El Camino #15 English

El Camino Martial Arts Magazine was born with the aim of promoting martial arts and reaching the largest number of people in a digital way, according to the times and technologies. We hope you like it and join us in this beautiful martial universe, with the love of always: Graphic Direction: Mario Segnini Fursa.

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Main Editor (English Version): SM Guy E. Larke The opinions expressed in this magazine are the responsibility of each person who is published and promoted; is made and distributed with No.22-08 from Montevideo Uruguay for the month of August.

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INDEX: 02 - WHAT IS SELF DEFENSE OR IT SHOULD BE? SBN Ramón Navarro 04 - CELLULOID: WILD DOG MAESTRO J. Ricardo Félix 05 - TRADITIONAL CENTER OF MARTIAL ARTS MÉXICO 06 - BETWEEN HOT DOGS, VODKA and RICE? SBN Javier Acosta 08 - JUDO FOR LIFE PROF. Marcelo Ehrlich 11 - ECONOMY - TANG SOO DO Elias Pulgar Olguin 12 - MY STORY Kaho Nouchi 14 - THINKING LIKE A MARTIAL ARTIST SMaster Guy E. Larke 16 - KORYU vs GENDAI BUDO SENSEI Cecilia Salbuchi 19 - AN EXPLORATION OF TSD´s 8 KEY CONCEPTS: SHIN CHOOK SBN Mary Cayte Reiland

20 - 1ST WTTSDU CHILE TOURNAMENT 21 - TANG SOO DO URUGUAY SBN Mario Segnini Fursa 22 - CONGRESS WTTSDU PANAMÁ 28 - ENTER THE REAL OF COMBAT TKD SMaster Guy E. Larke 31 - FROM WHITE TO BLACK and FROM BLACK to...

SBN Javier Acosta 32 - CANARIAN WRESTLING Freakie-Do 35 - THE PEN IS MIGHTIER WITH THE SWORD SMaster Guy E. Larke 37 - DOJO STORIES SENSEI Gerardo Balves 39 - MA and ME (Cap.11) PROFESOR Carlos Damasco 41 - MATE and KARATE KSN Renso Perez 43 - ANDY HUG 45 - DYNAMIG TANG SOO DO Master John B. Correlje 46 - MARTIAL ARTS FILM The Octagon

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WHAT IS SELF DEFENSE OR IT SHOULD BE? Sbn Ramón Navarro

Hello everyone, I greet you and I hope you are well as well as your family and students or colleagues.

When you hear self-defense and don't know much about martial arts, you think you know how to defend against someone who attacks you and if you learn a good martial art, I imagine you will have your idea of ​​what is selfdefense.

The first and foremost personal defense is good health. Good physical, mental and spiritual health. In that way? Mentally, everything in life happens mentally first, be it techniques or attitudes in daily life, be it family life, work life, or one's private life.

What matters here is what you feed your mind with what you hear or read, well what you speak and see. Physically, it is being in good health. This is keeping your weight in good control to begin with, but doing exercises that train your whole body rather than parts of your body is healthier than doing

nothing. Although I train in some martial art and the tranquility that one feels is the spiritual part and I will not abound in this and it has nothing to do with God. By having good self-defense and one has to defend himself, let's say he has to fight, but he does not have good health or physical condition for as much as he knows what he has learned from his martial art, he will get tired or exhausted before time and it will be difficult for him to get out airy.

The best self-defense attitude is not knowing how to fight or combat, it is knowing how to stay cautious on the street, which is where the risk of one's life is. This is why I call it 'having your state of alert high', which is to be aware of one's environment wherever one walks. One already knows how to distinguish if where one is going to pass there are strange people who show a strange attitude or that one sees those people who are not decent to continue there and it

is best to change one's route, even if it is longer to get to the where one is going.

Also, in martial arts it is said that they teach self-defense but what they actually teach is fighting, that is, they call it techniques, but they are fighting combinations.

This can be done by anyone. Well, martial art has self-defense, which are two directions. One is to fight and the other is to dominate the opponent without having to hit him and apply techniques that we call locks.

The first thing that is taught in a martial art Academy, Dojang or Dojo is that what you will learn there is to defend yourself not to pick a fight. That humility must always persevere. There are several things about humility, but the main thing if you have to defend yourself is to try to avoid the fight by talking and appease the atmosphere that is forming and if you can't then it will be to fight.

The other part of humility is that if you have to defend yourself and you are already won in the fight, do not continue hitting him more than necessary, but if you decide to stop the fight and not continue hitting him, stay alert, that is, do not lower your state alert.

It is also best not to fight if it is possible to calm the atmosphere with the person with whom you are arguing, which is what almost always happens before the fight begins, is not to yell or square off because taking this attitude causes the aggressor to get angrier and it is almost certain that there will be a fight.

Really, what a martial art should

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be for would be the art of peace, since this should be for the person to improve their character.

Become a better person. Can you imagine me being a person without humility? I would be a troublemaker. Is it worth being like this? Not really and if you know martial art be a good person. Of course, if I have to try my best to appease an environment and I say I don't want to fight, it's because I'm a martial art and I'll hurt him.

The martial art is supposed to be defensive, but it is really offensive since those who know it to defend themselves will have to counterattack and will be able to defend themselves. However, the vast majority of martial artists don't go around fighting so often that the student tells himself this is to hit anyone who wants to mess with me. This is what self-defense

Standing upside down improves brain circulation as well as strengthening the neck and wrists, relaxing the spine and giving physical and emotional balance.

should be, although I'm not exactly right or all the answers is for health in addition to improving your personality. So self-defense is getting home safely more if you've had to defend yourself.

I'll put my wedge. I Ramon Navarro 6th Dan of Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo, I am expanding this art in Latin America through the International Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo Federation so give yourself the opportunity to participate in this expansion and if you want to know more write to WhatsApp +507 67808222 or I will be back soon to give another virtual seminar that I will announce by this means that of Radio Cultural Charrua as on Instagram.

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based on real events but for that reason sometimes it lacks realism and at times it seems that we are seeing a parody starring the Almada brothers.

The action scenes sometimes look like Bollywood choreography and you can't miss the music that reminds you that you are watching an Indian movie.

WILD DOG Master Jesús Ricardo Félix

How many times have they been told: don't talk about politics or religion?

When you were a child you went to the family barbecue your uncles went to the PRI or the PAN for the same reason you shouldn't touch on certain topics. Then, in the same school, the debate seemed to have a negative connotation, either because it raises the differences between two individuals or groups, taboo topics are addressed, or the participants simply dedicate themselves to attacking the person and not looking for arguments. I don't know if it's a matter of northern Mexico, the country or Latin America, but it's clear to me that we don't have the culture of debate.

The moment someone raises an idea that differs from ours, we win the visor and attack the individual to the point of turning it into a personal lawsuit.

In short, the one who practices the sport of debate either thinks he is too smart or is a troublemaker. But if we do not have the capacity to accept or assimilate our differences, how are we going to be prepared to understand or even accept different ways of thinking or living? That is why this weekend we will talk about the cinema of a multicultural country like India that has suffered firsthand the evils of religious fanaticism.

Wild Dog is a 2021 Hindi film directed

by Ahishor Solomon. Based on real events, it addresses the issue of the attacks that occurred in the city of Hyderabad at the end of 2011. Hidden in two bicycles, a group of mujahideen planted bombs that killed a total of eleven people in crowded sectors of the city. As movies like Slumdog Millionaire 2008 have already suggested, despite the fact that the dominant religion is Hinduism, there is also a percentage that professes Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, etc.

Definitely recommended for those movie lovers who like to explore cinema from different latitudes. It is an entertaining film, which sometimes turns into unintentional comedy, but it deals with a very serious subject like the fight against terrorism. The formula sometimes seems a bit Hollywood since the protagonist is like a Rambo with a high content of jingoism.

Another element that cannot be missing is that of corruption, although in the case of the wild dog the hero fights against it. To avoid falling into Islamophobia, the director distributes different creeds among the characters of the heroic elite corps: Hindus, a Muslim and a Christian.

In Operation Wild Dog a former combatant, whose family has been victims of the attacks, is already retired from the NIA, the largest antiterrorist agency in India. The wild dog has earned this nickname because he does not play by the rules of the police forces, on the contrary he has the reputation that the bad guys do not survive their missions. The Hindu government intends to convince him to come out of retirement to find the intellectual author of the attacks: Yasin Bhatkal. The problem is that he and his group of soldiers are sent to Nepal on a covert mission without having the resources of an official mission.

It is supposed to be an action movie

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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

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BETWEEN HOT DOGS, VODKA and RICE? SBN Javier Acosta ALL

WITH

EXCEPTIONS There are also those nations that play an important role in this chess, To measure the growth of a I will find it necessary to mention country, several factors are taken a couple for comparison purposes. into account. Now, these same ones England. are placed inside or outside the Japan. world powers, in a simile between Saudi Arabia. these powers and the development France. of martial arts and its different We also have those nations that, organizations in which one do although they are not among the you find yourself?, with which most powerful, it is necessary to one do you identify? Let's try to look inside them to understand develop an idea, where to look in that in some cases it is not power principle, recognize our failures but peace and tranquility that are and successes as an organization the best allies of happiness, in this or in particular as individuals. case I will mention the end that I will allow myself to develop this we should adopt some of them. analysis based on my experience Now as a martial arts organization and the way in which I observed where are you? the movements of the world. It 1-Do you invest in espionage? is not a scientific view, rather it 2-Do you worry if someone is the personal view of events outside grows? in recent times. So geopolitical 3-Do you spend your experts keep doing your job. time and money tirelessly First, there are the five developing your brand? unquestionable, those who base 4-Do you invest in manuals for all their power on the military and kinds of issues? economic development of their 5-Do you develop your own countries in order would be: events based on your own 1-United States of America. ideas or improved copies?

2-China.

6-Do you attack in a systematic 3-Russia. and sometimes subtle way to give

a message that you are the hero?

7-You have fragmented students with considerable discrepancies?.

8-Violence surrounds you?

9-Do you create funds for unforeseen situations?

10-How much do you have?

You are worth so much.

11-Do you face your challenges with violence regardless of the damage you cause to your students and classmates?

12-Do you destabilize and run over other organizations using your superiority?

If in some of these questions you say yes, then you have some of: -The United States or Russia, both of which have an enormous resemblance with marked differences, but in order for there to be a leading role, there must be an antagonistic role.

(ALL WITH EXCEPTIONS) 1- You do not have an Invader profile and on the contrary you seek to grow from within, to the limit of your borders?

2- With respectful discrepancy, do you unite to form a powerful nucleus, which guarantees the sustained gradual growth of your organization with work and effort?

3-Do you sometimes inadvertently give a hermetic image and to a certain extent it surprises you and fills you with mystery?

4-With stealth do you get involved little by little keeping a low profile with the precise interest of your own growth?

If in any of these or in all you feel attracted, without a doubt in that sense you are a Chinese simile.

(ALL WITH EXCEPTIONS)

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interest, it is not in my interest to take things personally, but to analyze each script of this life, which in particular is a source of elixir.

Own conclusion:

Nations like Japan, England, Saudi Arabia and France, become strictly partners of these three great monsters, this list could also include Turkey, North Korea, South Korea, Australia, Germany and later we have a block of countries with much less development, like Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Thailand and nothing to enter the powerful Italy. Then we will have that bloc of countries that remain in peace trying to grow little, but more concerned about not shrinking like Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica and others.

In the last link of the food chain, those that not even the new language of the millennials with their strange words could call a nation and that is because they are not recognized as such, rather they are recognized as added territories, the case of Puerto Rico and Taiwan the first added to the country of stars and stripes and the second to the eastern giant China; Now that we have seen all this, I must say as a Mexican, I am not entirely happy with my government, nor with previous governments. Although Mexico

CTAM is similar to China, it is not in our interest that they intervene in our affairs, nor that of intervening in others, we only intend to learn from everyone and the best thing is to be this China's simil is that we are also experts in preparing a bitter, we have a bird with two wings, without a doubt pulque is the drink of the gods and I say goodbye saying Goodbye see you next time...

has maintained a policy of nonintervention throughout history, it is unfortunate but understandable that the rope that the United States has put around its neck has not yet been removed, or else the angel of independence has not yet He wins a single round against the Statue of Liberty, I have already seen the fight countless Sbn Javier Acosta times and it is not seen for when. Director.

The latter is with the sense of not CTAM World offending anyone, it is not my

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JUDO FOR LIFE

Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich

Hello reader friends of the digital magazine "El Camino", in this sixth installment, we will address the topic of: Do only the Martial Art / combat sport / combat system, which I always did, stay true to what I was taught and keep repeating? Change activities when I feel like I don't have everything I'm looking for? Practice several, complementing my skills?

Quite a theme! The answer is in each one of us. In previous notes, I had commented that when I started with Judo (in the Christian Youth Association in Montevideo), at the age of 10, I also did it with Boxing, simultaneously. That difference in these activities led me to have techniques, situations, ways of approaching, different moral responses and experiences that did not occur in both, in the same way. I didn't realize when comparing them, I just practiced and enjoyed both.

But without knowing, he was already handling combat distances and different responses! From that time of the Judo of the YMCA, we only remained in activity… I have fingers left over on one hand to count them!

As a young man I went to Club L'avenir, where a very competitive Judo was practiced, very strong and very demanding sportingly, all the time was dedicated to training for the competition and participating in all the competitions. If you were injured, you trained the same, if you were injured, you competed the same. I continued practicing boxing for a while longer (and his training was very strong like in Judo, visiting legendary Boxing venues in Montevideo, hitting anyone), until I decided only Judo, because of the times, because of the organized teaching and oriented to being a best Judoka (with all that that implies).

From that time in L'avenir, we only stayed active... I have enough fingers on one hand to count them!

Parallel to Judo, I started with the practice of Taekwon-Do for a time and later with Shotokan Karate, since I saw that in Judo, they did not practice Atemis (blows), despite being in their organized teaching, but since they could not be used in competition, they were not learned or practiced.

And the more I practiced, the more I realized how similar the concept of

free combat was, the gaps, the doubts, the answers were filling in for me.

Then Aikido came and studying what it could complement, I saw that everything was similar, only that some competed in sports and others did not. Some believed themselves to be more traditionalists and others more sportingly evolved.

Starting in the late 1970s, he regularly went to Argentina and Brazil to train and learn, with Masters, as there were none here.

And there I finished understanding that we are all branches and leaves of the same tree and common roots.

The Japanese Masters with whom I learned, not only did sports Judo, but also Traditional Judo, Jiu Jitsu, selfdefense systems and were open to all activities. In all my practices they always instilled in me the search for excellence, continuous improvement, the attitude for the best learning and real teaching, not the choreography for an exam or for a demonstration. And that is where the problems began with the Professors and Leaders here, who never learned from people of that category and with that vision, but that is past history.

Traditional Jiu Jitsu came naturally from the hand of those Masters,

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accompanying Judo. And always looking for something more, came the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the MMA (Martial Arts Mixed), then combat systems and reality-based systems appeared.

The Judo Trainers/Professors who came to Uruguay providing courses and training for the Uruguayan Federation, the vast majority, also practiced other combat disciplines.

Of course they came to teach only Judo, but when they saw that you were in that harmony, they also shared theirs, they stayed several months in Uruguay and you could understand their way of thinking.

For example: In the 1980s, the Chinese Nationalist Coach (Chang Seng Ton) also taught at the National Police College, practicing Chinese arts and Judo. The Coach of the Soviet Union (Gairbeg Alivoulatov),​​ also practiced Sambo, wrestling native to his country and GrecoRoman and Olympic Wrestling.

Gairbeg did not use the traditional codes of conduct of Judo, he did not salute the place of honor of the Dojo, he did not salute when entering / leaving the tatami, he did not greet you with a bow, he got angry when he saw that you could not train three times a day, etc. ! The Trainer from South Korea (Han Hiun Dong), also practiced TKD and taught us Ssireum (Traditional Korean Wrestling).

These are just three examples of the mentality of those people who came to improve our competition Judo, already at that time they complemented takedown and

ground fighting techniques from other disciplines, seeking to increase the technical arsenal, for the different situations of sports combat. Judo.

And until a while ago, we continued to see how different throwing and throwing techniques were used in Judo, coming from anothers disciplines that were adapted to the sports regulations, and ground techniques were developed, from other combat sports, which complemented very well with the existing ones.

The International Judo Federation eliminated several of its permitted techniques that made judo lose its Japanese essence and become more like a grappling fight or Olympic fight.

That's why it's so important to stay up-to-date, on what can be done and what can't. If I am a Coach/ Teacher, I must be constantly informed of the new competition rules, so that my competitors achieve the best sporting results, losing a match or a medal for breaking the rules will speak very poorly of me.

In all my life in Judo, I saw people who continued to teach the Judo they learned from their Teachers, without questioning it. Others who sought greater modernization and

constant updating, others who sought to supplement what they were doing with techniques from other Martial Arts, others who sought the practical application of these techniques, to a reality of updated self-defense, where violence has been changing and confrontation and responses, should be different from what we were taught.

In my travels to various countries around the world, practicing, learning and teaching Judo, I was able to meet Professionals who can be classified in all the aforementioned divisions.

And we must respect everyone, each one thinks and acts as he wants, can and understands. When I meet people who do the same thing, for many years without questioning whether what they do, it can be useful in a security or selfdefense situation or he does it just for sport, or he does it because he believes that his Martial Art is infallible in any situation, without studying how violence and criminality have evolved, I simply do not judge him and respect his way of thinking If we talk about Martial Art as a philosophy of life, everything I do and develop will be beneficial for myself and others, if I talk about my Martial Art, turned into a highperformance sport, I will see how very few reach that level and the immense most don't. If I speak of my Martial Art as an infallible response to confront current violence, but with approaches and mentality from 100/200 years ago or more, it

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would not be the right thing to do, since everything is changing and changes have to be accompanied.

What is seen as a response to a certain physical aggression (in Judo Katas of more than 100 years ago) we must take as a guide, as a demonstration of technical principles, not as immovable in these situations. It changed the form of violence, the weapons, the tools we can use, the physical, the training, the psychology, the laws to which we submit, and technology (which puts within our reach examples of individual or group conflicts, that we can observe daily).

And if despite all of the above, I continue doing and repeating the Katas (pre-established forms), always in the same way, receiving the attack from the same side, giving the same response, walking, moving in the same way and turning to the same side, in the same established distances since the beginning of my Martial Art, being attacked only by the same three established weapons, by the same blows, towards the same targets… I am doing an excellent choreography as a way of capturing teachings so that everyone they can study. And those who only specialize in Katas and do nothing more than that, and propose the same movements for self-defense

situations, the day they have a confrontation in an elevator, in a narrow corridor, inside a car, in a crowded environment. of furniture, dressed in winter clothes that can be uncomfortable, the attacker dressed in a t-shirt or without it, without clothes from which we can grab him, that they attack you with a knife or razor, in the way that we can see in videos on the networks, with great repetition of stabbings and cuts (not like in the demonstration, where the attacker leaves the arm that carries the weapon, well stretched so that I can make the defense)… Maybe only then, you can realize the reality.

This super important topic, we will deal with it soon! In short, respect everyone for doing what they do, it is very important that many people are doing the martial activity that they like the most and we can transmit it to more and more people.

Enjoy what we do, share knowledge, continue learning, investigating and experimenting.

See you at the Dojo and at “El Camino”!

Prof. Marcelo Ehrlich.

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ECONOMY Tang Soo Do

Por Elias Pulgar Olguin

On this occasion, the economy is on a course that you cannot stop paying attention to, world, political, social, emotional, economic changes, today the information of everything that happens is just a click away, but it is up to each person to understand which side you want to be on, the mentality of poverty is not only reflected in the pocket of each individual, it is also the attitude, the way in which they solve their problems, I mention this because the mentality of poverty creates bad attitudes when faced with a problem situation, such as the problem of the income in our homes, the problem of the teacher who cannot continue paying the rent of the Dojang, is it a problem of the system? Is it a political problem? Is it a problem of few students? It is clear that this problem limits the quality of life in our homes and teaching in our martial arts schools, the economy involves a world that is lived second by second accompanied by their respective changes, this depends on the look we have, the attitude of seeing problems, the mentality of poverty keeps us blind, limited even when the greatness of opportunities is within us.

Each student who attends the school has a potential that must be cultivated, if the teacher has a poor mind, the school will be poor, poor in energy, poor in students, poor in sales, poor in materials, harmony must be sought

(balance) and understand that a school that offers an accessible payment to the public, can bring benefits to society, to the economy of the sector where it is located, to the country, to families that have insecurity problems. The economy that develops in a federation will help make this human chain stronger, solid and stable, for times of tension, that is why the service provided must be with a business vision, where it is attended with excellence, free of egos, where students are a priority, where the human quality that is delivered is 5 stars, where teachers teach because they really want it and not because of a superior order, today the reviews allow a client to select where he wants to put your money, if a Dojang delivers poor service, the reviews will be low, this brings with it the closure of schools in times of crisis and the Martial tradition is at risk of disappearing with the following generations, Conor McGregor according to Forbes is worth $43,000,000USD in 2022 OBTAINED the earnings of the highest paid athletes in the world, now the question is, do we want any of our students to reach that level? Do we have connection with money? What is the highest price, to get to the ufc and win or to stay as we are today? Will we continue to sit and wait for a new student to enter? There are plenty of justifications and they go a long way, but in the business world

the justifications only waste time and deliver energy that will not be returned, it will be a lost energy with no return, the aforementioned fighter measuring his sports performance, it was as they look at business, focused with a goal, a mission to accomplish, accompanied by sacrifice, a winning mentality, discipline, self-love, nutrition, rest and a rich mind. I invite you to think as rich to make this a world free of drugs, free of emotional and existential problems, the business vision has made us have services and products of different qualities, just look at the refrigerator in our homes, we have food at any time of the day, free of cross-contamination.

Economic changes cause businesses, schools, universities, etc., to maintain, change or disappear, services and products are subject to consumer satisfaction and the way they disappear is simple, the consumer does not put his money and as a result gives the bankruptcy of the entity.

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MY STORY

Kaho Nouchi Nice to meet you. I'm Kaho Nouchi.

I am Japanese and a female swordfighter. As for what kind of work I do, I work in action scenes where samurai are fighting in like Japanese movies . I mainly play on stage. This action is called TATE in Japan. Today I would like to talk about my work, TATE. TATE is not a martial art.

It's entertainments that must look like a battle. It is one of the traditional cultures of Japan.

TATE learns the choreography.

TATE is acting, not a real battle.

We know which one will win or lose. However, it is performed so that the audience who is watching it does not notice it. The audience will be thrilled to see which one will win! TATE is the fierce emotions of the movement and feel the quiet tension like when a flame of a candle is about to burn out. Breathing, tension in timing, and cruel beauty that doesn't require words. The style of sword fighting, which emphasizes the stylistic beauty of Kabuki, which is its roots, and emphasizes the visual effects and beauty of the stage, is called classical sword fighting. Today, there are very few groups that use the common Kabuki techniques in their sword fighting. I’m a sword fighter that

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inherited Nouchi school of this classic sword fighting.

My father worked as a professional swordfighter for 40 years at Kyoto Film Studio, Shin-Kabuki-za, and Misonoza, and is currently active. At the age of eight, I began to learn the art of sword fighting from her father and at the age of nine, I made my first appearance on stage. I also learned dance from my father, a master of the Hanayagi school of Japanese traditional dance, and my mother, a master of the Wakayagi school of Japanese traditional dance.On the one hand, while continuing to admire the power and art of sword fighting, which I have seen up close growing up since I was a child, in the other hand there is a conflict feeling due to the declination of historical theatric drama in the world.

At the age of 17, I decided to become a full-fledged female swordfighter because I wanted to act out the emotional and exciting art that I had felt, in addition to the unfortunate fact that women are less likely than men to engage and perform in full-scale sword fighting. A "full-fledged female swordfighter” is a person who has mastered traditional techniques and has the perfect balance between delicacy and a courage. There is a specific and unique way of expressing from strength and bravery to softness and elegance. In May 2014, I launched a young sword-slaying group called "Sukedachiyaohako", which not only performs sword fighting but also sword dance

and Japanese traditional dance. I have appeared on many local stages, events, and in the media. Also teaches sword fighting to theater companies and entertainment productions. In addition, I perform workshops to let people experience the charm of sword fighting in person.

These are done for national and international participants.

Overseas sword fighting performance at the Astana International Exposition "JAPANDAY" in Kazakhstan in July 2017 to promote the Osaka Expo. In October 2019, I performed overseas in Spain.

I am also working on social media and other means to deliver lectures and videos to overseas audiences so that they can learn without having to visit Japan. I have also given many special lessons to overseas students who come to Japan to learn the art of sword fighting. In the future, I hope to play a role in passing on the traditional Japanese cultural art of sword fighting to the next generation,

and to spread its charm and uniqueness of female sword fighter throughout Japan and the world.

My dream is to spread this TATE technology all over the world! I plan to go all over the world to teach! I look forward to the day when I go to your country!

Thank you!

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"THINKING LIKE A MARTIAL ARTIST"

by Master Guy Edward Larke

When I had considered this subject, it seemed, on the surface anyways, to be easy and fairly straight forward.

Regardless of ethnicity, style, or region, most exponents of fighting disciplines know about the mindbody-spirit connection, the ideals of turning the other cheek, and protecting oneself and one’s loved ones. Over the last four decades, I have trained with masters of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, American, Filipino and Malaysian martial arts. At their most basic levels they share many of the same core beliefs. However, I believe, especially in the Information Age, many of these become just lipservice. Some of us have discarded the old ways in favor, not of modern sensibilities, but rather laxed attitudes on the world around us.

So, the problem lies with what ideals do we embrace and which do we eschew in favor of others? Here are a thought to ponder…

First of all, we need to be disciplined.

We as a global culture use this word far too easily.

To be truly disciplined, you have, and are still willing to endure hardship for the future or for others. In Mark Saltzman’s’ book and movie “Iron and

Silk”, his sifu, Pan Qing-Fu, asked if the author was able to “eat bitter”.

It wasn’t until Mark endured various hardships and learned to quietly face them. It was at the end of his book he stated that “eating bitter meant tasting sweet.” Perseverance is paramount in this case, as is patience.

Secondly, we must exercise selfcontrol as much as possible. This is closely related to discipline. There are so many vices and temptations that it is hard to stay not stray into over indulgence or give into the myriad of destructive habits that bombard us on a daily basis. Types of addictions seem to increase almost yearly. We owe it to ourselves and those who depend or look up to us to be in control. We who depend or look up to us to be in control. We don’t need to be Shaolin monks, but common sense is usually a good tool to determine to keep from over indulging in certain pleasures and abstaining from destructive ones.

Respect is also crucial. As it has been stated time and time again, you must respect yourself before you can ever hope to deal with others properly.

Next, we need to open our minds to respect not just our loved ones

and role models (easy to do), but to outside individuals regardless of style (if a martial artist), race, sex, or religion. We are in the 21st century.

It is time people adapt to the global community. Perhaps we as martial arts professionals, can contribute as demonstrating more open-minded values, especially where young people are watching.

Integrity is one of those words that the Western throws around too freely.

As legendary singer-song writer Billy Joel said, “Honesty is hardly ever heard.” Many mental health professionals have said, people’s paradigm of the world can be formed by interactions with others growing up. One of many things that can jade a person is being let down by others or being lied to. Most of us likely have vivid memories of authority figures who influenced us to become what we are today. That is why we as martial arts professionals have to be careful; we say as we mean and do as we promise. Martial artists have a duty of care to their community.

A similar virtue that is also tossed around too freely is honor. There is no need to define the term, as the entertainment industry has done that for us a thousand time over.

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Honor can come from a modernday samurai, a monk, a respectable fighter, a simple instructor who ensures those he teaches are raised into respectable members of society.

The ironic thing is there has been elite warrior fraternities in almost every civilization throughout the world.

One crucial part of their education usually a code of ethics that governed their actions on and off the field of battle. What is ever more interesting is in the similarities in those codes of honor. In the modern age we can choose the values that we hold dear and use them to guide ourselves and others to being better people.

Leadership is another concept that is as old as civilization itself. It became redefined in the 1970’s and 1980’s as the paradigm of business had to change and adapt to fit modern day attitudes. Being loud and aggressive while holding a position of power was seen as outdated and ineffectual.

The workplace wanted “leaders”, not slave drivers. The same goes for the martial arts industry, The angry or cranky sensei with the supposed heart of gold is reserved for action movies. The late Dr. Stephen Covey created an amazing way of thinking with his “7 Habits” series of books.

They were a set of mental laws that focused on the individual, then their outside world. Several years later, he published yet another book entitled “The 8th Habit.”

To quote Dr. Covey, we must find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. This is an example of how some modern thinking can positively impact even the most traditional martial artist or school.

Lastly, we need to take care of our physical aspects. While we are younger, we can emphasize speed, timing, muscle memory, and explosive power to name a few. It is the time to develop, as it is called in

Korean, nae-gong내공.

As the cruel hands of time creep up on us all, these fall to the wayside.

Suddenly six packs and the ability to do flying scissor kicks become for less important. We still need to train however, but we need to be more sensitive to how we train and what we put into our bodies. We need to keep as fit and healthy as possible to not just be able to perform our arts as long as possible, but to, once again set an example to our students, loved ones and the community to which we live.

Perhaps all of this seems a bit much to consider. But I believe a true martial artist can demonstrate these virtues if not more. Really, the individual who can master all these aspects is not just a better martial artist, but a better global citizen.

With all the insanity going on in the

world we need more of those!

Kom-ap-sum-ni-da! 고맙습니다!

----------------------------------------Master Guy Edward Larke has dedicated his life to the pursuit of the martial arts, Asian culture, and hoplology. It led him to Korea in 2000, and he now lives in Bundang with his wife, Gi-Ryung, and son, Alexander. He holds black belts in several martial arts including Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Taekgyeon, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Karate-do, Teuk Gong Moo Sool and Wushu. Currently, he teaches a number of Korean disciplines and Kisa-Do Muye (his art) in addition to writing for various magazines and running Kisa-Do Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at kisadomuye@gmail. com.

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KORYU vs GENDAI BUDO Sensei Cecilia Salbuchi

Koryu vs Gendai Budo – From This Budo is divided into two survival to quality of life. according to historical periods: Koryu Budo 古流 武道 ("ancient" We martial artists need to budo) and Gendai Budo 現代武 understand the history of what 道 ("modern" Budo), reserved we do in order to take our right for the arts that emerged from place in the present and correctly the 19th century onwards, which project the future. Let's start by includes us. vast majority of highlighting that our discipline is modern practitioners: Karatekas, not a contact sport, although there aikidokas, judokas, kendokas, etc. is a sporting aspect. It's Budo. In the times of Koryu Budo, Budo is a term that formerly and strictly speaking of Japan, encompassed much more than combat disciplines were taught fighting techniques, but also a set in academies with a view to of philosophy, ethical and moral generating warriors to serve standards, etiquette, etc. The the feudal lord. In fact, they kanji Bu 武 is made up of two were financially supported characters that mean 止 “tome/ by the fiefdom and by some dome” (stop) and “hoko” (spear) noble families. The general 戈, meaning “stop the spear”. It public was not accepted and represents a warrior destined to the training was totally aimed fight to stop the violence. The at developing techniques Kanji “Do” 道 means “way” and to annihilate the adversary. represents the Chinese Taoist While our idea of ​​self-defense is philosophical and spiritual based on the premise that we can current, and has been extended be attacked by a few opponents to include other currents. without any protection or

weapons, these men trained to face each other armed with their armor and weapons, against others in similar conditions and probably for team fights.

From these times comes the concept of Ichi Geki Hissatsu 一 撃必殺 (“one blow, one death”), since the greatest effectiveness was sought in what the warrior had to do: kill the opponent.

And just as they went into battle prepared to kill this way, they also prepared themselves deeply to die this quickly.

The eras went by… and the world changed completely. After the Meiji reform in Japan, in 1968, the families that supported these academies of war arts stopped receiving support from their former employers.

Modernization included armies that had new technologies that could be operated by recruits with less training on the battlefield. Rifles and cannons made the katana obsolete.

The combat systems that so many generations were maintaining to prepare Samurai now had no place in the new world. The academies had to be reconverted to survive, and the martial arts were structured with a view to receiving a different public. The era of the Gendai Budo begins.

Japan saw how Karate masters arrived from Okinawa who were predisposed to work on updating their art to the new world.

Paradigmatic cases were that of Anko Itosu, who formulated the Pinan katas to facilitate his

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teaching in schools, and Gichin Funakoshi, who managed to enter the official educational system and relied on said structure to spread his Shotokan throughout the country.

Budo teachers went from training warriors to teaching school children, high school students, and the general public. The change was not merely technical, something changed in essence.

The new Bushi, like the previous one, is a man or woman who fights to dominate and perfect himself through the art of combat. But the difference is that now he will not fight as a team, he will not go after the command of a boss, he will not have armor or a weapon... and the opponent would transform into something much more abstract.

Although it is trained for "one hit, one death", many elements are added prior to said instance. It would be a tragedy to train citizens who, to defend themselves from danger, or even just from an offense, would produce deaths so easily.

Just thinking about the legal nightmares faced by a person who exceeds the right to self-defense makes me terrified. Emphasis is placed on prevention, on moderating violence, seeking to preserve one's own life without taking that of the aggressor (whenever possible).

And then what is the purpose of the Gendai Budo? Like our predecessors, we train for life. It's

just that now we don't have the opportunity to test the value of life on a battlefield, and we must put our skills to the test in different areas: the stress of an exhausting office job, the insecurity caused by crime, the threats of a very high cholesterol, and other vicissitudes of modern life.

Fortunately, there are sporting events to "duel" safely with an equal and to find one more way to perfect our skills, seminars, exhibitions and all kinds of celebrations that allow practitioners of Gendai Budo to forget the everyday world and dedicate themselves fully to this activity that represents a hobby for some, a lifestyle for others.

Can warriors as powerful as those in Koryu Budo be generated?

Ahh… that's a topic for another day.

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body does to your technique.

Eventually he met his match, on a few different occasions, but those are stories for another day.

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

Tang soo readers, happy August!

This month, we continue with the discussion of the seventh of the Tang Soo Do Eight Key Concepts.

Up next is Shin Chook, also known as tension and relaxation.

According to the dictionary, tension is defined as “the state of being stretched tight”, and relaxation is defined as “the state of being free from tension and anxiety.” Well that’s conflicted to say the least. How could one person be both tense and relaxed?

Let’s now consider martial artists who are too loose. They can move really fast, but landing a technique does almost nothing.

Their techniques are like trying to snap a loose rubber band.

The issue now becomes, how do you handle yourself when you’re in a situation like that? Depending on how much time you have to cope mentally, you should consider taking a short meditation break.

Bring your heart rate down any way you can. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. When I’m stressed or nervous, that’s exactly what I do. Before I begin a test, do a demo, or compete. Just remember, when you get to that ready stance, you should be ready, mentally and physically. Ready to give it your all, and to not let your negative thoughts hold you back.

The best way to be in a real fight, is to be loose, but when the time comes to strike, you need to tense at the exact point of impact, like Everyone take care and as always, a stretched rubber band. Think Tang Soo! of Indiana Jones. His weapon of choice is a whip. Your technique needs to be that way in order to Let’s discuss the topic of relaxed achieve maximum efficiency in tension, in the physical aspect. I’ve training. known martial artists in my time that were really into tension. They Now let’s talk about tension & muscled through every technique. relaxation in a mental sense.

Their power was great, but there Ever been intimidated? How are big disadvantages to practicing does your body react when this way. For example, in a real you’re intimidated? There was fight, if someone was muscling all this martial artist I used to train the moves, they would be much with. Everyone was afraid of him slower, and they would also tire because he was a brutal fighter, very quickly. If any of you are even to the point where he would Mortal Kombat fans, this would purposefully hurt people to be the case in the character Jax maintain that fear. Having to spar when he got those extra metal with him caused everyone a great muscles on his arms (cybernetic deal of stress mentally, so what do strength enhancers). They make you think that did to our bodies?

SBN Mary Cayte Reiland, USA him insanely slow, but when he It made us more tense. We all just does land a punch, it’s brutal. discussed what tension in your

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1st WTTSDU Chile Tournament

AVOIDING THE RAIN, TRAVELING THROUGH MUDDY STREETS AND DESPITE THE INCLEMENTLY COLD, WE ACHIEVED THE GOAL OF HOLDING OUR FIRST NATIONAL "WTTSDU" TOURNAMENT IN CHILE - VIÑA DEL MAR. HAPPINESS SEIZED THE CHILDREN, SINCE THEY WERE ALSO CELEBRATING THEIR DAY. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR THEM, SINCE THEY WERE ABLE TO ENJOY IT WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND MUCH MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE IMAGINED. THE JOY WAS TOTAL BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THE PUBLIC DID NOT STOP APPLAUDING AND SHOUTING AT EACH COMPETITION AND THEIR AWARDS. A PUBLIC INCREDIBLE WITH JOY TO SEE THAT WE WERE ALL PART OF THIS GREAT EVENT. THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILE OF OUR SBN ORGANIZATION, HÉCTOR GRANDÓN OJEDA, WAS PENDING EVERYTHING WITHOUT LETTING ANY DETAIL PASS AND ENJOYING THEM JUST AS EVERYONE. FOR THEIR PART, SBN MARCIAL GONZALEZ AND SBN JUAN LEIVA, PERFORMED THEIR ARBITRATION AND AWARDING FUNCTIONS, TOGETHER WITH KSN JUAN CARLOS URBINA AND KSN RUDY RAMÍREZ M. A GREAT TEAM OF INSTRUCTORS AND TEACHERS WHO REJOICED THE OPERATION AND RESULT OF THE SHOW. WHEN THE PURPOSES ARE SO VALUABLE, NOTHING PREVENTS A ROTUND SUCCESS LIKE THIS FROM BEING ACHIEVED. THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE ATTENDEES.

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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

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PRIMER CONGRESO DE LA WORLD TRADITIONAL TANG SOO DO UNION 2022 28, 29 Y 30 OCTUBRE VIERNES 28 DE OCTUBRE

HORA

Palabras de bienvenida - Palabras de KJN Patricio Saavedra

4:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Metodología de enseñanza en las Artes Marciales para niños de 3 a 5 años

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Marketing de las Artes marciales - KJN Patricio Saavedra

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

**Coffe Break**

5:30 pm – 5:40 pm

Formas tradicionales de Tang Soo Do (Formas originales)

5:40 pm – 7:00 pm

SABADO 29 DE OCTUBRE Inauguración del evento y Presentación de las delegaciones – Palabras de KJN Patricio Saavedra

8:00 am – 8:10 am

Practica general de Tang Soo Do Tradicional - KJN Patricio Saavedra

8:10 am – 9:00 am

Armas Nunchako, Kali y Bo (principiantes) KSN Fabian Saavedra y SBN Mary Cayte Reiland

9:00 am – 10:30 am

**Coffe Break**

10:30 am – 10:40 am

Acrobacias para Artes Marciales (introducción y elementos básicos) SBN Edgar Quiroz

10:40 am – 12:00 md

RECESO PARA ALMORZAR

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Armas Nunchako, Kali y Bo (Avanzadas) KSN Fabian Saavedra y SBN Mary Cayte Reiland

1:00 pm – 4:00pm

**Coffe Break**

4:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Acrobacias para Artes Marciales (Metodología de enseñanza y progresiones) SBN Edgar Quiroz

4:10 pm - 6:10 pm

Receso

6:10 pm – 7:30 pm

**Cena de gala** (Participan Maestros, estudiantes y padres de familia)

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Entrega de reconocimientos.

8:30 p. m.

DOMINGO 30 DE OCTUBRE Examen de Cinturones Negros y certificación para Instructores.

8:00 am – 11:00 am

Fin del congreso

11:00 a. m.

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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.

Puedes adquirirlo en AMAZON Detalles del producto Editorial : Independently published (18 Diciembre 2020) Idioma : Español Tapa blanda : 291 páginas ISBN-10 : 1549802879 ISBN-13 : 978-1549802874

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“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

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ENTER THE REALM OF COMBAT TAEKWONDO! PART 1: THE RHYME & REASON

By Master Guy Edward Larke

recognized that. Then I started to join in the training. I didn’t want to do Taekwondo much at that time, but it was a close and familiar thing in my everyday life at that time.

Then how long have you been teaching Taekwondo? And what have you been doing for your job?

Before K-Pop, K-Dramas and kimchi, when people first though of Korea, it was of the spectacularly powerful art of Taekwondo. The explosive kicks, spins, leaps and spirited shouts mesmerized not just North America, but the world. During the 1988 Olympics in Seoul cemented the art in the hearts and souls of the global audience. Taekwondo is now the world’s most popular martial art.

You can find locations in nearly every city around the world.

Having said that, every art, no matter how formidable, needs to evolve. Especially whereas Taekwondo functions as a martial art, sport, exercise method, and cultural icon. Many have tried with varying levels of success. One recent pioneer, Jeong Il-Cheol, has done just that, with his carefully designed Combative Taekwondo?

What is it exactly? How did it Start? Why? Many questions may pop into your mind. This series will help answer all those

questions and more.

Master Jeong, was there anyone in your family who did martial arts before you?

My father did. GM Jeong Soonkyoo, 8th dan in Oh Do Kwan, and he was a vice president of ODK.

What were you like as a child?

When I was 4~6 years, I was very excited boy. I usually wandered everywhere all the time so my grandma and mom had to chase me. My father asked the practitioners to get me to the gym in the case that they find me in the street.

Over the past 20 years. I have been researching the application of Taekwondo skills and have written 2 books about the issue, “Hand Techniques of Taekwondo for Actual Fighting (Anibig)”, “Taekwondo Application (Anibig)”. In addition, I have been uploading videos on my YouTube channel “Master Jeong’s Taekwondo TV” and on Facebook.

I know you are doing seminars in many countries. What do you teach in the session?

1. The way of moving by Taekwondo basic skills 2. Official Poomsae following the regulations of the Kukkiwon and the WT

Why did you start?

I played in my father’s gym every day and I watched the training all the time. So, I memorized Taegeuk 1~4 Jang and my father

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3. Applications of Taekwondo (Poomsae, sparring, basic skills, etc.)

I went to several countries and did over 30 sessions in Europe and US. Since 2020 I changed the way to online session due to pandemic and have been doing almost 20 sessions by Zoom.

I heard you started your own Taekwondo training group, how is it going? Could you explain it for We will keep doing Combative Taekwondo” on my Youtube readers?

Yes, I started “Combative Taekwondo” m;.group and announced it on Facebook.

Over 30 people joined in my group in a week. They all got memberships and will be joining our training program.

We are the people who love Taekwondo in terms of martial arts. No monthly fee, no annual fee at all. If you love Taekwondo and have a passion, you can join us with only one sign up. That's all. Not a federation per say, but a union for real martial artists and practitioners.

Taekwondo session (by Zoom), along with the text "Combative Taekwondo". Online session will be running for our members in a cheap price, but we will let nonmembers to join in little bit higher price.

Training, seminar with Combative Taekwondo system. It probably is one and only application program in Taekwondo.

We are starting as a small group but will be bigger and very effective.

I am sure our members will be proud and get powerful image of real martial artists. So, to speak, no1. Training / No2. Seminar / No3 Combative Taekwondo program / No 4. Promoting the member's own clubs.

I surely will focus on the Combative TKD system so that the members do various applications of Poomsae and other skills.

I expect we can host international training camp for masters and students in every summer and winter. If you want to be with us, contact us anytime at office@ combativetaekwondo.com.

And you can also watch some videos about “Combative

channel (Master Jeong's Taekwondo TV) and Facebook page(Master Jeong's Taekwondo).

Of course you can also find the information about “Combative Taekwondo online seminar”.

There are few more masters who teach “Combat Taekwondo”, what is the difference from them?

I think we should develop and innovate Taekwondo. And we should take some advantages from other martial arts for that.

Nevertheless, we should change the skills in terms of Taekwondo first and apply them to Taekwondo.

That is a reasonable way. But many masters just put other martial arts into Taekwondo and insist that is a “Real Taekwondo”. I am afraid I cannot agree with them and respect neither.

I will do things differently. For instance, I will analyze Hapkido and Judo as a Taekwondo practitioner. Next, I take from them the essence of what makes them work. And then I will apply those skills to Taekwondo. That is Combative Taekwondo system I

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am trying to develop.

some Korean food for me.

Part 2 will start going into the technical aspects…..

Why did you create Combative What are your most impressive Taekwondo? memories?

For I thought people cannot apply Taekwondo skills to real situations in the current Taekwondo. If you practice basic skills and Poomsae, then you should be able to spar well. That is a reasonable process of martial arts. In the case of Taekwondo, you can do Poomsae well if you practice basic skills a lot. But you cannot spar well even though you are a Poomsae champion, because there are many differences between the two types of training(Poomsae and sparring). Of course, there is a similar problem between Poomsae and real fighting. The same goes between Olympic style sparring and fighting on the street as well.

So, I thought we need upgraded basic skills and body mechanics for real fighting. I started to researching and writing that.

more information go to Facebook or office@ I was very impressed with their combativetaekwondo.com. humble and sincere attitude on Taekwondo and Korean culture. Senior Master Guy Edward You can find “Hangeul” in Larke has spent most of his life everywhere in their dojang, car, enamored with the martial arts clothes, etc. And they always bow of Asia and Asian cultures in just like Korean. How amazing! general. These led him to move to I realized Taekwondo is the origin South Korea 20 years ago where he of “Han-ryu” when I visit other continued to study, research, and countries and teach them. write about the various disciplines that shaped his life. In addition Did you study other arts? to teaching martial arts in Korea, USA, Malaysia and Denmark he Yes. I trained boxing, kickboxing, has written over 800 articles in Kendo, Kyung-ho Moosool over 20 magazines. He named (bodyguard training). the synthesis of his pilgrimage I spent 10 years training in Kisa-Do Muye (the Knights boxing, and achieved a 5th dan in Way Martial Arts). Larke can be Kendo and 4th dan in Kyung-ho found on Facebook or by e-mail Moosool. at kisadomuye@gmail.com.

What countries have you taught in? How does teaching overseas differ from teaching in your homeland?

I taught in England, Northern Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and USA. They always welcomed me and were really passionate all the time. I am always getting stressed however, because I want to teach as much as I can.

When I do a seminar, I usually stay in Europe or the States for 2 weeks or more. I really miss Korean food and my family in that case, so the hosts usually prepare

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his belt is white and like the sun's ray that changes its color as it illuminates further away, it will naturally change color until it reaches black.

FROM WHITE TO BLACK AND FROM BLACK TO… SBN Javier Acosta From and

white to from black

In turn, if the student continues with the practice of it after reaching the Black Belt, he will naturally spend his Color due to the use of the belt, thus gradually returning to the original white color.

In the end, the worn-out Black Belt will once again become a White Belt, a symbol of returning to the origin and of having achieved the Full Circle... From white to black and from black to white...

black against the monster with a to… thousand heads, which is nothing less than the monster It is said that the Black Belt of his own ego, full of pride. .. represents the end of one path and the beginning of another… In this noble battle the warrior When a student has reached this also knows that he runs the level, many internal changes mortal risk of being devoured Sbn Javier Acosta have happened to him as a result by his greatest enemy… himself. Director CTAM WORLD of the path he has traveled. Thus, with his luminous sword, he must cut off the heads of It is said that the student is ready the ego one by one until he to begin his journey through manages to cross the darkness the darkness of the night... and darkness of the night and His inner light awakened after reach the light of his new dawn... his long apprenticeship in the If he succeeds, the white sun of the Dojang following the teachings dawn of a new day will welcome of his teacher, now allows him a new cycle of his existence... to go through the night of life - difficulties and problems, the From White to Black dark side of himself and evil - in and from Black to White a different way, like a "Warrior".

Symbolically the complete …The warrior armed with his cycle of a martial artist spiritual sword will enter the begins with the White Belt darkness of the night to fight and ends with the Black Belt. with his warrior spirit and noble heart a deadly battle At the start of his practice,

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of 15 and 17 meters respectively.

Generally, the terrain is made of sand or beaten earth, but also, depending on the place, the floor can be made of modern materials, as is the case with tatamis, which are normally used for the practice of martial arts.

CANARIAN WRESTLING Freakie-Do

Canarian Wrestling is the traditional sport par excellence. From its creation to the present day, it has had periods of both darkness and splendor, and even prohibitions.

It is a sport that far from creating conflicts, has united different peoples of the Archipelago with a common goal: to preserve, above all, this symbol of Canarian identity.

maintains that, after the Conquest of the Islands, wrestling was exported to Switzerland since there is a practice there that had many similarities; theory that has been countered by other sectors, arguing that the fight is of pre-Hispanic origin. >One of the many problems we encountered is that, among some of the chroniclers, there was a general apathy when it came to being faithful According to the technical to reality, since for many of these regulations of the Canarian chroniclers everything that was wild, Fight approved in La Laguna primitive and pagan was not worth (Tenerife) in 1989, it tells us that: mentioning, so the information has reached us in a totally biased way. «»The Canarian Wrestling is a vernacular sport of the Canary At the beginning of the 1940s, Islands, characterized by its skill and specifically in 1943, the first nobility, having as a basic principle Spanish Wrestling Federation the imbalance of the opponent until (F.E.L) was established and had he makes him touch the ground with its headquarters in Tenerife, and any part of his body other than the later a provincial split took place. sole of the foot using the called tricks or techniques, both hands and feet»».

FEATURES HISTORICAL TOUR The Canarian Fight consists of one of The origin of the Canarian Fight the two fighters knocking down the goes back a long time, although there other, enough for the latter to touch are discrepancies about it. In 1527 the ground with part of his body Viera y Clavijo tells that the advance except with the sole of his foot. The party organized a fight in order fight takes place on a circular terrain to celebrate the birth of Felipe II. called "terrero", which is made up of The journalist Antonio Ayala two concentric circles with diameters

Initially, these terreros were located in public squares, and could be indoors or open, as is the case of the bullring in Tenerife, or the Campo de España in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

In times past, the wrestling arose spontaneously in rural areas after the working day, or in urban areas such as beaches or parks where there was adequate land for the practice of sport, in this way it begins to fight individually or forming bands or piles.

This is how small trips between neighborhoods, municipalities, and even islands, for the competition, begin to generalize.

When the regulations were established in the 1940s, some styles disappeared and new rules, weight categories, teams, etc. appeared.

The agarrada is the confrontation between two fighters; It begins when they «grab» each other the right mouth of the pant with the left hand and the other hand in the sand.

Each team is made up of 12 fighters, winning the fighter who obtains one or two partial victories.

The grips originate different terms of application of the same (art, skill, geito). Among the tricks or gripping techniques are the most common, which are the following: Donkey, Thigh Grab, Cango, Pardelera, Touch Inside, Touch Back, Chascón, etc.

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Within the teams, there is the figure of the Puntal, which is the fighter who meets outstanding technical and physical conditions. In turn, there is also the figure of the Mandador, who is the person in charge of selecting the fighter to jump onto the ground.

FUTURE OF THE CANARIAN FIGHT It can be affirmed that the Canarian Fight is fully established throughout the Canary Archipelago. Considerable investments have been made in terms of building infrastructure for the practice of this sport, while many private entities act as sponsors.

It could be said that Lucha Canaria has a greater number of followers in rural areas and especially on the islands.

On the other hand, the institutions have created Schools jointly with the School Federations. A project for the dissemination and practice of this sport, not only in the insular area, but through exchanges with Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Cuba, where there is a wide representation of descendants of Canarian emigrants, who have transmitted the island traditions to their children.

BIBLIOGRAPHY For the elaboration of this section it was necessary to consult several works among which are: ANTEQUERA AMOR, F.J., (1996): Canarian wrestling, more than just a sport. Canarian Popular Culture Center, Madrid.

MATEOS SANTANA, A., (2000): The Canarian Wrestling, Essence of a unique sport. Canarian Wrestling Federation, Sports Directorate of the Government of the Canary Islands.

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THE PEN IS MIGHTIER WITH THE SWORD

By Master Guy Edward Larke This classic quotation has been used time and time again in various nations for an equally varied number of reasons. The basic reasoning is a reasonable one… eschew violence in favor of rational thought in order to resolve conflicts.

Sometimes though, like most ideas, it was taken too far to the other extreme. In my opinion, the most relevant is during a period of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1637) of what is now North and South Korea, which ironically fell with the Japanese Occupation. The scholars of that era were obsessed with a form of Confucian thought that only almost obliterated Korean martial arts from their country. As many of my grandmasters said, it was no wonder Korea was wide open to the advances of Japan's military might. Although South Korea has come a long way since that period of their history, still the martial arts are seen by many as an activity for preschoolers and those who are incapable of holding ordinary jobs.

The traditional arts of eons ago are

gone or nearly gone. Left is play classes for small children with 2nd or 3rd-degree black belts or Korean MMA for the older male crowd.

Out of fairness, though, how many practice "true" traditional arts?

Worldwide the focus on shiny pieces of tin and pretty ribbons pinned on your chest far outweigh any other concerns. It is no surprise that outstanding skills such as Malaysian Silat, Indian Silambam, or Korean Taekgyeon are struggling for the respect they deserve on the international stage.

When one thinks of traditional arts, one of the first images that come to mind is that of weapons, especially swordplay. However, in order to compete in the hustle and bustle of the 21st Century marketplace the techniques are made flashy and the forms more exciting. The school owners can't really be held to blame… martial artists have to feed their families too.

Among those who criticize this kind of performance art or the traditional ones for that matter are

those who practice lethal arts with the stick and knife not realizing they themselves are cousins who have just chosen a different path on the same journey. After centuries of division it would be nice to send an end to the rivalry between our martial arts fraternity.

Perhaps traditional sword forms are a tad outdated. We no longer fight on horseback and brandish a pole arm or flail and shield, but there are far deeper aspects to traditional weapon training than reenacting battles of eons past. This piece will detail some of these traits.

First of all, weapon techniques build upon each other. I had a strong infatuation with Filipino arts almost 20 years ago but I found them so difficult. After Korean sword training I found so many of the strikes, angles of attack, defenses and evasions were similar.

Now I am much more at ease with the Filipino arts I dearly yearned to study.

Another point is like in the Filipino arts; a practitioner does not need to carry a heavy blade on the street. A stick, tree branch, a piece of board, a baseball bat, or a cane can be used with devastating effect in the hands

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of a swordsman (or swordswoman).

The maneuvers employed result from the correlation of a martial tool and self-discipline (both physical and mental), coming to realize when you need that combination of offense and defense to stay alive. When put into practice, there appears to be an imaginary rectangle for the quick dispatch of assailants using a variety of thrusting, blocking, slashing, and throwing techniques. When seen from a distance, the blade dances in and out, cuts here or there, and even pause. When considering that the sword acts as an extension of the arm, the swordsman must be proficient in maneuvers such as slashing, chopping, and thrusting at any angle and any direction. In order to efficiently dispatch an opponent in a life or death situation, you must also remember and react in harmony with the laws of inertia.

The discipline that is taught in traditional weapons training is unique. Although the blade or stick is an extension of the body, it also

acts as a tool to allow the warrior's spirit to come outside of the shell we carry around in everyday life.

The weapon is like a device that extends your entire being. The respect you must develop for a live blade becomes apparent when it frees itself from its scabbard or case. If you do bamboo or straw cutting for training, it also forges your muscles and mind more than most kinds of circuit training can ever do. Discipline also comes from the careful care and maintenance of your blades. Especially if they are used in cutting objects for training.

Aesthetic issues come into play as well when talking about swordplay.

Not jumping and flinging the sword around, but re-enacting ancient forms in the same way a ballerina would perform Swan Lake. We ARE artists. We should show our pride in that fact.

Lastly are historical and cultural concerns. Across the world the youth of this generation are losing

interest in their own (and other nations') culture and history. I strongly believe traditional arts of one's own and others' cultures builds knowledge and appreciation of the world in general. From a traditional art you go into theology, philosophy, ethics, geography, history, literature and so on.

Perhaps if everyone stepped out of their comfort zones and did an art or two totally out of their comfort zone they would not just develop more technically, but mentally and spiritually as well.

In these ways I firmly believe in many ways that the pen and the sword, if not one and the same, are naturally companions at the least. As modern martial artists we should aim to be part scholars, part warriors, part philosophers, part artists and part healers. In this way martial arts will truly stand the test of time.

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HISTORIAS DE DOJO Sensei Gerardo Balves

THE OKINAWA KARATE KENKYU KURABU (First Okinawan Karate Technical Research Groups) That's how it started: In 1918, the Karate Kenkyūkai (Karate Research Society, KRS) was created, for which the house of Mabuni Kenwa in Shuri was established as a meeting place. This group is composed solely of Shurite practitioners, counting among its main members: Mabuni Kenwa, Hanashiro Chōmo, Chibana Chōshin, Tokuda Anbun, Ōshiro Chōjo, Gusukuma Shinpan, Tokumura Seitō and Ishigawa Hōkō among others.

On the other hand, and a few years later the Karate Kenkyū Kurabu (Karate Research Club, KRC) was founded, this association began to function between the end of 1923 or the beginning of 1924 in Asahigaoka, Naha, and it is in the Wakasa area where the first outdoor practices take place. The members were exclusively from Naha-te, having among its main exponents: Miyagi Chōjun, Kyoda Jūhatsu, Shinzato Jin'an, Madanbashi Keiyō, Shiroma Kōki and some more.

Okinawan Karate Kenkyū Kurabu According to the testimony given by Miyagi Chōjun's disciple, Nakaima Genkai (1908-1984), after the death of Miyagi sensei's teacher, Higashionna Kanryō (18531915), he said: "The current study of Karate is stagnant, and it is because there is no light among so much darkness; we are going blind."

So in order to get the ball rolling again, Miyagi along with Nakaima visited several seniors in karate circles for instructions. It is said that Miyagi was very aware of the need to create a participatory research institute and that it be under the perspective and experience of several teachers from different lineages.

Of these meetings, it was formalized in March 1925 under the same name of the association that was founded a couple of years earlier, but now with all the outstanding exponents of Okinawa karate, the Okinawa Karate Kenkyū Kurabu (Okinawa Karate Research Club, OKRC). And it also maintains the south of Naha, in the Wakasa area, as a place for meetings and outdoor practices. Obviously that the fundamental purpose is placed in the deep investigation of karate.

Miyagi Chōjun (1888-1953) was the leading figure in this association.

He and Mabuni Kenwa (1889-1952) were appointed as the responsible instructors, and Motobu Chōyū (1857-1928) acted as its president.

The OKRC thus becomes the first official Karate research institute in Okinawa.

In 1925, Miyagi Chōjun took out a loan from financiers with his friend Go Kenki (from Hakutsuru Kenpō boxing) as guarantor. The following year (1926) the dōjō at the rear of Mr. Kishimoto's house in Wakasa was completed. The area of ​​the dōjō was about 50 square meters and it also had a garden of about 165 square meters, which was used as an open-air dojo. It was equipped with various practice tools, such as floor makiwaras and hanging makiwaras (sagi-makiwara), stones for strength work (chin-chīshi), stone locks (ishisashi), etc.

The first and the fifteenth day of the ancient lunar calendar were fixed for the meetings. At the end of them all the instructors gathered in front of a hanging scroll that represented a "martial deity" (bujin) painted by the master artist Yamada Shinzan. Afterwards, and while drinking awamori, everyone participated in a colloquial karate discussion.

Several Okinawan Karate masters participated in this revolutionary organization. The totality of the component is not clear since there are some variations depending on the literature consulted, but the following can be observed (alphabetical order): A certain Tomoyori (police detective) Go Kenki (1887-1940) Gusukuma Shinpan (1890-1954)

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Hanashiro Chomo (1869-1945) Kyan Chotoku (1870-1945) Kyoda Juhatsu (1887-1968) Mabuni Kenwa (1889-1952) Miyagi Chojun Motobu Choki (1870-1944) Motobu Chōyū Ōshiro Chōyo (1888-1939) Tabaru Taizo Teruya Kamesuke Yabu Kentsū (1866-1937) In addition, Uehara Seikichi served many times as a donzel (in charge of the tea ceremony), and Nakaima Genkai was accepted to participate as a student.

There are also some differences in the officially recognized name, depending on the historian. The following names were found in the various literatures: Okinawan Karate Kurabu Okinawan Karatejutsu Kenkyū Kurabu Okinawan Karate Kenkyū Kurabu Okinawa Karate Kenkyū Kurabu (different script than above) Okinawa Wakasa Kurabu Okinawa no Tī Kenkyū Kurabu Kurabu-gwā (common name) Perhaps there simply was no formal official name.

From the beginning, the finances started with a deficit and the club gradually reached the limit of its financial capacity to survive. With the death of Motobu Chōyū as president of the club at the beginning of the Shōwa era, it ended up closing. The exact date of its closure is given between 1927 and 1929.

With the inauguration of Okinawa-ken Taiiku Kyōkai (Okinawa Prefectural Physical Education Association) in 1930, the idea of ​​continuing with the OKRC, becoming a branch of the new association, was revived. Assets for this new venture we can mainly count on Yabu Kentsū, Miyagi Chōjun, Ōshiro Chōjo and others.

Three years later, in 1933, the Dai Nippon Butokukai became the organization authorized to control martial arts in Japan. And in 1936, the Okinawa-ken Karate-dō Shinkō Kyōkai (The Association for the Promotion of Karate-dō of Okinawa Prefecture) was formed, giving rise to the first great meeting of masters of which there is official evidence, since there were to consolidate to present karate to the new organization of the martial arts of Japan.

Sources; Hawaiian News, 1932; May 7, 1934.

Higaonna 2001.

Mabouni 2006.

Miyagi 1936.

Miyagi Takao 1976.

Nakaima 1978.

Okinawa Times, January 31, 1926.

Okinawa Karate Kobudo Jiten 2008.

Uchi 1977.

Uehara 1992.

Yagi 2000.

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

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MARTIAL ARTS and ME (p. 10) Professor Carlos Damasco

On Wednesday, August 3 of the current, with my partner and friend Carlos García Arocena, we undertook a trip to Porto Alegre.

In a twelve hour trip, in the morning we reach our destination.

Master Alexandre Gomes, Eighth Dan of Taekwondo WT, and Eighth Dan of Hapkido Um Yang were waiting for us there.

From there, we moved to his gym.

We witnessed the development of various classes for children. At noon we had lunch, and then went to rest.

In the afternoon, we went to practice at the gym.

The first class was Hapkido, with a high level and we were trying to assimilate everything taught in it. Next, I participated in a Taekwondo class.

Basically, my trip had the objective of training in the art, to perfect techniques as a student of the Master.

In this class I was able to evacuate techniques and perfect them.

After training, I stayed to wait for my partner Carlos who participated

in another Hapkido class.

It is noteworthy that my partner is a Second Dan of Hapkido, from the Uruguayan Center, and an active practitioner of said art.

In October of this year, he will travel to Korea to do a special training for fifteen days, in a place similar to a Temple, and he will live and practice with people from various countries.

It should be noted that Carlos is Second DAN OF TAEKWONDO

I.T.F. , emphasizing that today it is not his usual practice.

I was recording his Hapkido training, which is always interesting and educational.

Finally we went to our place of lodging to take a restorative bath, have dinner, and chat reliving the experiences of the day.

Not much later we went to rest, because the next day we had a long day ahead of us, and we

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had to recover our strength.

Early Friday we did a Taekwondo class, coinciding with the presence of GM Liandro Pimentel Technical Director of the Brazilian Poomsae Team. I had the opportunity to be corrected by him in Poomsae de Danes, something that I consider to be of exceptional technical value. Sensei Eduardo De Mattei, Seventh Dan of Karate Do Wado Kai, WKF Pan American Karate Champion also participated.

He and the Master are united by a great friendship.

We finished the day in the morning, and had lunch, and then went to rest.

In the afternoon I did the second Taekwondo class of the day with great intensity, Finally at night and with Maestro Gomes, I had a personal class.

It consisted of the realization of all the Poomsaes of Gup and those of Danes, up to the level of fifth Dan, in total thirteen forms performed three times each and with their technical application.

Under the watchful eye of Master during my practice, he made the corresponding technical corrections.

In the end, we are both satisfied with what has been done.

Ending the day's work, a good bath and a restful sleep awaited me.

On Saturday morning, the two of us had one last Hapkido class. which was very intense and at the same time enriching.

Next, I did one last Taekwondo practice, having reviewed the forms of Danes.

We returned to our lodging, and later we went to have lunch with the Master, his Mrs. and his daughter.

A mutual friend also joined us and Hapkido student Eduardo Rímoli.

We share a good lunch and then we all together tour the beautiful city of Porto Alegre.

Around the afternoon, we went to prepare our luggage for the return, since at 7:00 p.m. we embarked for Montevideo, ending our trip.

With the satisfaction of duty accomplished, twelve hours of return awaited us.

Until next time!!!

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Yuseki Nishiyama, the true father of the sky, the divine, with the of Taekwon-Do? earth, the natural, in fact, the cult of the 산신 "Sanshin", "Gods of Before some fanatic begins to write the Mountains" or "spirits". of the furiously without even having mountains” is the oldest recorded finished reading the article, I'll tell veneration in Korea. Where: you that Yuseki Nishiyama was ⼭ 산 (San) “Mountain” 神 (Shin) “God”, “Spirit” the Japanese name that a young 신 Choi Hon Hi adopted in order to It was not uncommon for travel to Japan to study. In the days Japanese names that Koreans when Korea was a colony of Japan, adopted to have some relation the Koreans, in addition to having cultural allegory with its roots, forbidden to speak in Japan in a subtle form of rebellion. their language, they were obliged Therefore, it should not surprise to change their Korean name to us that the famous Korean one japanese. This is how Choi teacher, Choi Yeong Eui 최영의 Hon Hi, he had to adopt the naturalized Japanese, creator name Yuseki Nishiyama, where: of the Kyokushin Kai system, 勇 Yu “Brave” ⽯ Seki “Stone” 西 better known as ⼤ ⼭ 倍 達 Nishi “West” ⼭ Yama “Mountain” Masutatsu Oyama, had "Brave West Mountain Stone" in his name present the General Choi, like most of Mountain: “Great Mountain”. the Koreans who suffered Things in life, General Choi from the Japanese invasion was a convinced Korean they despised everything related patriot, while Oyama took to Japan and this name was as his to the land of the Rising certainly not pleasing to him. Sun, leaving behind his general. In Korea, the mountains past, that is why, when Choi are a very important symbol, called him to, as a prominent since they represent the union Korean martial art master,

join the movement of the Taekwondo, Oyama declined his offer and continued his path in Karate Do. Later, after the unification of several kwans or Korean schools of martial arts, the KTA (Korea Taekwondo Association) was formed to give foundation on March 22, 1966 to the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF), later self exiled General Choi Hong Hi to Canada. In 1973 the World Taekwon-Do Federation is founded in South Korea, this being the organization that turns taekwondo into an Olympic sport of art and combat during the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where it was presented as an exhibition sport, until its recognition.

Olympic sport at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Although there are two schools (ITF and WT), with differences in the competition modalities (sparring and forms), the style promoted by the WT (World Taekwondo) is recognized as an Olympic sport, while the style promoted by the

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ITF (International Taekwondo Federation) also develops its own world championships as a sports discipline, without forgetting the martial part of the art, the latter is the original style implemented by General Choi.

Within martial arts and combat sports, taekwondo stands out for the variety and spectacular nature of its kicking techniques, being one of the most effective and wellknown martial arts in the world.

For its creation, General Choi drew on the Korean art of taekkyon (which influenced the execution of several of the kicks with the foot and the tactical work or steps and displacements), as well as karate-Do. Japanese (from where the blows with the fist and open hand come from, the planimetry or division by zones of the human body, the blocks, the positions and the system of degrees by kup-dan colored belts). His first uniform and his first forms or schemes known as hyong in the ITF (International Taekwon-Do Federation) and as palgwe in the WT (World Taekwondo) are also derived from this discipline.

These first forms have been replaced by the tulle forms in the ITF, and by the taeguk forms in the WT, in order to further strengthen its own identity, in front of the disciplines from which it comes. The practitioner of this discipline is called taekuondist or taekwondista — the majority and preferable form according to the Urgent Spanish Foundation—, taekwondoka —by analogy with judoka or karateka— or taekwondoin —

similar to the name in Korean—.

Taekwondo is considered a method that seeks to condition the body and empower it physically, as well as the development of will and wisdom through experience.

Relying on the various physical laws to generate maximum power, focusing it precisely, by accelerating body mass.

Today, there are several disciplines derived from traditional Taekwondo, some more focused on the sports area, others more focused on the commercial field, others related to entertainment, but even so, the essence of the art has remained straight in the face of modernization and faithfully prevails to its principles. martial arts, as well as the values that it represents and spreads with each school, with each teacher, each student and each practitioner.

Regardless of the intentions of

the instructor, the hierarchical line that precedes him will not allow him to deviate from the path that his teacher marked from the beginning, because if so, no traditional martial art would have been sustained over time. Every good martial artist must respect and value his roots, because "Tree without roots cannot stand any Storm"

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found a karate school in Switzerland.

He was already an elite member of the national karate team. At 20 years old he was already a unique fighter in his kind, a benchmark in technical and mental skills.

ANDY HUG, the tragic samurai legend blue-eyed by Álvaro G. Colmenero

There are fighters whose life is destined to end on the big screen one way or another. Andreas "Andy" Hug climbed to the top of his life to become one of them. But with a sad ending. very tragic. A sportsman with a mystical halo. A lover of spirituality, he managed to earn the respect and admiration of the whole world, for his character and his way of being, also for his spectacular way of fighting. Especially from Japan, where he was considered a "superior being" because of his background in karate and kickboxing. Such was his importance in this country that the founder of K-1 (a form of kickboxing that includes hitting the knee), Kazuyoshi Ishii, awarded him the title of "Honorary Samurai".

In 1996 he was champion of the K-1 World Grand Prix (WGP), an elimination tournament of Japanese origin where the best kickboxing fighters in the world competed. The following two years he managed to reach the final. With his showy style coming from karate he became world famous. Two strikes stood out from the others: the "kakato" or ax kick (raise the leg above the opponent and strike downwards with the heel)

and the spinning kick also with the heel on the opponent's thigh.

During his sports career, he defeated fighters such as Jerome LeBanner, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts or Mirko Cro Cop. However, his journey to stardom was not without its setbacks.

Andy Hug (Switzerland, 9-7-1964) never got to know his father Arthur, a soldier belonging to the foreign legion who died in Thailand under mysterious circumstances. Her mother, Madelaine Hug-Baumann, was rarely the occasion that he was able to see her. For this reason, he grew up with his two brothers together with his grandparents in the city of Wohlen (Switzerland).

At the age of eleven he started in karate, "kyokushinkai" style, one of the most practiced modalities.

The young Andy Hug was already pursuing a philosophy based on personal evolution through control of the mind and body. Thanks to his intense training regimens and his discipline, at the age of 13 he already enjoyed superlative talent and subdued all of his rivals in amateur competitions. After the fortnight he won the world tournament «Oyama Cup». Two years later he helped

His career in karate had already taken off and there was going to be no stopping it. His attacks in fights were unpredictable. Impossible turns and rubber flexibility gained through effort. Of training. He conquered the Dutch championships. He then the European Cup in Hungary. In 1983, he competed in the "kyokushinkai" karate world championship where 80 fighters began with no weight limit. Victory after victory he slipped into the top 16. Years later, he reached the final of his second world championship, a milestone achieved for the first time by a fighter born outside the borders of Japan. A year later he took charge of the Swiss national team to share his experience and knowledge with other athletes.

And he made a transfer to the "seidokan" style of karate. He was already a true professional. Thus came the year 1993, when the K-1 WGP was founded. He began his jump from the tatamis to the rings.

As he always did: with the utmost respect and concentration as a samurai. Squeezing his incorporeal

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stands. The one who secured the lockers. The often young boy raised by his grandparents was already a superstar. He had become the highest earner in the history of martial arts, but he generated much more. Far from being a "showman", his work and humility attracted thousands of K-1 fans. In June 2000 he had a fight at home (Zurich) against the legendary Mirko Cro Cop. led the Swiss to decision.A month later he made what was, unbeknownst to him, tragically his last fight.Nobu Hayashi capacity to unsuspected limits. will forever have the honor of being the last victim of the noble Andy Hug. Andy Hug never shied away from any fight. A self-made fighter fond Bad times were already running of Japanese customs. He always because he had recently separated looking for peace and quiet. Except from his wife. He was convinced in the ring, where he gave every that, despite his age, he was going ounce of his effort. He spent three to continue looking for another years competing in K-1. He winning, fight. From another challenge. But but also knowing defeat, as he did the toughest battle, against which against Ernesto Hoost or Mike he never managed to prevail, was Bernardo, two greats in this sport. yet to come. In early August 2000 But Hug's persistence and resilience Andy Hug was diagnosed with acute were from another planet. Of that leukemia, which had been ravaging abstract planet in which he always his body for some time. The Swiss tried to live. In 1996, his coronation had been fighting sick. And he kept as an athlete came. His greatest knocking down rivals. With grit and achievement. The Swiss, known as courage. With the strength that his the “blue-eyed samurai” (although he son gave him that he had only been really had brown eyes) put the entire in the world for a few years. “I want Japanese country on his feet. He to inform you about my state of conquered the K-1 WGP – the best health so that I can fight this disease competition in the world in standtogether with you. She is the biggest up fighting – after defeating Van Der opponent of all my fights. But I will Merwe, Ernesto Hoost and Mike win », he wrote to his followers. It Bernardo in the final on the same day. was no longer going to be possible to A double revenge without rancor. stop this evil contender. On August 23, he fell into an irreversible coma The following two years he was and was put on a machine. But runner-up in the K-1 WGP. In 1997 his heart couldn't take it anymore. he defeated Satake and the very Only 22 hours later he died before champion Peter Aerts, but lost the reaching the age of 36 in a Tokyo final against Ernesto Hoost. The next, hospital due to multiple organ failure. in this particular give and take, Aerts took the title of champion in the final Michael Schiavello recounts that against the Swiss. At this time Andy Peter Aerts, one of Andy Hug's closest Hug was the wrestler who filled the

friends and one of the toughest rivals on the K-1 circuit, went to the Tokyo hospital when he found out about the disease, but it was too late. By the time Hug arrived he was dead.

Aerts, a three-time winner of the K-1 World Grand Prix, and once considered the most feared fighter on the planet, could not contain his sadness. He collapsed. And he cried.

Tears of sincerity. Of respect. Of admiration. His body was cremated and his ashes deposited in a temple in Japan, as he had requested. The Japanese country also cried. He was lamenting. Although the legend of him will live forever. Because Andy Hug was more than a warrior. He was the "blue-eyed samurai."

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time I received the complete book in my house sent by Master John Correlje from Holland in gratitude for my help.

There I could see the quality of the material that was in this book, during all the years of practicing martial arts I have had many books, but this book is simply the book of books on tang soo do. It contains a history of all the masters who created the forms and who somehow influenced these forms to become part of tang soo do. In addition, in some cases it contains more than one version of some forms, since it depends on the organization, sometimes the forms have changes.

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I was looking on Facebook when I came across Master John Correlje’s post asking for help with his book, he needed someone who knew the Tan Tui or Damtoi forms in Korean.

The tantui are a series of short forms 12 in total that belong to Wushu and can also be found in many styles of northern China.

The drawings are very good, they help you to see step by step the development of the forms in question.

I think every serious tang soo do practitioner should have this book which has the cooperation of different teachers from different parts of the world. Then the teacher John Correlje asked me if he could translate the book into Spanish, which I obviously agreed, now they will be able to have this book in their language and be able to understand it even more.

GM Hwang Kee learned these forms during his 14-month stay in China when he trained with Yang Kuk Jin and later trained for some time with Li De Jiang who was a Quanfa (kung fu) instructor.

These forms strongly influenced Soo Bahk Do so I am interested in studying them.

For that reason I offered to help Master Correlje in his They won’t regret book. It was a very enriching experience to be able to cooperate with him. At the KJN Patricio Saavedra

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it.

McCarn

(Lee

Van

Cleef).

The plot is, a priori, interesting, since it introduces us to that secret society, as admired as it is hated, which are the ninjas, who had barely appeared in Western cinema. Let me remember now, my vein '007' comes out and we find them in the sixties film "You Only Live Twice", with Bond swarming through Japanese lands.

The problem is that the ninjas, the truth is that they appear, well it is not that they appear much, more than until after the hour of the movie, they do not show signs of life, rather of fighting, but of course, it turns out that Scott was trained in the ninja mystical arts and they can not with him.

And look where, it turns out that these Ninja are sent by Seikura (Tadashi Yamashita), who is Scott's stepbrother and since we are doing evil, he wants to take his stepbrother ahead of him, who has tarnished his honor .

Very good eighties, we return to take our Delorean to go back to the year 1980, the beginning of our glorious cinephile era.

In this year, the historical fact was neither the Moscow Olympic Games, nor Quini being top scorer with Sporting, but the premiere of this martial arts movie that

Throughout the film, we will have a burden, that voice in Off, by Scott, which gives me, that Chuck didn't have to study the script very much, because maybe in the whole movie, talking, talking only talks I bring you: THE OCTAGON. about twenty or thirty minutes and the blissful little voice, The plot focuses on Scott James believe me, it becomes tiresome.

(Chuck Norris), a retired martial champion, who finds himself in As for the fights, well the truth a Ninja plot, as a result of seeing is that the best is the one that how they murder the woman takes place in the Octagon of the he is dating. To find out where title, with Scott fighting against they are hiding, he decides to Kyo, the mute ninja, who despite enlist the help of a mercenary wanting to imitate the sounds

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that are usually made in the katas, what comes out looks like a crude imitation of Darth Vader, but at the core, the martial choreographies, this one in the Octagon, stands out for the use of both the katana and the ninja knives, known if I'm not mistaken as kalis, by Kyo with great dexterity. Seen today, it may seem like a slow fight, but it really is a very worthy fight, with an incendiary ending included.

although surely certain things he saw would come in handy for the series he would star in. years later "The Master" with a ninja theme.

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As far as the most anticipated match is concerned, that is, the final match between Scott and SeyKura, unfortunately, here is one of the two or they ran out of ideas, or without a budget or who knows, because it is apart from being brief, a fight very bland and ends with what I suppose they would think would be ideal, a death at dawn, but seeing the final result, it leaves us completely indifferent.

In summary, a weak Chuck Norris movie, with a wasted Tadashi Yamashita, whom we would see shortly after in "The American Warrior" and an almost testimonial Lee Van Cleef,

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