No 3 - 2013
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Editorial
From the contents of this issue Editorial WonHwaDo is… Summer camp WonHwaDo Slovakia WonHwaDo Training London Charity Budo workshop Security Tips from a specialist A truly multi-gender form of martial arts Wishes
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Dear readers,
With the present issue 03/2013 we move on to become a forum that provides information about WonHwaDo and the work in the various Dojangs, also 5 allowing for the exchange of knowledge and experiences. 6 In each issue we are trying to deal with various themes. These are 7 event reviews, knowledge about health, travel stories, background 8 information on the philosophy of WonHwaDo maybe also nutritional tips and cooking recipes. 9
We are not professionals in the design of the journal and we are trying to improve our knowledge. Therefore we ask all of you – send us your suggestions, contributions and also criticism. The more contributions to come, the more exciting and interesting our magazine can be. It is also conceivable themes from literature, art, music – in short everything seems important to you. Also picture reviews and self-defense technique series possible.
Cover Picture Events of European WonHwaDo Some have already reported about their activities and personal experiences. Publisher European WonHwaDo Magazine c/o Lutz Winter Am Eichwinkel 30 04279 Leipzig - Germany Phone: +49-(0)177 8385393 Fax: 03222 245 491 3 E-mail: Lutz@wohwado.de
Thank you very much! Enjoy reading. Editor in Chief Lutz Winter, Germany
Editor in Chief Lutz Winter
Posts Miran Petermann, Štefan Kubaloš, Hyojoo Song, Lutz Winter
Digital Prepress Lutz Winter
The information published in the individual contributions of the authors agree not always in agreement with the views of the editor or the publisher.
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WonHwaDo Slovenia WonHwaDo is like Dance, once you fall into it, You just can not stop doing it. WonHwaDo is harmony, never ending story, never ending combinations, limitless possibilities. WonHwaDo circle first feels a bit strange, but after you realize that this was what you always wanted. WonHwaDo is very soft and gentle but can be as hard and even brutal on the other side. WonHwaDo is Life. WonHwaDo is Love. Get Life, Get Love - Join Us.
words & picture: Miran Petermann, Slovenia
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the end of the Summer Camp there was a traditionally held WonHwaDo Festival (cultural program full of humor) and technical examination with belt promotion. A new trait of this year's Summer Camp was the possibility of early 10 km running with Master Attila Csunyocska every morning as well as the special prize for exemplary participation in the Camp won by Peter Kuriak from Žilina a Lukáš Baraniy from Liptovský Mikuláš. It is also worth mentioning that two Master degrees belts "JEONG HWA" were given to Master Marek Ďurana (Slovakia) and Master Jaro Šatkevič (Lithu ania). Congratulations! The Summer camp of 2013 thus became the part of honorable history of Slovak WonHwaDo and I believe it gave a lot to many of its participants. And we are looking forward and from our
Summer camp WonHwaDo Slovakia As our WonHwaDo Head-Master Jan Dzuriš had asked me, I’m sending you heartful greetings together with this short article about the WonHwaDo Summer camp 2013. This year’s WonHwaDo Summer Camp took place from 10.08. to 16.08.2013 at the National WonHwaDo Centre in Žilina. It was attended by more than 30 trainees and WonHwaDo friends from various places all over Slovakia as well as from abroad. Slovak participants came from cities of Žilina, Martin, Banská Bystrica and Liptovský Mikuláš. From abroad our friends from Lithuania led by instructor Jaro Šatkeviča came to support the success of the Camp.
hearts invite you to the next year’s Summer camp 2014. Thank you for reading these lines and I hope to successfully meeting you next year.
Altogether there were 7 WonHwaDo members from Lithuania. The Summer camp 2013 program was made up of everyday training but also regular WonHwaDo morning exercise, lectures on the history and Etiquette of WonHwaDo, watching films in the evening, common barbecue, trips to the surrounding countryside and visiting Terchová, what is beautiful village nearby, swimming at the town pool and other. At
Sincerely, Štefan Kubaloš (Jeong Hwa Hana level) words: Štefan Kubaloš, Slovakia picture: WonHwaDo Slovakia 4
pictures: Hyojoo Song, England
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traveled all the way from city Jena and Gotha for this course. Of course, the organizers would like to have desired a greater number of participants but as an Asian proverb says, "a drop of help is better than an ocean full of sympathy." True to this motto could be collected a donation in the amount of â‚Ź 415.00, which was transferred to the donation account of the city Grimma.
Charity Budo workshop At Saturday, the 17th August 2013, a special type of Budo workshop took place in Leipzig. Deeply moved by the coverage in the media about the flood in 2013 hosted the WonHwaDo Dojang Grimma in cooperation with the Kushanku-Kai Karate Club Leipzig, a charity Budo workshop for city Grimma. At the end of the charity Budo workshop the masters received still a little thank you, which actually turned out too small for the work of the masters. At this point, therefore, again a very special thanks to the masters who shared their knowledge mediated despite a long journey and own expense in the Martial Arts. Furthermore, many thanks to all participants and donors without the donation would not have happened and to all who have contributed to the success of this seminar.
For this first-class seminar deliberately traveled from Switzerland Master Bodo Muri 6 Dan Aikido and Oliver Matwin 3 Dan Atemi Combat System in from Berlin. In addition, Sandro Kaap and Steve Kleyer each 1 Dan taught Karate, Philip SchĂśppe Ju-Jitsu and Lutz Winter taught Korean martial art WonHwaDo. Despite holiday season and perfect swimming weather about 30 Budo athletes were about five hours on the mat and studying words: Lutz Winter, Germany these Martial Arts. Some of them even pictures: archive WonHwaDo Germany 6
Security Tips from a specialist Everybody should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life. In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation. Please share this with your wife, your children and everyone you know. After reading these crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about it. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in. The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do! If a robber ask for your wallet and/ or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM! Toss it away from you‌ Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/ or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet and/ or purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy‌ The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE! If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air
Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a
male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.) ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!) If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably in a zig 7
-zag pattern! As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a goodlooking, well-educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim. Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird.. The police told her 'Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door..' The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack. Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors! Please pass this on!
A truly multi-gender form of martial arts None of us, males included wish for females to lose Hi guys, their beautiful and delicate form in order to compensate for lack of strength found in muscular brick like For all the women out there who wish to learn a practi- bodies. cal form of self defence and dance that will not sacrifice your subtle beauty and feminitiy for masculine testote- Circular movement does not require alot of exertion, rone driven bulk. only continuity and fluidity. Thus women would not have to compensate by building Won Hwa Do has something very special in it's circular their bodies like Men in order to have an equal level of movement, something that can really distinguish itself power and force. amongst multitudes of martial arts these days that honestly are very devastating and beautiful but somehow That being said one must still put emphasis on the all too similar. importance of core strength, speed and flexibility. There many bodyweight excercises which will allow you Won Hwa Do is equally suitable for women as as it is for to build core strength without bulking up too much and men. If not more so as their bodies are flexible, soft and losing speed.
the general nature of their movements is more in tune with the peaceful nature of circular movements. In other martial arts, a female may reach a high level of technique and skill but will ultimately be hugely disadvantaged when facing a male of superior physique and equal skill. Straight attacks ultimately rely or force, speed and weight plus technique. The idea that a strong big man will defeat a strong small man, although exceptions are a given.
I will post videos soon on some of those bodyweight excercises. Cheers!
words & picture : Hyojoo Song, England
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