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INDICE: 02 - LOYALTY... SBN Ramón Navarro 04 - CINE DE ARTES MARCIALES Ong - Bak 05 - THE NORTHMAN MAESTRO J. Ricardo Félix 06 -TRADITIONAL CENTER OF MARTIAL ARTS MEXICO 07 - MARTIAL DEFENSE SBN Javier Acosta 08 -LEARN, TEACH and ENJOY JUDO PROF. Marcelo Ehrlich 10 - EL MATE Y EL KARATE KSN Renso Perez 12 - MY STORY SENSEI Matthew Brenner 15 - CHUCK LIDDELL "The Iceman" 16 AN EXPLORATION OF TANG SOO DO'S EIGHT KEY CONCEPTS: CHUNG JIK SBN Mary Cayte Reiland 18 - THE USE OF THE FIST UECHI RYU KARATE SENSEI Cecilia Salbuchi

21 - TANG SOO DO URUGUAY SBN Mario Segnini Fursa 26 - TANG SOO DO PANAMÁ SBN Carlos O. Urbina 30 - ENGOLO Freakie-Do 32 - MASTER CHAD BEHREND SMASTER Guy E. Larke 35 - PYUNG AHN HYUNGS II KSN Leonardo Vargas 38 - DOJO STORIES SENSEI Gerardo Balves 41 - GM JUN DACAYANA SMASTER Guy E. Larke 46 - UCHINA TE FUSION with CHUGOKU KENPO HANSHI Hectór Maroli 48 - TEUK GONG MOO SUL (p6) SMASTER Guy E. Larke 56 - CONGRESS WTTSDU MÉXICO KSN Cristian Ramírez 60 - MARTIAL ARTS and ME (Cap.8) PROFESSOR Carlos Damasco

is marginalized, that is, it does not belong to an organization than it can be said that it is adrift and if it is adrift, does it not mean that it is not a good school and does not teach well, but there are drawbacks such as the one that who teaches that teacher or guide of this school? It will be that the teacher will have to learn from videos and teach what this martial art offers and thus do not end up LOYALTY TO HIS MARTIAL ART mixing teachings from AS TO HIS TEACHER AND ENTITY other martial arts. There also be a trusted Sbn Ramón Navarro will person who will teach you about the rank to follow that teacher so Loyalty is the devotion of a person that you can formally obtain a rank or citizen to a state, ruler or leader, that is a registered rank with some community, person, cause or to organization and thus the students himself. not only learn what is due to their Loyalty is a principle that basically art and not lose the essence of that consists of never turning your back martial art. on a certain person or social group It can be a house or school that is that are united by bonds of friendship not registered with any organization, or by some social relationship, that but for this, that teacher must have a is, the fulfillment of honor and high enough rank so that, as I think, gratitude, loyalty is more attached to we all know that after the 4th or 5th the relationship in a group. Dan there is not much more to learn, There are functional family and only time to pass the rank and so that dysfunctional families. It is not head of house or school can gain new a subject that I bring to make rank and in this way he can, based judgement, but if it is known that a on loyalty to himself as well as to functional family like a dysfunctional; his martial art, raise the rank of his one can have its ups and downs and it students. is also known that a functional family That does not indicate that at higher is more certain to have a better union levels say at 6th or 7th Dan you and this can be called loyalty. The cannot learn any more, especially best thing in loyalty is not to deceive in HapKiDo which does not have its members, so they have a greater Hyungs, the word equivalent to Kata in Japanese martial arts or Korean union. In a martial art there must be a martial arts for example Tul or family behavior and it must be PoomSae also PalGue in martial arts functional one. If a martial art school that have forms.

There is loyalty to his students as to his teacher and to the organization to which he belongs and it is the teacher's teacher. This is by not fooling yourself by giving a new rank to a student who does not comply with the discipline, the required time and an example attitude to follow of the student before the people who participate or have to do with that school or house. This includes the martial community of your entity or organization of your martial community. Additionally, it must be seen that loyalty is reciprocal because in a family one has to be respectful of oneself and of others also it cannot be that a teacher wants the loyalty of his students but does not worry about complying with what he must provide to their students. This is like the respect one must give to receive. You must also motivate your students so that they keep the spirit of following the work to be done and thus continue advancing. This is a sensitive issue that and if adhered to, loyalty will make an organization grow and not dissipate in generations to come. Based on

how this attitude of respect and motivation is shown, it will make growth not only in the Academy but also in the development of growth and expansion of this organization that is based on loyalty. What a little word right? If loyalty is reciprocal, organization will grow more dynamically based on the motivation acquired from this activity which is to the liking of all the students and members not only from the teacher and not to say excellent. It is better to have students who have slow learning progress, and physical or coordination difficulties to execute certain movements and if that student is not suitable on doing the kicks with jumps and turns, he should also have the right and the duty to obtain a higher rank from where he is and not let him get stuck there. Are there children who misbehave, well, there are students who do whatever they want and don't follow guidelines such as not picking fights in the street or against members of other schools, be they or not from their own martial art so because you the guide have to talk to that student orientating him about it even asking him not to be that way since

why look for enemies? Even in the best families, it has happened that if a child does not live according to the rules, he can be disinherited or expelled from his family. Badmouthing other martial artists or other martial art schools is not an honorable thing to do. If you act that way you are not being loyal to the tradition of that great teacher who in a family can be the grandfather who taught that living a good life is earning respect, admiration and thus living a life in peace with friends who are its own organization even of other arts different from its own can coexist as what we are, human beings. I, Ramón Navarro, was a student at SabomNim Prospero Ellis (RIP) in Moo Duk Kwan TangSooDo from November 1974 until he left Panama in December 1976. He told me that in a year he would have to leave and I thought I would be left without a teacher, but in In October 1976 by chance, Grand Master Park, SongIL of Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo, arrived in Panama with whom I began to learn this beautiful Korean martial art of self-defense when I met him that January 1977 to date May 2022 that I am expanding this beautiful art of self-defense internationally

through the International Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo Federation with the endorsement of KwanjangNim Park SongIL who is not only the father of HapKiDo from Panama, he is the founder of this style the Song Moo Kwan of HapKiDo. SabomNim Ramón Navarro 6th Dan Black Belt as the technical director of the International Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo Federation comments ´we will support all the members that are part of this organization as student members as well as those who are chosen to represent us in their country if They work what they should. The organization of the Interantional Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo Federation through SabomNim Ramón Navarro will be offering another SBN NAVARRO Master Class seminar that will be free of charge and will also be in English. The invitation will be on Instagram: @hapkido.panama or @rana_hapkido_panama.

ONG BAK

The Muay Thai Warrior Martial Arts FILM

ONG BAK

The Muay Thai Warrior Ong-Bak is an action and martial arts movie that was released in 2003. It is directed by Prachya Pinkaew and stars Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol and Suchao Pongwilai. Ong Bak is a legendary statue of the Buddha found in the Nong Para-du temple in rural Thailand. The villagers believe that Ong Bak's magical powers protect them from all evil. A ruthless gangster steals the Buddha's head, leaving the town totally unprotected. Its inhabitants will look for a warrior to retrieve the Buddha and face the gangster gang, finding Ting, an orphan raised in the temple, and a student of Pra Kru, a kind monk, an expert in the ancient art of Muay Thai: "The Nine Body Weapons¨. I have known people and relatives who confuse Ong Bak with a film very similar to this one and starring the same actor who is Tony Jaa and well, that confusion is due to the fact that the plot is practically identical since in Ong Bak they steal the head of a Buddha and our hero must get it back at all costs and well in Thai Dragon the guy gets his two most precious elephants stolen from the ones he loves

as if they were part of his family so he won't mind kicking the shit out of the guy he's with the sole purpose of recovering them and well, both films are very remarkable works within the Thai action and martial arts cinema and I like both films a lot but I think Ong Bak is a little better, it is seen that he had a little more budget and quality than Thai Dragon and in itself it is more frenetic and more exciting than the other. Well, honestly, there isn't much to say about this movie because it doesn't give much to talk about, it's an action and martial arts movie with a very repetitive and simple plot but it's saved because the story is well told, it's exciting and those who enjoy the wafers, the kicks and good action choreography will find a memorable and remarkable film within the genre because I am almost sure that it will leave a good taste in their mouths and in the end they will end up loving it just as I love it me because it's a movie that I really love. On the other hand, the performances are correct, Tony Jaa stars in his first feature film and he does it in style, the guy is not that he has great charisma like Jet Li or Jackie Chan but in the action sequences he does quite well because the guy shows to have an unparalleled fighting style that draws powerful attention so that's why this movie is worth it because seeing Tony

Jaa in action is a real delight and well, apart from Tony Jaa, other secondary ones that stand out would be the character of Petchtai Wongkamlao who would also work with Tony Jaa in Thai Dragon although there he played the role of a policeman and here he plays a guy who loves to gamble and who lives in trouble since he is in debt and moreover they live with his niece scamming people for the sole purpose of easy money and if both guys manage to have a good chemistry on screen, it's funny, they are very funny and Petchtai Wongkamlao gives him a good humor pretty good to the movie that at no time does it feel bad. Finally, I would only have to say that the best thing about the film would be its good action sequences since for me they were phenomenal and there are a variety of well-filmed and wellchoreographed combats and fights, apart from the fact that they are brutal and violent, something that attracts a lot of attention as well that at least I am completely sure that it will delight the faithful followers of martial arts since they are enjoyable and it is what stands out most in the film, so if you want to see action from all four sides it would be an excellent recommendation since It is not only a great movie but it is also one of the most remarkable martial arts movies of recent times. In short, I found Ong Bak to be a very good movie, it's entertaining from start to finish and I'll be able to watch it countless times and I'd never get bored because it really is a great movie in all aspects. Curiously, a few years later, two more sequels would come out that were again starring Tony Jaa, which have nothing to do with this one and in themselves would not be worth seeing since they are quite weak on the bad side. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=nAYUv9wjV48

how and when. As the Viking theme has become popular on the various platforms, we already have a notion of the usual ingredients to use: oracles, Berserker rituals, Viking explorations and their ferocity as warriors.

THE NORTHMAN, VIKING HAMLET Maestro Jesús Ricardo Félix

CELLULOID If we had to explain what Hamlet is about, we would say that the play deals with the story of a prince of Denmark who, without having resolved the mourning for the loss of his father, realizes that he was murdered and that the culprit is not only his relative but also he has married the queen, his mother. This classic Shakespearean drama has been brought to the cinema by directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, played by actors such as Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, although it is said that the Russian version by Grigori Kozintsev has been one of the best achieved. I prefer the nineties version of Kenneth Branagh because it seems to be more faithful to the original text of the work. The truth is that taking a Shakespeare play to the cinema with everything and his poetry must be quite a feat. In Shakespeare the word subtracts prominence from the image, producers concerned about box office losses seek to add some action there, special effects there. But if you were told that the famous English playwright was inspired by a Norse legend about a prince named Amleth, it would give an unexpected twist to the story. That is why this week we will talk about our Viking Hamlet: The Northman. The Northman is a 2022 AmericanBritish production directed by Robert Eggers. Eggers is a fairly young director

who has films like The Witch and The Lighthouse under his resume, which can be classified in the horror or psychological horror genre. The protagonist of the story, Prince Amleth is played by Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård. In the role of Olga, Amleth's partner, Anya Taylor-Joy, an actress who made her debut in the film The Witch alongside Eggers, was chosen.

Definitely recommendable, Eggers was not given full control over the production of Viking Hamlet, he himself admits that he had no say in the final edition. Despite this, he enjoys the aesthetic quality of the final result, which is a mixture of action, with a lot of blood, with romance, with fantasy, but without becoming a special effects movie. He clarified that the public related to Viking stories will enjoy it much more and will remember movies like Conan the Barbarian, 13 warriors and even The Lion King with everything and his Scar.

The rest of the cast is made up of Nicole Kidman as the prince's mother, Ethan Hawke as the betrayed king, Claes Bang as Fjölnir the villainous uncle. Willem Dafoe plays the role of Heimir, a kind of visionary who accompanies the adventures of the Viking prince. Out there, hardly recognizable, Björk appears to us as a witch who predicts the future of Amleth. Within the cast that I think is very well balanced, more experienced figures such as Kidman and Dafoe stand out. As the play is inspired by Hamlet or Hamlet in Amleth the story is about revenge, death, madness. Robert Eggers enjoys a certain technical elegance but since it is a Viking story, blood cannot be missing, so we see a combination of high technical quality cinema with scenes of primitive Viking rituals. Just as in the Greek theater we already know what to expect, so in the case of Prince Amleth's revenge we have an idea beforehand where the story is going, even so it makes us curious about the

The Traditional Center Martial Arts It is born from the idea of not establishing a single system as unique and the study and teaching of the enormous variety of martial arts around the earth, the study, the practice, the history, the technique, the philosophy and above all the orderly opening are the fundamental bases of this construction, which begins to forge in 2012, with the interest of Sbn Javier Acosta and the full support of his Kjn Eduardo Martínez V. the latter a world legend of martial arts.

the Ksn Melba Valenzuela and Ksn Taira Aguirre, all of them with the freedom to seek and bring to this project the ideas and concepts of those that orbit the same but are in different tribunes, some years ago the CTAM has crossed borders and has teaching relations with various countries, as well as its first subsidiary school in Las Tunas Cuba directed by Ksn Alexei Pérez who is also part e fundamental part of the study of martial arts, we have teachers endorsed by the CTAM in Uruguay and Argentina for Kick Boxing and Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo, today Sbn Javier Acosta, participates as a technical advisor to different organizations around the world in terms of teaching for the physical disability, thanks to his career as a volunteer teacher at the Mexico telethon foundation, he also directs the El Camino Podcast editorial and to this day remains faithful to his great teacher Kjn Eduardo Marinez who is part of the promotion of the Taekwondo Hall Of Fame 2019 and holds the highest degree in Mexico, as well as a Dan Bon Directo from Kjn Hwang Kee.

members, it is tangible and grows solid every day. Today, together with Sbn Mario Segnini from Uruguay, the learning and massification of martial arts through technology is studied and practiced fraternally, he is the one who today travels the do accompanying Sbn Acosta and learning at the same time for his students, As you can see, the important thing is not to be a giant, it is to walk with giants... SBN Javier Acosta Serrano

Accompanied over the years by masters of Japanese Jujitsu, Wing Shun, Aikido, Karate, Tkd, Kick Boxing, Muay Thai and Tang Soo Do and having practiced some of them for long periods and others for short periods, the doubt ideas are generated, aligned and this study center is formed that today offers its students the various variables of the Moo Duk Kwan school, as well as Aikido, Self Defense, Kick Boxing and a hybrid similar to MMA, that directs and studies Ksn Donovan Aguirre, in the studies of The traditional martial arts center weapons Ksn Dr. Daniel Rodríguez is the greatest achievement of and in the organizational support Sbn Javier Acosta and each of its

MARTIAL DEFENSE

Agression o Security... SBN Javier Acosta

Martial defense, aggression or security… "Mom, a child hurt me!" Possible parent responses: 1.- Return the offense, with greater cruelty! 2.- I will talk to your parents! 3.- Let me offend you at last you are not that! 4.- Wait, I'm going to ask your grandmother, your aunts and my friends! 5.- That boy is wrong, if he doesn't physically attack you don't worry! 6.- You'll see this kid, I'm going to give him one! 7.- Turn the other cheek! From the outset, the first five can be used, it will depend on the environment in which the alleged aggressor and the alleged victim live, as well as factors such as fear, insecurities in the family, alcoholism, addictions, unresolved traumas in the parents, family violence , physical or verbal, and the mental capacity of each of those involved. Answer number six is common, more and more adults are seen arguing with minors, in turn, minors who make them feel adults, in my time there were, but they were seen as angry beasts, now they don't see them like that, now

they see them more like fathers of the country, sidewalk heroes, but you will have to analyze that, the last one is the one that for years they wanted to teach us with a failed ending, the one that only a motionless sick person would use or someone who does not have a feeling of pain, or I don't know who else, not me, no matter how hard the Master insisted on leaving that teaching, I don't see it healthy, not today, "violence is not fought with violence", says someone who understood the subject , analyzed and works day by day, violence is fought with peace, but turning the other cheek would mean repeating violence.

other cheek less, and divulging my affairs, not even thinking about it, it will be enough to play deaf, if the aggression is physical then: Complaint before the school or police authorities, depending on the seriousness of the matter, so you create a precedent, if you do not get help or a quick response to this and if it becomes a constant, you can demand the intervention of the campus management in the suspension of that child, directly, or exposing the fact to the rest of the school society without asking for anything other than good socialization and in an always respectful way; if you go physical, start self-defense classes and solve the mess with responsibility and measure, you will see that it does not happen again (only applies to safe children or children with months of training). Do not forget to report first, do not skip that step. It is how much. Extract from the Ephemeral Observer all rights reserved by the author: Francisco Javier Acosta Serrano

"You violated me once, give him another."

How? But the phrase leaves a lot to analyze, would you really say that? Or he just wanted to interpret that he didn't say anything and walked away from the violence, you have the last word. Which one would you use? What is your environment? What is the environment of the other? My mother used the five and I continue the tradition, that of investigating others is not my thing, turning the

LEARN, TEACH and ENJOY JUDO

Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich

Hello El Camino readers! In this third installment, we extend the point made in the previous note, about the way of learn, teach and enjoy Judo. We had seen that the work of Randori (Free Practice), Kata (Pre-established Forms) and Shiai (Competition) is recommended, supported by the training of the body and mind, emphasizing moral development, to achieve the best results, always thinking about the application of Judo to daily life and the welfare of society. Of course, not everyone understands it that way, or seeks this balance, or thinks of a contribution to the society in which we live. Everyone can take advantage of Judo in his own way, without expect others to do so. The Randori, as a development and study of combat or free practice, where the application of the techniques learned and repeated countless times on someone who is resist, I think it is the most complete. Where I'm up against another person, trying to also impose their throwing, dislocation, retention and strangulation techniques,

about me. The topic is so broad that we will only giveascreenshot, a small sample of what we can do, especially for people outside Judo. The objective is to develop attack tactics, dodges, defenses, counterattacks, blocks, within the rules of engagement in Judo. Here we are talking about a fight regulated by the operation of what can be done and what should not be done, always seeking not to harm the partner. Of course, if it is a training for the security and self-defense area, the mentality and limits will be

changed and adapted to that circumstance. very topic important that we will develop later. To study the techniques of Nage waza (Throws), Tori (The one who performs the action) develops in three stages: 1st. Kuzushi: Imbalance, seeking to alter the stable position of Uke (The one who receives the action). 2nd. Tsukuri: The entrance of the technique, or how I position my body in relation to the other's body. 3rd. Kake: The throw itself, throwing Uke and hitting him on the ground. This would be the ideal format of the movement, and it is divided in this way for its better study and fix, when there is something wrong on launch. The theory for the best application is "The best use of physical and mental energy" and "The least maximum performance effort. Over the years and increasing physical and competitive development, it is also seen as on occasion, the first step (Unbalance) is skipped, and only the other two are performed. But what always works is the “Imbalance, Entry, Release” format. In Randori, I must have control over my throw, in all three phases, always taking care of

Uke, I can make an explosive throw, strong and fast, with a crashing fall, but As long as you take care that his body falls under control, he will never get hurt. And at the same time that control on the fall of it, it will allow me to work in Ne waza (Ground Techniques). By the time I study throwing techniques, I have already been taught how to stand, how to move the tatami, to fall, to grab the other, etc. And I start with the Uchikomi (Repetition of techniques), with a Uke standing without moving, enter and go out countless times, improving coordination, speed, technique itself. Bilaterality is an important thing in Judo, I can perform the techniques from the left and the right. The Kumi kata (Forms of grip), is of the utmost importance to impose myself and initiate the l a u n c h i n g . The second stage of the Uchikomi is in movement, the same technique that I did with the partner standing in place, now we do it moving, forward, backward, turning, and always changing grips and making left and right tackles. So far I had a collaborator colleague, who let the launch in, to allow my improvement, at this stage. Now Tori will seek to enter

the technique, while Uke will only he defends himself, dodging, blocking, moving to avoid leaving a fixed target. then they will go changing roles, as in a role play, the one who attacked, now defends and vice versa, thus both train the different possibilities. Already in the Randori stage, properly speaking, both attack, defend, dodge, block, they move so as not to offer weaknesses, they continually change holds, they push, they bring, they spin… They fall and get up, fall and get up, without shame, without imposition of ego. There is not winners or losers, just continuous improvement. And they change companions and again Randori, and more Randori, it is part of the mental, physical and moral training. The Randori begins and ends with the greeting! It is said that Judo begins and ends with a Greetings, always respect in our hearts! The same thing happens in the Randori on the ground, where I try to apply the techniques of Osaekomi waza (Immobilization), Kansetsu waza (Dislocation) and Shime waza (Strangle). And the same will happen in the complete Randori (Judo foot-Judo

floor), throwing and taking advantage the fall, to continue looking for the imposition on the rival. And I will learn the different Kuzure (Variants) of each technique, similar but different, adapted to each situation, and I will learn (Renraku waza) combine and/or (Renzoku waza) chain my special technique with another followed (Either because Uke neutralized it or because it moved), I will use another technique, to cheat Uke and enter my special (Cheating is part of the combat strategy). I will start studying the Kaeshi waza (Kickbacks) for each technique, when I am attacked. Little by little I will be able to project the study of the Randori, the Shiai (Competition), if I am interested and is my intention! And I will learn the psychology of combat, strategy, tactics, methods, body language, handling of the conflict, etc. And I will realize that all that training and approach is absolutely applicable to me. Personal life. That is why the motto of JUDO SAKURA, "JUDO FOR LIFE". See you at the Dojo and in El Camino magazine! Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich.

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TRUE MEANING becomes more aware of a strong the BLACK BELT… urge: that of molding himself, becoming a better person, not only In European history, and especially possessing great combat ability, in English history, a man of great but also dignity and honor. (The courage and dignity, who excelled goal is to be better than yesterday, both on the battlefield and in not better than anyone else.) his social life, was awarded the Traditionally, these have always title of knight. This designation been the goals of a student of implied that his recipient Martial Arts. The black belt is a was a man of honor and also reward given to the current knight possessed great skill in combat. or modern samurai, who has In Japan, this type of man was sacrificed many hours disciplining called Samurai, being the object of great attention and respect. At that time, both England and Japan were feudal states in which the knights and samurai were pure products indispensable to the social conditions in which they lived, a situation that does not exist today. However, the desire to reach a high level in a Martial Art, in self-discipline and in self-defense, still persists. Currently, the man strives in a Martial Art, trying to reach the black belt, as a result of an apprenticeship to fight. However, as he progresses in his training, he

his mind and exhausting his body, in an attempt to achieve the maximum possible physical and mental development. The black belt is the symbol of an expert. Initially, the grading system was established as a series of levels by which a student could assess his progress, and the first black belt achieved is known as Shodan, the first degree, the initial step of those levels. Shodan means that the student has mastered the fundamentals of the Art, and is now ready to receive more advanced training; if he continues to practice, he will be eligible for other dans, indicative of his progress. (The principle of understanding). This scale of values has proven its effectiveness as a great student motivator, but it has also caused some problems. In the first place, there is a great disparity of criteria internationally. A universal degree system should already be standardized, and in the same way that one centimeter is equal to

another centimeter, one system of dans should be the same as another. It is also necessary to understand that this scale of values consists of examining human reactions, and due to the differences between each person, it is difficult to establish unique rules. Judo and Kendo have their international rules to evaluate, which is partly a product of their exclusively Japanese origin, and these rules have been born together with each of these Martial Arts. Karate, on the other hand, has several different schools, each of which has its own particular examination system. When Karate reached an international dimension, several countries welcomed different styles, each with its own rules, and this fact allowed unscrupulous individuals to create their own organizations, awarding black belts to unqualified

himself, but it degrades the quality of the entire Martial Art. In a serious club, you get a black belt with more than five years of constant and hard training every day, all week, and with competent instruction. Every karateka should know that the black belt is not a gift, but rather an objective and a symbol of making a great effort, within a grading system of the highest quality, from which the student and Karate in general benefit. This interpretation of the Danes should evoke a sense of pride in one who receives a Dan through rigorous training. The knights and samurai of old avoided any act that could tarnish students, who in turn they decided or call into question their honor. to open their own schools and hand out their own black belts. Do modern Sensei and black belts These same types of people also wish to have a different attitude than decided to promote themselves them, regarding their own honor? for financial gain. (McDojo) Are we really black belts in life? The end result is that many black Are you the same Shodan when belts set a bad example, also you don't have your belt on? producing a bad image of the Art of Karate. Many people think that just as new evaluations are produced in the international currency market, there should be centers where the black belt is re-evaluated, despite the fact that the list of candidates would go through the roof. The Public is not aware of the differences between the various grading systems, and people are often duped into clubs where the black belt is awarded after a short period of training, for obvious commercial purposes. This attitude is not only dangerous for the student

MY STORY

Sensei Matthew Brenner

Just like you, Martial Arts is my passion. And just like you, I was desperate to make my passion into an income. I was tired of hearing "oh you teach karate, that's cool, what else do you do?" I was tired of people not taking my profession seriously. Back in 2013, I opened up my first location. See karate is in my family. Coming from a family of 9, most of us have black belts, it's in our DNA at this point. Plus, my brother at the time already had a dozen locations, so I figured with my experience on the mat teaching, and his business backing, I would be successful right away. This wasn't the case. I worked my ASS off! I put flyers on every car only to be constantly yelled at. I ran google ads that didn't work. I begged local schools and daycares to let me teach there,

only to be shooed away with "send us an email with more info." I even knocked door to door to tell people about our karate program! (even on thanksgiving lol) But nothing was working. In my first year I made only $4,872 in personal income. I knew there were many successful martial art school owners, why couldn't I be one of them?! I was doing everything my brother suggested, but I couldn't get the school off the ground. It was embarrassing. I felt like my classes were good, I knew how to keep students, but getting new ones was seemingly impossible (and unpredictable in terms of when or where new students would come from). So I went ALL IN. I attended every industry seminar. You name the "guru" or company, I've been there. I didn’t miss a speaker, I took rigorous notes, and applied the concepts as quickly as possible. And they were helpful, but no one had better singular advice than this one guy I spoke to in the hallway of a Las Vegas hotel. He told me about how he did 5 day programs at local schools and it changed everything for him (I wish I could remember who it was so I could thank him). I begged him to sit there and explain to me step by step, with every detail, of what he did. I was more excited than a white belt about to achieve their next rank. All giddy, I got home and started setting up the programs. Fast forward 2 month later, I

did a single program at an “after school” center that netted me 27 new students in one day on FULL memberships (at the time, our tuition was $160mo). Holy F$%K. This changed everything. I did this over and over (with varying degrees of success). By year 3, my income went to $121,450. Holy crap. At 23 years old, it felt like I had made it. And compared to my peers, I did. But I wanted a lot more. I knew I could be better. Having a black belt on the mat and black belt in business were 2 totally different things. I wondered, what if I could do a similar program at local elementary schools that had WAY more kids. So I did, and our newest challenge wasn’t getting new students, but how to keep them happy. I felt on top of the world. I traveled all over the world: hiked the rainforests in Costa Rica, went

scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, examined ruins in Panama, explored the ancient history in Israel. I went all over. This is what true financial freedom looked like to me. I bought a $400K house (which was expensive at the time). By year 5, I was the one giving advice in between speakers at the industry events. The speakers were spewing the same crap they had told me 5 years earlier, and probably 5 years before that. The advice was repetitive and outdated, and very few people were actually impressive. All everyone talked about was gross- and no one talked about income. That’s like bragging about how many girl’s numbers you got. I realized that if I wanted to take my income to the next level, what worked in the past wasn’t going to work in the future. So I stopped going to martial arts industry events. Instead, I put myself in rooms where instead of being the big fish, I was the

minnow. And that’s where my real learning took place. I learned how to market not like other karate schools, but like other businesses that were much better / bigger than me. The avg karate school does about $12K month, we’re doing 70K consistently (with months as high as the 84K). Our avg household income in our area is $68,100, and we have 5 martial arts schools within 5 miles. There’s nothing special about me or my location. I just stopped listening to the old croaks who recycle the same information. I stopped relying on marketing agencies who are gonna run my facebook ads and social media and think that they have the golden nugget. They don’t. I’ve hired them in the past too! And it can work, but it usually fizzles out. Plus, if you can’t convert those leads into new students anyway, you’re wasting your money. So if you’ve read this far, and your school is doing less than 30K per month in revenue, I’m here to help. I’m here so you don’t fall into the same traps that I did. I’m here to help you EXPLODE your school. When I took over the strategy and marketing for Action Karate, we went from $30K gross being the gold standard, to $50K. Just by making simple strategy shifts that I’ll be sharing with you. Do I still have a lot to grow? Absolutely.

But the reason I made this Double Your Dojo is I’m tired of seeing “gurus” and the martial arts industry peddle the same information they did when people watched movies on VHS. Times have changed, and our marketing and student acquisition needs to change. Our employees on AVG make $63,377 and our average owner makes $211,400. So the point of doubling your dojo isn’t just to make more money, but it’s to pay your people more, give them health insurance and retirement matching, all while creating a lifestyle where you can go away WHENEVER you want and not feel like the school is going to burn to the ground while you're gone. I know some people reading this aren’t going to like me talking about this, because they make much less, but that’s okay. I’ve been there, and you can double your dojo too! You just need the right mentor and the right strategy, from someone

who has actually done it, not just talk about it. If you're reading this, and you want to double your dojo, or launch one from the ground up to make your passion into a career, you can email me matthew@ doubleyourdojo.com

CHUCK LIDDELL The Iceman

implement his usual plan of takedowns and takedowns, preferring instead to attack his opponent. Liddell finally unleashed a tremendous flurry on him, scoring a second round KO win. Later, at UFC 66, Ortiz would attempt to implement his normal game plan against the thenchampion to no avail in a rematch. He was dropped again via TKO in the third round. This serves as rivalries in

Chuck Liddell was born on December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California. Although he is now retired from fighting, his nickname was the Iceman. During his fighting days, he trained at John Hackleman's The Pit and fought for the UFC in their light heavyweight division. Martial Arts Background Liddell began training in Koei-Kan karate when he was 12 years old, although he is best known for associating it with the Kempo style of karate taught by John Hackleman. Hackleman's style relies less on kata than on "natural fighting and conditioning techniques," according to its inventor. Along with this is a tattoo that reads "Kempo" on Liddell's shoulder. Liddell was also a Division 1 fighter at Polytechnic State University and currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He was one of the most popular MMA fighters in the world and is a legend in the sport.

Murilo Bustamante, Amar Suloev, Vitor Belfort and Renato "Babalu" Sobrall all fell to him. Around the end of that streak is when the Tito Ortiz problem started to surface. The situation of Tito Ortiz From 2000 to 2002, Tito Ortiz was the great player in the UFC. His powerful wrestling and ground-fighting and hand-wrestling tactics brought wrestling fans everywhere. With that said, Liddell ultimately became the number one contender for Ortiz's light heavyweight crown. Due to what he considered a friendship, Ortiz refused to fight Iceman. Liddell, however, didn't seem to feel the same warmth toward Ortiz. He wanted his shot at the title. Eventually, the UFC set up a title fight between him and Randy Couture when Ortiz continually refused to face him.

Although Liddell trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he almost never used it to take someone down.

The Chuck Liddell Trilogy vs. Randy Couture Most believed Haute Couture was over when these two exceptional mixed martial artists met on June 6, 2003, at UFC 43. However, Couture proved the adversaries wrong with a third-round TKO victory. Liddell would later avenge his loss against "The Natural" with a first-round KO at UFC 52 and a second-round KO again at UFC 57. The first of Liddell's victories over Couture came after the two had served as trainers on The Ultimate Fighter 1, a reality television show. He also gave him the title of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, a title he held for four straight fights.

Early years of MMA Chuck Liddell defeated Noe Hernandez in his MMA debut at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998, by decision. Two fights later he was defeated by Jeremy Horn via Arm Triangle Choke. From there came a 10-fight win streak, in which Kevin Randleman, Guy Mezger, Jeff Monson,

Chuck Liddell vs. titus ortiz After Liddell lost to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at the PRIDE Grand Prix on November 19, 2003, the bad blood between him and Ortiz was finally settled at UFC 47, before he won the title against Couture in his second. contest. Ortiz did not

Heyday by Chuck Liddell Chuck Liddell was about two things throughout his MMA career: filling in gaps and knocking people out. He had world-class power in both hands and some of the best defense the 205-pound division has ever seen.

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Chuck Liddell vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson In a brave move by UFC president Dana White, Liddell traveled to Japan to fight in the PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix, a single-elimination contest, after his loss to Couture at UFC 43. White was so sure that Liddell would take the title from the rival organization that allegedly made a big bet on him. Unfortunately for White, when the Iceman met Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in the second round of the tournament, he succumbed to a second-round TKO. Years later, when PRIDE fell, Jackson came to the UFC and took the light heavyweight title from Liddell at UFC 71 in a first round TKO. Chuck Liddell loses to Rashad Evans Most people thought that if Liddell's fight against Rashad Evans at UFC 88 was still going on, Evans was in trouble. It is not like this. Delivering one of the biggest knockout punches in UFC history, Evans dropped his opponent with a damaging right hand that knocked him unconscious, making Liddell's path to regaining the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship belt he lost to Quinton Jackson at UFC 71 that much more difficult. Chuck Liddell withdraws from the fight Liddell decided to end his fighting career on December 29, 2010 after three consecutive knockout losses, the last of which came against Rich Franklin. At the UFC 125 press conference in December 2010, Liddell announced his retirement and indicated that he would assume the role of Vice President of Business Development within the UFC. He did so at the behest of Dana White, among others. On September 8, 2013, during an interview on the Opie and Anthony show, Liddell stated that there was a possibility of one last comeback, similar to that of George Foreman. Until now, that comeback has never come to be.

An Exploration of Tang Soo Do's Eight Key Concepts: Chung Jik SBN Mary Cayte Reiland

Tang soo readers, happy April! This month, we continue with the discussion of the fourthof the Tang Soo Do Eight Key Concepts. Up next is Chung Jik, also known as honesty. According to the dictionary, honesty is defined as “the act of being free of deceit and untruthfulness.” First I’ll say that honesty (in any aspect of your life) is always best. Why, you ask? Honesty is the foundation of every relationship you’ll ever have. If you don’t have honesty, then you don’t have trust. It’s also highly impractical to lie, because then you end up covering that lie with so many other lies that eventually you’re living that lie. I don’t know a single person that would enjoy living with that kind of drama. I’ve heard frequently, and seen it proven true, that you never forget the people you train with. Have you ever thought of how you would remember these people? What impressions did they leave on you? Were those impressions positive, negative, or a combination of both? Did honesty (or lack there of) have to do with any of that? As with any aspect of life, there are people out there who would be dishonest, lie, manipulate and use

you. I know because it happened to me (unfortunately, more than once). One time was with a man I thought I would be with forever, and once was with a teacher. It’s funny, love is truly blind, and boy was I naive and blind. I won’t get into the gory details, but I’ll say that my ex-fiance truly had issues, of the substance abuse type, and I was the type to want to help, to not leave him supportless. It wasn’t until after he was evicted from his apartment and went to live with his friend in another state that I truly saw how the lies and manipulations had affected me. I broke up with him very soon after, with nothing but regret for not seeing it sooner and wasting those years with him. Lies, disrespect and drama also drove me from the karate school I was with for 11 years. The head instructor was a wonderful salesperson, but what I didn’t know was that he was a two-faced liar. After I became a Kyo Sa under him, I realized the awful truth, that he really didn’t think much of me, and was almost always talking about me behind my back. For one reason or another, I stayed and took it, paying him tuition for the privilege of teaching his students, becoming a

bitter person who eventually forgot why I enjoyed martial arts in the first place. Beginning to train with KJN Saavedra changed everything for me. Being trained by a person who truly cares, who doesn’t lie and spread rumors makes all the difference in the world. It was because of our truly amazing leader that I realized what a true instructor really is. He cares about all of us, wants us to succeed, and is willing to sacrifice to see it happen. These are the types of qualities that you see very rarely in life, and that I’ve had the privilege of experiencing less than 5 times in my 18 years of martial arts experience. So you see? Honesty impacts everything. You can’t build decent relationships without honesty, and some people’s dishonesty can impact you in the worst way. Sometimes you have to live it to recognize it, and now I know I always will. Everyone take care and be your best self. Tang Soo!

SBN Mary Cayte Reiland, USA

If we analyze the traditional Uechi Ryu from its forms, we will discover that the seiken tsuki is the great absentee. Taking the 3 original forms (Sanchin, Sesan, Sanseryu) we immediately see the total absence of this type of tsuki. There is a predominance of shoken (one knuckle strike), hiraken (second row knuckle strike), various open hand strikes and elbow strikes. Only when Kanei Uechi generates a broader and more orderly study method under his method to transmit the knowledge that was bequeathed to him by his father, seiken tsuki formally appears in the mentioned exercises. Until then it would be used a lot but it had not been inserted into the form system.

THE USE OF THE FIST UECHI RYU KARATE Sensei Cecilia Salbuchi The use of the fist Uechi Ryu Karate Let us remember that the Uechi Ryu style of karate is one of the styles with the greatest Chinese influence on Okinawan Karate. One of the details that characterize it is the little presence of seiken tsuki in its forms. The seiken tsuki is the completely closed fist that strikes with the

Compared to the Shoken and the Hiraken, the Seiken tsuki offers us a more controlled contact, with the possibility of hitting the partner by removing the emphasis on the knuckles (that is, hitting with the plane of the phalanges) so that the impact does not injure. When helping a student with the conditioning of the body (Tai Kitae) while executing Sanchin, they should be hit with a flat fist either in a horizontal or vertical position (Tate Tsuki) depending on the muscle that we are going to attack. When hitting the opponent in Shoken or Hiraken it is difficult not to generate stabbing pain and hurt, in addition to the fact that this type of blow requires prior preparation.

knuckles of the index and middle fingers, with the arm extended and the hand placed horizontally. It is a pervasive strike in novice forms of all styles, and Uechi Ryu is no exception: it appears in the first part of Kanshiwa (2nd form of the style). It then appears in one more forms exercise (Hojo Undo: Seiken Tsuki) and is finally used in yakusoku kumite, mostly for the role of Tori (attacker) and very rarely as Uke (receiver). Whoever throws one of these

"Uechi Ryu fists" must have preparation in his hand, to give a firm impact, and in his mind to be very clear about the objective of the blow. More complex ideas appear such as blows in vulnerable areas (eyes, throat, temple, neck, ribs, armpit, etc.) and specific directions that each technique must have according to the area.

execute a correct Gyaku Seiken Tsuki, similar to what happened with the Sanchin of Goju Ryu! But when it comes to real defense, the Uechi Ryu form system tells us that the favorites will be Shoken and Hiraken Tsuki, aimed at vulnerable areas, with little power but a lot of precision to achieve a definitive result.

When we perform Uechi Ryu bunkai we cannot afford to hit our partner without protection, since the minimum impact of a Hiraken on the opponent's temple is harmful. In this case, the impacts are contained but the trajectories and hitting areas must be marked, slowing down the technique. If a helmet is used, certain levels of contact can be evaluated, taking care now that the head does not make sudden movements as a result of the impact. That is why we can infer that it was easier to teach the adepts to formulate the seiken tsuki and apply it with an emphasis on practicing in pairs, urging a moderate impact, and without risk of injury. The Seiken Tsuki, then, is the excellent tool for training in formal novice exercises in Uechi. It is easier to formulate from the finger position, requires moderate makiwara and bag training, and its general trajectory guidelines are learned in Sanchin when repeatedly executing Ion Hon Nukite (spear-like finger strike). When executing Sanchin, it is enough to close the fists for the practitioner to

HISTORIA DEL KICKBOXING EN JAPÓN, DEL MUAY THAI AL K-1. Este libro supone la primera publicación en occidente de una obra dedicada en exclusiva a la narración de la apasionante historia del kickboxing japonés. Una crónica que comienza con las primeras interacciones entre el karate y el muay thai, y que nos lleva a revivir la épica de los primeros desafíos entre ambos estilos. El kickboxing fue el resultado de la importación y adaptación del muay thai a Japón, realizada por el promotor Osamu Noguchi en los años 60. En el presente trabajo, descubriremos los antecedentes, el nacimiento, y las diferentes fases de crecimiento y evolución del kickboxing en el país del sol naciente. Veremos también su posterior globalización, y llegaremos hasta la última revolución del kickboxing, el lanzamiento del K-1, por el maestro Kazuyoshi Ishii, en los primeros años 90. Un vibrante relato, repleto

de datos inéditos fuera de Asia, que sorprenderá, y hará cambiar al lector la percepción que hasta ahora tenía de la historia de este deporte marcial. David Leonardo Bárcena tras 10 años de recopilar exhaustivamente, la Historia del KickBoxing nos lo resume en un excelente libro autoeditado.

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Why Tang Soo Do? You have come this far, and that means then that you have opened your world of possibilities regarding martial arts, they are no longer those "few you knew". Today you have the opportunity to offer in your recognized institution an innovative and original proposal, until now non-existent in Uruguay. At the same time, offering ancient values and teachings through an art such as TSD, which has been transmitting a philosophy of life from generation to generation for hundreds of years. You come to our meeting at a time when two of the best ingredients that an organization can offer you are combined: youth: we have been operating in Uruguay for approximately four years with sustained growth, and experience: the Uruguayan TSD is made up of a team of instructors who average more than fifteen years of being at the forefront of martial arts schools, working together with other institutions and betting on permanent training both within martial arts, as well as in various areas (first aid, education, nutrition and more). Our commitment:

Without a doubt, the world is a different place from the one you and I remember from our childhood, even more so from that world that gave rise to martial arts. It is then necessary to take on the challenge and take charge of the role that we have in society when it comes to transmitting our teachings. Today we talk about some concepts that we believe are key: Bullying - The reality of school and other areas is a fact and our attention is directed to that focus when it comes to the little ones Self-defense - Of course, when thinking about daily activities, from leaving our homes, to the various situations that can also arise there, it is fair to think of tools to be able to solve these situations. Sport - Leaving aside the great variety of devices that offer us "entertainment", the endless hours of work, in short, the routine. It can be a challenge, but we have decided to say NO to a sedentary lifestyle. Meditation - Exclusive benefit for Tang Soo Do practitioners. It has not been placed on this list by chance, it represents everything that makes us unique as human beings, meeting our feelings, emotions, who we are, pursuing harmony and achieving

self-control in the broadest sense of the concept. Values - We could mention endless articles on this list, but it is true that the fundamental basis of martial arts is values, act as a reinforcement and in some cases as a source of inspiration. - Respect - Trust - Selfcontrol If we could summarize all this in a dream, we would then speak of integration in the broadest sense, people of all ages, genders, creeds practicing in harmony to take today's society to another level, where coexistence and peace are the common denominator. . But we clarify, we need you in the process, you, EVERYONE. Contact: SBN Mario Segnini: +598 98 731 076

Web: wttsdu.com Facebook: @worldtraditionaltangsoodounion Correo: worldtraditionaltangsoodounion@gmail.com

TANG SOO DO PANAMÁ SabomNim Carlos Omar Urbina Panamá 2022 A young Panamanian from the province of Bocas del Toro on his main island Isla Colon where growing up I saw Sawamura El Campeón on television that I liked him a lot and wanted to be like him and as I remember there were no martial art schools on my beautiful island Colon. I grew up and went to school, but suddenly I traveled to the capital, Panama City where I finished school and then went on to university. Still in school I think starting high school I wondered if I could learn martial arts, Karate was the best known, but I don't know why I saw a couple of Karate classes and I didn't feel that it was what I wanted to learn. On the way to school and returning home one day I discovered that passing in front of the entrance to a neighborhood called La Cresta there were some locals and I saw an advertisement for TangSooDo – Korean Karate and decided to get off the bus or public transport and I visited it, I said to myself “I like this”, I went to find out the data and tell my relatives to be able to pay for the classes and enroll, but I think in two or three months the TangSooDo school closed. I

wanted to continue learning, but I didn't want Karate and I didn't think there were more Dojang's of TangSooDo, but a fellow classmate told me that if I wanted to continue learning there was an Academy in a place called Rio Abajo but that the classes were very strong and maybe I wouldn't stand them. I wanted so much to continue learning TangSooDo that I found out how to get to that place, the Colegio Episcopal de San Cristóbal in Rio Abajo (it is known as such), but it is in Parque Lefevre. At the San Cristóbal school there was a gym and these classes were held there. When I arrived I saw that on this basketball court, that is, in this gym, the space of the court was full of students and a student from Black Belt approached me and asked me how he could help me and well, I will not say that the rest is history. I saw the class and immediately knew and said to myself “this is my thing”. The thing was that these classes were three days a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the man who was the Master, a dark man, his name was Alfonso Jesse, but I found out that to address him it had to be like this: SabomNim Jesse (RIP). He was sick and passed away in November 2020 but when I started in the classes of the SabomNim Alfonso Jesse in the early 1980s and I started with fear that I would not stand the classes, well I realized that there were few black belts and over time I found out that not everyone could achieve the Black Belt. Well, this is not exactly the case, but what is true was that for him Sabonim Jesse well, it should be said SabomNim, to rise from the grades or ranks of the colored belts to those of the Black Belts, the student had to show several things such as the endurance of how strict these classes were also the emotional growth and development of the student's character to the point that more than 50 years of teaching SabomNim Jesse until God called him on November 6, 2020 only 8 students achieved this award. Thank you SabomNim Alfonso Jesse for having taught me, for tolerating me for so long and even after his departure from this world I remember him as if he were

still alive, I thank him that I was the 7th Black Belt in 1989 that he did. I SabomNim Carlos Omar Urbina until 9 years ago I started teaching on my own

with the authorization of my Master the SabomNim Alfonso Jesse in a gym in the Betania urbanization. Before and after I achieve the Black Belt with my teacher, help support instruction if my teacher needed it. Now with the passing of time I have learned in TangSooDo for almost 33 years of being a Black Belt. I am 4th Dan and I lead the representation of the World Traditional TangSooDo Union. I train my students with combat all classes as I learned from SabomNim Alfonso Jesse. In Panama City, every time there are open Karate or TaeKwonDo tournaments or competitions, I take my students who are prepared and want to not say that they can go to the competitions. I teach classes to children from the age of 4, as well as teenagers and adults. We train with warm-ups, kicks, blocks and punches like with Hyong, that is, we form what they call Kata in Karate and a lot in sparring, that is, in combat. The truth is that I teach what we call physics, that is, calisthenics and stretching, etc. and not always in the same order, but in the different ways that the Chinese Hand Martial Art or TangSooDo can be taught. Tang symbolizes the Tang dynasty of China, Soo is hand and Do

addition to helping them almost like minors, it helps against stress, control weight, maintain physical condition and improve health, etc. I can train with adults, practicing easier and improving, since in the street it would be adults who would be the aggressors, either to assault us or just to attack us. Now I will introduce a student of mine who shows interest and makes the effort, in addition to fulfilling all the commitments she has, she always coordinates the time to come to receive

SabomNim Alfonso Jesse is the path to follow in this martial learning. I teach TangSooDo for the street, not to score points, although as a school we participate in competitions we will continue to do so only that I teach lessons that my students learn this is not for competitions but to save their lives in situations where there would be no rules and the only thing what is worth is to save the lifetime. They know that it is not that they are learning a fake MooDukKwan, it is just that this part they learn cannot be used in a competition or tournament. They know that the TangSooDo they learn is so that if they have to defend themselves in the street, they know how to control force and technique depending on the situation. The MooDukKwan school thus means Moo is martial art, Duk is virtue and Kwan is school or style and this was its translation ´School of Martial Art of Virtue´ of ´Art of the Chinese Hand´ or TangSooDo. I love teaching children and adolescents, of course, adults, but when teaching the youngest from 4 years to 21 years old, they remind me of when I started, which helped me as a person in general, sharing this benefit with them in addition to self-defense . For adults because in

the classes, she even trains to go to the competition despite being a beginner, so I I asked her to write her experience training TangSooDo, her name is Andrea Olaciregui: My history in martial arts and Tang Soo Do began when I was 23 years old thanks to some friends who practiced it and seeing me on some occasions doing exercises in the same gym that they eventually also attended, they invited me very often already that occasionally I joined them to practice some techniques that I saw them doing and they told me “Andrea, these techniques, although you don't practice them, come out quite smoothly, you should enroll in our academy. You can come as our guest to a class, see if you like it and stay”, however, as a result of the pandemic, my arrival to officially practice it was delayed a little over a year later and I started thanks to my mother and grandmother who felt that it would be very beneficial to me and they were delighted when I mentioned

it to them. Starting this martial art (Tang Soo Do), meant a new challenge for me since although I do it with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm, it was a new commitment that I was acquiring and I already had my university classes, the projects of the that I am part and a part-time job, however, despite being a new challenge, bumps and bruises, falls and other situations that occur while practicing, tang soo do has become one of my greatest admirations and a great I like being able to practice it and go to my classes. In a certain way, and although it doesn't sound very professional, I became my own superhero like the ones I've seen since I was little and wanted to be, something that amuses me and motivates me to continue, even if I'm tired. I have been able to strengthen my security by going outside and now at this moment it is also a very special memory that I have with my grandmother, since she went to accompany the angels to heaven, but she gave me the money to register and every time When I came home from my practices, he sat down and said to me, “What did you learn today? Teach me and show me your kick.”

At the beginning, many told me that I would not be able to endure the training, however, in 1989, after many training sessions and difficult tests, I was able to obtain my black belt in Tang Soo Do, from the hand of SabomNim Jesse. Currently, I impart the knowledge that my teacher left me at the Iron Kick Academy, where he trained martial artists who also have a passion for Tang Soo Do. For more information to the Mobile or Whatsapp: +507 6636 – 5917 with pleasure.

CONTINUED THE LEGACY OF THE SABOMNIM ALPHONSO JESSE Academy Iron Kick Forming Martial Artists that also feel passion for him Tang Soo Do. Movil: +507 6636 - 5917

“El Efímero Observador”

and continues in his social causes from his own trench, the traditional martial arts center.

Entrepreneur, Neurosales Trainer, Apprentice of life. Montevideo, Uruguay.

is a reflective philosophical work, its author exposes topics as controversial as common, taking them to extreme points, and always looking for a healthy individual balance in thought, no dogmas, death to radicalism and without hypocrisy or contracts, a look at the daily life of each of us who inhabit the planet and the worn concepts and customs waiting to be destroyed with a hammer.

ENDORSEMENTS:

"The Ephemeral Observer", a recommended reading in these times where the generation gap seems to get bigger and bigger. Finding oneself, the importance of keeping the values and roots of each being strong. Observe, describe, understand and never judge. Daniel Rodriguez Garcia Medical Specialist in Rehabilitation Master of Martial Arts

BIOGRAPHY: He was born in the city of Hermosillo, in 1976, the son of Juan Manuel Acosta and Yolanda Serrano (+), he developed in a context of traditional education, his early social relationship took place in a certainly different way, attached to having friends from the elderly, always questioning the social changes that were seen in their contemporaries, as well as the prejudices and value judgments that occurred in an era overwhelmed by capitalism and consumerism in Mexico. A child with a lot of imagination, and even the inventor of nonexistent events, someone who, based on fantastic odysseys, captured the messages that his teachers gave him, sometimes harsh, many others with laughter in between. Married to Melba Valenzuela since 1998, with whom he had four children, a student of society and its behavior, an insatiable reader and lover of balanced thinking, a volunteer for various social causes, a martial arts teacher, a seminarian and an international competitor in Peru. Argentina, Uruguay, etc. Today he makes his debut as a writer

“I recommend reading this book, which reminds us of the values that are currently being lost, the forms of teaching, the factors that influence one's personality and good customs. The order in your life as a fundamental stone, find your place in the world, meet your inner self and always seek the truth. Mario Marcelo Segnini Fursa martial arts teacher Graphic Designer, Radio Panelist and Entrepreneur. Montevideo, Uruguay. “Whenever we talk about teaching, it is easy for us to think of colleges, secondary schools, universities, but… What if the path we travel in our lives is marked by many more ingredients than those? You have to read this work then, and rediscover information that sleeps in your mind. I invite you to recognize and change old patterns.” John Suarez martial arts teacher

ENGOLO

Freakie-Do

as a rite of passage for young men who wanted to prove their manhood and leave adolescence aside in order to get a girlfriend. That is why the n´golo or engolo has postures inspired by those of male zebras when they perform their courtship rites for females when they are in heat and it is time to mate, as a way of demonstrating that they are the best specimen. ENGOLO

ENGOLO, MARTIAL

ANCESTRAL martial art that combines dance ART OF AFRICA with strict forms of combat, and originates from the southern Among the martial arts of the region of Angola in Africa. world, it is worth highlighting the engolo, an ancestral martial art from It has been an ancestral martial Africa, from which other African art since before Africans were martial arts arise and are inspired. subjected to slavery, which is It is also known as N'golo, and it is why it has roots in dance, as a believed that it had its origins in a festive but highly respected ritual. rite among adolescents in Angola, to make the leap from young The practice of engolo is not men to men and get a girlfriend. a casual practice that can be Learn what this African martial performed at any time, but a ritual art consists of, its origins, that is only celebrated on certain philosophy, symbolism, forms of public and private occasions. combat, blows and effectiveness. In addition, it is one of the ORIGINS OF THE ENGOLO oldest martial arts in Africa, There is not much documented from which martial arts such information about the origins of the as Capoeira are derived. engolo, however, given its nature of courtship and transformation WHAT IS THE ENGAGE? of man, it is believed that it may be older than the enslavement of The engolo or n'golo is a kind Africans in the fifteenth century. of ancestral ritual dance used as a method to fight effectively, Since the slavery and its its movements are inspired by subsequent liberation, they those of the male zebra when derived in other types of martial he wants to conquer a female. arts such as capoeira and dambe. The engolo was born in the It is an energetic and explosive Republic of Angola in Africa,

PHILOSOPHY

The engolo picks up an ancient philosophy in which young women, already fertile, saw the transformation of young men into real men, through a series of steps and postures that were difficult to execute. Currently we can get an idea of the ritual dances that were practiced inspired by the movements of the male zebra to impress the females, but which were actually highly effective in combat with other males. In the same way, all the postures and forms of the engolo are attached to the way in which the zebras fight, that is why they include

multiple types of kicks and inverted positions, that is, with the hands on the ground and the feet to the sky. SYMBOLISM OF THE ENGOLO But that's not all, in addition, it is a martial art largely governed by spiritualism, the engolo has multiple symbolisms. Among them, the inverted techniques of the Kalunga cosmology stand out, in which, according to Dr. Desch Obi, there are circular spaces that converge between the engolo and these techniques. “The ancestor spirit of the world is inverted as a world of opposites: where men walk on their feet, spirits walk on their hands, where men are black, spirits are white, where men reach their maximum physical capacities in life , the ancestors reach their maximum spirituality”. Dr. Desch Obi believes that men who perform engolo with their positions reversed connect physically and spiritually with ancestors and specific ancient warriors.

and power, since in fact, engolo or n'golo, means strength and power, in the Kikongo language. The ritual combat of the engolo is practiced among various ethnic groups located in the south of the Republic of Angola, around the Cunene River. This ritual dance-combat is accompanied by percussion and in its sporting form it begins mostly with soft movements, as a way of measuring the opponent, to immediately attack explosively. And while they use every part of their body, their most dangerous moves are orchestrated by kicks of all kinds. Another component of this type of martial art are the grabs and takedowns, with which they subdue their opponents on the ground to finish the fight. GREETINGS FROM THE ENGOLO

At the beginning of the combat, it FORM OF COMBAT is customary for the opponents to OF THE ENGOLO touch the ground with one hand and one knee, and immediately The combat form of engolo is afterwards the battle begins. executed with great strength

And to end the meeting, the same ritual is performed again, the floor is touched with the knee and right hand, as a sign of respect for the ritual, the opponent and the assistants. WEAPONS OF THE GOAL It is customary to use thin sticks, such as bo, long canes used as weapons to attack and defend from a distance. Shorter staves, one in each hand, may also be used while performing forms or for combat. These are the weapons of the engolo, because they were the most affordable to get in their natural environment in the Republic of Angola. TYPE OF SHOTS OF THE ENGOLO Golo punches were inspired by the movements of male zebras, so they have a lot of back kicks, dodges, leg sweeps, inverted positions, turns, cartwheels, rolls, spin jumps, somersaults, as well as grabs. and throws. The engolo has multiple types of stances and flying kicks. Most of the defenses are with hands, without ruling out the use of the legs for defense and counterattack. The most lethal thing about engolo may be the power with which the kicks are given, added to the fact that no type of protection is used as in other martial arts. The effectiveness of the engolo is very high and can be seen in the wealth of explosive combinations during combat. As you can see, the world's martial arts are extensive and each one has its peculiarities. h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=IgYbIiSyt6E

Master Chad Behrend – Perseverance Pays Off By Master Guy Edward Larke Part One

After a few years I found a Tang Soo Do organization and lept in head first. Over time I met many masters. Many were extraordinary individuals who were larger than life. A few were from humbler stock, but possessed no less passion or skill. In fact, their beginnings made them hungrier! This article is about one such individual. Chad Behrend was born the 30th of May in 1976. He grew up in the upper part of Michigan, City of Menominee, with his parents Bill and Renee, and older sister Tonia. The family struggled financially, but remained close, as they do to this day. He was a good kid who kept his nose clean, but talked too much in the classroom . Sadly, this led to him being a mark. As usual the school system was too overwhelmed or too engrained with the boys will be boys nonsense. As my own father told me, there is only ONE way to stop a bully and it isn’t words. How did Chad make out? We start here…

Not every black belt and in particular not every master started as a natural athlete, nor is growing up in an upper middle-class background. The majority of people in society actually do not. Most of us are painfully normal, but we are drowned by the media to envision a different “normal”. Perhaps it takes a special person to earn a black belt. But I would like to think that depends more on the student, their upbringing, and the master in question. If people do some research, they will find that Chuck Norris had every strike against him, but took a chance at a job at an air force base in South Korea in the early 60’s. To this day he serves as a role model to me and the reason I moved to Korea 20 + years ago.

have done gymnastics. I did some training in high school with our girls’ gymnastics coach. Joe Johnson was on the National Team for the US. I just did that on the side with him because they didn't have a Men's team you know, but I wanted to do some tumbling. So Joe worked with me during gym class and sometimes after school for a bit. He taught me the back handsprings and round offs; not a ton of advanced techniques due to his limited time. But it's definitely something that I would like to have done. And, you know, I always wanted to do martial arts and begged my parents Bill and Renee. In the 80’s they didn't have much money. Growing up, my dad said when he started at Sears after the Navy said he made $1 an hour. Mom started at a nursing home being a CNA and making pennies on the dollar to start. You know, I always wanted to do martial arts and my parents didn't have the money.

So what was it about martial arts that So, what kind of sports were you attracted you? Remember? doing before you got into martial arts? I don't know. I just, had a fascination for it, something that was always Nothing. My sister was three years burning within me. older. She played basketball and her and my dad played nightly after he got home from work, we had an old hoop at our house. I had no interest whatsoever in doing any sports really. And, I didn't have much interest in music either,although I tried playing the trombone initially. And I'm like, music is not in my blood. And never really had any desire to do baseball, football, basketball. Being from a small town in Upper Michigan, we didn't have soccer or lacrosse, sports I would have interest in. They did have wrestling. But I didn't have much interest in that either. If they would have had men's gymnastics at my school, I would

the bullshit. So, we drove over to Wisconsin, just straight across the river from Menominee. We went to a Taekwondo school. And as soon as I walked in the door, I knew it was for me.

Do you remember the masters at that time?

Anyone in particular, so I'm assuming movies. Well, it was, I think, The Karate Kid came out in ‘85. But I started in '84. I might be a little off on the year. Also, there was Ernie Reyes Jr. ( The Electric Dragon) and the Sidekicks TV show. I loved where he was doing all the backflips and the high kicking and stuff. I thought that was really cool. But I don't remember what year that was. There was another show, the Master with Ron Van Clief and Sho Kosugi. That was a favorite.

There were a second and third degree instructor at the dojang. They were Don and Sherry Zimmer. I still talk to them all the time. Yeah, the Grandmaster. He was in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which is an hour away. That's Byung Kon Cho. I actually just talked to him this last week, too. Grand Master Cho had the largest school system in the Midwest at the time, and spent a good 20 years teaching in Green Bay. He left about 15 years ago to go to Virginia to open other martial art school. So that's, how I got started.

How old were you when you started that?

Are the shows what triggered you starting?

Seven years old. My first class was on a Tuesday night at five o'clock PM.

Sadly no. I was picked on a lot in school. Like a lot of kids, I was picked on because I didn't do sports like most of the other kids in the school. And, I remember one day, I was leaving elementary school. My mom was waiting to pick me up for some reason. I don't know why. Detention? lol Because normally, I took the bus and I went home every day. Some kid knocked me down, and he was on top of me. My mom got out of the car and ran over. She grabbed him and threw him on the ground. That was the deciding factor that Chad was going to study Karate, even though they didn't really have money. Chad was going to take martial arts, and that was going to end

Wow. Your memory is that clear? Yeah, it was an adult class. And I remember putting my uniform on and I came out and feeling awkward. With my parents not having a ton of money, my uniform was three sizes too big so that I could continue to wear it and grow into it. The sleeves and pant legs were all rolled up and as I came out, I remember saying to Mrs. ZillmerGod, I look like a clown wearing this. That was a long time ago. But I remember that night as clear as day! And remember Mr. Zillmer teaching that night. So, I was with the adults for my first class.

Well, a lot of repetitions of everything. You know, we did walking stances, up and down, then dodging back and forth, repeatedly. And then the L stances and, punching/kicking and everything with them was like, Okay, we're gonna do it 300 times during the class. Everything we did was hundreds of times, It was super challenging and I just loved it. I just knew from that point on that it was going to be something that I would do for my entire life.

That was WTF or ITF at the time? Initially, when I started, it was ITF. My member number at the time was 2788 for the ITF. So, it was very early on. You can see by the member number that it was the infancy of the ITF. We did all of the Palgwe forms besides the standard Chon-Ji forms. Later on, Grandmaster Cho left the ITF and changed to the WTF, so then we switched over to the Taegeuks and did all those forms also. Grand Master Cho was always Moo Duk Kwan, and talked about if regularly, but went the Tae Kwon Do route teaching the ITF and then the WTF forms as required by Kukkiwon in Korea. Later on, I looked for Tang Soo Do, as I wanted to get back to the original

What was the training like for you?

roots of Moo Duk Kwan and their forms. I found that Taekwondo had gotten rid of a lot of the original Tang Soo Do trainings. So, I wanted to go back and learn the roots and the traditions from the Tang Soo Do side.

In your early days, what aspect of the arts did you like the most? Early on, I like to compete. I used to do forms, sparring and breaking. I used to love doing all of that, especially breaking and sparring. But then as I got older, I just became less and less interested in sport martial arts. I had done many years of sport Tae Kwon Do, attending seminars with Gold medalist Herb Perez, and Silver medalist Juan Moreno. After I won a National Championship in sparring 92, that was the end of my competing really. It was time for a change. I felt I needed to do more practical realistic training. So, then I started working and researching reality based self defense systems and methods.

So, what year was it that you finally found Moo Duk Kwan? Well, Master Cho’s instructor was Pong Ki Kim. He was one of the most senior members in Moo Duk Kwan under Hwang Kee. So, we got a lot of teaching and training from him, so we were always Moo Duk Kwan. GM Kim and GM Cho we always teaching MDK history and philosophy, even though students were doing ITF and WTF forms. Even after GM Cho switched to WTF, he always wore the belt with the red stripe. Even during beginning of my training, he always talked and taught us about the Moo Duk Kwan and what it stood for. He always did that, even though he was with these other organizations. It was out of respect for for his teacher, Pong Ki Kim. Even at our testings GM Kim would fly in from Florida, which was where his

studio was. He would come to Green Bay for seminars and training camps to teach us all about Moo Duk Kwan history. Way back when Grand Master Cho first came to America, he was one of the Moo Duk Kwans most strict Instructors. He had that kind of piercing, intimidating look. He still has that look today. He used to stand at the class and he had the juk-do (bamboo sword) and he'd smack us in the legs with it. If you weren't blocking properly, he’d hit you on the head with it-not hard, but to get ur attention. I mean, strict Korean training! No games! He would walk around to give us kids what he called a Chinese chestnut. Those of us that know, know. But, yeah, a lot of good memories, though. I mean, the training was hard. (Part 2 to come)

For more information, please contact Master Chad at Cwbehrend@gmail. com (920)217-6846 or at moodoyeapremiumuniforms.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senior Master Guy Edward Larke has spent most of his life enamored with the martial arts of Asia and Asian cultures in general. These led him to move to South Korea 20 years ago where he continued to study, research, and write about the various disciplines that shaped his life. In addition to teaching martial arts in Korea, USA, Malaysia and Denmark, he has written over 800 articles in over 20 magazines. He named the synthesis of his pilgrimage Kisa-Do Muye (the Knights Way Martial Arts). Larke can be found on Facebook or by e-mail at kisadomuye@gmail.com

PYUNG AHN HYUNGS Ksn Leonardo Vargas

In this way, we can say that the Pyung Ahn Hyungs have as purpose to cultivate harmony between UM and YANG in those who perform them to achieve balance in life. This involves more than just the ability to perform certain physical movements. physical techniques should be complemented with spiritual wisdom, just as UM is balanced with YANG and the earth with the sky. Pyung Ahn invites us to explore the wisdom that is lies behind the movements, to deeply understand the lesson that UM and YANG proposes to us. The profound practice of these forms allows us to understand that opposing forces are also complementary and that relationship has the ability to shape the BALANCE, the harmonious and perfect balance between BODY AND SPIRIT. When practicing these Hyungs it is natural to find defensive applications in the movements. Continuous practice of the forms develops the confidence to perform the movements correctly and, by extension, is more effective using them defensively. Understand

these applications, how and when Applying them cultivates wisdom in the student. When one begins to master the Pyung Ahn Hyungs, he will develop a feeling of peace, confidence, security, comfort, balance and calm with self and nature. In fact, in the Chinese language, "Pyung Ahn" means translates as "safe from danger". These are feelings that a person will develop in the mind and body, regardless of any situation. When we manage to find the balance, we begin to perceive the sensation of Pyung Ahn, you learn to execute movements with "peace and confidence". The Pyung Ahn forms are taught all the way through GUP, from levels lower and with increasing difficulty. They serve as the basis for many of advanced forms, since the same techniques are repeated. The development of the body and spirit occurs naturally. Having developed calm and security, he will have practically found peace and balance in his body and his mind. This is the true mission behind the realization of Pyung Ahn, help you achieve balance and peace in life. After many years of

practicing Pyung Ahn, a keen sense of balance and rhythm during the movements of the form, starting from that moment, one is dominating Pyung Ahn as we achieve balance and security. From that moment Pyung Ahn begins to manifest itself in other areas of life. When learning Pyung Ahn at SHIM GUNG level (internal power -mental, spiritual-), the path to the Balance. With constant practice you will discover that Pyung Ahn begins to appear in everyday situations. By learning the real meaning of Pyung Ahn and applying it in daily life, one builds himself up as a better human being. On this path you will find the best version of yourself. By fully mastering Pyung Ahn's ways, he develops a sense of balance in your mind and body regardless of the situation. In his book Tang Soo Do (Soo Bahk Do), Hwang Kee states that the Pyung Ahn are: "The perfect form, the exquisite fusion of mind and body, is a great art and a beauty". And he leaves us a great teaching:" The practitioner cannot remember only the order of the form. It is more important for him to concentrate on

balance, rhythm, breath control, variation in speed, and power control. It is vital to pay attention to these things so that the form is presented as an approximation to an ideal of life". I believe that Pyung Ahn invites us to build self-confidence. He invites us to cultivate temperance, to control power. This is something I don't know you can “Imitate”. Security in the decisions we make, in the movements that we execute, in our daily behavior, must be FEEL within yourself. As we can see, the correct demonstration of the movements in its physical aspect, in the sense of WEH GUNG (external power). The Tang Soo Do practitioners must show restraint and control in our actions. Actions. If we use the Tang Soo Do only from a point of view physical, the learning it has to give us will be incomplete. That said, I think PYUNG AHN should be understood as a state of mind and spiritual in which the person feels tranquility, calm and security. When Tang Soo Do practitioners reach that state (through a hard and constant training) we will surely meet all our potential as a human being, with the best version of ourselves themselves. As we have already seen, Tang Soo Do practitioners must learn to control our PYUNG AHN. We must learn to be balanced. Of that way, when we learn to move according to PYUNG AHN, we will be people centered, calm, at peace with oneself and with others. We will be a beacon of light for the community ity in which we live and for the all mankind. TANG SOO DO practitioners must be an example of correction and respect towards his martial art, his teachers, his companions and all

non-practicing people. Your PYUNG AHN must permeate all your actions. CONCLUSION. How can we use Pyung Ahn outside of DOJANG? We can make use of the Pyung Ahn philosophy before a discussion, for example. The Tang Soo Do practitioner must weigh very well what he will say and have the enough self-control not to react violently despite being insulted, he must remain calm and act with inner security in all place. For this, we must permanently train the mental aspect to know how, when, where and with whom to deal, achieve an adequate HIM CHO CHUNG (power control, self control). If we can't control our own mind, we will never have balance with our own body. Therefore, once we master our mind, we will have perfect control of our body. Those of us who practice Tang Soo Do must have special care in behavior to manifest peace, calm and safety in the community in which we live. For that, we must keep the balance everywhere, learning to be soft or hard according to appropriate… In this way, at the same time that we achieve an adequate HIM CHO CHUNG, we grow our PYUNG AHN. Already on the closing of this thesis I want to expose a more intimate vision of how Pyung Ahn manifests itself in the life of practically, punctually in the Cho Dan Bo (cho dan candidate). In this sense I would like to express that the just the fact of overcoming the different challenges that the GUP path supposes for become a black belt candidate, talk about all the Pyung Ahn there is to cultivate to become ready to take the DAN TEST. The different exams, trainings,

projects, competitions, situations of the life; They put us and put us to the test, over and over again. And beyond the technical or physical performance that one could demonstrate throughout the journey as GUPs; the mere fact of perseverance, of having overcome all the obstacles involved in becoming ready to participate in the DAN TEST, we gives the pattern of having cultivated a good Pyung Ahn, of having achieved the mental and physical balance necessary to be able to take the DAN TEST. In my case, I came across Tang Soo Do when I was 9 years old, I was delighted from the beginning and the challenges were not long in coming. Today I am 24 years and I can see all the water that passed under the bridge in these almost 15 years of practice that reach their splendor finding me ready to surrender to cho dan, a goal I had since I entered the doyang. I can see that for

different reasons I could not find this test in the time that I would have liked, but the important thing is that now I am close to achieving it and the time gave me the experience I need to pass on what I put into this thesis. By the way, let's take a look back, just for a moment... How many practitioners have fallen by the wayside? How many did not continue their training in Tang Soo Do? What happened to them? There are many factors, Regardless of what happened, those people who did not continue their way, they sure were cultivating their Pyung Ahn, but maybe they couldn't fully develop it. Perhaps, they could need more help and direction than others. The truth is that those of us who arrived, later or more early, to face this important test, we can come to understand that Pyung Ahn's lesson is implicit in various situations and it is presented in various ways. Today, those of us who are ready to give this battle we must understand that, towards the end of our examination, our Pyung Ahn will be strong but the challenge does not end there, but Pyung Ahn will accompany us forever. That said, we can see that the path towards the Pyung Ahn has everything to do with perseverance as well. Having said all this, I want to close by expressing that I am currently moved by challenge of not only continuing to cultivate my Pyung Ahn but of being able to transmit it to my students, who just happen to be learning their first Pyung Ahn. And through these words, I extend this invitation to all practitioners; let's not keep to ourselves the enormous knowledge that Tang Soo Do offers us, let's share it with the world and from our humble place, let's make this time and space

a better world for everyone. Let's be the change we want to see, let us impregnate with peace, calm and security

those around us. Let's be a beacon of Pyung Ahn for everyone. "How is your Pyung Ahn today?"

GM HWANG KEE 37

DOJO STORIES

Sensei Gerardo Balves

Memories and teachings of Bu (Karate as a martial art), not Chibana Choshin Dai Sensei that as a sport, as they do now. During we should always keep in mind. that period of time, I also kept my training a secret, even from Butoku (Martial Virtue) my family. In 1903 or 1904, Itosu sensei began to publicly teach ¨Grandmaster Itosu Anko Karate in the school setting. It was studied Karate very hard. He at this time that I told my parents was not only a great Karate that instead of going to school I expert, but also a scholar and had been practicing the art of tea. an excellent calligrapher. I first In 1918, a group of Karate visited Anko Itosu in 1899 and enthusiasts (Hanashiro Chomo, asked her to teach me Uchinan- Kyan Chotoku, Miyagi Chojun, no-te [Karate's old name]. Mabuni Kenwa, Go Kenki, Twice he turned me down, Oshiro Chojo, Yabu Kentsu, leaving me waiting at the front Kyoda Juhatsu, Yabiku Moden door. Only by asking him for and myself) formed a group to the third time did he finally study Karate. By then two of accept me as a personal student. the best teachers had already He secretly taught Karate in his passed away. (Itosu Anko and house to a select group of about Higaonna Kanryo died in 1915). six or seven followers. We trained We call this group Karate (written

as Tode) Kenkyukai, it was established in the city of Shuri. This was the first time that practitioners of different methods (Shuri, Naha and Tomari styles) met to train together and exchange information. Every time we met, one of the more advanced students would lead the training and we all benefited from his knowledge. This lasted until 1929 when, due to the popularity of this art, we were all too busy with our own students and stopped training collectively. I started teaching Shuri-te Karatejutsu in 1920, but in 1929, at the age of 44, I opened my first training hall (dojo) in the city of Shuri. In 1933, my good friend and colleague, Magusuku (Miyagi) Chojun, and I registered the names of our respective systems with the Dai Nippon Butokukai (Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association). I called my teachings Shorin-ryu which means "small forest style". My colleague, Chojun-sensei, called his style Goju-ryu which means "the half hard and half soft style". We were good friends and he died in 1953. He was a good colleague and friend to all Shorin practitioners. We have missed it. Both Bucho (Bushi) Matsumura and Itosu Anko were poor. When I told Itosu about this, he told me that it was not a universal truth, meaning that a martial person must be poor. He said that the Okinawan bushi (warriors) were poor because they did not know how to handle money, which was a custom back then. A true Okinawan martial artist makes a living away from martial

arts. They shouldn't worry about making money teaching martial arts. A martial person must make a living away from martial arts so as not to pollute it through the influence of "earning money" to "earn a living". This is the Okinawan way. Karate, as it is passed down, changes every few years. This is a common phenomenon. It happens because a teacher must continue to learn and adds his personality to the teachings. There is an old Okinawan martial arts saying that Karate is much like a pond. In order for the pond to live, it must have infusions. It must have streams that feed the pond and replenish it. If this is not done, the water stagnates and dies. If the martial arts master does not receive the infusion of new ideas and/or methods, then he too dies. He stagnates and, out of boredom, dies of unnatural causes. I remember learning the Tawada Patsai (Passai/Bassai) kata from

Tawada-sensei. At that time I was receiving instructions from Itosu and he also taught me a version of Patsai kata which he called Matsumura Patsai. In 1913 or 1914, after having practiced Tawada-no-Patsai with all my heart, as was the custom at that time, I approached Itosu and advised him on this. He asked me to demonstrate the kata for him. I did and Itosu told me it was the best performance of this form, rarely seen, that he had ever witnessed. He then told me that this form must be preserved and passed on to future generations and added to his (my) teachings. So [in Kobayashi-ryu] the Matsumura Patsai is now called Patsai-no-sho and the Tawada Patsai is called Patsai-no-dai. Many of today's practitioners are too timid in their training. They train only with the idea of being able to finish and not with the idea of progressing, striving to improve. You must train hard if you want to progress, otherwise you are just a mediocre practitioner and there are plenty of them.

I always tell my students: if you want to learn mediocre karate, go somewhere else and don't waste my time. If a teacher teaches from the heart, he can only hope that the student trains from the heart. It is correct, then, that both the teacher and the student progress. The student motivates the teacher and the teacher teaches the student the correct attitude and spirit of Okinawan martial arts. This is good training: student and teacher progress together! When you train you have to dedicate yourself only to the path of Karate, don't think about anything else. Don't think about others, or what they may think. You must develop the ability to focus your mind, hands and feet strongly. You must not only learn the movements with the body, but you must also delve into the research and study of the techniques, [Bun Bu Ryo Do]. You must develop and improve yourself before you reach the age of fifty. The body naturally begins to deteriorate after the age of fifty, so one should adjust their training accordingly. If after fifty you still train every day, then you shouldn't decline so much. I did notice a slight decrease in my fifties, but I don't think it decreased much in my fifties and sixties. Of course, one can avoid deteriorating to a certain extent, if he continues to train he will not age so quickly, even in his seventies and eighties. Therefore, train continuously. In the old days we trained in Karate as a martial art, but now

they train in Karate as a sport, as a kind of gymnastics [remember, this was written a long time ago in Okinawa!] I think we should avoid treating Karate as a sport , must be a martial art at all times! Your fingers and the tips of your toes should be like arrows, your arms should be like iron. You have to imagine that if you kick, you will try to make it deadly. If you hit, it will always be with ultimate techniques. If you really decide to attack, then you will attack to kill the enemy [Ikken Hissatsu]. This is the spirit you need to progress in your training. The effort required is a lot, and you can force your body too much. So be aware of your own physical condition and train accordingly. Years ago I decided that through my own hard training I wanted to get my name connected with Okinawan Karate. I trained hard and taught to the best of my ability and talent. Now I think my name will remain in Okinawan Karate history for a bit.

Not only do we need physical training, we also have to think for ourselves, study and research kata and its applications. It is vitally important to understand kata and train it to develop the core of Karate. You can achieve a five or six times increase in your body's power if you train hard. Naturally, if you do this, you will be satisfied with the result, so train very hard. To become effective will depend only on two factors: effort and study. Your movements should be precise, never slow, and when you train kata look for your eyes to sharpen, make your blocks and strikes more powerful. Even when you reach your seventies or eighties you should continue your research with a positive attitude, and always thinking "not yet, not yet..." Chibana Choshin passed away in 1969 from throat cancer at the age of 83. He never stopped training.

Gerard Balves 7th Dan Kobayashi-ryu Kyudokan Coordinator of the International Group of Dojos Kyudo Mugen Kyudokan https://www.facebook.com/ gerardo.balves

By hand, foot, stick or blade... Who can stop Jun Dacayana? Maestro Guy Edward Larke

YMCA to study Okinawan Karate with Grandmaster Winnie Dela Rosa. I also studied BOXING with my uncle Rolando Dacayana and also studied Traditional Tai Chi with Grandmaster Tan way back in 1988-90 in Cebu City.

What was your grandfather like as a teacher? Your father? Your uncle? So, martial arts were very important to your family?

One of the amazing things about the martial arts is when you put them under a microscope, metaphorically, you can see all the layers (years, decades, centuries, etc.) of tradition, culture and innovation that went into one can see today. Filipino martial arts, or FMA, are no exception. FMA are not only devastating armed and unarmed on their own, but when you also take into consideration many exponents of these arts cross trained in Japanese and Chinese arts, their versatility on the mat and on the streets is truly terrifying. Jun Dacayana is one of the elite of this group. He has demystified many of the aspects of FMA that befuddled the average trainee and exposed them to other weapons and concepts that many had no idea existed. A very gregarious and humble individual who is succeeding by keeping it simple and expanding his art one disciple at a time. Could you give us a little family background? March 5, 1971 in Tajao Pinamungajan, Cebu. My parents’ names are: Alberto Dacayana Sr. and Lilia Alicaway. I have a sister Chanda Dacayana.

Was there a history of martial arts in your family?

My late grandfather Dalmacio Alicaway was a WW2 veteran and my first mentor in Combat Judo, Combat Knife Fighting and Eskrima when I was 8 -12 years old before he died in January 1, 1984. My Father Alberto Dacayana Sr. was a Military and used to be a member of Philippine Constabulary (PC) and Philippine National Police (PNP).

How important was important was martial arts in your community when you were young?

My Grandfather teaches based on his personal experience during WW2 against the Japanese using his knife skills with a touch of Combat Judo and Linambay Eskrima. His style of teaching is not the same as what we have today. My Father taught me the way how he taught his military students at Camp Lapu Lapu in Cebu City in the early 70's. I was taught Combat Judo and Combat Knife Fighting too. My uncle Rolando Dacayana was a good boxer and was the one who developed my boxing skills.

It was so important but as what my grandfather has told me to never find a fight and only used when it is needed like to protect myself and my love ones when life is in danger.

Seni Beladiri: When did you start martial arts? With who? I was only 8 to 12 years old when I was first introduced in Martial Arts through my Grandfather Dalmacio Alicaway. I stopped training at 12 years old when my grandfather died at the age of 70 way back in 1984 and continued my training in Martial Arts when I go back to Cebu with my father Alberto Dacayana Sr. and he send me to CEBU

Martial arts are very much important to me and our family history and it is during my time that I was able to propagate our own flavor or Cebuano martial arts.

Why did your father send you to Karate? What was that master like as a teacher? How long did you study Karate? My father sent me to Karate because when I came to Cebu, he doesn't have time yet to teach me because of his hectic schedule but we only spend time to train during weekends. Grandmaster Wennie Dela Rosa is a good teacher he used drums to call your attention instead of giving you a number such counting out loud. I've studied Karate for more than a year I was only at my yellow belt when I stopped because of my Work at Cebu City Hall in 1990.

What led you to study Tai Chi? I've studied Tai Chi because every Sunday we have a gathering at the park of Plaza Indipendicia we call it Plaza Indipendicia Health Club and I was a member and Grandmaster Tan during that time teaches Tai Chi to all members.

who teaches Eskrima. So, it all started in a simple friendly teaching and no money involve then. We call it a give and take sharing of skills.

How did you put together your own system? I've been studying for so long making a good technique such as footwork in which if you can see its very unique. It came into my mind what else should I need to develop in Eskrima because majority if not all, the common 12 targets in Eskrima are very similar so I also made my own.

It also came into my mind and even What did these people teach you aside questioning myself such as if the old generations of Eskrimadors were able from combat skills? to develop a very good technique why Discipline and respect to other martial can't I? So, it was then that I develop my own system (now Dacayana arts systems. Eskrima Indigenous Cebuano Martial When did you realize you wanted to Arts). do martial arts professionally? What does the name mean? What is Way back in 1990 onward every the meaning of the logo? Sunday at Plaza Park we gathered together with other martial artists Dacayana came from my family name being part of the health club. Some it was my friends and students in UK teach kickboxing, boxing, Kung Fu headed by Marcie Harding who is the (like Tai Chi or Wing Chun) and me, Dacayana UK/Europe Director who

suggested to change it to Dacayana Eskrima. The Logo represents the method of teaching itself such as Combat Judo, Knife Fighting and Eskrima. That is why there is a knife and stick, and the Philippine Flag represents the origin of the system meaning Filipino Cebuano Martial Arts.

How did the martial arts affect you as you grew to adulthood? I don't remember of my martial skills affects my growing to adulthood as I am a well-disciplined individual but it really develops self-confidence and prepared myself that if something does happen, I will be able to protect myself especially that I am working during the wee hours 4:00 am TO 12:00 noon and I only go to work by foot and walk until I arrive to Carbon Market where I am working.

What weapons do you use in your system? The weapons I am using are as follows: ESKRIMA STICK PINUTI

KUTSILYO POCKET STICK SUNDANG INDIAN PANA WASAY

In your own words, what is the difference between Kali, Eskrima and Arnis? For me they are all the same. The only possible difference is where they originated from. Like for example In Visayas Region where majority of FMA uses the word of Eskrima and in Mindanao they usually used the words Kali while in Luzon used the word Arnis. So, to make the long story short in my own opinion the difference between Kali, Eskrima, and Arnis is the place where the art originated and where most of the people uses different languages, but still represents FMA. Filipino martial arts have spread around the world quite a bit. What do you think foreigners still do not understand about your country's arts? The reason why there are foreigners that until today do not understand FMA is because they never have tried it yet. It is something like a delicious food that it needs to be tasted first before you begin to understand and started to liking it.

How can people study your system or become instructors in it? The best way to do it is they need to come over to Philippines if they want to study under my guidance. However, for the Europeans they can go directly to UK and study under Marcie Harding. On the other side in order to become an instructor they don't need to spend many years of training as I also offered a rigid instructors training program in a short period of time. Do you have any regrets? Anything you wish you could change? The only regrets that came into my mind with regards to Filipino martial arts is the politics in the Eskrima world. They exist not just in the political arena, but in the Eskrima Arnis world as well. However, it is never too late to change it only that Eskrimadors needs to be united and work as a team in order to propagate the indigenous martial arts of the Republic of the Philippines. called Eskrima Arnis.

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My greatest experience was when I was able to apprehend and capture several street snatchers using my martial skills who victimized innocent people.

How can someone tell if they have found a legitimate FMA master? It's not that easy to give an opinion as to how to determine if someone found a legitimate FMA master for as long as the said master were able to implement that what we call respect and self-discipline.

Any advice for readers of this article? If you want to accomplish something in your life you should start dreaming and work for it because it is good to have a dream but it's not good dreaming at all stay focus and look 100 miles away. The following guide is a must in order to reach your goal in life: AMBITION COURAGE INTEREST DETERMINATION

How many countries have instructors in your art? Honestly, I've got only in UK and Europe through the help of the UK/ Europe Director Marcie Harding who holds the highest belt in Dacayana Eskrima Indigenous Cebuano Martial Arts. But we are still searching for others who are willing to become a Director in their country and willing to teach Dacayana Eskrima.

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So, I am assuming you have used your skills in a real-life situation. Could you tell us about it? During my almost 40 years of training in martial arts I have encountered Honestly, if you are in a certain many masters and grandmasters situation that you are obligated to use of different arts. I am privileged you martial skills due to some reasons to have GM Jun Dacayana as my you cannot explain the feelings teacher and can honestly say, he is your heart is screaming inside and truly the best of the best! Not only nervousness is so unexplainable but in his incredible ability and skill, but you need to control your fear or else also in his approach to teaching, his you will be the one to be in danger. inclusivity and his humbleness. All of Due to the nature of my work before in us within the Dacayana family system Carbon Market where hoodlums and try to follow his example of kindness, criminals are living there were times humbleness and helpfulness. that you have no other choice but to protect yourself. I cannot elaborate The system GM Jun has created is everything because I don’t want to wonderfully unique. I have not seen empress people who are reading this footwork like ours in any other style article. I just want to say that I was and we also use longer sticks than working in that area for more than 20 many styles. We concentrate on speed, years as the head of Cebu City Market power, flow and body mechanics Police and I want the people to search meaning we can use heavy weapons about what Carbon Market in Cebu as well as lighter ones which is a great City, Philippines is all about. advantage. The system is also highly transferable across all the weapons Why do you think FMA and other categories which allows us to use many Southeast Asian arts are so popular for self-defense?

of the same moves and techniques whatever weapon we have to hand which is not always the case even in the Filipino Arts that are renowned for this. In Cebu the system continues to grow through GM Jun's efforts and has become popular with the military (Navy and Army) and police. Here in the UK GM Jun’s fabulous system continues to be popular and post covid i am hoping to grow the style even more throughout the UK, Europe and beyond! Marcie Harding Senior Master Guy Edward Larke has spent most of his life enamored with the martial arts of Asia and Asian cultures in general. These led him to move to South Korea 20 years ago where he continued to study, research, and write about the various disciplines that shaped his life. In addition to teaching martial arts in Korea, USA, Malaysia and Denmark he has written over 800 articles in over 20 magazines. He named the synthesis of his pilgrimage Kisa-Do Muye (the Knights Way Martial Arts). Larke can be found on Facebook or by e-mail at kisadomuye@ gmail.com

I don't know about it really but for me personally maybe because Asian Arts are more prone to street fighting and that prompted us to study realitybased self-defense.

What are the most important concepts/ skills to be trained for when preparing for self-defense? The most important skills are to develop what you ready have. We call them Instinctive Based Skills. All of us has an instinct that once it is develop into self-defense that will become a dangerous weapon.

GM Dacayana can be found on Facebook and on e-mail at

no tonfa, the latter developed by an adopted son. And the ancient kata Yara no Kushanku, along the lines of the Shuri Ti. The mention of Kung Shan Kun as a Chinese emissary at the Shuri court is unfounded. Because there is no such name in the records of emissaries of the Quin dynasty (Manchu), in the coronations of the kings of Okinawa. Being an uchinaguchi (Okinawa language) pronunciation of the Japanese term koshokun. That refers to a member of the yara family, acting as a translator of the Chinese language or executing the family katas, under the name of uchina te, or unan te, in the any member of the family has made aforementioned coronations. trips to China, being able to assume that their training in martial arts was within the family, that they kept the war techniques of the shimazu clan. Because his grandfather, Yara Peichin, was secretary to Prince Kunigami Masanori of Okinawa, during the period of 1645 - 1688, as a hostage in Satsuma. Yara Peichin with the Chinese name Li Yuan, who was the fifth son of a Chinese immigrant from Nanking, married to an Okinawan woman. He developed his activity as a kosokun (civil servant) at the Okinawa embassy in Kagoshima, in the service of the aforementioned prince. At the age of 43, he is authorized to Makabe Choken 1773 - 1829 settle in Okinawa, being appointed administrator of the yara royal He was born in the village of stable in the chatan district, and in tonokura, shuri. Fourth son of the charge of the reception, celebrations, ajimakabe chogi, his nickname entertainment and translations of the as a child was umijira, he had a shimazu missions in the shuri courts. large body and at the age of 15 he Yara Chikudun Peichin, with developed a strong extraordinary. the Chinese nickname Li Dao, Belonging to a royal family Yara Peichin's grandson, was close to King Shotei, he studied instrumental in teaching martial Confucianism, martial arts, and arts at the Shuri court. At that time profound studies of all things he passed down the familiar kata: inherent to nobility. He was excellent from Kobu jutsu, chatan yara no in Japanese classical literature. He kon, chatan yara no sai, and yara gua was expected to be a man who took

UCHINA TE FUSION WITH CHUGOKU KENPO HANSHI Héctor E. Maroli

In our hypothesis, the martial artists who, through their local trajectory as Bushis, merged indigenous knowledge with that from China, and promoted the teachings in family settings or to members of royalty in Okinawa. They are: Yara "Chikudun Peichin" 1740 - 1812. Nobleman from Chatan Village in the central part of Okinawa Island. The mention of the Yara in the historical karate bibliography is remarkable, but none shows that

on the future of Ryukyu. His inspired talent in martial arts, although his teachers are unknown, and the increasing skills he developed, such as the mae toobi gueri jump kick technique, which made him gain popularity as one of the best uchina te experts in okinawa, being recognized as such, by the satsuma authorities. He traveled to Beiyin once and twice to Edo (Tokyo) on official business by order of the King of Ryukyu.

Sakugawa "Peichin" Kanga, 1786 - 1867 Born in the Tunjumui village, today Torihori of the town of Shuri, under the name of Teruya Kisei, ninth generation of Urasoe Uekata Kuan an, descendant of the Eki clan. He began practicing martial arts at the age of 17, encouraged by a family misfortune, when his father was beaten to death by bandits and evil spirits. He was a student of Takahara "Peichin" from 1803 to 1808, the year in which he met kosokun (possibly Yara "Chikudun Peichin), and with the master's blessing he becomes a disciple of the well-known master in Shuri's court. After 1815 he was sent to China as a ryugakusei (exchange student) because it was intended that he

would become an important statesman of the Ryukyu kingdom. He boarded one of the official tributary ships, which carried merchandise valuable and important people for the economy of the kingdom. The ships were equipped with a turret, artillery, explosives, arrows, spears and their crew trained in combat arts to defend themselves against the wakos (pirates), who raided them in search of succulent loot. The king of Shuri had authorized in case of assault, to intervene in defense of the cargo and the ship, to the passengers who possessed knowledge in martial arts. The night before the arrival off the coast of Fushou, the ship was attacked by a group of pirates, and the crew faced them bravely. Teruya, seeing what was happening, took off the clothes that impeded his combat mobility and taking a Roku Shaku Bo, he threw himself on the deck, moving like a whirlwind attacking each of the bandits, leaving a small number of them, who pounced on the eminent martial artist reducing it. Teruya had lost his ability to defend himself and sensed that he could lose his life. Being held by the arms to be beaten, his last decision was to throw himself into the sea dragging his aggressors with him. The next day he was captured by the Chinese imperial authorities, who believed him to be one of the pirates, and was found guilty without being allowed to explain himself, and taken to Beijing to serve the sentence. Teruya protested, fasting for several days until he was allowed to speak in his defense, going so far as to prove his innocence. He displayed a warrior's demeanor and attitude, so impressing the Chinese authorities that he was granted freedom and provided with abundant martial knowledge. He was allowed to study chugoku kenpo and the handling of the Roku Shaku Bo (180 cm long stick) of which he became a true expert. Upon his return to Okinawa he was

promoted to the military rank of "Peichin" (warrior officer) and sent as regent to Yaeyama Island. For his services to the court of Shuri he was granted as a personal estate a small island called "Sakugawa", from which he adopted the nickname Sakugawa Chikodun "Peichin" Kanga. For his services to the Okinawan crown and his contribution to martial arts, he received the highest military rank of "Satunuke" (Commander). Okinawan martial arts mention him in their genealogies with various names such as: Sakugawa Kanga, Sakugawa Chikodun "Peichin" or simply "Sakugawa Satunuke", but the nickname of Sakugawa "To-Te" Kanga persisted to this day, in the Okinawan martial arts community. karate for his fusion of uchina ti (Okinawa hand) with Chugoku Kenpo. Sakugawa sensei was the first exponent of Confucian morality within the Okinawan martial arts, by implementing the doyo kun, (moral code) that read: 1. Perfection of character, 2. Have Faith, 3. Be industrious, 4. Respect others, AND 5. Curb and prevent violence. This code was the logical consequence, from the analysis to the moral situation of the moment, and the need to inculcate Confucian moral ethical principles for social conduct.

The To-Te was developed safely and generationally. Sakugawa sensei was succeeded in teaching by the great teacher Matsumura Sokon as the most prominent, and others. It is currently the ancestral line of Okinawa Karate.

Reach Out and Touch Someone Enter Teuk Gong Moo Sool (Part 6) by Master Guy Edward Larke Regardless of the ethnicity, philosophical approach or the intensity of the art, hand strikes are perhaps the most common attacks used in a martial arts arsenal. This is for good reason. They are fast, easy to master, and versatile. After studying 16 various disciplines in his younger days, Grandmaster Park slowly began cutting to the meat of hand strikes in general. What were the most common strikes? Why were they the most common? How did they differ from system to system and why? Was the whole arm utilized to its whole potential? Why not? This questing attitude hasn’t changed. Where many Korean masters get annoyed, impatient or irritated by questions such as why, GM Park smiles broadly. In his quest to develop a truly modern martial art for the world he altered, added, threw away and adopted many ideas in his approach to striking. In regards to striking he saw attacks primarily as straight, circular or snapping. The basic implements used as a result are the fingers (tips and sides), the fist, the knife edge (and the reverse) of the hand and the palm. In latter techniques, the elbow, shoulder and the back of the forearm are brought into play as well. He stresses the importance of where and how you hit. There is no universal strike or target. You need to get close to your target and analyze your opponent’s body type and stance. When fighting a boxer a TGMS fighter would typically hit the thighs with spear hands. A TKD fighter would likely be on the receiving end of knees and elbows. Grapplers would likely be put into a subtle finger lock, break it and follow with an elbow lock. Against the veteran or mixed skill fighter a TGMS practitioner would mirror his stance/ movement but very slightly avoid the attack and respond with the same technique. What follows is a written description of the 17 basic upper body strikes and the most preferred target for each one. Much more detail is available in the book/ DVD series. 1. Jeong-Kwon (“Knuckle Punch”): This seems at first to be the standard corkscrew punch seen in countless styles. One major difference is that the elbow is lightly bent. In TGMS almost none of the strikes are done with a completely straight arm. GM Park’s studies told him that this results in joint problems later in life, plus full power isn’t attained. The second difference is that the fist itself is turned a little extra outward to allow an even further corkscrew effect. The preferred target is the solar plexus.

2. Oh-Lee-Uh (“Upper Blow”): In many ways this resembles the atypical uppercut. It differs in that the blow is more of a snap, than a thrust so it relies on speed to develop power. Obviously it targets the chin.

3. Doh-Lee-Uh (“Screw Blow”): Despite appearances this is NOT a hook. The elbow is bent at 120 degrees and is more direct in its targeting of the ribs.

4. Kwon-Su (“Finger Stab”): To perform this and the other finger attacks there are special exercises and even equipment utilized to condition the fingers as a whole. Many styles use similar strikes in katas/ poomsae, but seldom use it in a real fight. The cart aroid artery on the side of the neck is a good target. One can also slightly bend his fingers and slab/ stab to the eyes. Basically a spear hand.

5. Pyung-Kwon-Su (“Horizontal Finger Stab”): Basically a spear hand turned 90 degrees. The fingers are slightly bent and target vital points such as above the collar bone. It’s not fast, rather a slow and subtle motion.

6. Yuk-Kwon-Su (“Reverse Finger Stab”): This variation needs the most strength training. It is especially devastating the armpit or groin. It involves twisting the spear hand 180 degrees on the way to its target. As if it was a drill.

7. Dung-Kwon (“Reverse Knuckles”): A variation of the backfist, the elbow is kept at 120 degrees. The temple is the perfect target to say the least.

8. Ahn-Su-Do (“Inside Hand Blades”): As much as this seems to be a regular knife hand strike, GM Park cautions against just swinging into your target. He advocates swinging downward at a 35 or 40 degree angle into the neck or ribs for more penetration power.

9. Ba-Kaht-Su-Do (“Outside Hand Blades”): Similar to the above technique. As you do your reverse knife hand strikes swing upward at 35 to 40 degrees for optimum results. The temple or the ear are perfect targets.

10. Yuk –Su-Do (“Reverse Hand Blades”): This variation on the ridge hand is like a chain. It can be used to block an incoming punch or swing upward from a relaxed position and strike behind the head (as it’s not straight).

11. Pyung-Su (“Palm Strike”): Much the same as other palm strikes. It is performed with bent knees (not upright).

12. Choong-Ji-Kwon (“Finger Knuckle”): This is very similar to Kung Fu’s Phoenix Eye Fist. This upright fist has the middle knuckle extended like a spike. It is snapped quickly at the ribs or the top of the throat.

13. Pahl-Goom-Chi (“Elbow”): Although it appears to be a roundhouse elbow it is held in position (like a knight and his lance) and pressed slightly forward upon impact.

14. Pahl-Goom-Chi (“Elbow Chop”): This maneuver is exactly as it appears to be. GM Park saw no need to alter it.

15. Mae-Kwon (“Fist Hammers”): TGMS’s hammer fists are performed with the elbows at 120 degrees to the temple or can be used to block a punch.

16. Pyung-Nahl (“Hawk Talons”): This throat controlling/ striking technique is seen in many styles and movies. In some cases it’s also called a cobra strike. It the hand is pulled back and to the side with the fingers pulled back and ready to grasp or tear. It really resembles a hawk’s foot. After striking the top of the throat, grip the area strongly and pull if necessary.

17. Dol-Yah-Su –Do (“Whirling Hand Blades”): The final technique is their version of spinning knife hands. The big difference, as in many other techniques, is the elbows being bent at 120 degrees. The ribs or legs are ideal locations for attack.

Kicking techniques will be covered next issue. Anyone interested in learning more about this neoclassical military art can contact me or the association at http://www. tgms.or.kr. Seminars can be arranged and there are books and DVDs available for sale.

Master Guy Edward Larke 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 Teuk Gong Moo Sool, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Taekkyon, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Korean kickboxing, Karate-do, Wushu, Cheonji-muye-do, and various other arts. Currently he teaches Taekwondo, Karate and Cheonji-muye-do full time in addition to writing for various magazines and running KisaDo Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at kisadomuye@gmail.com

CONGRESS WTTSDU MÉXICO “1st CONGRESS OF INSTRUCTORS AND BLACK RIBBONS WTTSDU MEXICO” by KSN CRISTIAN RAMIREZ BAEZ

MAY 16, 2022 MEXICO, CDMX. CONSOLIDATING THE WTTSDU IN MEXICO. With the appointment of SBN Lucas González as National Representative in Mexico of Region 2 of the WTTSDU (World Traditional Tang Soo Do Union), he began to work on the formation of the board of directors and technical council for our country, which is in charge to carry out the assignments of our president KJN Patricio Saavedra continuing with the growth and diffusion of Tang Soo Do in our country, thus taking care of quality, methodology and technical aspects. So the next step was to hold regular meetings to carry out work plans, contributions of ideas, among others, for which it was agreed to organize the "1st Congress of Instructors and Belts Black WTTSDU Mexico"

being the venue of the event the CDMX carried out on Sunday, May 15, 2022 in Bicentennial Park and March 18 Park in the Azcapotzalco delegation, where students from the Libra Academy of Martial Arts of the State of Tlaxcala of SBN Lucas González, of the Kümgangsang Búhos Academy of the State of Mexico of Mexico participated. KSN Alberto Cupido, from White Tigers Academy CDMX from his server KSN Cristian Ramírez, likewise with the support and participation of KSN Rubén Rojo from the Academy of Martial Arts and Box Rojo "White Tigers" from CDMX.

10° to 1st gup”, “Ho Shin SuL”, and “Combat Steps” taught by each of the members of the technical council. We began by following the established protocols, training everyone by grade, we carried out the due ceremony to continue with the warm-up given by KSN Rubén Rojo Cortina. Once the warm-up was over, your server KSN Cristian Ramírez began to teach basics in which we worked on postures in a fixed place, defenses, blows and combinations of them, taking care of postures and terminology, in support of each of the teachers. In order to take a short break without losing the rhythm, your server continued with the theoretical part which touched on the subject of the History of Tang Soo Do in general aspects, revealing the cultural richness, versatility, pragmatism and functionality of our martial art. . The participation was achieved to enhance their learning in the theoretical part since as I mentioned during the workshop "for a martial arts practitioner it is very important to know what we are doing, and try to understand our martial art" this was something important to mention since this can reinforce us more as practitioners, instructors or people, thus achieving a greater understanding of the technique and having greater commitment in what we do.

Change of Venue March 18 Park Due to an administrative problem in the "Parque Bicentenario" we had Upon arrival at the agreed venue, to change the Venue to continue we proceeded to change and train with our event. It was thanks to the those present to begin the event rapid mobilization of SBN Lucas and where we would address topics KSN Cupido who were in charge of such as "History of Tang Soo Do", locating the next training place, being "Philosophy and Ideology in Eastern able to continue without interruption Martial Arts", "Basics", "Forms of and problem. some. Resuming our BICENTENARY PARK TRAINING BEGINS

event with the technical part, SBN Lucas González proceeded with the practice and review of the forms before starting, I mention something very important "Remember that we are learning all the time, you learn from me and I learn from you" this helped the participants felt more confident and free to be able to ask to clarify doubts without fear of being wrong. Starting with the basics Kicho Hyong Il bu, e bu, and Sam Bu without any problem, a good synchronization and coordination of the participants was achieved. SBN Lucas mentioned each name of the form with confidence and strength so that everyone could hear attack, since being misdirected and arouse everyone's due attention. and exceeding in responding to aggression, we exchange roles and We would continue with the entire we become the aggressor, as we Pyonang bloc from Cho dan to Oh mentioned before, self-defense is only Dan, which would have more detail, to safeguard our physical integrity” taking care of the technique, posture after this We would proceed to and execution of the same difference practice various techniques in pairs as the first three, they would be and in a circle, all working together repeated more times with him and exchanging partners in order to supporting our KSN, the members of develop our skills. Later he would the technical council would take care mention something important to all the aspects mentioned above mind. us “there are different types of selfdefense, for example we can only perform two or three movements, as Time began to run quickly and long as these help us to avoid, exit or the sun had no mercy as the heat stop the aggression since it is useless was more and more intense but to memorize 80 movements because remembering one of our codes we are not going to do them occupy "Never give up the battle" after taking all under a real situation or moment a short break and hydrating ourselves of danger” something very true we continued with our event showing mentioned by our KSN Cupid since a "spirit indomitable within each of in self defense the role played by our the participants”, now it would be reaction and control in the situation KSN Alberto Cupido's turn with we find ourselves is very important. Personal Defense or Ho Shin Sul, the teacher would begin addressing the Your server continued with the concept of self-defense mentioning second theoretical part which we “Self-defense is only as they mention take philosophical and ideological, aspects of martial it as defense to protect ourphysical cultural integrity, and not the opposite to arts starting by understanding

Buddhism and Taoism without a doubt two philosophies that greatly influence Asian culture since being so important in martial arts they help a greater growth for the martial artist being able to work "a triangle of strength" which we also know as "Mind, Body and Spirit". REAFFIRMING THE COMMITMENT As the last part of the Congress, SBN Lucas proceeded to work on some combat steps to have as a task in our academies, thus ending our event by closing SBN Lucas with a speech of thanks mentioning "I thank all my colleagues attached to the National Organization of Tang Soo From Mexico, to my colleague and secretary of the WTTSDU Mexico Cristian Ramírez, to the KSN and Doctor Alberto Cupido, a server thanks you for having participated in our 1st Congress, all with the intention of carrying it out and planning the activities that we are going to carry out during throughout the year as well as refine details on technical matters, form seminars, self-

defense, basic concepts, history and philosophy of Tang Soo Do, I have no choice but to continue thanking you for your interest, support, presence and mentioning that everything we are doing It is to sow the seed, the path of those who come after beginners, black belts and who find a path traced by e l which they can continue and carry out our discipline nationally or worldwide, and we are ready to continue participating in our next Seminars, Tournaments in Mexico as well as events scheduled abroad organized by colleagues, and brother of our world organization WTTSDU and continue reaffirming our commitment, we thank KJN Saavedra for their support and trust”, after the speech of our national representative and director of the technical council in Mexico, we proceeded to deliver the certificates of participation in the congress, ending with our protocol ceremony.

members of the technical council and set new projects, events and ideas for the growth of our students, academies and organization. Once finished and trying to reinforce ourselves as a group, its served with the support of my students, family and mother who would delight us with a delicious pozole which would give us the strength to return to our homes after a rigorous day of training, thanks to this coexistence we were able to talk and get closer in order to have better teamwork and get the WTTSDU off the ground in Mexico, since in the end, thanks to the excellent organization, communication and disposition of each of the members, we were able to make this event a success. Tang Soo!!!

The congress would not end there since we would move to another area of CDMX to have a final talk with the

MARTIAL ARTS and ME (p. 8) Professor Carlos Damasco

Returning to the previous note, Master Carlos Filippa finally came to Uruguay, gave a good seminar and took exams. He enabled me to take exams up to and including red, here already using the points that were not used. He later traveled to Argentina and participated in a tournament, in seminars and in many very interesting things in a more sporty taekwondo. I visited Master Carlos Filippa at that time. He was coach of the Argentine National Team. I was at CENARD, at the National Center for High Performance Sports. I saw the training of the Argentine team. A brutal level. Then I trained in Master Filippa's gym with very interesting people. All this throughout the year, which we are already talking about back in the year 90. Extremely interesting things. The whole issue that Marcial had plus the sports part has enriched me and there were very interesting things with groups here that were formed, very, very good situations were arising and we continued on our way. We follow the path of doing things, of creating internal tournaments. I started at one point to separate classes

for children and adults. I really like teaching children. I had an interesting group, very nice things developed and always in coexistence with people I had known for years and who suddenly went to this training place or I went to theirs and we exchanged people who already belonged to the International Federation of Taekwondo. I always maintained that good friendship with them. That has enriched the whole story for me and for them as well. So the good thing was to train people, as I say to the children, that you have to take this as fun and they have had very interesting results in many children that today I see them as full-fledged men and appreciate certain types of things that served them. Sometimes you don't realize what you give, what you do, that is suddenly very important for the one who is receiving it and for you it's a normal situation. But the truth is that you have to understand that one is often a guide to a child without fully realizing it. I have anecdotes that parents have allowed me to take many children along with other adult students of mine, for example we were twice

in El Pinar, in a club that one of my students got, he had a barbecue, a class was held on the beach, He spent the whole day doing a bit of soccer, volleyball, the children had a great time and the adults, I think, better too. That has been enriching things, training, giving classes, marking a certain presence and outside of political traits that have always weighed heavily in the matter of martial arts. In 1991 Master Carlos Filippa could not come and one of his instructors came. Unfortunately, I do not remember his name now, but he conducted a good seminar. He was a Physical Education teacher, some other things were also learned at the gymnastics level, my students graduated, several reached Punta Negra and that gave me a great incentive and great pride. Later, it seems unbelievable, but due to different circumstances, five students I had from Punta Negra did not later get the black belt due to different life circumstances. Some already went to secondary school and stopped practicing. So, unfortunately, one stays there on the trail and with that bitterness that one cannot

achieve what one would like. But hey, I've already met those people, one has friends on social networks and always with that respect call one Sabonim. There is a great experience. Today, giving classes, I have practitioners who were students with me when I was young and today they continue again. I resumed the activity of teaching in gyms a few years ago, I was a few years without giving and always training myself, but I had left a little the possibility of giving classes for more than political issues. So I like this. It's fine, people pay a fee, but you have to give them other things. It is not only money that goes, but much more important things go. Then we reach conclusions that sometimes cannot be followed in certain circumstances. I kept to myself and really afterwards an accident happened to me at some point that was not due to taekwondo, but playing soccer, my Achilles tendon ruptured, they had to operate on me, I was unemployed for a long time. I did not like many political attitudes and finally I left the Seng Do Federation, but of my own free will, I decided to continue on my way, apart from the fact that I have given classes to rather private students, at home, to stop teaching taekwondo. I always trained for myself, because there is something that cannot be replaced, which is the affection, the

passion that one has for this martial art. Then there are other stories of things that I have always dabbled in, without leaving taekwondo. I think that at the moment we are following a good path and we are going to continue developing it, butfor the next one, maybe it will be in this case of my story, maybe this will be the penultimate, that is, because we are going to get to the current time and a general outline of things and my experiences, of my story and I keep remembering forever. I have to thank people who gave me many things and I gained experiences. One of those I cannot fail to name is my friend, my instructor, Rubén González. A separate chapter for him, he was South American champion back in the year 85, beating the best Argentine competitor in the category, Mr. Juan Mangoni, who today is, if I'm not mistaken, 8th dan of WT, who had already been to World Cups from Argentina, had come third in a great performance and I experienced it live and direct. Later I also went with Rubén González to Argentina and they told me but this is your instructor, Rubén González, who beat Mangoni and people who had not seen

the tournament watched him, they couldn't believe it. For me he is one of the best martial athletes, because in the competition part here in Uruguay I would say no, that is to say, this Mr. Rubén González should have been done in Argentina, that today he would have had much more future, here it was very short matter. Then he must have come to much more than he did. But a person who even today with experiences continues to tell me old experiences and I continue to learn from him. The truth is that a very, very particular reference for him, that at some point, if possible, I am going to do an interview with him in the magazine so that the new generations know him and know who he is. An extremely important person with a great sports history in WT taekwondo. Until next time.