal exit. Tae Kwon Do training is built on a platform of courage, courtesy and dignity. Accordingly, if the day should arrive when the black belt chooses to depart, it is with the above virtues in mind that their

intentions should be announced in the presence of their master and not through an email, phone call or written correspondence. Without dignified closure, the matter will continue to float between the two like a dark cloud that refuses to dissipate. One can only compare the divisive nature of this separation to a painful divorce from a beloved partner and if the parties involved, or at least one, are resistant to the measure, the wound seldom heals. To the uninitiated it may appear that I am overstating my case. Yet I’d wager that having experienced the loss of several valued, onceeager black belts, most masters would tell you that each exodus feels like one divorce too many.

Tae Kwon Do does not speak to everyone equally and even for those dedicated few, priorities change and difficult life decisions must be made. So, if you find yourself in the untenable position of having to sever ties with your school and master, for whatever reason, do it face-to-face with a courteous, courageous and dignified state of mind.

Master Doug Cook, a fifth-dan black belt, is head instructor of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy located in Warwick, New York, a senior student of Grandmaster Richard Chun, and author of three best-selling books entitled: Taekwondo…Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Warrior, Traditional Taekwondo Core Techniques, History and Philosophy, and Taekwondo–A Path to Excellence, focusing on the rewards and virtues of Tae Kwon Do, all published by YMAA of Boston. Master Cook and Grandmaster Chun have just completed a new book on Koryo poomsae targeted for publication in 2013. He can be reached for lectures, workshops or questions at www.chosuntkd.com or info@chosuntkd.com.

The human brain is far and away the most amazing, most complex thing yet discovered. A single human brain has over 125 trillion synapses, which is equivalent to the number of stars in 1,500 galaxies the size of the Milky Way. In one second it processes more information than all of the computers on earth put together. It is undoubtedly the most important weapon in our entire martial arts arsenal, but all of its intricate wonder can be undone by a third-rate diet. This month we’ll look at three of the key ways diet impacts the brain and why it’s so important that we take this knowledge to heart.

Building Blocks The first way your diet affects what the brain has to do, logically enough, is by providing the necessary building blocks. In addition to providing glucose, the energy your brain runs on, you must consume certain amounts of various fats and proteins to provide for new nerve connections, myelin (the fatty tissue that covers the axons), and so on. In particular, there are certain ingredients from dietary sources that provide the ingredients for neurotransmitters and key brain chemicals. Some of the more common ones are glutamic acid, used to make glutamate, which is found in potatoes and flour; phenylalanine, used to make dopamine, found in soybeans, eggs, beets; tryptophan, used to make serotonin, found in eggs, bananas, yogurt, milk, and cheese; and tyrosine, used to make norepinephrine, found in fish, milk, and legumes.

Antioxidants The second way your diet can have a powerful effect on your brain comes from the consumption of antioxidants. Studies have shown that animals eating a diet high in antioxidants not only resist age-related decline, but also show some reversal of decline. These results include a wide range of functions including cognitive abilities, like memory and problem solving, as well as different kinds of performance tests involving physical coordination and balance.

Some of the richer sources of such brain bolstering antioxidants include spinach, apples, berries and beans.

The most beneficial berries: strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, raspberries and blackberries. The best beans: red, black, kidney and pinto.

Obesity Some of the points discussed above have been studied for some time, but perhaps the most surprising development over the past few years has been a growing body of research on the harmful relationship between obesity and the health and functioning of the brain. For both women and men, studies of thousands of people have shown that as the body-mass index goes up, cognitive function goes down. This holds true even after adjusting for age, education, and other health factors—such as stroke or diabetes.

While the exact mechanisms involved in the correlation are not yet fully understood, the evidence is growing that being overweight—especially obese, which is a BMI greater than 30 kg per square meter—is connected to reduced decision making, shortened attention span, decreased memory and higher incidences of brain disorders and diseases like Alzheimer’s. That is before we even take into account the various other related illnesses that also contribute to cognitive decreases, like diabetes and high blood pressure.

Additional studies have shown that increased BMI results in accelerated mental decline—the reverse of the antioxidant effect. In some cases the rate of decline was from four to eight percent greater decline than non-obese subjects in as little as five or six years, while overall the studies showed that the brains of obese people can look from 10 to 20 years older than those of the non-obese group.

Our Youth The most important thing to realize, however, is that it’s not just about us. Several large studies have shown that the same effects result in children as well, so even if you or I do not make changes for our own sake, there is a serious responsibility to consider the role modeling we provide for our children and our students. Less fit children have been shown time and again to perform worse on everything from absorbing new information to taking standardized English and math tests. If we really want to build a better future for the young people of today, we must teach them how to take care of their minds through better nutrition.

And if we really want to teach them how to do that, we must be an example for them as we do for any other aspect of our practice—from performing a kick with proper form to having a spirit of respect and perseverance.

As always, I look forward to hearing your experiences with a topic as well as your successes. Until next time, remember: What you put into your body determines what you put into your punch.

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Interview by Brendan Gillen Michael Muleta is a seventh-degree Master Instructor with the International Taekwon-do Federation. He is the National Organization President in Australia, as well as holding several posts as an international executive, including Chairman of the ITF Umpire Committee (Oceana region) and Chairman of the ITF Expansion Committee (Oceana).

As a competitor in the 1990s, Michael was a seven-time black belt national championship winner, who went on to coach the national team on three occasions. Several of his students have won World Championships Gold medals, as recently as 2010, and he organized and hosted the ITF World Championships in Australia. The past decade he’s spent focusing on improving the umpiring and coaching aspects of TKD, having umpired at the last five ITF World Championships, and receiving the award for most outstanding umpire at the 2007 World Championships.

During a TKD career spanning over 25 years and across 28 countries, Michael has done it all, winning multiple awards and citations from everyone from the Prime Minister to the Queen, and has been a multiple martial arts hall of fame nominee. Plus, he’s built up Australia’s most successful ITF school, Thoroughbred Taekwondo.

Most recently, Michael’s hugely successful educational body, Global Fitness Institute, was the major sponsor of the 2010 World Championships, where they launched their innovative martial arts coaching programs to the world.

Master Muleta, can you tell us how this incredible TKD journey all began?

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When I was 17, I relocated away from home for my university physical education/science degree course, and I was looking for something to compliment my sports. Glancing at the student notice board, I saw an advertisement for martial arts and thought I’d give it a go, not having been overly interested in martial arts previously. It turned out the instructor was a fellow student in my course who had just immigrated as a mature aged student from Malaysia, who was a fourthdegree at the time.

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How would you describe those early days of training in TKD? To this day, I still would regard that initial Flying side kick four years I spent in TKD as the golden years. You trained with raw passion and enthusiasm and a genuine love of the art. My instructor was a terrific role model for us, and I was fortunate enough to develop a very strong bond with him, which certainly inspired me to train as hard and as often as possible. There is no doubt that I have more technical knowledge and understanding now, and my own top students have been better at times than I was then, which I think is great, but I doubt Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever trained as hard as I did in those early days. So, I see that period as laying a very valuable foundation in my future and look back on it fondly.

What took you from the relative isolation of TKD in those early days to becoming so active internationally for the next 20 years?

I guess the turning point for me was when I first had the opportunity to train with General Choi Hong Hi in Australia, around January 1990.

Although I was ITF from white belt, and now was second-degree, all I knew of General Choi

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was stories my instructor told me about his times training with General Choi in Malaysia, and also every time I would read through his collection of TKD encyclopedias in his home.

So, to have the chance not only to train with General Choi, but also the fact that he came to our town, was incredible. The other significant thing was, because it was an international training course, in those days a five-day intensive program, it attracted instructors from all over Australia, whom I had never met or seen, as well as international attendees. Also, accompanying General Choi was Grandmaster Chuck Sereff from the USA, who also certainly made an impression. It made me realize that TKD certainly was a global thing, and I was part of something much bigger than I had realized.

Probably the biggest factor I think, with no disrespect intended, is that prior to training with General Choi, my technical approach to TKD was limited to kicking harder, kicking higher, kicking faster. General Choi opened up a new world of technical aspects of TKD that had not dwelled on me before. As someone who had just graduated with a university degree in Physical Education, with a particular interest in Sports Science, this was exactly the tonic I needed.

The time and effort I put into understanding and then implementing these technical elements was the major catalyst for much of my later success with my own training and coaching of students, my long career as a senior physical education teacher, and right through to what I do today, as the owner and CEO of Global Fitness Institute.

I always tell my students that I always consider myself fortunate to have lived through a time when General Choi was very accessible and

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internationally active. I had the opportunity to train with the General for nine more of these international courses until his passing in 2002.

Even now, 20 plus years later, I am fortunate enough to get invited all over the world to teach TKD largely on the back of making those efforts back then. Many of the people I teach now are where I was then, so it certainly motivates me to help them and share what I can with them.

You mention traveling with TKD, how big a part of your life has that been?

The travel bug hit me quite early in martial arts and has never really eased up. My first overseas experience in 1989 was training in China with police rookies and emergency response cadets during a study trip, which ironically was not in TKD, but Wushu.

After that first seminar with General Choi, I then spent the next few years traveling as much as possible around my full-time physical education career, to attend his seminars in the USA, New Zealand, Malaysia and a few trips he made back to Australia. I also attended Grandmaster Sereff ’s World Camps in Colorado, and had a close association with my friends in ITF New Zealand across the Pacific, who were a great bunch of people and awesome TKD practitioners. I made about ten trips to New Zealand alone in 1992-94.

My first World Championships experience was in 1994 in Malaysia, and this took my TKD path into a new stratosphere. To me, it was the biggest show on Earth—packed stadiums, over 60 countries, TKD on live television daily—it was quite mind boggling for a boy who had started in a small country town.

I was fortunate to be tested and promoted for my fourth-degree black belt whilst in Malaysia during this time, with a testing panel consisting of

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International Instructors could not compete in the World Championships, and hence I stopped competing, so my focus shifted to the officiating area. I spent the first half of 1998 in South Africa conducting seminars across the country, which still remains one of my TKD highlights. Since then I have been lucky enough to have been most places with TKD to teach, officiate or coachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my favorites, in no particular order, have been Italy, England, Argentina, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. In the last 12 months, I have taught seminars in Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia and most recently in the USA earlier in 2011, not to mention over 20 seminars across Australia. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m busier on the teaching front than ever.

You taught a TKD seminar in Korea last year that had to be a highlight for you?

General Choi Hong Hi, his son Master Choi Jung Hwa, and Grandmaster Chuck Sereff. Looking back, it was a hugely rare and significantly historical event for me.

I made the decision to postpone my professional teaching career to focus solely on TKD and opened my own full-time school, which within 18 months became 30 plus branches across the country. I spent the next two World Championships as National Coach (in Poland and Czech Republic) and returned to compete in 1997 in Russia.

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Actually, I taught in Korea twice in 2010, once on my own seminar trip and then as part of the International Masters Panel Conference, which was a huge honor to be chosen as one of only five ITF Masters. It certainly felt like a long way from those early days.

Master Muleta & Grandmaster Choi Jung Hwa

Teaching in Korea was certainly a highlight for me, for many reasons. As a non-Korean, teaching a Korean martial art in Korea to Koreans, you cannot help but feel very humbled and honored to be given that opportunity. I think every TKD practitioner owes it to themselves to experience TKD in Korea at least once.

Your involvement in Korea seemed fairly prominent at the last World Championships in 2010?

As a former host of the World Championships, I guess I had an empathy with the organizers in regards to the need for corporate support, so I decided to be the major sponsor of the event through my educational institution, Global Fitness Institute. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not too many instructors that put back financially into their federation, so it felt good to be able to do that.

What does Global Fitness Institute do exactly?

Well, we are a government recognized and registered educational body which specializes obviously in the areas of health and fitness from entry level through to advanced diplomas, with bona fide government recognized qualifications.

We currently have over 20 formal qualifications ranging from Fitness, Massage, Sports Coaching,

Nutrition, Business and Management, among others, and a host of shorter programs.

How does this tie in with your TKD? Well, the unique thing about our organization is that we offer and deliver formal sports coaching qualifications specializing in martial arts.

The strength of Training with Jackie Chan our martial arts courses are the collection of high ranking instructors that we have delivering the programs, and the fact that whilst everyone has their own allegiance and alliances to their own styles, federations, etc., Global Fitness Institute, in itself, is not actually a martial arts organization; it is an educational body, so there is no obligation or need to affiliate with allegiances or loyalties. We have programs not only running in

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Australia, but we also have students from various countries and from numerous martial arts styles and organizations, enrolled in our programs.

Why would a student or even an instructor need to do a formal course like yours?

The traditional martial arts model to become an instructor hasn’t changed too much through the ages. You start as a student, you develop some skills and you perform for a grading. You get promoted, you become a black belt, you open a school. Down the track, you learn some more patterns and a few more techniques, you promote to a higher rank, and maybe even start an organization. Up to this point in time, all your progression is basically centered around your ability to perform martial arts.

What you don’t always get taught is how to teach martial arts; scientifically, how to manage your school or association and professionally, how to deal with people effectively and ethically. It is not uncommon for highly talented instructors to have very few students in their school, or struggle to get students to reach the skill level they possess themselves.

All the industry endorsed courses we deliver have not only the practical martial arts aspects, but also the areas you don’t get taught in a dojang, including sports sciences (biomechanics, physiology, nutrition, psychology, skill acquisition), risk management, coaching methodology, business management, marketing, communication, event planning and management and much more. The programs are very comprehensive and the content is invaluable. I can vouch from personal experience and am happy to use my own successes as an example. My formal and specific education along with a high work ethic, drive and ambition, are the secret to my success. This is what motivated me to set up an institute to help other martial artists.

Does the student need to come to Australia to study?

Not necessarily, there are a few options. Of course, we welcome anybody to come to Australia to participate in any of our full length or shorter programs. It’s a great country, I’m sure people would love to spend some time “down under”.

The other option is that the courses can be delivered in your own country and many of our recent talks are with TKD organizations and educational bodies abroad wishing to deliver our programs. We are always receptive to highly credentialed people wanting to represent us in their country, and as you can see we are more than happy to travel globally to present our courses.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Brendan Gillen is a fourth-degree black belt with the ITF and Head Instructor of Thoroughbred Taekwondo (Melbourne). He has been a student of Master Michael Muleta over the past 19 years. In that time, Brendan has been an Oceana, Australasian, South Pacific and multiple State and National Black Belt Champion, as well as representing Australia at the World Championships.

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By Laura Stolpe

TKDT: Since taking over as President of the Kukkiwon, what changes have been made?

President Won Sik Kang

President Won Sik Kang: It has been 11 months since I accepted the position as the president of the Kukkiwon. It has really been tight schedule up to now, too busy to look back. So many things are changed inside of the Kukkiwon. I can see that my staff and officials are working hard now. It doesn’t mean they‘ve not worked hard so far. It means there’s new change here now. I mean, fresh air. We felt keenly the necessity for change. So we took aim at a new goal and now we’re trying to achieve it. I know nothing can be changed at once but we can work in close cooperation for a better Kukkiwon to make a new system.

What problems existed in the Kukkiwon prior to your presidency and how have you addressed them?

Well, I felt the Kukkiwon was stagnant.

No change here. All staff were afraid of undergoing a change. Sometimes they were passive. From now on, every single staff and official will consider details on their work together and work actively. And it brings on the positive wave of a change. We have to think of what business is the most important for the future of the Kukkiwon. We have to take the necessary steps along the way for realistic policy and business. Then we can make a change. We can make rapport with the public and Taekwondoists about the Kukkiwon.

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How many years of martial arts practice do you have?

I’ve been closely bound with Tae Kwon Do since 1953. When I was a student in middle school, Master Noh, Byeong Gik taught me Tae Kwon Do.

How is the Kukkiwon planning on helping the dojangs around the world with curriculum, philosophy, and marketing?

It needs to strengthen the role and function of the dojang prior to making Tae Kwon Do strong as a martial art. But many Tae Kwon Do organizations, including the Kukkiwon, have quantitatively sought enlargement of Tae Kwon Do until now. It made communication insufficient between organizations and dojangs. When the Kukkiwon establishes tight relationships and connections with other organizations and gives more support and builds up more service and

a global network, the Activation of Dojang Management will naturally be accelerated. I believe KMS (Kukkiwon Membership System) has the power to help it. It is to increase a dojangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitive power by support and service. It provides a Masters Instructor Course, curriculums for teaching, seminars and so on. It helps the Kukkiwon to improve global businesses by making the best of partnerships with registered dojangs. It also helps all dojangs to interchange information through the Kukkiwon and promote the public interest in the Tae Kwon Do field. Namely, it means that I will strengthen communication between the Kukkiwon and dojangs.

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A new employee workout program has been implemented at the Kukkiwon. Tell us a little about it.

It begins from a plan to transform its structure into a hardworking organization. The point is to establish the foundation effectively to drive work.

It may not say “It’s completed” yet, but it follows a process step-by-step. I’m going to maintain present systems. But I’m going to maximize the efficiency of business control with repeated correction to complement and to meet the needs.

How can the general public and world TKD practitioners contact the Kukkiwon with questions?

It’s true that publicity work has not been satisfied.

So I started enterprises to be at work on brochures and DVDs for public relations of the Kukkiwon.

By the middle of this year (2011), I’ll show you the results. We have plans to get the ultimate public relations push, with an easy and comfortable way to keep in touch with the Kukkiwon throughout applications and QR code (bar code), making efficient use of tablet PCs.

You came to the U.S. recently. What other countries do you plan to visit?

Even though specific plans are not fixed yet about a visit abroad, I’d like to take a chance to meet many masters who have devoted to propagate Tae Kwon Do around the world. I really hope circumstances permit. If it doesn’t, all of the staff and officials of the Kukkiwon would be a representative and try to offer a sacrifice to masters as a reliable supporter.

What goals do you have for the future of the Kukkiwon?

Taekwondoists in the world could be reminded of the Kukkiwon and Korea when they think of Tae Kwon Do. I’m going to put my heart into making the real image of the Kukkiwon. Everybody knows Tae Kwon Do. But I don’t think so in case of the Kukkiwon. I’m trying to make an impression on the world.

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Criminals will often use firearms to threaten and intimidate individuals while enacting their crime. Often, a law abiding citizen can cooperate with a criminal’s demands for material objects, such as wallets, purses, or packages, and avoid further danger from the firearm. It is recommended that an individual never fight an assailant over material goods. Unfortunately, there are occasions where fighting an armed assailant may be the best or only option. When to submit to demands and when to fight back may be difficult to decipher in the heat of the moment. At Raven Tactical, we feel that each individual must make the decision to cooperate or fight back based on the situation’s circumstances. If the defender does choose to fight, utilizing the Raven Method Firearms Defense Progression may be your best approach.

3BWFO .FUIPE 'JSFBSNT %FGFOTF 1SPHSFTTJPO 1. Clear the Angle of Attack When a bullet leaves the barrel of a firearm, it travels in a straight line. As the defender, you should think of yourself and the bullet traveling towards each other on a set of railroad tracks—eventually you will make contact and the results will be disastrous. Rather than meet the bullet head on, you should clear the angle of attack by taking the firearm “off line” as well as yourself. *Be aware of collateral targets and flagging the weapon.

Flagging is passing the barrel of the firearm across yourself or another target.

2. Secure/Control the Weapon In order to effectively deal with a firearm assault, the weapon must be controlled. It is imperative that the firearm be restricted by the defender. Once the defender has cleared the angle of attack, he must secure the weapon to prevent it from being used against him.

3. Diminish the Subject Although disarming a weapon from an assailant is possible, it’s preferable to diminish the assailant before doing so.

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By Fernan Vargas Drop & Rack Semi-auto Pistol

At this step of the Defense Progression, the defender should use striking techniques to vital areas to stun and incapacitate the assailant. If necessary, the defender may even apply takedown techniques to ground the assailant. Remember, it is difficult for the assailant to be on the offensive if they are on the defensive.

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4. Remove the Weapon At this step in the Defense Progression, the defender will remove the weapon from the assailant’s grip. Remember at this stage, the assailant should be stunned and diminished, making it easier and safer to remove the weapon.

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5. Render the Weapon Inoperable: Drop & Rack Whenever you acquire a firearm which is not yours, the Raven Method suggests that you never attempt to fire it. There are several reasons for this, such as: -The gun may not actually be loaded.

-The gun might be a toy or non-firing replica.

-The gun may be in bad condition and not fire safely.

-Legally, you may not be justified in firing the gun.

We advocate that you instead Drop & Rack—a simple way of clearing the firearm to ensure that it is not operable.

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For semi-auto pistols begin by: 1. Ejecting the magazine (photos 1 & 2) 2. Pulling back the slide to eject the round in the chamber (photos 3 & 4) For revolvers: 1. Open the cylinder 2. Press the ejector rod to release the rounds Physical techniques may vary with previous training, personal style or preferences, but as long as the Defense Progression is followed it will help any defender follow a “winning game plan” while under the gun.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Fernan Vargas is the Director of Raven Tactical International www.RavenTactical.com and is a certified CQC & DT Instructor specializing in Security & Law Enforcement training. Mr. Vargas is also the founder of the RAVEN Method Close Quarter Defensive Tactics System.

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The Knight’s Way By Guy Edward Larke

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or “Welcome back.” Last time I shared a story of a friend and how he found his niche in Korea.

This issue is a very different topic. If you pursue long term employment here or go on a temple stay, housing will most assuredly be included as part of the package. If not, the traditional hotel is a very expensive proposition and renting an apartment for a few weeks or a month is a wee bit more difficult than you think. What follows are cheaper and easier alternatives.

Home stay: In many ways home stays are nice. You basically rent a room in someone’s house, often a family’s apartment. The upside is you are never alone and may get to try authentic Korean cuisine and if you’re lucky, see a bit of the country with your hosts.

The downside is it can be expensive. Also, if you’re with a family, you may be expected to give free English conversation lessons.

That can tend to be annoying. Lastly, you have to live according to their rules, for example curfew and menu.

Youth hostel: The most popular of choices in the biggest cities in Korea are youth hostels.

There is no need to explain what one is. They are the same in every country. The staff is usually multilingual and getting tourist information is plentiful. But privacy is expensive and for me, the shared accommodations are a bit too cramped. For couples or families, private rooms are far more recommended. While facilities are clean enough, they are far from upscale, but youth hostels are still a bargain, depending where you go.

Guy Edward Larke sabumnim has dedicated his life from a young age to the pursuit of the martial arts, Asian culture and hopology. It led him to Korea in 2000 and has lived there since then. He lives in Seongnam city with his wife Gi-Ryung and son Alexander. He holds black belts in Taekwondo, Hapkido, Taekkyon, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Korean kickboxing, Karate-do, Wushu, Cheonji-muye-do, and Hosin-sul. Currently he teaches Taekwondo, Karate and Cheonji-muye-do full time in addition to writing for various magazines and running Kisa-Do Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at kisa_do_muye@ yahoo.ca.

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“Love hotels”: Everywhere you look are five to seven-story buildings with curtain covered entrances and exits. Welcome to Korea’s love hotels! You rent by the hour, or you can get an overnight rate if you check in after dinner.

Depending on the city and the area, prices vary dramatically. The bad: it’s not really that comfortable unless you have a thick skin. With all the young couples and adulterous businessmen going in and out it is a bit disconcerting. Also there are small business cards everywhere for advertising. Another problem is you need to check out usually by the late morning. On the plus side, they are kept impeccably clean and are usually fairly comfortable as far as the furnishings and bathrooms.

Korean saunas (jim jil bang): A very popular and inexpensive way to spend a night or two are at Korean saunas. They are 24 hours and have a separate bath house where you can bathe or shower then a very large co-ed room (with free leisure wear resembling odd pajamas). There are community TVs and usually mixes of all ages staying there. In addition, you can enjoy smaller rooms of various temperatures ranging from an almost roasting down to

Links of interest: much cooler variants. The negatives you might ask? No privacy (a big thing in my opinion).

It can also get very noisy. No one moderates behavior so things could, although rarely, get out of hand.

In the dojang: Perhaps the cheapest and the best way to build relations with the group you’re training with is to bunk at one of their dojangs. Usually most schools have a kitchen and obviously have bathrooms, so after classes you have technically a large living room or bedroom. Especially during hwaesik events with adults and vacation parties with students, the dojang becomes a kind of campground. If you don’t mind sleeping on the floor, sharing space and chipping in on food, drinks and beverages; it’s a great way to go. However, if you sleep there by yourself, it can be a wee bit uncomfortable.

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For those of us who can think back a few decades, 1990 had one singular amazing action movie, The Perfect Weapon. It showcased a new actor, Jeff Speakman, and a frightening fast and efficient martial art called Kenpo. It sent me and thousands of others flocking to the nearest Kenpo school to learn the blinding, balletic open-handed American art.

One of the best parts of being a writer is being able to connect with those who you followed over the years. Upon connecting with Master Speakman, I am pleased to say, unlike his movie personas, he is far from the angry anti-hero. He is extremely friendly and very open.

TKD Times: Thank you very much for your time, Master Speakman. Could you start by defining Kenpo for our readers?

Speakman: Kenpo was originally a Chinese art that migrated to Japan about 1200 hundred years ago with the tea trade. Through many hundreds of years, it worked its way to Hawaii through a family named Mitose.

It was in the Hawaiian Islands that Ed Parker, a Hawaiian, started to study Kenpo. Then in 1954, he brought it to the mainland and opened the first commercial Karate school and attracted people such as Bruce Lee and Elvis Presley and many other celebrities. By and large he became known as the Father of American Karate, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how Kenpo got here.

But in terms of its application, it really is an art that is specifically and strictly designed for the realities of the street. If you use Kenpo for some kinds of sportâ&#x20AC;Śfor exampleâ&#x20AC;Ścage fightersâ&#x20AC;Śyouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to modify the art a lot to fit the rules of the game. But its nature is to be a martial art thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used on the street and designed to be a highly effective form of personal defense.

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Master Jeff Speakman

TKD Times: For some of us lifers, we definitely know who Ed Parker was, but for those who don’t, could you talk about his importance to the martial arts world?

Speakman: Yes, he started training in martial arts in Hawaii when he was just 16. He actually started in Judo first and become a student of William Chow, a partner of Mitose who was one of the first martial arts school owners in Hawaii. So that’s the art that he brought to the United States in 1954.

There he became important, not only because of whom he taught, but really he became important to us and the martial art world because of how he evolved and changed the art of Kenpo to fit the needs of today. As a result, it is a very easy system to learn and an easy system to teach because it’s based on the science and cause and effect relationships of physics. Ed Parker was the one who brought an American approach or sensibility to defense and impact techniques and brought cause and effect relationships into play. By doing that he made it much more effective. He brought only from the old world what was practical to today.

That’s how he became known as the Father of American Karate. Not just because he was one of the first guys. Really, martial arts have been here for far longer, going back to the Chinese working the first railroads. What made him stand apart were his contributions to blending Karate with the American way of thinking. Trying to break techniques down, analyze and test them. That’s really why the martial arts world holds such respect for him.

TKD Times: You began in Goju-Ryu Karate with Hanshi Lou Angel. How did you come to switch to Kenpo? How much does it still affect you to this day?

Speakman: Goju-Ryu is one of the styles referred to as a traditional style. It has its roots obviously

in Japan. So it maintains the same traditions and heritage year after year, decade after decade. There are a lot of great things about being in a traditional martial art. One is you always know what is coming next, what you’re doing, and how it’s going to work. That’s what Goju-Ryu is. Kenpo is exactly the opposite of that because it follows the steps of non-traditional martial arts. In going that route it finds its way in street application. Moving ahead to today, grappling and MMA concepts have been added to the art of Kenpo, not just as a side art.

That’s what Kenpo 5.0 is all about. There was a 4.0, 3.0, and a 2.0, all showing different evolutions of the art over the years. So it just made sense to call the current innovation Kenpo 5.0.

There was a gentleman named Lou Angel who brought Goju-Ryu to the USA. In 1963 he went to Japan and studied with Gochin Yameguchi and received his third-degree black belt there in Japan.

As a practitioner, you can appreciate how extraordinary that is. In the 1960s there were very few white guys there at all. Then to receive that kind of rank…was enormously powerful as you could then promote your own students to black belt.

He also knew Ed Parker back in America because back in those days there were only really four guys.

So when I got close to graduating from college in Missouri where I studied Goju-Ryu from Lou Angel, Mr. Angel said to me, if you want to make martial arts your life you should move and study with Ed Parker because he was the best in the world. I thought that was quite something. I sold my car to pay for the U-Haul to go to California to study Kenpo. All I had was a letter of recommendation from Lou Angel. So I met Ed Parker and I bowed to him as I handed him this letter.

He was so happy, because he hadn’t heard from Angel in so many years. Immediately he brought me in, brought me into his family, brought me into his house and started training at his school in Los Angeles. Eventually, a few years later, I became a personal student of his. The important thing

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It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen.

Especially in the Japanese systems, a black belt in one system wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to another dojo in the same style. Now I can say in retrospect how great Lou Angel was as a master because he was a big enough man and more worried about my personal development. It was good advertising for him. He could have sent me to San Francisco to be with Gochin Yamaguchi or something. But he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really bizarre.

Because he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t selfish, look how I have gained and how he has gained.

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TKD Times: Did training in a traditional style help or hinder learning a modern style?

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They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the sophistication or the variety of moves Kenpo does, but they have a back knuckle, a reverse punch and a back kick, but if you get in

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the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll break you in half. So imagine if you take the sensibilities of that kind of training and combine it with the fluid sophistication of Kenpo.

Your Kenpo would be power-based then. So I would have to say my influence was at least 30% Goju-Ryu. TKD Times: How did you end up being a protĂŠgĂŠ of the late GM Ed Parker?

Speakman: He sent me to start training at his West Los Angeles School in 1983. In 1985, by chance, I happened to be there when he was giving a seminar in Texas. After that he said he wanted me to stop going to the school and just go to his house with three other people. You say two words, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes sir.â&#x20AC;? So I went every Thursday with these three other people. That lasted for almost three and a half years. That was right about the time I got the job with Paramount Pictures to make The Perfect Weapon. So he was on the set with me and choreographed the fights with me. Put yourself in my position. You just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get better than that.

TKD Times: What spiritual attributes do you owe to the arts?

Speakman: It gave me the things in life I was lacking and in search of, such as structure, teaching me old world respect, discipline, responsibility, being held accountable for your actions if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trained or are not trained. When I left Goju- Ryu, I was a second-degree black belt at that time. During my journeys and my testing, I failed twice. Now in retrospect, I see failing as part of the test. Can you overcome your ego? Are you at home the next morning or are you at the dojo working out? As you can guess, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the guy in the gym at 9:01 am working harder. If I were to ask your readers a question it would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the opposite of success?â&#x20AC;? They would probably say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Failure.â&#x20AC;? I would say â&#x20AC;&#x153;No. The opposite of success is apathy.â&#x20AC;? This is

From the movie set of The Perfect Weapon for Paramount featuring Sr. Grandmaster Ed Parker and Toro Tanaka.

just about money. It isn’t for me or any of my schools. Obviously there are others like us who tow the line as well. There has been a commercialization of the martial arts that has really given us a black eye.

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Grandmaster Sung Duk Son Guardian of Tradition

By Master Doug Cook The first time I heard the name Sung Korea by Japanese imperialist forces, the Duk Son was from a fellow student future grandmaster undoubtedly faced whose father had long ago trained the same hardships many of his in what he referred to as “trafellow citizens were forced to ditional” or “old-style” Tae endure. Beginning his long Kwon Do. When he spoke career in the martial arts of this connection, it as a champion boxer, was almost in a whisSung Duk Son evenper, revealing a nearly tually found his way mystical reverence. to the famed Chung Since then, for me, Do Kwan where the name Sung Duk he began studying Son has become under the tutelage synonymous with of Grandmaster the founding of Won Kuk Lee. Tae Kwon Do and Purportedly the first the tireless promoto use the term Tang tion of a classic Soo Do for the style style coupled with he taught, Lee had a rich heritage that traveled throughout is quickly becoming Asia studying the phiall too rare in a world losophy and technical where combat sport principles of the Chinese seems to nullify martial art. and Okinawan martial arts.

Grandmaster Sung Sadly, On March 29, 2011, Duk Son Accordingly, in establishing the Grandmaster Son, ninth-dan, Chung Do Kwan or the Institute a true guardian of tradition and one of the Blue Wave on September 15, of the last surviving pioneers of Tae Kwon 1944—a system that emphasized speed, Do, passed away at the age of 88. Yet, in power and extreme focus—his aim was the wake of a life that has inspired many to to present a martial system featuring solid greatness, remains an ocean of determinabasics supported by an educated teaching tion, celebrity and accomplishment. approach of which Sung Duk Son became a Born on June 17, 1922, during the Year prime recipient. of the Black Water Dog, in an era that Turmoil ruled the Korean populace coincided with the brutal occupation of through the transition period from a

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Japanese prefecture to an independent state. Turning inward for local support, the National Police appealed to the Chung Do Kwan for assistance in quelling civil violence. The Chung Do Kwan, because of the mutual aid it provided law enforcement, quickly earned the title of the National Police Dojang. During his time there, Son taught martial arts at the Seoul Police Academy to the Korean Signal Corp and the U.S. Eighth Army.

By 1950, Won Kuk Lee, advancing in age and having survived several political assaults at the hands of the new government, found it difficult to maintain the long hours required to effectively train his students. Subsequently, in 1951, Son Duk Sung, being a senior member and by then a fourth-dan master instructor, became the second kwanjang of the Chung Do Kwan following his teacher’s retirement and ultimate departure.

Today, Tae Kwon Do is largely accepted as one of the fastest growing, well-recognized martial arts in the world. Yet this was not always the case. During the mid 1940s, in what is referred to as the Disorder Period, terms such as Tang Soo Do, Kong Soo Do and Kwon Bop predominated. By the mid 1950s a desire to join these disparate native disciplines into a single, unified entity materialized. Since logic dictated that a common name was required to reflect this unity, on April 11, 1955, Son Duk Sung sat with General Choi Hong Hi and nine others in a conference of diverse personalities that would grudgingly give form and substance to a standardized, Korean martial art. On that pivotal day, the term Tae Kwon Do was first suggested. Even though 56 years later this momentous event continues to be shrouded in controversy, most historians agree that it was Choi Hong Hi who first coined the phrase that partially paid tribute to the indigenous Korean discipline of Taekkyon. Yet, over the years, both Won Kuk Lee and Sung Duk Son laid claim to this distinction. Also in attendance on that historic occasion were Hwa Chung Yoo, Gen. Hyung Ku Lee, Kyung Kyu Cho, Chung Dae Chun, Chang Won Han, Kyung Rok Chang, Soon Ho Hong, Kwang Rae Ko and Jong Myung Hyun. Some were martial artists, while others were financiers, politicians and military men.

In 1963, Sung Duk Son immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City.

Once there, he established the Tae Han Karate Association that would later evolve into the World Tae Kwon Do Association and gave frequent demonstrations appearing at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and on local television shows. With his headquarters school located in downtown Manhattan, Grandmaster Son went on to teach at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Cornell, Fordham, Rutgers and New York University. His reputation preceding him, Son enjoyed the title of Head Master of Tae Kwon Do at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in 1965, was appointed to the same position at Princeton and Brown University. During this period, in recognition of his many accomplishments, Grandmaster Son was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Chung Hee Park of Korea.

Sung Duk Son’s contributions to the global Tae Kwon Do community were far ranging.

As president of the World Tae Kwon Do Association, whose mantra, similar to that of the

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Chung Do Kwan, is speed, power, focus, balance and control, he personally officiated at regional black belt tests held here and abroad. In addition, his busy schedule was compounded by daily teaching. Moreover, not content to simply address the physical aspects of the art, Son left a literary trail with the publication of Korean Karate: The Art of Tae Kwon Do in 1968, followed fifteen years later by Black Belt Korean Karate. Both texts are considered vital reference materials to this day.

When one pays tribute to a man who has cast such an exceedingly long shadow of influence on Tae Kwon Do, it is difficult not to include testimonials and tales of honor colored by accomplishment and determination. Sixth-dan black belt Robert Heckmann, a student of Grandmaster Son’s for decades, told me, “There has never been a man so dedicated, every minute of every day, to the art of Tae Kwon Do. I was lucky. I just did what he wanted, no questions asked…ever. Thirty-five years later, now I see why.”

Likewise, Master Robert Adams, a student of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy, who had trained with Grandmaster Son for two years beginning in 1967, shared his impressions when he stated, “Kwanjangnim did not speak much, and when he did it was in short sentences as his English was not very good, at least at that time. The one thing I can remember him repeating relentlessly was ‘Must do better.’ We used to laugh about it because it was always expected. He in turn would laugh and imitate what you did, then get serious and say, ‘Must do better’ while demonstrating what he wanted. It was a very effective teaching tool.”

Lastly, United States Taekwondo Association sixth-dan, Master Samuel Mizrahi, who handled many of Sung Duk Son’s real estate matters over the years, was almost beyond words at the grandmaster’s passing. After returning from a memorial service held in Newport, Rhode Island, he mirrored the emotions of many when he said, “A truly great martial artist of unmatched caliber is gone.”

In the pages of his book Black Belt Korean Karate it is written that, “The most essential characteristic for progress in Tae Kwon Do is persistence.

There is nothing in this world which GM Sung Duk Son teaching class.

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can take its place. This is as true in Tae Kwon Do as it is in life in general.” It is obvious that Grandmaster Son stood by his words.

Somewhere in the depths of New York City’s Central Park, is a tree whose base is polished smooth by the constant impact of Sung Duk Son’s sneakered foot. It is said that after jogging along serpentine paths, he would complete his conditioning by repeatedly striking the tree on an almost daily basis with round kicks. Perhaps another will replace him in maintaining this practice; one who has been imbued with the merits of the martial arts so freely given by Sung Duk Son, a guardian of traditional Tae Kwon Do and a true pioneer of the art. To whatever energy governs us, bless him.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Master Doug Cook, a sixth-dan black belt, is head instructor of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy located in Warwick, New York, a senior student of Grandmaster Richard Chun, and author of three best-selling books entitled: Taekwondo…Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Warrior, Traditional Taekwondo - Core Techniques, History and Philosophy, and Taekwondo–A Path to Excellence, focusing on the rewards and virtues of tae kwon do, all published by YMAA of Boston. Master Cook and Grandmaster Chun have just completed a new book on Koryo poomsae targeted for publication in 2013. He can be reached for lectures, workshops or questions at www.chosuntkd.com or info@chosuntkd.com.

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The final installment of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Train â&#x20AC;&#x153; Train Your Equipmentâ&#x20AC;? will take a look at the focus mitt, something very familiar to striking arts. Clearly, focus is a key ingredient to any successful kick, punch, or block. The best technique thrown with great power, perfect form, lightning reaction and tremendous speed is absolutely useless if it fails to hit the mark. Missing your target has two negative effects: your opponent remains uninjured; and you will likely find yourself out of position, vulnerable to a counter, where your attacker can inflict their own damage. For striking arts like Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, and Shotokan, good focus is non-negotiable in that the effectiveness of every technique depends upon it.

While target practice has been a part of all combat since the dawn of man, focus mitts were initially employed as a manufactured piece of equipment for early boxers. There is not much to the actual mitt. Most have a target face of approximately eight to ten inches square, with an opening like a glove on the back side for holders. Surfaces vary from soft to very hard and the majority of them have rounded edges to prevent injury. Construction is generally vinyl or leather, or a mixture of both. Some schools on a low budget (do martial arts schools ever have any other kind of budget?), occasionally opt for the homemade version of this equipment. For example, using an empty large detergent bottle can work, provided some type of padding is affixed to the target area; otherwise, injuries could result from the hard plastic and firm corners. Regardless of what is used, the case for practicing focus could not be stronger, especially for striking arts.

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Almost every martial art system incorporates some type of student-to-student sparring or moving combat. One of the best drills for focused sparring, in particular for beginning students, is fighting against an opponent using focus mitts. The object is for one of the students to present moving targets in the form of focus mitts at varying angles, and perhaps to occasionally strike with the mitts in a controlled fashion. This is a departure from traditional sparring because one fighter exclusively attacks, while the other is simply a mobile heavy bag, except with a much smaller striking area. This drill is extremely aerobic for the attacker, and it (Photos 1-5) Example of sparring the focus mitts.

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provides for a different type of precision training— a moving target. The fact is that most targets in a self-defense situation are not going to be static; instead, the opponent will do everything to avoid being stationary. Sparring with mitts will force the fighter to kick and punch against an elusive object, thus creating much more effective techniques for competition and in the street. Additionally, using focus mitts is a much safer way to introduce sparring to beginners or less aggressive students while helping them to learn the same movements needed to square-off against a live opponent.

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“forcing students to deal with the unpredictability of the real attacks” Instructors may conduct the drill in the same way free-sparring is employed during a typical class. Rounds should be two to three minutes with each one focusing on a different technique.

For instance, round one could be just hands, round two kicks, and round three, a mix of both.

This progression, while only three rounds, will be extremely taxing on students, especially for firsttimers.

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All instructors struggle with the difficulty of duplicating the randomness of the street when training specific self-defense scenarios. Perhaps the number one challenge is forcing students to deal with the unpredictability of the real attacks.

It comes down to controlling the human instinct of “Fight or Flight.” Like anything scary, the key is to gain exposure to similar situations in order to understand the unknown and take the fear away.

To fill the bill, instructors can utilize focus mitts in a self-defense drill that allows students to experience the panic of an attack and learn how to deal with the circumstances, without suffering the injuries along the way.

Have two students pair up about one foot apart, similar to a standard one-step sparring drill. The attacker should be armed with a focus mitt and a padded bat. The defender will be positioned with his or her back to the attacker. On the instructor’s command, the defender will turn quickly while the attacker proceeds to strike and at the same time pose the focus mitt in a likely target area for the defender to counter. The object of the drill is to simulate a counter-strike immediately following an attack. The key is to have the focus mitt ready at the same time the padded bat makes contact with the defender. This forces the defender to make a decision and not hesitate, or they risk a taekwondotimes.com / September 2011

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second strike. The mitt can be placed at any height and at any angle creating an excellent challenge for the defender to think quickly and return fire while facing the unpredictability of the attack. The specific technique thrown by the defender is not important, provided it is effective and on target.

True self-defense is never calculated; instead, survivability depends upon reaction and response to the openings provided by the attacker. This drill will help train students to slow the situation down enough to see those openings and take advantage of them with solid, proven technique.

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In the world of ground fighting, striking arts have proven their worth in what Mixed Martial Arts fans refer to as “Ground and Pound.” Blasting a downed opponent from the mounted position has proven to be one of the most effective fightending strategies in the UFC, according to many of the competitors. There are a number of specific drills that can help train this scenario, including one that incorporates focus mitts.

The drill begins by placing one student on their back with a focus mitt in each hand, ready to fight from the guard position. The second student assumes the top position in the guard of the first. The top fighter begins by posturing up to create distance while the bottom fighter places the focus mitts beside (but away) from his or her head. This will provide a safe target for the student throwing the strikes. At this point, the fighter on top will begin to rain down punches and elbows to simulate attacking the head of the downed opponent. Of course, the counter of the bottom fighter should be to secure the attacker’s head by grabbing around the neck and pulling it close, preventing the necessary striking distance. In the drill, this simply means that the bottom fighter can occasionally grab their opponent at the neck and draw them in to simulate the same defensive tactic. Once the top fighter is released, he or she can begin throwing strikes again to repeat the process.

Successful instructors and students understand that using equipment does not replace the need for solid teaching or training; it simply enhances the results. Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee is often credited with introducing padded sparring gear which revolutionized sparring in most schools and tournaments. The early masters, those we recognize as

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Master Stephen DiLeo is a fourthdegree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a first-degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. He is one of the chief instructors at the Altoona Academy of Tae Kwon-Do with over 30 years experience and has taught at numerous seminars and summer camps.

Mr. DiLeo is also a freelance writer and photographer. He may be contacted at sdileo2020@gmail.com.

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2. Top fighter postures up to create space.

3. Top fighter strikes one of the focus mitts with an elbow to simulate striking the downed opponent’s face.

4. Top fighter then strikes the opposite mitt with a punch.

5. The bottom fighter again places the top fighter in a closed guard while drawing his head close.

6. Top fighter again postures up to create space and the drill begins again.

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Kim s Black Belt Academy Grandmaster Tae H. Kim 2230 Ogden Ave Aurora 60504 Ottawa Martial Arts Academy 500 State St Ottawa 61350 (815) 434-7576 Universal TKD Association 1207 W Main Peoria 61606 (309) 673-2000 US National TKD Federation 9956 W Grand Ave Franklin Park 60131 usntf.com

INDIANA

Level 10 Kung Fu Association www.ltkfa.com

MARYLAND

Master Je s World Martial Arts 6204 NW Barry Rd Kansas City 64154 (816) 741-1300

MASSACHUSETTS

Cane Masters Intl Association PO Box 7301 Incline Village 89452 canemasters.com

World Combat Arts Federation PO Box 763 Owings Mills 21117 (410) 262-2333

AAU Taekwondo Mr. Mike Friello (518) 372-6849 mfriello@aol.com

Myung Kim s Acupuncture 347 Massachusetts Ave Arlington 02474 (781) 643-3679

MICHIGAN

B.C. Yu Martial Arts 5204 Jackson Road Suites F & G Ann Arbor 48103 (734) 994-9595 BCYU.com D.S. Kim s TKD-Milford 125 Main St Ste 500 Milford 48381 (248) 529-3506 www.dskims.com Choi Kwang Do Trenton 3010 Van Horn Rd Suite A Trenton 48183 (734) 675-2464 International TKD Association PO Box 281 Grand Blanc 48480 (810) 232-6482 itatkd.com Korean National Tourism 2 Executive Dr. Fort Lee 07024 www.visitkorea.or.kr Universal American Natl TKD PO Box 249 Sturgis 49091 (574) 243-3450 uantu.org

KANSAS

World Martial Arts Association 37637 5 Mile Rd #348 Livonia 48154 (734) 536-1816

Ryu Kyu Imports 5005 Merrian Lane Merriam 66203 (913) 782-3920

American Midwest TKD Academy 315 W PaciÚc St Webster Grove 63119 (314) 968-9494

LOUISIANA

Choon Lee s Black Belt Academy 121 NE 72nd St Gladstone 64114 (816) 436-5909

Choon Lee s Academy of TKD 11453 W 64th St Shawnee Mission 66203 (913) 631-1414

MISSOURI

Han Do Group 4816 Jamestown Ave Baton Rouge 70808 (225) 924-2837 hanmudo.com

Kuk Sool Won of St. Peters #1 Sutters Mill Road St. Peters 63376 (636) 928-0035

NEVADA

East West Martial Art Supply 2301 E Sunset Rd Suite 22 Las Vegas 89119 (702) 260-4552 Wheatley Intl TaeKwon-Do 1790 W Fourth St Reno 89503 (775) 826-2355

NEW JERSEY

Cumberland County Martial Arts 531 N High St Millville 08332 (856) 327-2244 International Martial Arts 10 Main St Woodbridge 07095 888-IMATKD1 www.IMATKD.com Ki Yun Yi s Karate Institute 560 S Evergreen Ave Woodbury 08096 (609) 848-2333 MacKenzie s TaeKwon-Do & Hapkido 200 White Horse Road Voorhees, N.J. 08043 (856) 346-1111 GoldMedalFamilyKarate.com MacKenzie & Yates Martial Arts 302 White Horse Pike Atco, N.J. 08004 (856) 719-1411 MacKenzieandYatesMartialArts.com MacKenzie & Allebach TaeKwon-Do 1833 Route 70 East Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003 (856) 424-7070 GoldMedalFamilyKarate.com MacKenzie s TaeKwon-Do & Hapkido Institute.

7710 Maple Ave. Pennsauken , N.J. 08109 (856) 662-5551 GoldMedalFamilyKarate.com MacKenzie & Barnabie Martial Arts 1599-D Route 38 Lumberton, N.J. 08048 (609) 702-0666 MacKenzieandBarnabieKarate.com Richard Chun TaeKwonDo Center 87 Stonehurst Dr TenaÛy 07670 (201) 569-3260

Directory United States Taekwondo Association 87 Stonehurst Drive TenaÛy 07670 www.ustainfo.com

World Sin Moo Hapkido DoJuNim Ji, Han Jae/GM Ken MacKenzie Federation PO Box 262, Atco, N.J. 08004 WorldSinMooHapkidoFederation.com

NEW MEXICO

Grandmaster Hee Il Cho s TKD 8214 Montgomery Blvd NE Albuquerque 87110 (505) 292-4277

NEW YORK

OHIO

NKMAA-Ohio Master Doug Custer Nacient Oriental Fighting Arts 608 S Platt St, Montpelier 43543

OREGON

NKMAA-Oregon Master Kevin Janisse NW Korean Martial Arts 12083 SE Eagle Dr,Clackamas 97015

PENNSYLVANIA AWMA 9400 Ashton Rd. Philadelphia 19114 www.awma.com

Black Belt Fitness Center 54-10 31st Ave Woodside 11377 (718) 204-1777 idlokwan.org

ICF Hapkido 7252 Valley Ave Philadelphia 19128 (215) 483-5070

Dynamics World Martial Supply (800) 538-1995 dynamicsworld.com

Intl Tang Soo Do Federation 3955 Monroeville Blvd Monroeville 15146 (412) 373-8666

Intl Taekwon-Do Academy 54 Nagle Ave New York City 10034 (212) 942-9444 itakick@aol.com Iron Dragon Fitness & Self-Defense 88-8 Dunning Rd Middletown 10940 (845) 342-3413 New Age TKD &Hoshinkido Hapkido 2535 Pearsall Ave Bronx 10469 (347)228-8042 Pro Martial Arts (866) 574-0228 mauricepromartialarts.com Queens Taekwon-do Center 89-16 Roosevelt Ave Basement Jackson Heights 11372 (718) 639-6998 T aeCole TKD Fitness 909 Willis Ave Albertson 11507 (516) 739-7699 taecoleTKD.com

NORTH CAROLINA

NKMAA - North Carolina Master Monty Hendrix Essential Martial Arts, Inc (336) 282-3000 Lion s Den Martial Arts 413 N Durham Ave Creedmore 27522 (919) 528-6291 sajado.org World TaeKwonDo Center 112 Kilmayne Dr Cary 27511 (919) 469-6088

Mark Cashatt s TKD School 30 West Broad St Souderton 18964 (215) 721-1839 Master Kovaleski s Tang Soo Karate USA 802 Main St. Dickson City, 18519 570-307-KICK tangsookarateusa.com Pan-Am Tang Soo Do Federation 1450 Mt Rose Ave York 17403 (717) 848-5566 Red Tiger TaeKwonDo-USTC 1912 Welsh Rd Philadelphia 19115 (215) 969-9962 red-tiger.com Tactical Hapkido Alliance 4006 Main Street Erie 16511 www.tacticalhapkido.com 814-504-8043 The Martial Artist 9 Franklin Blvd Philadelphia 19154 (800) 726-0438 World Tang Soo Do Association 709 Oregon Ave Philadelphia 19146 (215) 468-2121

SOUTH DAKOTA Tiger Rock www.tigerrockonline.com 1-8000-489-510

TENNESSEE

World Black Belt Bureau Grandmaster Kang Rhee Cordova (Memphis) 38088 (901) 757-5000 worldbbb.com

TEXAS

Alakoji Knife & Martial Art Supply San A 302 W Madison Ave Harlingen 78550 (956) 440-8382 Central Texas TKD Council Master Danny Passmore (254) 662-3229 Champion Training 522 W Harwood Rd Hurst 76054 (817) 605-1555 Jun Tong Mu Sool Korean MA Group 1534 Sugar Bush Trail Allen 75002 jtmshapkido@gmail.com Kim s Academy of TaeKwonDo 4447 Thousand Oaks Dr San Antonio 78233 (210) 653-2700 Kuk Sool Won of Austin 13376 Reserach Blvd #605 Austin 78750 (512) 258-7373 Kuk Sool Won of Baytown 805 Maplewood Baytown 77520 (281) 428-4930 Kuk Sool Won of Clear Lake 15230 Hwy 3, Webster, 77598 (281) 486-5425 Progressive Martial Arts 112 E Sam Rayburn Dr Bonham 75418 (903) 583-6160

World Martial Arts Group Dr. Jerry Beasley Christiansburg 24068 aikia.net

WASHINGTON Robert Ott Martial Arts 9235 Piperhill Dr SE Olympia 98513 (360) 888-0474 Sim s TaeKwonDo USA 9460 Rainier Ave S Seattle 98118 (206) 725-4191

WISCONSIN

American Martial Arts Center 2711 Allen Blvd Suite 82 Middleton 53562 (808) 831-5967 amac-tkd.com J.K. Lee Black Belt Academy 12645 W Lisbon Rd BrookÚeld 53005 (262) 783-5131

CANADA

NKMAA- Headquarters Master Rudy Timmerman 1398 Airport Rd,Sault Ste. Marie, P6A 1M4 705-575-4854

ALBERTA COM-DO Direct (780) 460-7765 comdo.com

First Canada Tang Soo Do 209 3400 14th St NW Calgary T2K 1H9 (403) 284-BBKI Master s Secret The Collapsable Board Holder Emdmonton www.master-secret.com

QUEBEC

World Kuk Sool Won 20275 FM 2920 Tomball 77375 (281) 255-2550

VERMONT

Stadion Enterprises Island Pond 05846 (802) 723-6175 stadion.com

VIRGINIA

USA Tiger Martial Arts 48 Plaza Drive Manakin Sabot 23103 (804) 741-7400 World Famous USA Tiger Martial 3941 Deep Rock Rd Richmond 23233 (804) 741-7400

Intl Bum Moo HKD-Hoshinkido 111 Laurentides Blvd Pont-Viau Montreal Laval H7G-2T2 (450) 662-9987

NKMAA- Ontario Master Dusty Miner Sidekicks School of MA 2421 New St, Burlington

GERMANY

World Martial Arts League Klaus Schuhmacher Rhoenstr 55 Offenbach 63971 wmal@mail.com

ITALY

W.O.M.A. Int l C.P. # 59 Conegliano Tv 31015 Womainternational.Com

INDIA

Martial Arts Academy of India 30 GF DDA Flads, Sarvapriva, Vihar, New Delhi 110016 Tel: (011) 686-1625 Martial Arts Training Gulmohar Sports Center New Delhi 110049 Tel: 9111-467-1540

PAKISTAN

ZulÚ TKD Academy of Pakistan II-B 10/2 Nazimabad Karachi Tel: 9221-660-5788

SOUTH KOREA

Korean MA Instructors Association SongSanRi 661, BonJi JonNam JangSongKun JangSongUb Chollanamdo Kmaia.org

UNITED KINGDOM

Great Britain Tang Soo Do Headquarters for Europe TSD Tel: 01234-766-468 NKMAA – United Kingdom Master Zachary Woon Wune Tang Academy Tang Soo Do 07733008207 wunetang.academy@ntlworld.com wunetangacademy.com

ONTARIO

Korean Mantis Fist Kung Fu Int l Association 76 Doulton Street London N5W 2 P7 www.koreanmantisÚst.com mantismike@start.ca Kuk Sool Won of Sault Ste. Marie 40 White Oak Dr E Sault Ste. Marie P6B 4J8 (705) 253-4220

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The Last Word

By C.M. Griffin

C. M. Griffin holds black belts in several martial arts. He is involved in many facets of the performing arts from stunt coordinator to director. He has written, produced and directed projects for television and for corporations. He owns and operates his own Hwa Rang Do school in Ohio.

Check this out: Have you ever been involved in a car accident? Notice how you can still relive that event, as clearly now as when it first happened. Have you ever been robbed or attacked?

Years after the physical damage has long healed you can still relive the event. Experts say that these events have been “imprinted” on your brain.

Traumatic events and situations have a way of lasting in your memory, burning into you. Some would say that this imprint is a way the mind warns you so the event is not repeated.

A friend of mine was in a car accident some 15 years ago. He was at a stop light when the light changed green, he pulled out, but another car decided to ignore the light and ran straight into him. The car was totaled, the other driver was charged with drunk driving and my buddy spent a week in the hospital. To this day he is still cautious about crossing traffic when at intersections.

That event left an imprint on his psyche.

Remember when you were in the first grade, throwing around a ball you brought to school?

The teacher left the area for awhile and some fifth graders pushed you down, took your ball and made you leave the playground. They warned you not to tell the teacher or they would beat you up after school! You still clearly remember that event.

As a sophomore in high school you approached that special young lady and asked if she wanted to go to the school dance or to a local concert with you. Unfortunately, she was with her friends and you still clearly remember that look on her face and all those girls laughing at you as you slumped away, your dignity dragging behind you. You relive that event even though its 20 years later and you’re happily married.

That event left an imprint on your psyche.

Now, imprints are not all from bad or traumatic events. Do you remember your first romantic kiss on your first date? How about the first time your martial arts master handed you your new belt for passing your promotion test? Better yet, do you remember when you first received your black belt? These events are clearly imprinted on you as well. These events are not traumatic; they are happy, cheerful

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situations.

We as martial artists should always find the positive in our classes and make good imprints on your students. That doesn’t mean the classes should be all kittens and rainbows. We should acknowledge there are bad, negative things in the world, but we are teaching techniques to overcome them.

My teacher, Kuksa Nim Yum Ki Nam, had a chok do (bamboo sword also called a shinai) that he called “medicine”. Whenever we didn’t kick fast enough or executed weak techniques, Kuksa Nim said we needed medicine. He hit a few of us, me quite often! The sound it made was far worse than anything—he absolutely never hurt us, but the point was made. We worked harder. He still carries medicine with him today! The imprint was made and it is remembered with a lot of humor and positive emotion.

Kuksa Nim was not a “happy, happy, joy, joy, clap, smile, kittens and purple unicorns” type of instructor. We were learning a martial art, but he did it in a positive way and made good imprints on us. We love and honor him for this.

Our students need the same; they need the balance in their lives. They are going to have negative and bad events. But through us, they should have good, humorous and positive imprints that will last forever. Maybe, hmmm, maybe we get some medicine!