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TORS INSTEAD OF THE STAIRS ETC IS ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE RISE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND USING ONE DIRECTION CARDIOVASCULAR MACHINES FOR AEROBIC EXERCISE OFFERS LITTLE LONG TERM STIMULA TION 7HILE TRAINING IN #HOI +WANG $O THE BRAIN IS CONSTANTLY STIMULATED BECAUSE WE SYSTEMATI CALLY LEARN INTEGRATED MOVEMENTS #HOI +WANG $O HELPS INDIVIDUALS DEVELOP AEROBICALLY AND ANAEROBICALLY "OTH ARE IMPOR TANT !EROBIC FITNESS TRAINING DEVELOPS STAMINA AND ENDURANCE WHICH ASSISTS YOU IN DAILY LIFE !NAEROBIC TRAINING DEVELOPS SPEED AGILITY AND EXPLOSIVE POWER WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IN SELF DEFENSE !ND THE COMBINATION STRENGTHENS THE HEART AND LUNGS #HOI +WANG $O ALSO TEACHES A COMPLETE STRETCH ING METHOD DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN ALL MUSCLES
TENDONS LIGAMENTS AND BONES AND OUR PATTERNS USE NATURAL RHYTHMIC FLUID CONTRA LATERAL MOVE MENTS 7E SYSTEMATICALLY TRAIN BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY EVENLY IN COORDINATION WITH THE EYES WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS TO STIMULATE AND DEVELOP THEIR BRAIN AS WELL AS THEIR MUSCLES
#HOI +WANG $O IMPROVES STUDENTS %MOTIONAL 1UOTIENT %1 BY TEACHING INNER STRENGTH LEAD ERSHIP SKILLS GOOD MANNERS SELF RESPECT AND ESTEEM FOR OTHERS 3TUDENTS LEARN TO MOTIVATE THEMSELVES OVERCOME ADVERSITY BREAK FREE OF LIMITATIONS AND CULTIVATE WINNING FROM WITHIN RATHER THAN COMPETING AGAINST OTHERS 0EOPLE WITH A HIGH %1 HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE MORE SUC CESSFUL BECAUSE SUCCESS IS DEVELOPED WITH MORE %1 THAN )1 !LMOST ALL COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS GIVE RISE TO NEGATIVE FEELINGS SUCH AS JEALOUSY ANGER DIS APPOINTMENT AND RESENTMENT WHICH DOES LITTLE TO ENHANCE OUR HAPPINESS OR OUR LIVES 7ITH COMPE TITION REMOVED COMPLETELY AS IT IS AT #HOI +WANG $O PEOPLE CAN MEET RELATE AND INTERACT IN A POSITIVE MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE ETHNIC BACK GROUND SIZE CULTURE SEX AGE OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF %NJOYMENT IS THE KEY TO GAINING THE MOST FROM TRAINING AT OUR SCHOOLS (ARSHNESS AND hNO PAIN AND NO GAINv IS NOT HOW HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP )F YOU FEEL PAIN YOU WILL NOT GAIN
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!S A 'ENERAL 0RACTITIONER FAMILY PHYSICIAN IN THE 5+ 5NITED +INGDOM ) DEAL DAILY WITH PEOPLE S HEALTH PROBLEMS MANY OF WHICH COULD BE PREVENTED IMPROVED OR EVEN CURED BY THE ADOP TION OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ) SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ADVISING MY PATIENTS TO UNDERTAKE SOME FORM OF REGULAR ENJOYABLE EXERCISE TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE THEIR STRESS LEVELS AND TO GET THE hWORK LIFE BALANCEv RIGHT 5NFORTUNATELY THIS ADVICE IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW BECAUSE OF THE HECTIC PRESSURED LIVES MANY OF US LEAD TODAY ) FEEL #HOI +WANG $O #+$ IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO INCREASE FITNESS
RELIEVE STRESS AND ENCOURAGE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE /VER THE LAST YEARS ) HAVE HAD THE OPPORTU NITY TO TRAIN IN A VARIETY OF MARTIAL ARTS PRINCIPALLY THE STYLES OF +ARATE +UNG &U AND #HOI +WANG $O ) STARTED MARTIAL ARTS IN AND TRAINED IN 7ADO 2YU +ARATE FOR SIX YEARS 4HIS WAS FOLLOWED BY YEARS OF +UNG &U DURING WHICH ) ACHIEVED MY THIRD DAN )N ) DISCOVERED #HOI +WANG $O AND IN UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF -ASTER .IGEL "ROPHY WAS PROUD TO ACHIEVE MY THIRD DAN 3INCE THEN ) HAVE BECOME #HIEF )NSTRUCTOR AND %XAMINER AND IN -ARCH ) HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ACHIEVING MY FOURTH $AN IN FRONT OF 'RANDMASTER +WANG *O #HOI IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA -Y MEDICAL BACKGROUND INCLUDES AN (ONORS DEGREE IN 0HYSIOLOGY IN AND MY -EDICAL DEGREE IN ) HAVE POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS IN WOMEN S MEDICINE CHILDREN S MEDICINE GENERAL PRACTICE MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE AND ADULT EDUCA TION ) AM CURRENTLY A GENERAL PRACTITIONER '0 A '0 4UTOR AND A '0 !PPRAISER
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#HOI +WANG $O DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER MARTIAL ARTS ) HAVE EXPERIENCED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS 4HE MOVEMENTS IN #HOI +WANG $O WORK WITH RATHER THAN AGAINST THE BODY TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURIES 4HE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES FEEL VERY NATURAL AND PRACTICAL 4HERE IS A STRUCTURED PROGRAM FOR ENHANCING THE TEACHING SKILLS OF THE INSTRUCTORS
WHILST INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCE OF OTHER MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEMS ARE WELCOMED 4HE POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY UNDERPINNING #HOI +WANG $O ENSURES THAT EVERYONE IS SUPPORTIVE TOWARD EACH OTHER WHILST THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT THAT hLOSINGv CAN HAVE ON SOME INDIVIDUALS CONFIDENCE IS AVOIDED BY HAVING NO COMPETITIVE TOURNAMENT SPARRING !S A 'ENERAL 0RACTITIONER ) AM VERY AWARE OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF REGULAR EXERCISE %XERCISE HELPS REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL THEREBY REDUCING THE RISKS OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE #ONTROL OF WEIGHT REDUCES THE RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES AND WEIGHT BEARING EXERCISE REDUCES THE RISK OF FRACTURES DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS THINNING OF THE
'RANDMASTER #HOI ENJOYS WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN AT HIS SEMINARS )N #HANDIGARGH )NDIA HE HELPS A YOUNGSTER TO IMPROVE THE POWER OF HIS PUNCH 2)'(4 'RM #HOI AT A #HANDIGARGH SEMINAR
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BONES 2EGULAR PHYSICAL EXERCISE ALSO REDUCES THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE HEART MUS CLES JOINTS AND EVEN THE BRAIN -USCLE STRENGTH IS IMPROVED RESULTING IN MORE STA BLE JOINTS REDUCING THE RISK OF INJURIES TO MUSCLES TENDONS AND JOINTS FROM DAILY WEAR AND TEAR 7ITH REGULAR TRAIN ING AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC FITNESS CAN BE INCREASED !EROBIC FITNESS REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS 3EMINAR IN "OMBAY )NDIA ,OCAL FOR EXAMPLE BRISK MEDIA COVERED MANY OF THE #+$ SEMINARS DURING THE LATEST TOUR TO WALKING RUNNING AND !SIA AND /CEANA IN THE FALL OF SWIMMING 4HE TERM AEROBIC REFERS TO THE NEED FOR OXYGEN TO BE OBTAINED FROM AIR BREATHED INTO THE LUNGS DURING EXERCISE IN ORDER TO RELEASE ENERGY OBTAINED FROM THE BREAKDOWN OF NUTRIENTS DURING THE PERIOD OF EXER CISE 4HE IMPORTANCE OF AEROBIC EXERCISE IS ITS EFFECT ON GENERAL HEALTH HELPING TO REDUCE OR EVEN PREVENT MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS AS DISCUSSED ABOVE !NAEROBIC FITNESS REFERS TO THE ABILITY OF THE BODY TO UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY OVER A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH WOULD BE SPRINTING h!NAEROBICv MEANS THAT THIS CAN BE DONE IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN IN THE VERY SHORT TERM ALTHOUGH THE ENERGY STORES USED UP IN THIS ACTIVITY NEED TO BE REPLENISHED DURING RECOV ERY THAT REQUIRES OXYGEN !NAEROBIC FITNESS IS IMPOR TANT DURING THE hFIGHT OR FLIGHTv REACTION THAT OCCURS IN THE SELF DEFENSE SITUATION
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2EGULAR ENJOY ABLE EXERCISE CAN IMPROVE MOOD AND REDUCE STRESS AND DEPRESSION 4HIS IS DUE TO THE RELEASE OF NATURAL MORPHINE LIKE HORMONES ENDORPHINS THAT ALSO RESULTS IN THE hFEEL GOOD FACTORv FOLLOWING A GOOD TRAINING SESSION 2EGULAR MODERATE EXERCISE CAN BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
THEREBY REDUCING AN INDIVIDUAL S SUSCEP TIBILITY TO INFECTIONS AND EVEN POSSIBLY SOME TYPES OF CAN CER )N CONTRAST HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE LEADING TO EXHAUS TION CAN REDUCE
THE BODY S DEFENSES 4HE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF REGULAR AEROBIC EXERCISE HAS BEEN FOUND TO IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN OLDER AS WELL AS YOUNGER PEOPLE
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4HE #HOI +WANG $O STRETCH PERFORMED AT THE START OF EACH TRAIN ING SESSION IS BASED ON YOGA MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE DONE SLOWLY WITH DEEP BREATHING IN A RELAXED MANNER 4HIS RELEASES MUSCULAR TENSION AND 'RM #HOI AND #HOI +WANG $O INSTRUCTORS FROM INCREASES FLEXIBILITY THE 5 3 AND "OMBAY NOW -UMBAI )NDIA &LEXIBILITY IS IMPOR TANT FOR TWO REASONS 4HE FIRST IS THE PRE ARE USED ONE AFTER ANOTHER &OR EXAMPLE DURING VENTION OF INJURY THE PERFORMANCE OF A PUNCH MOVEMENT OF THE HIP
INJURIES ARE MORE COMMON IN STIFF MUSCLES AND TEN SHOULDER ELBOW WRIST AND FINALLY THE FIST FOLLOWS DONS AND REGULAR STRETCHING REDUCES THIS STIFFNESS MOVEMENT OF THE ANKLE 4HE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF 4HE SECOND IS THE ENHANCEMENT OF PERFORMANCE INCREASING THE RANGE OF MOTION OF JOINTS ALLOWS TECH EACH JOINT INCREASES ALONG THE SEQUENCE !LSO SEEN IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TENNIS GOLF AND SOCCER SEQUEN NIQUES TO BE PERFORMED OPTIMALLY !PPROPRIATE FLEX IBILITY TRAINING CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY AS WELL AS TIAL MOVEMENTS MAXIMIZE THE SPEED AT WHICH THE BALL IS STRUCK OR IN THE CASE OF #+$ THE PUNCH STRIKE ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OR KICK IS DELIVERED 4HE SCIENCE OF PHYSICS EXPLAINS HOW SPEED CAN 4HE 3CIENCE OF #HOI +WANG $O VASTLY INCREASE THE POWER OF TECHNIQUES BY MEANS ! MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN #HOI +WANG $O AND OF THE EQUATION +% MV )N THIS EQUATION +% OTHER MARTIAL ARTS IS THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC IS KINETIC ENERGY THE ENERGY OF MOTION M IS MASS KNOWLEDGE AND PRINCIPLES 'RANDMASTER #HOI HAS WEIGHT WHILST V IS VELOCITY SPEED 4HIS EQUATION USED HIS EXTENSIVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERI SHOWS THAT DOUBLING THE VELOCITY WILL QUADRUPLE ENCE OF MARTIAL ARTS TOGETHER WITH RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS UNIQUE SYSTEM THE ENERGY )N #HOI +WANG $O SPEED COMES FROM 4HE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES APPLIED TO #HOI +WANG $O INCREASED FLUIDITY AND THE USE OF SEQUENTIAL MOVE ARE DERIVED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES !NATOMY STUD MENTS 4HE ABOVE EQUATION EXPLAINS HOW THIS SPEED IES THE STRUCTURES OF THE BODY INCLUDING BONES MUS RESULTS IN SUCH POWERFUL TECHNIQUES 4HESE THEORIES WERE CONFIRMED BY A SCIENTIFIC CLES THE INTERNAL ORGANS THE BLOOD AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 0HYSIOLOGY EXPLORES HOW ALL THESE STRUCTURES STUDY CONDUCTED AT #OLORADO 3TATE 5NIVERSITY IN FUNCTION AND WORK TOGETHER .EUROPHYSIOLOGY SPECIFI THAT COMPARED THE REVERSE PUNCHES OF MARTIAL ART CALLY FOCUSES ON THE FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ISTS OF SIMILAR GRADE )T FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE #HOI +WANG $O PUNCH WAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE INCLUDING THE BRAIN WHILST PSYCHOLOGY IS THE BRANCH POWERFUL THAN THE AVERAGE 4AE +WON $O PUNCH AND OF SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE MIND AND BEHAVIOR THAT THIS WAS RELATED TO THE USE OF SEQUENTIAL MOVE MENTS "IOMECHANICS 4HE SCIENCE OF BIOMECHANICS IS AN IMPORTANT INFLU 4HE #HOI +WANG $O 0ROGRAM ENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF #HOI +WANG $O 4HIS $URING MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES OF MARTIAL ARTS
WORD IS DERIVED FROM hBIOv WHICH MEANS hOF LIVING THE TECHNIQUES USED IN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE THINGSv AND hMECHANICS v THE BRANCH OF PHYSICS SYLLABUS WERE DISSIMILAR FROM EACH OTHER 4HE LOW AND MATHEMATICS CONCERNED WITH MOTION 4HE TERM STANCES AND RIGID BLOCKS AND PUNCHES PRACTICED IN hHUMAN BIOMECHANICSv IS THEREFORE THE SCIENCE OF BASICS AND FORMS CONTRASTED WITH THE HIGHER STANCES MOTION IN HUMAN BEINGS 4HE APPLICATION OF CORRECT BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES AND MORE FLUID BLOCKS AND PUNCHES USED IN SPARRING ENSURES THAT THE MOVEMENTS IN #HOI +WANG $O WORK 4HIS RESULTED IN CONFLICT OR hNEGATIVE TRANSFER v )N CONTRAST ALL ASPECTS OF THE #HOI +WANG $O INSTRUC WITH RATHER THAN AGAINST THE BODY S MUSCLES AND JOINTS -OVEMENTS FEEL MORE NATURAL TO PERFORM AND TION COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER A CONCEPT KNOWN AS RESULTS IN INCREASED FLUIDITY OF MOVEMENTS )NCREASED hPOSITIVE TRANSFER v 4ECHNIQUES LEARNED IN BASICS
PATTERNS COMBINATIONS AND DEFENSE DRILLS CAN BE FLUIDITY RESULTS IN FASTER BLOCKS FASTER STANCE TRANSI DIRECTLY APPLIED TO SHIELD AND FOCUS MITT DRILLS AND TIONS AND FASTER COMBINATIONS OF TECHNIQUES FROM THERE TO ACTUAL SELF DEFENSE SITUATIONS 4HIS POS 4HE TECHNIQUES IN #HOI +WANG $O ARE EXTREMELY ITIVE EFFECT IS ENHANCED BY THE POSITIVE MENTAL ATTI POWERFUL 4HIS POWER IS THE RESULT OF A COMBINATION TUDE RESULTING FROM THE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT 4HERE OF FACTORS INCLUDING SPEED THE USE OF SEQUENTIAL IS NO PULLING BACK OF TECHNIQUES BUT INSTEAD THE USE MOVEMENTS SHIFTING THE BODY WEIGHT FORWARDS AND OF FOLLOW THROUGH IN WHICH THE POWER IS MAXIMAL AT FOLLOWING THROUGH THE TARGET THE POINT OF IMPACT )N SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENTS THE MUSCLES AND JOINTS TAEKWONDOTIMES COM *ANUARY
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#HOI +WANG $O INSTRUCTION IS STRUCTURED SUCH THAT BOTH AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC FITNESS INCREASE WITH TIME 4HE SYLLABUS FOR EACH BELT BUILDS UPON WHAT HAS COME PREVIOUSLY SO THAT FITNESS TOGETHER WITH FLEXIBILITY AND SKILL IS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING /F GREAT IMPORTANCE IS THAT GOALS RATE OF PROGRESSION AND ACHIEVEMENTS ARE TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SO THAT EACH PERSON IS ABLE TO DEVELOP AT HIS OR HER OWN PACE
4RAINING BOTH SIDES OF THE "ODY
)N #HOI +WANG $O ALL TECHNIQUES AND SEQUENCES
MORE THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING PERSONAL QUALITIES ARE EXTREMELY DEDICATED AND HAVE BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO TEACH BY MEANS OF THE EXTENSIVE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROGRAMS
4HE ,EARNING %NVIRONMENT
! VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF #HOI +WANG $O TRAIN ING IS THE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH IT IS TAUGHT AND LEARNED 4HE REASON WHY PEOPLE LEARN SO EASILY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE CONCEPT OF A h(IERARCHY OF .EEDS v 4HIS HIERARCHY CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF LEVELS OF hNEED v EACH OF WHICH RESTS ON THE ONE BENEATH -EETING THE NEEDS OF EACH SUCCESSIVE LEVEL WILL ENHANCE AN INDIVIDUAL S ABILITY TO LEARN 4HE BASIC LEVEL OF NEED IS hPHYSIOLOGICALv OR PHYSICAL IT WOULD BE HARD TO TEACH A CLASS OF CHILDREN IF THEY WERE DESPERATE TO VISIT THE BATHROOM OR WERE EXTREMELY HUNGRY OR THIRSTY 4HE NEXT LEVEL UP IS THE NEED FOR hSECURITY v 4AKING CHILDREN AGAIN AS AN EXAMPLE A CHILD IS UNLIKELY TO EARN SOMETHING IF THEY FEEL UNSAFE ND FRIGHTENED 4HE NEXT LEVEL UP S THAT OF hBELONGINGNESSv WHICH S ACHIEVED IN #HOI +WANG $O BY MAKING EVERYONE FEEL VALUED AND UPPORTED )N #HOI +WANG $O MANY OF THESE NEEDS ARE BEING MET EVEN THOUGH NDIVIDUALS ARE OFTEN NOT EVEN AWARE OF IT 4HIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BE MORE ECEPTIVE TO LEARNING WHICH THEN MAKES LEARNING EASIER
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!LTHOUGH THE ACTUAL MOVEMENTS OF #HOI +WANG $O FEEL VERY NATURAL ND FLUID TRAINING IN TRADITIONAL MAR IAL ARTS STYLES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HAS MEANT THAT ) HAVE HAD TO ANA YZE hUNLEARNv AND RELEARN MANY HE EXPLAINS AND OF MY TECHNIQUES OVER THE LAST SIX EHIND #+$ AND YEARS (OWEVER ALTHOUGH REPRO GRAMMING THE hMUSCLE MEMORYv CAN LIVE MORE ND HEALTHIER LIVES HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES ) HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT BOTH BUT MINIMIZES THE RISK OF INJURY &OCUS PADS HELP #HOI +WANG $O AND MYSELF DURING THIS PROCESS AND STUDENTS TO FOCUS AND IMPROVE THEIR TECHNIQUES AND FEEL IT HAS HELPED ME TO BECOME BOTH A BETTER MAR PADDED GLOVES HELP TO PREVENT HAND AND FACIAL INJU TIAL ARTIST AND TEACHER RIES
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4HE MOVEMENTS IN #HOI +WANG $O DO NOT INVOLVE THE hLOCKING OUTv OF ANY JOINTS h,OCKING OUTv JOINTS UNFORTUNATELY STILL SEEN IN MANY TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS CAN LEAD TO SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE JOINTS AND SURROUNDING TISSUES 'RANDMASTER #HOI HIMSELF EXPERIENCED PAINFUL SWOLLEN JOINTS AFTER PRACTICING 4AE +WON $O AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR MANY YEARS AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS HE EXCLUDED SUCH DAMAGING MOVEMENTS FROM #HOI +WANG $O
1UALITY )NSTRUCTORS
!N IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SAFETY WHEN TRAINING IS THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR ABILITY TO TEACH TECH NIQUES CORRECTLY AND TO CONDUCT CLASS IN A SAFE MAN NER 4HE INSTRUCTORS ) HAVE MET SINCE STARTING #HOI +WANG $O HAVE DEFINITELY FULFILLED THESE CRITERIA AND
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%VERYTHING DEVELOPS AND MOVES ON WITH THE PAS SAGE OF TIME AS WE GAIN NEW KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT )N THE SAME WAY THAT ) DO NOT PRACTICE MEDICINE THE SAME WAY PHYSICIANS DID A HUNDRED YEARS AGO SO MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF DEFENSE NEEDS TO EVOLVE 7E ARE NOW AWARE THAT SOME TRADITIONAL WAYS OF TRAIN ING CAN DAMAGE BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SOME INDIVIDUALS AND ) FEEL IT IS TIME TO LEARN FROM THIS AND MOVE ON ) AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE DISCOVERED #HOI +WANG $O !S WELL AS BEING A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FORM OF SELF DEFENSE ) CONSIDER #HOI +WANG $O TO BE A SYSTEM THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND PERSONAL DEVELOP MENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE IN THE ST CENTURY AND BEYOND ●
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!)) '),(#(! !" (#-. ( 4HE 53 !IR &ORCE # MILITARY PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT "AGRAM !IR &ORCE BAS IN #ENTRAL !FGHANISTAN )T WAS THE MORNING OF &RIDAY *UNE
WHEN 2OBERT 'RAY AND ) STEPPED OUT ON THE FLIGHT LINE IN BRIGH SUNSHINE DEGREE TEMPERATURE AND A STRONG WIND FULL OF SA AND DUST )T HAD TAKEN US THREE DAYS AND EIG FLIGHTS INCLUDING STOP IN 'ERMANY 4URKEY AND +YRGYZSTAN TO GET TO !FGHANISTAN AND ) WAS HAPPY TO BE IN A WAR ZONE JUST TO END THAT MIND NUMBING TRIP 7HY WOULD ) WANT TO TRAVEL TO A WAR ZONE &OR THE PAST TWO YEARS ) HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROVIDING #OMBATIVES 4RAINING TO THE 53 !RMY RD "RIGADE 3PARTANS TH -OUNTAIN $IVISION BASED AT &ORT $RUM .EW 9ORK $URING THAT TIME ) HAVE DEVELOPED A STRONG BOND WITH THAT UNIT AND SPECIFICALLY WITH 3GT -AJOR *AMES 2EDMORE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT S COMBATIVES PROGRAM (E IS A PASSION ATE BELIEVER IN THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATIVE TRAINING NOT ONLY ON A PRACTICAL TECHNICAL LEVEL BUT ALSO AS AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR DEVELOPING THE WARRIOR SPIRIT IN THE TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE HAS EMBRACED #OMBAT (APKIDO AS HIS PERSONAL SYSTEM AND HAS STRUCTURED HIS COMBATIVE COURSE BASED ON #OMBAT (APKIDO PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES !T ONE OF OUR MEETINGS LAST YEAR ) WAS INFORMED THAT THE h3PARTANSv WOULD BE DEPLOYED TO !FGHANISTAN IN &EBRUARY SO ) TOLD 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE AND #OL .ICHOLSON THAT ) WOULD BE WILLING TO OFFER MY SERVICES THERE IF NEEDED 4HEY WERE VERY INTERESTED AND RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA AND DECIDED TO GET THE APPROVAL PROCESS STARTED "ECAUSE HE ALSO HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TRAINING AT &ORT $RUM FROM THE BEGINNING AND WAS WILLING TO GO WITH ME
-ASTER 2OBERT 'RAY WAS IMMEDIATELY INCLUDED IN THE PLAN NING !T THE )NTERNATIONAL #OMBAT (APKIDO &EDERATION HEAD QUARTERS "RANDON &LORIDA IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO ANNOUNCE THE TOUR FOR TWO REASONS FIRST DUE TO THE UNUSUAL MAYBE
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2OBERT 'RAY 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE 'RM 0ELLEGRINI AND 3GT 'AYLORD IN 'AGRAM
!FGHANISTAN "%,/7 'RM 0ELLEGRINI AND -ASTER 'RAY DEMONSTRATE TECH NIQUES FOR THE TROOPS AT 'HAZNI
UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF THIS PROJECT IT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE $/$ $EPARTMENT OF $EFENSE AND .!4/ .ORTH !TLANTIC 4REATY /RGANIZATION AND WE WERE CONCERNED THAT RED TAPE BUREAUCRACY FEAR OF LIABILITY AND WORSENING CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND MORE ATTACKS AND CASUAL TIES COULD KILL THE PLAN AT ANY MOMENT 3ECONDLY THERE WERE SECURITY CONCERNS FOR OUR FAMILIES WHILE WE WERE GONE 3O WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TELL OUR STORY ONLY AFTER WE RETURNED 4HE h3PARTANSv DEPLOYED AT THE END OF &EBRUARY AND WE WERE GIVEN TENTATIVE DATES OF END OF *UNE TO MID *ULY /UR FINAL ORDERS CAME ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE ON *UNE !FGHANISTAN IS A COUNTRY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF 4EXAS WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY MILLION PEOPLE )N THEY WERE GOVERNED BY THE 4ALIBAN
A FANATICAL EXTREMIST )SLAMIC GROUP WHO BRUTALIZED THE POPULATION AND BUILT NUMEROUS TRAINING CAMPS FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS 4HE HORROR OF 3EPTEMBER HAD ITS GENESIS THERE AND RESULTED IN THE 53 AND A COALITION OF .!4/ .ATIONS AND EVEN %GYPT
5NITED !RAB %MIRATES 3OUTH +OREA AND OTHERS TO SEND TROOPS TO ERADICATE THE CAMPS OVERTHROW THE 4ALIBAN INSTALL A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT AND BUILD A MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE !LTHOUGH THE EXACT NUMBER IS CLASSIFIED THE 53 CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY TROOPS IN !FGHANISTAN COMBAT THE REST SUPPORT 4ODAY !FGHANISTAN IS FREE DEMOCRATIC AND ON THE SLOW ROAD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT THERE ARE STILL ELEMENTS LOYAL TO THE 4ALIBAN WHO
AIDED BY TERRORISTS INFILTRATING FROM 0AKISTAN ARE WAGING A GUERILLA WARFARE AGAINST #OALITION TROOPS AND THE !FGHAN .ATIONAL !RMY )T IS STILL A VERY DAN GEROUS PLACE WITH COMBAT OPERATIONS ROADSIDE )%$ IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE POPULATION ROCKETS MORTARS ARTILLERY DUELS AND DAILY CASUALTIESÂ&#x2C6;ALL THIS IN ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPI TABLE TERRAINS AND CLIMATES IN THE WORLD !ND THIS IS WHERE 2OBERT 'RAY AND ) CHOSE TO HAVE OUR SUMMER VACATIONS
'RM 0ELLEGRINI TEACHING COMBATIVES TO THE !MERICAN SOLDIERS AT &/" h3ALERNOv IN +HOUST !FGHANISTAN
&ORWARD /PERATING "ASE AT *ALALABAD /N THIS FLIGHT AND ALL FUTURE ONES WE WERE ALWAYS SHADOWED BY AN !PACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER READY TO UNLEASH ROCKETS AND OTHER ORDINANCE IF WE CAME UNDER FIRE FROM THE GROUND BECAUSE THE "LACK (AWKS ARE ARMED ONLY WITH CALIBER MACHINE GUNS /FTEN IN SOME RAVINE OR STRETCH OF DESERT WE WOULD OBSERVE EERIE GRAVE YARDS OF RUSTED TANKS TRUCKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES LEFT BEHIND BY THE 3OVIET !RMY DURING THEIR BLOODY RETREAT FROM THIS UNFORGIVING COUNTRY $URING THEIR TEN YEAR OCCUPATION THE 3OVIETS LOST MEN AND WERE WOUNDED ) HAD REQUESTED WITH APPROVAL AN hOPEN DOORSv RIDE IN THE "LACK (AWK AND IT WAS A REWARDING AND AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE AND DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART 3KIMMING MOUNTAINS CANYONS AND DESERTS AT MPH WE WOULD SUDDENLY COME UPON FERTILE GREEN VALLEYS
VILLAGES OR NOMADIC CAMPS OF TENTS AND CAMELS 4HE INCREDIBLE SCENERY WE OBSERVED WAS A CONFLICTING MIX OF RUGGED BEAUTY ANCIENT HISTORY UTTER DESOLA TION AND A MODERN DAY WAR ZONE )N *ALALABAD WE WERE INVITED TO ATTEND A MEMO RIAL SERVICE FOR YEAR OLD 0&# *USTIN 2 $AVIS WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION A FEW DAYS EARLIER 4HE SOMBER AND INTENSELY EMOTIONAL CEREMONY BROUGHT TEARS TO OUR EYES AND TO MOST OTHERS PRESENT ,ATER WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT $AVIS HAD BEEN A STUDENT OF THE MARTIAL ARTS (E HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE WHILE HELPING HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS UNDER FIRE ,ATER WE LEFT THIS TIME IN A #HINOOK HELICOPTER FOR ANOTHER &/" 7HEN WE ARRIVED AT !SADABAD IN THE .ORTHEAST ONLY A FEW ). #/5.429 MILES FROM THE BORDER WITH 0AKISTAN THE ARTILLERY !T "AGRAM THE LARG MM GUN WAS ENGAGED IN FIRING ROUNDS AT THE EST SUPPORT AND STAG ENEMY 4HAT AFTERNOON WE CONDUCTED A THREE HOUR ING #OALITION BASE IN COMBATIVE SEMINAR FOR ABOUT 53 4ROOPS AND A !FGHANISTAN WE RESTED FEW MEMBERS OF THE !.! 3PECIAL &ORCES !LTHOUGH AND ACCLIMATIZED FOR A DAY WE WERE AT AN ALTITUDE OF NEARLY FEET THE TEM RECEIVED OUR EQUIPMENT
PERATURE WAS AROUND DEGREES AND WE CONDUCTED INCLUDING +EVLAR HELMET THE TRAINING OUTDOORS )N THE EVENING WE SPENT A AND LEVEL THREE BODY ARMOR COUPLE OF HOURS SHARPENING OUR SKILLS WITH THE - POUNDS AND GOT ACCUS AND - RIFLES ON A MOUNTAINSIDE 4HAT NIGHT TOMED TO BASE ROUTINE AND THE ARTILLERY ACTION CONTINUED MAKING SLEEP IN THE REGULATIONS /N 3UNDAY
DEAFENING EARTH SHAKING RACKET VERY DIFFICULT 4HE *ULY WE GOT UP AT AM FOLLOWING DAY WE WERE TRANSPORTED BY "LACK (AWK TO STAGE AT THE FLIGHTLINE TO THE &/" AT 'HAZNI IN CENTRAL !FGHANISTAN 4HIS 7E THEN BOARDED A "LACK BASE RECEIVES DAILY ENEMY ROCKET FIRE BUT WE WERE (AWK HELICOPTER FOR A ONE RELIEVED TO DISCOVER THAT hTHEIR AIM IS USUALLY INAC HOUR RIDE TO THE NEXT &/" TAEKWONDOTIMES COM *ANUARY
!)) '),(# CURATE v !NOTHER OUTDOOR THREE HOURS COMBATIVES SEMINAR WAS CONDUCTED HERE FOR APPROXI MATELY TROOPS -ANY MORE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO ATTEND BUT HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME /N THE TH OF *ULY WHILE PEOPLE CELEBRATED )NDEPENDENCE $AY BACK HOME WE RODE ANOTHER "LACK (AWK TO &/" h3ALERNOv IN +HOUST 4HIS IS A VERY LARGE BASE AND IS HOME TO THE h3PARTANS v 4HERE IS EVEN A LOCAL NATIVE BAZAAR OPEN MAR KET WHERE WE SHOPPED FOR SOU VENIRS AND ABSORBED SOME OF THE LOCAL CULTURE 4HAT EVENING THE BASE HOSTED A TH OF *ULY PARTY FOR THE TROOPS WITH SPECIAL FOOD GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT ) HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ASKED TO GIVE A SPEECH DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY ) WAS UNPRE PARED NERVOUS AND HUMBLED 4HE MESSAGE ) TRIED TO CONVEY TO THE TROOPS WAS THAT IN SPITE OF SOME OF THE NEGA TIVE REPORTING THEY WERE HEARING THE VAST MAJORITY OF !MERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORTED THEM AND APPRECI ATED THEIR SACRIFICES 4HE NEXT DAY 2OBERT 'RAY AND ) WERE BUSY TEACHING TWO SEMINARS EACH THREE HOURS IN LENGTH BLESSEDLY INDOOR IN THE NEW h3PARTANSv COMBATIVES TRAINING FACILITY %ACH SESSION WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY TROOPS 4HAT NIGHT WE WERE TREATED TO A SPECIAL PRIVATE DINNER ATTENDED BY ALL THE 3GT -AJORS 4HE MEAL WAS AN EXCELLENT SELEC TION OF TYPICAL !FGHANI DISHES SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR US BY A GROUP OF !FGHANI COOKS AND KITCHEN WORKERS !T THE END OF THE hBANQUETv CAME ANOTHER OF THOSE VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENTS THAT ARE SO DIF FICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE GAVE A SPEECH PRAISING 2OBERT AND ) FOR OUR WORK AND THANKING US FOR BEING THERE (E THEN PRESENTED US WITH VERY BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE IN !FGHANI WOOD AWARD DISPLAY CASES CONTAINING AN APPRECIATION CER TIFICATE AND 53! BATTLE FLAGS THAT HAD BEEN FLOWN IN COMBAT MISSIONS /NCE AGAIN WE FOUND OURSELVES STAMMERING AND WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES ) MANAGED TO CLEAR THE LUMP IN MY THROAT LONG ENOUGH TO GIVE A CLUMSY AND BRIEF THANK YOU SPEECH (ERE WERE THESE TRUE WARRIORS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD HONORING AND THANKING US FOR SPENDING A MEASLY THREE WEEKS WITH THEM 3GT -AJOR 6ICTOR 2IVERA ALSO HAD A GIFT FOR US AND PRESENTED US WITH COMBAT KNIVES AND FULL SIZE !FGHANI FLAGS ) D LIKE TO MENTION AT THIS POINT THAT THROUGHOUT OUR VISIT WE WERE CONSTANTLY PRESENTED GIFTS AND AWARDS BRAND NEW ISSUE CAMOUFLAGE UNI FORMS LETTERS OF COMMENDATION SPECIAL FLASHLIGHTS
BALLISTIC EYE PROTECTOR SUNGLASSES APPRECIATION CER TIFICATES CHALLENGE COINS AND $6$ S WITH HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS DOCUMENTING EVERY STEP OF OUR TOUR 4HE GENEROSITY OF EVERYONE WE MET WAS SIMPLY INCRED IBLE 4HERE IS ALSO AN INTERESTING POSTSCRIPT TO THE STORY OF THE hBATTLE FLAGSv AWARDS WE RECEIVED AT THE BANQUET THAT ) D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU $AYS LATER
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!PACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER AT "AGRAM ,%&4 !RTIL LERY MM GUN l RES AT THE ENEMY IN !SADABAD 4HE SEMINAR WAS INTERRUPTED FOR MINUTES TO ALLOW THE CREW TO RETURN l RE 4RAINING THEN RESUMED WHILE IN "AGRAM PREPARING FOR OUR RETURN TRIP TO THE 53! WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD TOO MUCH LUGGAGE AND THAT THE AWARDS WERE TOO BIG FOR CARRY ON AND TOO FRAGILE FOR CHECK IN 3O WE DECIDED TO SHIP THEM 7E WENT TO THE $(, FACILITY ON BASE AND TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER EXCESS BAG SHIPPED THE CAREFULLY PACKED BOXED AWARDS TO THE 53! FOR )NSTEAD OF THE SIX DAYS WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE BOXES TO ARRIVE IT TOOK TWO WEEKS AND TO MY HORROR WHEN THEY REACHED OUR (1 OFFICE THEY WERE SMASHED AND CLEARLY DAMAGED )T WAS HEARTBREAKING TO OPEN THE BOXES TO FIND THE AWARDS BROKEN HOWEVER THE TRI ANGLE SHAPED GLASS G CASES CONTAINING THE FLAGS WERE STRANGELY UNDAMAGED ONLY THE WOODEN STAND WAS BROKEN WE HAVE SINCE HAD THEM REPAIRED LIKE NEW /UR TOUR WAS WINDING DOWN BUT THERE WERE STILL INTERESTING AND EXCITING THINGS TO DO 7E CONDUCTED SEVERAL PRIVATE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE AND THEN EXAMINED HIM FOR HIS THIRD DAN IN #OMBAT (APKIDO (E PERFORMED SUPERBLY AND RECEIVED THE FIRST #OMBAT (APKIDO $AN PROMOTION EVER ISSUED IN !FGHANISTAN 7E WERE SCHEDULED FOR ONE MORE &/" VISIT TO CONDUCT A SEMINAR FOR MOSTLY !.! TROOPS BUT IT WAS CANCELLED 4HE BASE HAD STOPPED ALL INCOMING FLIGHTS DUE TO THE DEATH OF A SOLDIER 3O AFTER AN EXTRA DAY IN +HOUST WE FLEW IN A # BACK TO "AGRAM WHERE WE SPENT THE NEXT FOUR DAYS /UR TIME IN "AGRAM INCLUDED ONE MORE THREE HOUR SEMINAR AN !IR &ORCE DEBRIEFING ON THE ! FIGHTER PLANE YES WE GOT TO SIT IN THE COCKPIT
MORE PRIVATE TRAINING WITH 3GT -AJOR 2EDMORE
AN OUTDOOR 3UNDAY ""1 COOKOUT WITH THE TROOPS
ANOTHER !IR &ORCE DEBRIEFING ON THE !PACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER YES WE GOT TO SIT IN THE COCKPIT HERE TOO AND HANDLED LIVE ROCKETS
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/N THE EVENING OF 7EDNESDAY *ULY TH AFTER A THOROUGH CUSTOM INSPECTION WE BOARDED A # HEADED FOR -ANAS !IR &ORCE BASE IN +IRGYZSTAN
&ROM THERE WE WERE SCHED ULED TO BOARD A THAT WITH STOPS IN 4URKEY AND 2AMSTEIN
'ERMANY WOULD TAKE US BACK TO "ALTIMORE
-ARYLAND 4HINGS HOWEVER DID NOT GO SMOOTHLY AND WE WOUND UP SPENDING TWO DAYS IN THAT FORSAKEN AND BORING BASE
!"/6% 'RM 0ELLEGRINI TEACH ING HAND TO HAND COMBAT TO THE TROOPS IN !SADABAD 2)'(4 4HE 'RANDMASTER WITH A MEMBER OF THE !FGHAN .ATIONAL !RMY 3PECIAL &ORCES IN !SADABAD "%,/7 !FTER PRESENTING A SEMINAR 'RM 0ELLEGRINI AND -ASTER 'RAY RE CEIVE CERTIl CATES OF APPRECIATION FROM SENIOR OFl CERS AT 'HAZNI "ASE IN !FGHANISTAN
!LL TOLD IT TOOK FOUR DAYS TO GET HOME AND IT WAS THE WORST PART OF THE TRIP 'IVE ME ENEMY FIRE ANY DAY INSTEAD OF BOREDOM BUREAUCRACY AND MIND NUMB ING FLIGHTS WITH BAD FOOD /NCE IN THE 3TATES IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS TO GET BACK TO hCIVILIANv LIFE AND ) EXPERIENCED THE STRANG EST SENSE OF LONGING !LTHOUGH ) WAS HAPPY TO BE BACK WITH MY FAMILY MY WORK AND THE COMFORTS OF LIFE IN THE 53 ) FELT THAT ) HAD LEFT A PIECE OF ME BEHIND IN THAT RUGGED DESOLATE LAND -EMORIES OF MY EXPERIENCES BROUGHT BACK MANY EMOTIONS AND ) ALSO REALIZED THAT ) HAD CHANGED IN SOME WAY THAT ) WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AND WOULD NEVER LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS IN THE SAME WAY )NTENSE AND SOME TIMES CONFLICTING EXPERIENCES HAD AFFECTED ME DEEP LY MY CONTACTS WITH THE !FGHANI PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN THE THRILL THAT ACCOMPANIES DANGER THE AWE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN WARFARE AND THE FASCINATION WITH THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF THIS PROUD PEOPLE
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"UT OF ALL THE EMOTIONS THAT HAD TOUCHED ME DEEPLY AND WOULD STAY WITH ME FOREVER NONE WAS SO STRONG AND PALPABLE AS THE FEELING OF RESPECT CAMA RADERIE AND AFFECTION ) HAD DEVELOPED FOR THE TROOPS AND FOR OUR hESCORTv IN PARTICULAR THE SMALL GROUP OF WARRIORS THAT HAD ACCOMPANIED US THROUGHOUT OUR TOUR AND HAD PUT UP WITH OUR INCESSANT QUESTIONS
OUR CLUMSINESS AND OUR CHILD LIKE CURIOSITY 4HEY TOOK CARE OF OUR NEEDS BY ARRANGING COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES AS BEST AS CAN BE HAD IN A WAR ZONE 4HEY SAW TO OUR SECURITY AND SAFETY 4HEY DOCU MENTED EVERY ASPECT OF OUR TOUR WITH OVER PHO TOS 4HEY INDULGED OUR REQUESTS FOR hTOTAL IMMER SIONv IN THE EXPERIENCE FAR BEYOND OUR EXPECTA TIONS 2OBERT AND ) DID NOT WANT TO BE A BURDEN TO THEM AND TRIED OUR BEST TO DO OUR PART AND TO BE AS SELF RELIANT AS POSSIBLE BUT ) AM SURE THAT AT TIMES THEY MUST HAVE FELT LIKE THEY WERE BABYSITTING US /UR BOND GREW DAY BY DAY AND AT ONE POINT ) DON T KNOW WHEN WE STARTED REFERRING TO OURSELVES AS hA "AND OF "ROTHERS v 7EARING THE SAME UNIFORM AND SHARING THE SAME DAILY LIFE
THE SAME DISCOMFORTS AND THE SAME DAN GERS MAKE PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT DIFFERENCES OF RACE AGE SOCIAL CLASS EDUCATION OR ETHNIC BACKGROUND 7E WERE ALL BROTHERS LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND DEPENDING ON EACH OTHER 7HEN THE TIME CAME TO LEAVE SAY GOODBYE AND BREAK UP OUR LITTLE "AND OF "ROTHERS IT WAS DIFFICULT AND EMOTIONALLY PAINFUL 7E WERE CERTAINLY EAGER TO GET BACK HOME TO OUR WORLD BUT WE WERE ALSO SADLY AWARE THAT THIS "AND OF "ROTHERS WOULD BE NO MORE -AYBE SOME OF US WOULD KEEP IN TOUCH AND MAYBE SOME WOULD MEET AGAIN BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME )N THAT SURREAL LANDSCAPE IN HARM S WAY THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME THE "AND OF "ROTHERS HAD A SPE CIAL MEANING AND PURPOSE ,ATER WE WOULD JUST BE hFRIENDS v ) SALUTE 3GT 'ARY 'AYLORD YEARS OLD OF 3T ,OUIS -ISSOURI SEVEN YEAR VETERAN AND TRANS PORTATION SPECIALIST 3GT 4IM 3ANDER YEARS OLD OF (AMMOND ,OUISIANA THREE YEAR VETERAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIR SPECIALIST AND PHOTO JOURNALIST #ORP h2OMANv YEARS OLD OF 7ASHINGTON $# OUR !FGHANI LINGUIST SPECIALIST FOR SECURITY REASONS OUR TRANSLATOR IS IDENTIFIED ONLY BY A COVER NAME 3GT -AJOR 4IM -C,AUGHLIN SAFETY OFFICER AND OF COURSE
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!FGHANISTAN THAT EXOTIC PRIMITIVE COUNTRY HAS NEVER REALLY KNOWN PEACE FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY &OREIGN INVADERS DRUG LORDS WARLORDS RELIGIOUS FANATICS TERRORISTS POVERTY DISEASES ILLITERACY HARSH CLIMATE LACK OF MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS WHAT !FGHANISTAN AND ITS PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED FOR CENTU RIES .OW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICES COURAGE AND HARD WORK OF OUR TROOPS AND THOSE OF OUR #OALITION ALLIES THE !FGHAN PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE FOR A BETTER LIFE AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN ) BELIEVE THAT THE BLOOD AND TREASURE SPENT TO FREE THIS COUNTRY IS NOT WASTED /URS IS A NOBLE CAUSE AND ) WAS HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT 2OBERT 'RAY AND ) ARE PROUD OF OUR MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO OUR TROOPS AND THEIR MISSION ● TAEKWONDOTIMES COM *ANUARY
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:OOR +HANE OR h(OUSE OF 3TRENGTHv IS BOTH A MARTIAL ART AND THE PLACE IN WHICH IT IS PRACTICED )T MAY BE ONE OF THE OLDEST MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WORLD AND IS BASED UPON THE FASCINATING CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TENETS OF THE 0ERSIAN %MPIRE
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4HE HISTORY OF )RANIAN :OOR +HANE IS SHROUDED IN MYS TERY AND LEGEND 4HE ONLY RECORDED EVIDENCE OF ITS EXISTENCE IN 0ERSIAN SPEAK ING COUNTRIES I E MOST OF THE MIDDLE !SIAN COUN TRIES THAT WERE PART OF THE FORMER 3OVIET 5NION )RAN AND !FGHANISTAN DATES BACK NO MORE THAN YEARS 4HERE IS HOWEVER
OTHER EVIDENCE THAT PLAC ES :OOR +HANE AMONG THE OLDEST MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WORLD /N THE OTHER EAST ERN SIDE OF )RAN IN THE REGION THAT IS NOW 5ZBEKISTAN AND NORTH WEST !FGHANISTAN THERE WAS A SMALL KINGDOM CALLED &ARGHANA WHICH WAS RULED BY A MAN NAMED "ABUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TH CENTURY "ECAUSE "ABUR BECAME INVOLVED IN A STRUGGLE FOR THE THRONE AND LOST A BATTLE AGAINST HIS ENEMY HE HAD TO FLEE !FGHANISTAN !FTER SEVERAL CONQUESTS HE TOOK A BIG PART OF NORTHERN )NDIA WHERE -ORSHED 7AHAB OF 3HIRZA TOP RIGHT AND THREE PAEHLAEVANS !LI !KBAR "AERl TOP LEFT -OHAMMED 'HASEM $EL VARI BOTTOM LEFT AND !LI -OHAMMAD (USSEIN AROUND
HE ESTABLISHED A DYNASTY CALLED THE -OGHUL $YNASTY IN REFERENCE TO HIS ANCESTRY ! DIRECT DESCENDANT OF 'ENGHIS +HAN "ABUR WAS CONSIDERED A -ONGOL OR IN LOCAL DIALECT A -OGHUL 4HE -OGHUL $YNASTY CAUSED AN INFLUX OF )RANIAN CULTURE INTO )NDIA AND THUS HAD CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY S ARTS AND PHILOSOPHIES 4HIS INCLUDED THE INTRODUCTION OF :OOR +HANE )N FACT THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL :OOR +HANES IN NORTHERN )NDIA TODAY 4HERE IS OTHER EVIDENCE FROM )NDIA HOWEVER THAT MIGHT PUSH THE HISTORY OF :OOR +HANE BACK A BIT FURTHER )N THE SOUTH )NDIAN STATE OF +ERALA MARTIAL ARTS ARE PART OF THE LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE 4HESE TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE CALLED +ALARIPPAYAT AND THERE ARE THREE MAIN BRANCHES THE NORTHERN TRADITION
THE CENTRAL TRADITION AND THE SOUTHERN TRADITION ,OCAL LORE HOLDS THAT THE CENTRAL STYLES WERE INFLUENCED BY THE )RANIAN ART OF :OOR +HANE !CCORDING TO SOME CENTRAL STYLE TEACHERS THIS INFLUENCE ORIGINATED IN THE )RANIAN PROVINCE OF +HORASAN WHICH IS RENOWNED FOR ITS WRESTLING AND IS CONSIDERED A HUB OF )RANIAN MARTIAL ARTS 0ERHAPS +HORASANIAN TRADERS BROUGHT SOME OF THEIR CUL (ABIB 4AYARI ABOVE AND LEFT TURE WHEN THEY WEARING HIS BRACELETS A SIGN BROUGHT HORSES TO OF PAEHLAEVAN STATUS AND THE ANCIENT PORTS POSING WITH A KAEBADE CIRCA OF +ERALA IN THE 2IGHT 0AEHLAEVAN 4AYARI TH AND TH CEN TURIES )N STUDY STANDING AND (USSEIN 4OLU IN ING THE EXERCISES 4AYARI IS THE LAST PAEH OF CENTRAL STYLE LAEVAN TO HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE +ALARIPPAYAT ONE OF ALL THE EXERCISES OF THE :OOR CAN SEE IT DIFFERS +HANE THAT INCLUDED WRESTLING STRUCTURALLY FROM AND SWORD l GHTING THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES OF THE ART 7HEREAS THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STYLES BOTH TEACH COM PLETE FORMS
THE CENTRAL STYLE TEACHES MAINLY STEPS FOOT WORK PAT TERNS
AND INDE PENDENT PUNCHES AND KICKS 4HE CEN TRAL STYLES ALSO FOCUS ON DEVEL OPING PHYSICAL STRENGTH THROUGH VARIOUS KINDS OF PUSH UPS ABDOMINAL EXERCISES AND SO ON 4HIS IS EXACTLY THE IDEA BEHIND THE TRAINING OF :OOR +HANE 7E ALSO FIND TRACES OF THE ART OF :OOR +HANE IN )RAN S LON GEST POETICAL WORK THE 3HAH NAMEH "OOK OF +INGS WRITTEN BY &ERDOWSI IN THE TH CENTURY 3IGNIFICANTLY MANY WORDS SPECIFICALLY USED IN :OOR +HANE ARE USED IN THIS WORK WITH THE SAME CONNOTATION -OREOVER THE CONCEPT OF HERO WHICH INCLUDES THE QUALITIES A HERO IDEALLY SHOULD HAVE IS STILL REL EVANT TO THE MEMBERS OF :OOR +HANE 4HIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT AT LEAST PARTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF :OOR +HANE ARE BASED ON ANCIENT )RANIAN VIEWS OF HERALDRY AND CHIVALRY WHICH TAEKWONDOTIMES COM *ANUARY
:// +(!. 2)'(4 3TANDING IN FRONT OF THE MORSHED SWINGING THE KAEBADE .OTE THE POSITION OF THE ARMS AND HANDS 7HEN SWINGING TO THE LEFT YOUR LEFT ARM SHOULD BE STRAIGHT IN ITS l NAL POSITION WITH THE RIGHT ARM OVER THE HEAD
WERE UNMISTAKABLY METAPHYSICAL AND REMAIN SO TO THIS DAY 4AKING OTHER HISTORICAL CLUES INTO CONSIDERATION WE CAN BE RELATIVELY CERTAIN THAT ASPECTS OF THE ART S EXERCISES AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE TH CENTURY )N TALKING WITH VERY OLD :OOR +HANE PRACTITIONERS ) LEARNED THAT MODERN :OOR +HANE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE :OOR +HANE THAT WAS PRACTICED SOME YEARS AGO 4HOUGH THE PRESENT DAY EXERCISES REMAIN UNCHANGED THE :OOR +HANE OF A CENTURY AGO INCORPORATED SWORD FIGHTING AND WRESTLING WHICH ARE NO LONGER PRACTICED AS PART OF :OOR +HANE 4ODAY :OOR +HANE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ALL AROUND MARTIAL SYSTEM COMPLETE WITH TRAINING EXERCISES DESIGNED FOR SWORD FIGHTING
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4HE TRADITIONAL :OOR +HANE IS NOT A VERY IMPOSING BUILDING )T IS USUALLY BUILT IN THE %ASTERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WITH A DOME ROOF *UST BENEATH THE DOME THERE IS AN OCTAGONAL PIT ABOUT INCHES DEEP
CALLED A GOWD IN &ARSI THE LANGUAGE OF )RAN 4HE DIAMETER OF THE GOWD VARIES WITH THE SIZE OF THE :OOR +HANE 4ODAY THE FLOOR OF THE GOWD IS TYPICALLY CARPETED 4RADITIONALLY THE FLOOR HAD SEVERAL LAYERS &IRST THE EARTH INSIDE THE PIT WAS RAMMED DOWN WELL .EXT A LAYER OF THIN WOODEN RODS WOVEN TOGETHER WAS PLACED ON THIS LOAMY FLOOR LEAVING A SMALL SPACE BETWEEN EARTH AND WOOD /N TOP OF THAT A THICK LAYER OF TAMPED DOWN CLAY FORMED THE ACTUAL FLOOR ON WHICH THE TRAINING TOOK
!"/6% 4HE MORSHED OF A :OOR +ANE AT WORK (E TOLLS THE BELLS ABOVE HIM WHEN THE EXERCISE CHANGES )N THE UPPER LEFT CORNER IS A PICTURE OF )MAN @!LI WITH HIS GREEN TURBAN 2IGHT 4HE EXERCISE AS PERFORMED DURING TRAINING IN A :OOR +HANE
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PLACE "ECAUSE THE WOODEN RODS FUNC TIONED AS A SPRING THE TRADITIONAL CON STRUCTION OF THE FLOOR PROVIDED AN EXCEL LENT MAT FIT TO BE USED FOR THROWS 4HIS WAS VERY USEFUL SINCE WRESTLING WAS ALSO PRACTICED INSIDE THE :OOR +HANE 4HERE IS USUALLY ONLY ONE ENTRANCE TO THE :OOR +HANE *UST BEHIND IT IS A PLACE TO PUT SHOES ENTERING WITH SHOES IS PROHIBITED 4HE REASON FOR THIS RULE IS TWOFOLD FIRST OF ALL IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A HOLY PLACE AND SECONDLY REMOV ING THE SHOES KEEPS MOST OF THE DIRT OUT OF THE BUILDING 4HE ENTRANCE TO THE :OOR +HANE IS ALWAYS LOW WHICH FORCES ANYONE WHO ENTERS TO DUCK DOWN A BIT 4HE DOOR IS BUILT IN THIS WAY ON PURPOSE IT MAKES PEOPLE BE HUMBLE .EAR THE ENTRANCE
JUST PAST THE SHELVES FOR THE SHOES
THERE IS AN ELEVATED AREA WHICH IS RESERVED FOR THE MORSHED 4HE MORSHED IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE :OOR +HANE (E BRINGS THE PRACTITIONERS INTO THE RIGHT
FRAME OF MIND FOR TRAINING SO THAT THEY ARE MOTIVATED TO DO MORE OF THE EXERCISES THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD )N OTHER WORDS THE MORSHED ENABLES THE PRACTITIONERS TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITIES (E DOES SO THROUGH SPECIAL SONGS AND THE RHYTHM OF A DRUM !LL OF THE MOVEMENTS PERFORMED BY THE PRACTITIONERS ARE DONE TO THE RHYTHM OF THE MORSHED S MUSIC 4HERE IS NO TEACHER PER SE IN THE :OOR +HANE THE INDIVIDUAL PRACTI TIONER LEARNS THE EXERCISES FROM THE COMMUNITY JUST BY PARTICIPATING "ECAUSE ALL THE PRACTITIONERS THE MORSHED AND THE CARETAKER TOGETHER CONSTITUTE A :OOR +HANE THE INSTITUTION ITSELF CAN BE CONSIDERED THE TEACHER 4HE PRACTITIONERS DO NOT PAY FEES AS STUDENTS WOULD IN THE CASE OF A REAL TEACHER )NSTEAD THEY LEAVE A DONATION IN A BOWL WHEN LEAVING THE BUILDING 4HE DONATIONS ARE USED BY THE CARETAKER OF THE :OOR +HANE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING )N GENERAL THE )RANIAN MARTIAL ART PROVIDES A WAY FOR PRACTITIONERS TO OVERCOME THEIR WEAKNESSES AND SURPASS THEIR LIMITATIONS 0RACTITIONERS OF :OOR +HANE ARE BELIEVED TO BE STRONG IN BODY AND IN MIND )N A SENSE THEY REPRESENT THE ARCHETYPAL )RANIAN MAN 4HEREFORE THEY ARE SEEN AS THE PERFECT PROTECTORS OF THOSE WHO NEED HELP (ELPING OTHERS
ESPECIALLY THE WEAK AND SUBORDINATING ONESELF TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS IS A CENTRAL IDEA OF :OOR +HANE PRACTITIONERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LET THE WORLD GO AND BECOME LESS MATERIALISTIC 4HEY ARE EXPECTED TO ASSIST ANYONE WHO APPEALS TO THEM FOR HELP !S A MARTIAL ARTIST :OOR +HANE
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,%&4 ! PAIR OF SAENG IN THE NICHE OF A :OOR +HANE !"/6% ! CORNER OF THE :OOR +HANE STUFFED WITH TRAINING EQUIPMENT 4HE SWORDS AND SHIELD ARE RELICS OF THE MORE VIOLENT PAST OF THE MARTIAL ART
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7HILE SOME PRACTICE WITH THE MIL RESTING ON THE CHEST DURING THE l RST PART OF THE EXERCISE DURING THE LATER PART BOTH MIL SHOULD BE WIELDED m UIDLY AND QUICKLY THROUGH THE AIR 4HIS IS AN INTENSE WORKOUT FOR THE HAND AND UNDERARM MUSCLES 4HE l RST PART OF THE EXERCISES ALONE TAKES ABOUT MINUTES
://2 +(!.% "%,/7 4HE l NAL EXERCISE IS DONE WITH A PAIR OF SAENG 4HEY ARE SO HEAVY THAT TWO MEN ARE REQUIRED TO POSITION THEM PROPERLY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PRACTITIONER
4HE MIANDAR CENTER DETERMINES THE LENGTH OF THE EXERCISE
STIMULATES ITS PRACTITIONERS TO BEHAVE LIKE CHIVAL ROUS HEROIC FIGURES AND CERTAINLY THE MORSHED
THROUGH HIS SONGS PLAYS A ROLE IN POLISHING THEIR BEHAVIOR AND WAY OF THINKING AND ELEVATING THEM TO A HIGHER MENTAL LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING
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! COMPLETE :OOR +HANE TRAINING SESSION IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL SEGMENTS !FTER EACH SEGMENT
THE PRACTITIONERS REST FOR A MINUTE OR TWO BUT IN GENERAL THE EXERCISES WITHIN A TRAINING UNIT ARE PERFORMED CONSECUTIVELY /NLY DURING THE FOOTWORK SEGMENT DOES THE ROUTINE CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY "EFORE THE FOOTWORK SEGMENT THE MIANDAR THE MAN IN THE CENTER OF THE :OOR +HANE THAT LEADS THE EXERCISES OF THE FIRST FIVE TRAINING SEGMENTS IS REPLACED AND A PIECE OF CLOTH IS OFFERED TO THE NEW MIANDAR AS A SIGN OF HONOR AND DIGNITY *UST BEFORE THE FOOTWORK SEGMENT ENDS THE NEW MIANDAR STOPS THE TRAINING AND GIVES A SPEECH THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH IS MORE OR LESS STANDARD HE BLESSES THE 0ROPHET AND HIS FAMILY AND REMINDS THE PRACTITIONERS TO PAY RESPECT TO THE HOLY CITY OF -ECCA (E ALSO EXHORTS THE MEMBERS OF THE :OOR +HANE TO BEHAVE ACCORDING TO THE CODE OF THE SPORT AND TO REMEMBER THE ILL AND WEAK &OLLOWING THE SPEECH EACH PRACTITIONER PERFORMS THE SPINNING AROUND EXERCISE IN TURN TO FINISH THE FOOTWORK SESSION &OR MOST OF THE PRACTITIO NERS THIS COMPLETES THE TRAINING 4RADITIONALLY :OOR +HANE PRACTITIONERS TRAINED BAREFOOT AND SHIRTLESS 4HEY WORE ONLY A TIGHT PAIR OF TROUSERS OFTEN MADE OF LEATHER AND A BELT /VER THE TROUSERS THEY WORE A LONG PIECE OF CLOTH WRAPPED AROUND THE PELVIS AND THE UPPER PART OF THE THIGHS 4ODAY PRACTITIONERS WEAR A PAIR
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h.O -AKE YOUR OWN SALES AND EARN YOUR OWN BONUS v TO THE UNDERHANDED REQUEST 4HIS INFURIATED THE SALESMAN AND DEMANDED THAT "ANKS h#OME ON OUTSIDE v
"ANKS AGREED AND THE TWO HEADED OUTSIDE TO THE STREET WHERE THEY ENGAGED IN A BLOODY FIGHT UP AND DOWN "ROADWAY FOR FORTY FIVE MINUTES 4HE FIGHT WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED BY THE .EW 9ORK 0OLICE $EPARTMENT !LTHOUGH "ANKS HAD BEEN KNOCKED DOWN
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HIS SPORTS JACKET AND SHIRT TORN OFF OF HIS BODY HIS TIE WAS STILL HANGING AROUND HIS NECK AND HIS OPPONENT WAS IN A SIMILAR CON DITION 3TOPPING THE FIGHT WAS NO EASY TASK "ANKS WHO DID NOT WANT TO QUIT AND WAS STILL DRIVEN TO FIGHT HIS OPPONENT HAD TO BE RESTRAINED BY OFFICERS WHO TOOK HIM TO THE POLICE STATION TO COOL OFF .EVERTHELESS "ANKS FELT HE DID NOT WIN THAT FIGHT AND STILL INSISTS h) WAS TOTALLY IN THE RIGHT THAT GUY WAS WRONG PERCENT v !FTER THE FIGHT "ANKS WAS UPSET AND READY TO PLOT HIS REVENGE (E SPENT SEVERAL SLEEP LESS NIGHTS DECIDING WHAT TO DO WHEN A THOUGHT OCCURRED TO HIM h)F EVER THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WITH A BIGGER AND MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE STREET FIGHTER THE SAME THING MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN v HE THOUGHT 3O WITH THE DETERMINATION OF A TIGER ON A HUNT HE SOUGHT TO FIND A PRACTI CAL WAY TO /00/3)4% 0!'% 7ITH GOOD DEAL WITH A FRIEND AND FELLOW .EW 9ORKER 'RM STREET FIGHT -AURICE %LMALEM "%,/7 'REAT (E 'RANDMASTER "ANKS WITH INDUCTEE 3HI OPENED HAN 7ILLIAM -ACK AND HIS GROUP AT THE THE YELLOW (ALL OF &AME AT -ADISON 3QUARE PAGES AND 'ARDEN IN .EW 9ORK #ITY
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SIGNED UP FOR A MONTH OF LESSONS THAT COST AND BOUGHT A UNIFORM FOR (E WAS INTRODUCED TO 3ENSEI *OHN 3LOCUM A FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT WHO WAS ALSO A DRILL INSTRUCTOR FOR THE -ARINE #ORP AND "ANKS BEGAN HIS TRAINING "ANKS TRAINED IN 3HOTUKAN -OO $UK +WAN AND 'O*U 2YU FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS $URING THAT TIME HE BEGAN TO NOTICE HOW IT HELPED HIM TO STOP SMOKING AND DRINKING (E BECAME MORE ATTUNED TO HIS OWN BODY THROUGH THE MARTIAL CONDITIONING THAT GOOD TRAINING CAN BRING ESPECIALLY THROUGH DISCI PLINE AND CONCENTRATION (E ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE HOW HIS TRAINING ENHANCED HIS CONTROL OVER FEAR AND CONFUSION )N HE OPENED HIS OWN SCHOOL AND CALLED IT THE .EW 9ORK +ARATE !CADEMY AND BEGAN HIS CAM PAIGN TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT MARTIAL ARTS CAN HAVE ON AN INDIVIDUAL S LIFE WHETHER THROUGH +ARATE 4AE +WON $O *IU *ITSU *UDO !KIDO WEAPONRY BREAKING KICK BOXING TEAM COMPE TITION SPORT FIGHTING FORMS AND INCREDIBLE FEATS $URING A TOURNAMENT IN FROM WHICH HE HAD BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR hTOO MUCH CONTACT v "ANKS WAS STRUCK BY THE BEAUTY OF THE PEOPLE TRYING TO SCORE POINTS WITH HANDS AND FEET 4HE HIGH JUMPS
THE FLYING KICKS THE SPINNING KICKS THE SOFTNESS OF THE HANDS AND FEET TOGETHER IN TOTAL RHYTHM IT WAS MAGNIFICENT MAJESTIC AND MOVING !ND IT 7ITH 7ORLD #HAMPION WAS NOTHING LIKE HE HAD EVER SEEN "UT "ANKS FEMALE BOXER *ACKIE NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING THERE WERE ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WATCHING IN A 4ONAWANDA (ALL OF &AME 0IONEER ,EGEND PLACE THAT COULD POSSIBLY HOLD TWO THOUSAND !ND SO WAS BORN HIS /RIENTAL 7ORLD OF 3ELF AND FORMER 7ORLD $EFENSE SHOW 4HE MARTIAL ART EXTRAVAGAN E "OXING #HAMPION *ERRY #OONEY AT THE ZAÂ&#x2C6;AN EVENT NEVER BEFORE SEEN OR CONCEIVED IN THE !MERICASÂ&#x2C6;INCLUDED ALL FORMS OF MARTIAL (ALL OF &AME ARTS INTO A THREE TO FOUR HOUR ACTION PACKED 'RM "ANKS WAS PHENOMENON )T DEBUTED IN AT .EW THE l RST TO PRESENT 9ORK S TOWN HALL AND CONTINUES INTO ITS TH MATCHES BETWEEN YEAR DIFFERENT MARTIAL ART "ANKS MERGED HIS ACTING CAREER WITH HIS PAS STYLISTS SION FOR MARTIAL ARTS (E TAUGHT AT HIS SCHOOL AND BECAME THE PREMIER ADVOCATE FOR MARTIAL ARTS (E APPEARED ON TELEVISION SHOWS WITH HOSTS SUCH AS *OHNNY #ARSON -ERV 'RIFFIN $ICK #AVETT -IKE $OUGLAS $AVID 3USKIND 4OM 3YNDER AND *OE &RANKLYN AND ON !"# S 7IDE 7ORLD OF 3PORTS ."# S 3PORTS 7ORLD D AND #"3 3PORTS 3PECTACULAR (IS /RIENTAL 7ORLD OF 3ELF $EFENSE SHOW ALSO TOURED STATES IN THE 5 3 AS WELL AS #ENTRAL AND 3OUTH !MERICA AND %UROPE 7HILE IN 'REAT "RITAIN THE TOURING COMPANY PERFORMED FOR THE 1UEEN OF %NGLAND AT A COMMAND PER FORMANCE "ANKS /RIENTAL 7ORLD OF 3ELF $EFENSE WAS THE FIRST MARTIAL ARTS E SHOW TO TOUR THE WORLD LET ALONE PLAY -ADISON 3QUARE 'ARDEN FOR YEARS AND SELL IT OUT ON MANY OCCASIONS )T WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO
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CREATE TEAM COMPETITION KICKBOXING MAN VS WOMAN MATCHES +ETSUYO AND MATCHES WHERE ANYTHING WENT 4HE /RIENTAL 7ORLD OF 3ELF $EFENSE ALSO SPAWNED MANY NEW RECORDS FOR E 'UINNESS "OOK IN -ARTIAL !RTS AS THE FIRST MATCH UPS OF *UDO V WRESTLING
KICKBOXING V BOXING MATCHES +ARATE V 4AE +WON $O MATCHES (IS SHOW WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO CREATE THE MOST INCREDIBLE STUNTS IN MARTIAL ARTS SUCH AS A MAN CATCHING A BULLET WITH HIS TEETH AND A MAN HANGING HIMSELF IN THE RING AT -ADISON 3QUARE 'ARDEN "ANKS HAS GRACED THE COVERS OF MAGAZINES AS A COVER STORY INCLUDING 3PORTS )LLUSTRATED AND HE PERSONALLY TAUGHT PEOPLE AT HIS SCHOOL IN 4IMES 3QUARE (IS NEVER ENDING GENEROSITY HELPED ADVANCE ALL MARTIAL ARTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND HE PROMOTED THE CAREERS OF SEVERAL GREAT MARTIAL ARTISTS "ANKS ALSO ADVOCATED FOR THE RIGHTS OF MARTIAL ARTISTS BY PAYING A SALARY TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PERFORMED IN HIS EVENTS (IS LISTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE UNEQUALLED BY ANYONE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD !SKED HOW ALL THIS CAME ABOUT HE ANSWERED h) DON T KNOW IT WAS AS IF A SAMURAI OR SOME FIGHTING SPIRIT HAD GOTTEN WITHIN ME )N THOSE MAGNIFICENT DAYS STARTING BACK IN UNTIL THIS VERY MOMENT IN IT S SAYING THE PUBLIC MUST KNOW ;ABOUT MARTIAL ARTS= FOR HEALTH PURPOSES MENTAL AND PHYSICAL v h) GAVE UP A VERY STRONG ACTING CAREER AND SACRIFICED A FAM ILY FOR WHAT ) VE DONE v COMMENTED 'REAT 'RANDMASTER "ANKS h) HAD NO ROLE MODELS FOR NO ONE HAD EVER REACHED OUT TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE ME 4HERE WAS NOTHING TO IMITATE FOR THERE WAS NO ONE EXCEPT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN SYSTEMS THEIR OWN WORLD 9ES ) MADE THE PATHS INTO A DENSE FOREST AND DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING ) D DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN IF ) COULD 7OW 7HAT A GREAT WONDERFUL TRIP v ●
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Ultimate Flexibility 5LTIMATE &LEXIBILITY THE LANDMARK BOOK ON STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY FOR MARTIAL ARTISTS BY 3ANG ( +IM WAS THE .UMBER 4WO "ESTSELLING MARTIAL ARTS BOOK IN .OT ONLY HAS THE BOOK WON HIGH PRAISE FROM MARTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL STYLES AND ABILITY LEVELS IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY COACHES OF MANY SPORTS AS ONE OF THE BEST REFERENCES AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL FLEXIBILITY AND STRETCHING INFORMATION 3O HOW DID 3ANG ( +IM ROCKET THIS NEW BOOK TO THE TOP OF THE MAR TIAL ARTS CHARTS AND CROSS OVER INTO THE WIDER WORLD OF SPORTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR (ERE HE SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT WRITING TEACHING AND HIS LATEST PROJECT HIS FIRST MARTIAL ARTS FEA TURE FILM :EN -AN
4+$4 7ITH ALL THE BOOKS AND INFORMATION ABOUT STRETCHING ON THE MARKET FOR THE MARTIAL ARTIST WHY DID YOU FEEL IT WAS IMPOR TANT TO WRITE 5LTIMATE &LEXIBILITY 3ANG ( +IM )N MY YEARS OF TEACHING ) FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE ADULT STRUGGLES MOST WITH THEIR FLEXIBILITY )T S NOT THAT THEY DON T WANT TO PUT THE EFFORT INTO STRETCH ING CONSISTENTLY IT S JUST THAT THEY AREN T SURE HOW TO IMPROVE BEYOND GOING TO CLASS A FEW TIMES A WEEK AND MAYBE DOING SOME STRETCHING AT HOME "UT NOT ALL STRETCHING IS EQUAL AND HOW YOU STRETCH IS AS IMPORTANT AS HOW MUCH OR HOW OFTEN 3O YOU FOUND THAT MANY STUDENTS JUST DON T UNDERSTAND HOW TO STRETCH CORRECTLY 3(+ 4HERE ARE A LOT OF MYTHS -ANY STU DENTS THINK STRETCHING SHOULD BE PAINFUL 9OU SEE THEM GRUNTING AND GRIMACING IN CLASS AS THEY TRY TO FORCE THEMSELVES INTO A SPLIT "UT THIS IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE 7HEN YOU FORCE YOUR BODY TO DO SOMETHING YOUR MUSCLES TENSE UP
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YOU WANT TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU STRETCH )NSTEAD ) RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE STRETCH EVERY DAY BUT ONLY TO THE POINT OF FEELING A SLIGHT DISCOMFORT 3PENDING TEN TO FIF TEEN MINUTES A DAY ON MODERATE STRETCH ING CAN BRING SIGNIFICANT GAINS IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY
4HAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU RE SAYING hLESS IS MOREv WHEN IT COMES TO STRETCHING 3(+ .OT NECESSARILY LESS STRETCH ING BUT SMARTER STRETCHING ) VE ALSO FOUND THAT BY TAKING A MORE MODERATE APPROACH STUDENTS GET INJURED LESS FREQUENTLY AND THEREFORE ARE ABLE TO MAKE MORE STEADY PROGRESS NOT ONLY IN THEIR FLEXIBILITY BUT ALSO IN THEIR OVERALL TRAINING 7HAT GOOD IS PUSHING YOURSELF SO HARD IF YOU END UP INJURED AND MISS WEEKS OF CLASSES 4HE SUBTITLE OF THE BOOK IS ! #OMPLETE 'UIDE TO 3TRETCHING FOR -ARTIAL !RTS BUT ) UNDERSTAND THAT ATHLETES FROM MANY SPORTS ARE USING THIS BOOK AS WELL 3(+ 4HAT S TRUE ) THINK ATHLETES FROM OTHER SPORTS ADMIRE THE AMAZING FLEXIBILITY THAT MAR TIAL ARTISTS ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND SO THEY WANT TO FOLLOW A STRETCHING PLAN THAT HAS PROVEN RESULTS ) HAD A COLLEGE ATHLETE n A FOOTBALL PLACE
4IPS FOR (IGH +ICKS P G "UILD STRENGTH WITH FLEXIBILITY BOTH THROUGH KICKING DRILLS AND RESISTANCE AND FLEXIBILITY TRAINING /NE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS HIGH KICKS ARE SO CHALLENGING IS THE SHEER WEIGHT OF YOUR LEG 4O PROPEL THE FULL WEIGHT OF YOUR LEG INTO A VERTICAL SIDE KICK RELIES AS MUCH ON THE STRENGTH OF THE MUSCLES AS ON THEIR RANGE OF MOTION 5SE THE INERTIA OF YOUR KICKING LEG TO CREATE POWER )MAGINE USING THE LARGE MUSCLES OF YOUR THIGH AND BUTTOCKS TO hTHROWv YOUR FOOT AT THE TARGET &OCUS YOUR KICKING POWER IN YOUR THIGH WHILE KEEPING YOUR FOOT RELAXED UNTIL THE MOMENT OF IMPACT "UNGEE CORD TRAINING A BUNGEE CORD WRAPPED AROUND YOUR ANKLE AND SECURED TO THE FLOOR BUILDS FLEXIBILITY IN MOTION ,IKE RUNNING IN SAND OR UP HILLS THIS TYPE OF TRAINING WILL BUILD THE LARGE MUSCLES OF THE LEG IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY $URING BUNGEE CORD TRAINING OF YOUR REGULAR KICKING HEIGHT IS A GOOD GOAL 1UICK FOCUSED KICKING MOVEMENTS ARE BETTER SUIT ED TO HIGH KICKS THAN LARGE OR SLOW MOVEMENTS #HAMBER YOUR LEG QUICKLY AND COMPACTLY &OR HIGH KICK PRACTICE YOU CAN ACHIEVE GREATER HEIGHT BY DROPPING YOUR UPPER BODY TO THE REAR DUR ING MOST HIGH KICKS BUT IN ACTUAL FIGHTING SITUATIONS KEEP YOUR UPPER BODY IN A GUARDED POSTURE #HANNEL YOUR POWER INTO RAISING YOUR LEG THEN LET YOUR LEG NATURALLY RETURN TO IT S CHAMBERED POSITION 9OU DON T NEED TO PUT POWER INTO THE RETRACTION OF THE KICK 4HE KNEE OF YOUR STANDING LEG SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY FLEXED BOTH TO ALLOW YOU TO KICK HIGHER AND TO PRE VENT KNEE INJURIES +EEP BOTH ARMS BENT AND MOVE THEM AROUND THE AXIS OF YOUR TRUNK /PENING YOUR ARMS WIDE LETTING THEM DROP OR OVERLY TENSING THEM DRAWS ENERGY AWAY FROM YOUR KICK 9OUR LOW STOMACH DANJUN DANTIEN IS THE CENTER OF YOUR KICK 7HEN YOUR LEG GOES UP YOUR HEAD WILL GO DOWN 7HEN YOUR RIGHT SIDE IS UP YOUR LEFT IS DOWN &OCUS ON MOVING AROUND THIS AXIS TO MAINTAIN A CON STANT CENTER OF GRAVITY THROUGHOUT THE KICK 4HE MAXIMUM FORCE OF A HIGH KICK IS EXERTED JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT 7HIP THE TARGET RATHER THAN SMASH ING THROUGH IT +ICKING TOO HARD WILL DISRUPT YOUR BAL ANCE AND CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR KICK AFTER IMPACT 7ITHDRAW THE KICK IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPACT FOCUSING ON A LIGHT FOLLOW THROUGH AFTER THE FULL DIS SIPATION OF ENERGY INTO THE TARGET
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+NEE RAISES WINDMILLS AND SIDE STRETCHES ARE BASIC STRETCHES AND EXCEL LENT EXER CISES TO HELP DEVELOP m EXIBILITY IN THE LEGS AND TORSO KICKERÂ&#x2C6;TELL ME HOW HELPFUL THE BOOK HAS BEEN NOT ONLY IN IMPROVING HIS FLEXIBILITY BUT ALSO IN HELP ING HIM KICK STRONGER AND FARTHER 7HICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE FLEXIBILITY AND POWER ARE SO CLOSELY RELATED )N THE BOOK THERE IS A SOMEWHAT LENGTHY EXPLANA TION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRENGTH AND POWER AND FLEXIBILITY #AN YOU SUMMARIZE THAT FOR OUR READERS 3(+ !BSOLUTELY "Y IMPROVING YOUR FLEXIBILITY
YOU CAN BECOME BOTH STRONGER AND FASTER 9OUR MUSCLES FUNCTION BEST WHEN THEY HAVE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF ELASTICITY )MAGINE A RUBBER BAND IF YOU STRETCH IT AND LET IT GO IT SNAPS BACK AND THE MORE ELASTIC THE RUBBER BAND THE FARTHER YOU CAN STRETCH IT AND THE MORE FORCEFULLY IT WILL SNAP BACK )N SCIENTIFIC TERMS THE RUBBER BAND EFFECT IS CALLED THE 3TRETCH SHORTENING #YCLE WHICH IS YOUR BODY S ABILITY TO BRIEFLY STORE AND UTILIZE THE TENSION CRE ATED BY A RAPID MUSCLE STRETCH 3OUNDS COMPLICATED 3(+ 4HE SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED BUT WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON NEEDS TO KNOW IS SIMPLY THAT INCREASING YOUR FLEXIBILITY WILL INCREASE YOUR SPEED AND STRENGTH WHICH IS LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY FOR A MARTIAL ARTIST RIGHT ,ET S TALK ABOUT SPLITS )T SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO A FULL SPLIT BUT SO FEW PEO PLE ACHIEVE IT !NY SECRETS YOU CAN SHARE ,%&4 +NEELING QUAD STRETCH AND 2)'(4 REAR LEG RAISES WITH A PARTNER DEVELOP LEG m EXBILITY 7HEN WORKING WITH A PARTNER INDICATE WHEN TO STOP AND HOLD THE STRETCH TO PREVENT OVERSTRETCHING
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3(+ )T WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WERE A SECRET THAT BRINGS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS WOULDN T IT 7HEN ) WAS A TEENAGER ) HAD DIFFICULTY IN DOING A FULL SPLIT 9OU KNOW HOW FLEXIBLE +OREAN ATHLETES ARE SO IT BOTH ERED ME A LOT WHEN ) COMPARED MYSELF TO OTHER BLACK BELTS ) WORKED HARD TO GET TO A FULL SPLIT
THROUGH CONVENTIONAL STRETCHING EXERCISES AND SOME METHODS ) DISCOVERED ON MY OWN "ECAUSE OF THIS EARLY TRAINING EVEN IN MY S A FULL SPLIT WAS EASY FOR ME "UT ) VE HAD STUDENTS WHO TRAINED FOR YEARS AND THEY VE NEVER GOTTEN TO A FULL SPLIT 4HE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY CAN KICK HEAD HIGH WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM WHICH ) THINK IS MORE IMPOR TANT THAN DOING A SPLIT (AVING FUNCTIONAL FLEXIBIL ITY IS ESSENTIAL TO HIGH KICKS &UNCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY MEANS BEING ABLE TO DO THE MOVEMENTS OF YOUR ART OR SPORT WITH FULL RANGE OF MOTION $OING A SPLIT IS GREATÂ&#x2C6;VERY IMPRESSIVEÂ&#x2C6;BUT NOT SO USEFUL WHEN YOU NEED TO LAUNCH A SPLIT SECOND SPINNING WHIP KICK TO YOUR OPPONENT S HEAD IN SPARRING 7HAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE JUST STARTING OUT IN MARTIAL ARTS 3(+ 4AKE YOUR TIME AND BE SAFE 3TATIC STRETCHES
LIKE SEATED OR STRETCHING BAR EXERCISES ARE GREAT FOR BEGINNERS BECAUSE YOU CAN COMPLETELY CON TROL THE AMOUNT AND INTENSITY OF YOUR STRETCH !ND DON T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON STRETCHING &IFTEEN MINUTES A DAY IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR A BEGINNING OR EVEN AN INTERMEDIATE STUDENT TO SPEND AND STILL SEE STEADY IMPROVEMENT 3TRETCH THE MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS EVERY DAY AND YOU LL BE JUST FINE !LSO
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-INUTE 3IDE 3PLIT AND &RONT 3PLIT -AINTENANCE 2OUTINE 4HIS COLUMN IS ABOUT A CONTEST CONCERNING SHORT VIDEOS POSTED AT WWW STADION COM SECRETS HTML 4HE CONTEST WAS TO SEE HOW MANY OF MY READERS LEARNED FROM MY WRITING AND HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO INSTRUCT OTHERS 4HE VIDEOS SHOW HOW FOLLOWERS OF MY METH OD OF STRETCHING MYSELF INCLUDED CAN MAINTAIN THEIR SIDE SPLITS AND FRONT SPLITS WITH EASE IN UNDER ONE MINUTE 3OME MIGHT SAY THAT THESE VIDEOS ARE FAKESÂ&#x2C6;THAT ) HAVE WARMED UP OFF CAMERA AND THEN DID THE ROUTINE PRETENDING THIS IS WHAT ) CAN DO COLD AT ANY TIME WHICH ) CAN AND ) DO "EFORE ) PROVE THAT THERE IS NO FAKING IN MY DEMONSTRATION ) WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT 0EOPLE IGNORANT OF WHAT RATIONAL TRAINING CAN DO ASSUME THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE AND THEREFORE IT MUST BE A FAKE 0EOPLE WHO CAN T DO HIGH KICKS OR SPLITS WITHOUT WARMING UP AND STRETCHING OFTEN THINK NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THEM WITHOUT PRE STRETCHING "UT PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW MY METHOD DO NOT NEED TO PRE STRETCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND STRENGTH ALL THE TIME AT ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT !FTER ALL WHAT GOOD ARE FIGHTING SKILLS IF ONE CAN T USE THEM INSTANTANEOUSLY ) MADE THIS POINT ON MY INTRO DUCTORY DEMO FOR THE $6$ 0OWER (IGH +ICKS WITH .O 7ARM 5P .OW BACK TO MY SHORT VIDEOS AND THE CON TEST 4HE DEMOS ARE VERY SHORT TOO SHORT TO SHOW THAT BEFORE ) DID MY SPLIT MAINTENANCE ROUTINE ) HAD SAT MORE THAN SEVERAL HOURS
h BEFORE ) DID MY SPLIT MAINTE NANCE ROUTINE ) HAD SAT MORE THAN SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND MY DESK v BEHIND MY DESK READING AND WRITING )F THE VIDEOS SHOWED THAT THEY D BE SO BIG THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE PATIENCE TO DOWNLOAD THEM IF ANY HOST WOULD LET US PUT SUCH BIG FILES ON ANY SERVER "UT SOMETHING IN MY MAINTENANCE ROUTINE PROVES THAT ) OR ANYONE FOLLOWING MY METHOD CAN DO THE SPLITS WITH NO WARM UP )F ) NEEDED A WARM UP THEN THAT SPLIT MAINTENANCE ROUTINE WOULD NOT BE GENUINE AND MY WHOLE TRAINING METHOD WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE 6IEWERS FAMILIAR WITH EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY OR JUST OBSER VANT AND HAVING COMMONSENSE CAN SPOT THIS TELL TALE ELEMENT OF MY DEMO WITH NO TROUBLE 4O SEE HOW MANY OF MY READERS REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT ) TEACH 3TADION 0UBLISHING SET UP A CONTEST FOR ALL SUBSCRIBERS OF 3TADION S E MAIL LIST 4HE RULES WERE SIMPLE 4HE FIRST THREE PEOPLE WHO COULD CORRECTLY
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h0EOPLE WHO CAN T DO HIGH KICKS OR SPLITS THINK NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THEM WITHOUT PRE STRETCHING v HAD OUR THREE WINNERS -ANY MORE PEOPLE COR RECTLY POINTED OUT THE PROOF THAT ) NEEDED NO WARM UP TO SHOW MY ONE MINUTE ROUTINE FOR MAINTAINING SPLITS BUT ALAS THE RULE WAS THAT THE PRIZE IS FOR THE FIRST THREE !LL THE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFIED THIS PROOF SHOWED THEMSELVES TO HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE COACHES OR INSTRUCTORSÂ&#x2C6;KEEN OBSERVATION CLEAR THINKING AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE BODY WORKS (ERE ARE THE CORRECT ANSWERS OPENING WITH THE THREE WINNING ENTRIES 'REGG ) THINK THE EVIDENCE YOU NEED FOR NO WARM UP IS IN THE FACT THAT YOU GET INTO AND OUT OF THE SPLIT JUST BY USING THE STRENGTH IN YOUR LEGS )F YOU HAD NOT ENOUGH STRENGTH IN YOUR LEG MUS CLES TO CONTROL THE STRETCHING INTO AND OUT OF THE SPLIT THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO WARM UP ) M AND AM STILL DEVELOPING THE STRENGTH TO WORK TOWARDS THE SPLIT AGE MAKES IT A LITTLE SLOWER TO ACHIEVE "RENDAN ) BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT SHOWN IN YOUR TAPES IS THE BRIEF ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS THAT YOU PERFORM AT VARIOUS ANGLES ON THE WAY DOWN AND THE USE OF YOUR LEGS ONLY TO GET UPÂ&#x2C6; STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THE FULL RANGE OF MOTION IS THE KEY TO FLEXIBILITY 4OMI &INLAND x4HE SECRET ELEMENT THAT SHOWS YOU CAN ACHIEVE SPLITS ANY TIME WITHOUT WARM UP IS THE STRENGTH YOU DEMONSTRATE GETTING UP FROM SPLITS AFTER THEM 3UCH STRENGTH IN FEET ;THIGH= ADDUCTORS AND HIPS REVEAL THAT YOU CAN DO SPLITS WITH NO WARM UP 3O THOSE WERE THE WINNERSÂ&#x2C6;THEY WERE THE FIRST THREE WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER !ND HERE ARE THE MOST TO THE POINT ANSWERS FROM THOSE WHO WERE RIGHT BUT TOO LATE TO RECEIVE A PRIZE
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-9 %4%2.!, '2!.$-!34%2 "Y -ANDY (ART 4HE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WAS NOTHING BUT WINDOWS YOU COULD SEE EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON INSIDE )NSIDE
PAST THE DOUBLE DOORS SAT A WOODEN WRAP AROUND COUN TER ON TOP OF A BLACK AND WHITE TILED FLOOR 4HE COUNTER WAS PAINTED BLUE WHICH STOOD OUT FROM THE RED WALLS ON THAT PARTICULAR SIDE OF THE ROOM 4HE RED WALL BESIDE THE COUNTER HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT TACKED TO IT A LARGE BLACK BAG A PAIR OF BLUE PADDED STOCKS T SHIRTS AND UNIFORMS VIDEOS AND BOOKS AND A LONG THIN WOOD EN STICK 0AST THE COUNTER WERE TWO DRESSING ROOMS NEXT TO A PRIVATE TRAINING ROOM THAT WAS ENCLOSED WITH WALL TO WALL RED AND BLACK MATS !NOTHER DOOR CONNECTED TO THE PRIVATE TRAINING ROOM LED TO AN OFFICE DECORATED WITH AWARDS AND ANTIQUE WEAPONS /UTSIDE THE OFFICE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE ROOM WERE TWO RESTROOMS .EXT TO THE RESTROOMS WAS A SEATING AREA LINED WITH TWO ROWS OF GRAY CHAIRS BEFORE A BLUE WALL )N FRONT OF THE CHAIRS WAS A LARGE RECTANGULAR AREA COVERED WITH SMOOTH RED MATS )NSIDE THE RECTANGLE WERE IDENTI CAL BLUE MATS THAT CREATED TWO SYMMETRICAL SQUARES !LONG THE MAIN WHITE WALL WAS A STAR WITH SIX COLORS EACH REPRESENTING AN ORIGINAL MARTIAL ARTS BELT &ACING THE FRONT WINDOWS STOOD A SMALL BLUE COLUMN THAT DIVIDED THE WINDOW SPACE 4HE COLUMN HELD A FANCY GOLDEN FRAME WITH A PICTURE OF A MAN IN A GOLD SILK UNI FORM "ELOW THE MAN S PICTURE WAS A NAME AND TITLE IN GOLD ON A BLACK BACKGROUND 4HE NAME AND TITLE READ
%TERNAL 'RANDMASTER (AENG 5NG ( 5 ,EE &OUNDER OF THE !MERICAN 4AEKWONDO !SSOCIATION -Y BROTHER -ATTHEW EIGHT YEARS OLD AT THE TIME HAD JUST STARTED 4AE +WON $O WITH THE !MERICAN 4AEKWONDO !SSOCIATION (E ENCOUNTERED THE 'RANDMASTER AT A TOUR NAMENT IN !TLANTA
ONE OF LARGEST TOURNAMENTS HELD EVERY YEAR -ATTHEW NEVER HAD COMPETED AND WAS EVEN MORE NERVOUS AT THE LARGE CROWD THAT ATTENDED HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT (IS JUDGES WERE ALL DRESSED IN DARK BLUE SUITS AND COULD ONLY BE TOLD APART BY RANKING ON THEIR COLLARS 3EATED NEXT TO THE RING ) WATCHED -ATTHEW NERVOUSLY PREPARE FOR COM PETITION HOWEVER ) HAD LOOKED AWAY AND NOT NOTICED THAT AN ELDERLY LOOKING MAN SOON TO BE ONE OF HIS JUDGES APPROACHED HIM !S SOON AS THE MAN FINISHED TALKING -ATTHEW LOOKED UP AT HIM AND STARTED TO SMILE ,ATER THAT DAY -ATTHEW RAN ALL OVER THE COMPETITION FLOOR LETTING HIS INSTRUCTORS AND SOME OF THE MASTERS SIGN HIS FIRST COMPETITION TROPHY WHICH HE PROUDLY RECEIVED FOR SECOND PLACE IN FORMS 7E WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE WHEN -ATTHEW SAID h7AIT ) M NOT DONE SIGNING YET v 7HERE S 'RANDMASTER v ) TRIED TO TELL
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-ATTHEW (ART NOW AND A SECOND DEGREE BLACK BELT IS A *UNIOR ,EADER 4RAINEE )NSTRUCTOR UNDER -AS TER $AVID &ELDMAN IN 0ERRY 'EORGIA (ERE HE IS PICTURED WITH 'RM 3OON (O ,EE %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER S YOUNGER BROTHER
HIM THAT 'RANDMASTER WAS A BUSY MAN AND THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SEE HIM AT THE NEXT TOURNA MENT SINCE WE WOULD BE STAYING IN A HOTEL AND WOULD HAVE LONGER TO STAY -ATTHEW STARTED RUNNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHILE SHOUTING h) M NOT LEAVING @TIL 'RANDMASTER SIGNS MY TROPHY v !BOUT FORTY FIVE MIN UTES LATER AFTER SEARCHING AMONG HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COMPETITION FLOOR ) FINALLY FOUND -ATTHEW SIT TING IN A CORNER BY THE ENTRANCE WITH A HUGE GRIN ON HIS FACE ) WANTED TO YELL AT HIM FOR DISAPPEARING AND PRACTI CALLY SCARING ME TO DEATH BUT WHEN ) STARTED TO OPEN MY MOUTH HE BROKE IN EXCITEDLY h,OOK 3ISSY ,OOK AT WHO SIGNED MY TROPHY 'RANDMASTER SIGNED IT v (E ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS TALKING TO 'RANDMASTER THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE WAS GONE ) WAS RELIEVED THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED HIS MISSION SO WE COULD FINALLY GO HOME /N THE WAY HOME -ATTHEW STARED AT 'RANDMASTER S SIGNATURE ON THE TROPHY !FTER A TWO HOUR DRIVE WE WERE FINALLY HOME *UST MOMENTS AFTER ) FACE PLANTED MYSELF ON THE BED ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY
-ATTHEW CAME INTO MY ROOM AND ASKED h$O YOU THINK 'RANDMASTER WILL BE OKAY v ) DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND ) WAS TOO TIRED TO THINK SO ) TOLD HIM THAT 'RANDMASTER WAS FINE (E WALKED AWAY WITH A SAD LOOK ON HIS FACE AND SAID h) HOPE SOx v 4HREE MONTHS LATER THE !4! SCHOOLS HONORED THE DEATH OF THEIR FOUNDER WHICH HAD ACTUALLY OCCURRED ONE YEAR BEFORE !T THIS TIME 'RANDMASTER ( 5 ,EE BECAME %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER (AENG 5NG ,EE AS A RESULT OF THE TITLE BESTOWED UPON HIM BY THE MEMBERS OF THE !4! -ASTER S #OUNCIL *UST AS IT HAD BEEN DONE AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS AGAIN HELD IN ,ITTLE 2OCK !RKANSAS AT THE LOCAL CEMETERY CLOSE TO THE !4! HEADQUARTERS )T WAS SHOWN ON THE EVENING NEWS AND THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ABLE TO WATCH A GREAT MAN OF !MERICAN 4AE +WON $O HISTORY
BE HONORED BY OTHER MASTERS AND GRANDMASTERS OF THE MARTIAL ARTS WORLD 4HE NEWS COVERAGE WAS VIDEO TAPED AND THE INSTRUCTORS SHOWED IT DURING CLASS AND LET THE KIDS WRITE LETTERS TO 'RANDMASTER S WIFE AND DRAW PICTURES OF HIM -ATTHEW DID A SKETCH OF HIMSELF SITTING ON 'RANDMASTER S KNEE AND TALKING TO HIM BUT NO ONE UNDERSTOOD WHY 4HAT NIGHT -ATTHEW CAME BACK FROM CLASS YELLING AT ME BECAUSE ) HAD SAID THAT 'RANDMASTER WAS OKAY AND THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH HIM 4HE EIGHT YEAR OLD LATER INFORMED ME AS MOM WOULD USUALLY DO TO HIM WHEN HE WOULD GET IN TROUBLE THAT 'RANDMASTER HAD BEEN SICK LIKE HIM AND HE NEVER COULD HAVE GOTTEN BETTER 3EE BECAUSE HE HAD TEXTBOOK SYMPTOMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR -ATTHEW WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE DIABETES AND WAS TESTED THOUGH WE NEVER RECEIVED ACCURATE RESULTS THAT THE TEST WAS NEGATIVE UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR !T CLASS THE NEXT DAY THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT 'RANDMASTER AND ASKED THE STUDENTS IF ANY OF THEM HAD EVER MET HIM -ATTHEW WAS THE ONLY ONE TO STAND AND EVERY ONE LOOKED SURPRISED 4HEY ASKED -ATTHEW TO TELL THE CLASS ABOUT HIS MEETING ) EXPECTED HIM TO TALK ABOUT 'RANDMASTER SIGNING THE TROPHY )NSTEAD HE TALKED ABOUT THE JUDGE WHO COMFORTED HIM BEFORE HIS COMPE TITION IN !TLANTA (E SAID THAT THE JUDGE ONLY SAID ONE THING TO HIM WHEN HE TOLD THE JUDGE THAT HE WAS AFRAID THAT HE WOULD NOT PLACE AT THE TOURNAMENT h)F TODAY S IMPOSSIBLE THEN TOMORROW IS POSSIBLE v /N THE BACK OF MY BROTHER S TOURNAMENT T SHIRT ) NOTICED THE SAME PHRASE THE ELDERLY LOOKING JUDGE WAS 'RANDMASTER ) ASKED -ATTHEW A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IF HE REMEM BERED WHAT 'RANDMASTER TOLD HIM WHILE SIGNING THE TROPHY FROM HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT HE SAID HE DID BUT HE COULD NOT TELL ME BECAUSE IT WAS A hBLACK BELT SECRET v 7HEN ) QUICKLY REMINDED HIM THAT ) WAS NOW A BLACK BELT HE THEN AGREED TO TELL ME AS LONG AS ) DID NOT TELL ANY OF THE OTHER STUDENTS (E SAID THAT THE SECRET WAS THAT 'RANDMASTER TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CANCER WHEN HE TOLD 'RANDMASTER THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD DIABETES .O ONE EXCEPT THE MAS TERS HIS FAMILY AND SOME CLOSE FRIENDS OF 'RANDMASTER KNEW PRIOR TO HIS DEATH THAT HE HAD CANCER OR THAT HE WAS EXPECTED TO DIE LONG BEFORE HE DID 'RANDMASTER TOLD HIM EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW HE CAME OVER TO !MERICA FROM +OREA
HOW HE STARTED THE !MERICAN 4AEKWONDO !SSOCIATION IN AND STARTED TWO OTHER WORLDWIDE FEDERA TIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER AND HOW HE BECAME 'RANDMASTER -ATTHEW SAID THAT 'RANDMASTER DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT HIS CANCER BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT -ANDY IS A #ERTIl ED ,EVEL )) OTHERS TO BE SAD FOR HIM )NSTRUCTOR UNDER -R %DDIE ,OTT IN HE HAD THE CANCER FOR TEN 3TATESBORO '! AND IS ATTEND YEARS -ATTHEW WAS THE ING COLLEGE AT 'EORGIA 3OUTHERN ONLY STUDENT HE HAD EVER 5NIVERSITY PERSUING A DEGREE IN TOLD ABOUT THE CANCER %ARLY #HILDHOOD %DUCATION -ATTHEW HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST MARTIAL ARTISTS EVER SINCE THAT DAY AT THE !TLANTA TOURNAMENT 4HE VERY NEXT YEAR AT THE ANNUAL !4! 7ORLD #HAMPIONSHIP #OMPETITION HELD IN ,ITTLE 2OCK WE TOURED !4! HEAD QUARTERS INCLUDING %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER S PRIVATE
-ATTHEW HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED WITH -RS 3UN # ,EE LEFT EVERY YEAR SINCE JOINING THE !4! 7HEN ASKED WHO SHE IS -ATTHEW ALWAYS REPLIES WITH PRIDE v ! VERY PRETTY AND VERY SPECIAL LADY v OFFICE AND TRAINING ROOM AND THEN VISITED THE MEMORIAL GRAVESITE ,ATER AT THE TOURNAMENT -ATTHEW INSISTED ON FINDING %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER S WIFE AND !4! &IRST ,ADY -RS 3UN # ,EE TO PAY HIS RESPECTS (E IS NOW THIRTEEN AND HAS REPEATED THIS RITUAL WITH -RS ,EE EVERY YEAR SINCE 4HE WORDS OF %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER ( 5 ,EE ARE NOW THE MOTTO OF THE !4! BUT MY BROTHER AND ) REMEMBER THEM FROM THE FIRST TIME HE HEARD THEM AT HIS VERY FIRST TOURNAMENT AND THE STORY OF A VERY SPECIAL MAN WHOSE WORDS WE NOW LIVE BY h4ODAY IMPOSSIBLE 4OMORROW POSSIBLE v )T WAS SOME MONTHS LATER THAT MY MOTHER AND ) FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE CONFUSION ABOUT -ATTHEW S ENCOUNTER
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY WITH OUR CURRENT 'RANDMASTER 3OON (O ,EE THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF FOUNDER ( 5 ,EE AND HIS CHOSEN SUCCESSOR -ATTHEW HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SINCE THE TITLE OF GRAND MASTER WAS USED FOR BOTH AND THEY HAD THE SAME LAST NAME "ECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY 'RANDMASTER ( 5 ,EE HAD LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER VERY SHORTLY BEFORE MY BROTHER ACTUALLY HAD STARTED 4AE +WON $O -ATTHEW DID NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REALLY MEETING HIM WHICH MY MOTHER HAD A HARD TIME EXPLAINING TO HIM 4HE ,EE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE NATIVE +OREANS AND SHE FELT THAT -ATTHEW HAD NOT PICKED UP ON CERTAIN WORD DISTINCTIONS FROM 'RANDMASTER S ACCENT 3HE TOLD -ATTHEW THAT WHILE 'RANDMASTER 3OON (O ,EE WAS TRYING TO PUT HIM AT EASE HE WAS ACTUALLY TELLING HIM ABOUT THE !4! FOUNDER %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER ( 5 ,EE HIS OWN BROTHER AND HIS ILLNESS WITH OUT MENTIONING DEATH TO ONE SO YOUNG WHICH PERHAPS HE HIMSELF HAD NEVER BEFORE SHARED WITH A STUDENT !LTHOUGH -ATTHEW EVENTUALLY UNDERSTOOD HIS ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF THE EVENT MADE IT THAT MUCH MORE MEMORABLE FOR OUR FAMILY 4HIS STORY CAME BACK TO ME IN THE FALL OF WHEN ) WAS ASSIGNED AN ESSAY FOR AN %NGLISH COMPREHENSION CLASS &OR THIS PARTICU LAR ASSIGNMENT ) WAS TO WRITE FROM MY HEART ON A PERSON WHOSE LIFE HAD BEEN INSPIRING TO ME AND TO RELATE THEM TO SOMETHING THAT HAD MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO ME -ATTHEW S INVOLVE MENT IN THE !4! AND MY EXPOSURE THROUGH HIM HELPED ME MAKE MY DECISION IN JOINING MYSELF 7HILE REMEMBERING OUR !4! EXPERIENCES ) THOUGHT OF OUR FIRST 4AE +WON $O SCHOOL FROM WHICH WE HAVE NOW TRANSFERRED DUE TO OUR FAMILY S GEOGRAPHI CAL LOCATION WHERE WE WERE hRAISEDv FROM OUR BEGIN NING DAYS OF BEING WHITE BELTS TO THE SECOND DEGREE BLACK BELTS THAT WE ARE TODAY AND WITH THAT THE STORY OF -ATTHEW S FIRST TOURNAMENT 4HEREFORE THE DESCRIP TION OF THE SCHOOL INTRODUCES THE STORY BECAUSE LIKE OUR BELOVED %TERNAL 'RANDMASTER THE SCHOOL IS NO LONGER PHYSICALLY WITH US BUT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS OUR FOUNDATION FOREVER RESPECTED LOVED AND MISSED ●
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-Y FAMILY MOVED TO -EMPHIS 4EXAS AT THE INVITATION OF -EMPHIS )NDEPENDENT 3CHOOL $ISTRICT TO TEACH BAND 7E WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE JOB BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER .OT LONG AFTER WE MOVED MY MOTHER HAD PASSED AWAY IN 3EPTEMBER L AFTER A FIVE YEAR BATTLE OF CANCER AND MY HUSBAND S MOTHER PASSED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER IN !PRIL OF A CANCEROUS BRAIN TUMOR $URING ALL THAT TIME
OUR BOYS WERE ADJUSTING TO THEIR NEW SCHOOL 4HE OLDEST WAS BEING BULLIED DAY AFTER DAY %VERY DAY OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR WAS A REAL TRIAL &INALLY SCHOOL ENDED AND AS SUM MER BEGAN WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN TO ADJUST TO OUR NEW
LIFE )N !UGUST OUR FAMILY -R AND -RS "ROWN AND SONS BEGAN TAKING 4AE +WON $O WITH INSTRUCTOR -ASTER )N AT +IM S 4AE +WON $O IN 3EON +IM OWNER OF +IM S 4+$ !MARILLO 4EXAS TO HELP OUR )NSTITUTE IN !MARILLO OLDEST SON HAVE MORE SELF CONFIDENCE TO COPE WITH THE BULLYING !FTER THAT SUMMER LIFE BECAME A LOT EASIER (OWEVER IN -ARCH OF OUR LIVES CHANGED %XTREME FATIGUE TOOK OVER DURING SPRING BREAK AND ) COULD NO LONGER DO THE THINGS ) WAS USED TO DOING "EING A BAND DIRECTOR KEEPS ME VERY BUSY 7HEN SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN AFTER SPRING BREAK ) BEGAN HAVING PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE -Y FAMILY DOCTOR THOUGHT THE PAIN WAS CAUSED FROM THE SHINGLES BUT MY SKIN NEVER BROKE OUT IN BLIS TERS 4HE PAIN BECAME SO UNBEARABLE ) COULD NO LONGER WEAR MAKEUP MUCH LESS TOUCH MY FACE 4OUCHING MY FACE SENT ME TO THE FLOOR IN PAIN ) WENT BACK TO THE DOC TOR AND HE REFERRED ME TO A 2HEUMATOLOGIST "Y THE TIME ) SAW THE SPECIALIST MY KNEES AND FEET WERE NUMB 3HE ORDERED A MAJOR BLOOD WORKUP /NE OF THE TESTS WAS LOOKING FOR ,UPUS AND ALSO MENTIONED PUTTING ME ON STEROIDS BUT SHE DID NOT WANT TO MASK MY SYMPTOMS IF ) HAD -ULTIPLE 3CLEROSIS -3 4WO WEEKS LATER THE TESTS SHOWED THAT ) DID NOT HAVE LUPUS BUT THE DOCTORS STILL DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS /UR FAMILY TOOK A SHORT TRIP DURING %ASTER BREAK 7HEN WE RETURNED HOME THE FAMILY DOCTOR CALLED 7E WERE TO
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MEET WITH HIM IS HIS OFFICE AS SOON AS WE COULD DRIVE THERE ) WAS A NERVOUS WRECK 7HAT COULD BE SO WRONG TO HAVE A MEETING IN THE $OCTOR S PERSONAL OFFICE ) WON DERED )T TURNED OUT HE JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF THE BLOOD TEST FROM THE 2HEUMATOLOGIST 3INCE THERE STILL WAS NOT A DEFINITE DIAGNOSIS HE REFERRED ME TO A .EUROLOGIST TO CHECK FOR 4ICK DE LA RU BUT HE ALSO MEN TIONED -3 IN PASSING 4HE FIRST VISIT TO THE .EUROLOGIST
SHE ORDERED A -2) 7E WERE ABLE TO WAIT FOR THE READING OF THE -2) AND SEE THE .EUROLOGIST AGAIN THE SAME DAY FOR THE RESULTS 4HE -2) SHOWED SIGNS OF -3 WHITE SPOTS ON THE BRAIN BUT SHE COULD NOT MAKE A DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MULTIPLE LESIONS (ERE WE GO AGAIN ) THOUGHT WHAT IS A LESION 3HE ORDERED ANOTHER -2) FOR MY UPPER SPINE 4HE -2) REVEALED ANOTHER BIG LESION WAS IN THE TOP OF MY SPINE AT THE BASE OF MY SKULL CAUSING THE MAJORITY OF MY PROBLEMS 4HE NEUROLOGIST THEN ORDERED THE STANDARD SPINAL TAP 4HE TEST WENT WELL ) ALWAYS HEARD HOW PAINFUL THEY WERE ) DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN !FTER LYING ON MY BACK FOR THE SIX HOURS ) WAS ABLE TO GO HOME TO REST IN BED SO THE SPINE COULD HEAL )T DID NOT HEAL 4HREE DAYS LATER ) STILL COULD NOT GET UP DUE TO A SPINAL HEADACHE ) CALLED THE DOCTOR AND HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER PROCEDURE TO SEAL UP THE SPINAL LEAK ) SPENT ANOTHER LONG SEVEN DAYS IN BED
PRAYING CRYING AND ASKING 'OD TO GIVE US AN ANSWER TO WHAT WAS WRONG ) FINALLY HAD PEACE 3TILL NO ANSWER TO WHAT WAS MEDICALLY WRONG
BUT PEACE CAME "ECAUSE MY NEUROLOGIST NEVER WANTS TO DIAGNOSE ANYONE WITH -3 SHE WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER TEST RAN THE OPTIC NERVE TEST 4HE ONLY DOCTOR IN !MARILLO WHO COULD RUN THIS TEST WAS ON VACATION FOR TWO WEEKS MORE WAIT ING TIME $URING THIS TIME MY SYMPTOMS HAD WORSENED TO WHERE ) COULD ONLY WALK USING A CANE ) WAS LOSING ALL USE OF MY RIGHT SIDE 7HEN THE TEST WAS RUN ON *UNE ST IT CAME BACK POSITIVE THAT ) HAD OPTIC NERVE DAMAGE 4HAT VERY DAY WE TOOK THE TEST RESULTS TO THE NEUROLOGIST WHO IMMEDI ATELY DIAGNOSED ME WITH -3 AND BEGAN ME ON A THREE DAY HIGH DOSE STEROID DRIP /F COURSE THERE WAS THE USUAL WAITING n INSURANCE APPROVAL TO DO THIS AT MY HOME INSTEAD OF BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL 7HEN THE WAITING WAS OVER AND THE STEROID WAS STARTED ) HAD RELIEF WITHIN TWO DAYS !FTER ANOTHER LONG WAITING PERIOD AND INSURANCE APPROVAL ) BEGAN MY REGIMEN OF TAKING "ETASERON SHOTS EVERY OTHER DAY "ETESERON IS ONE OF THE FIVE -3 MEDICINES THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE TO HELP -3 PATIENTS LIVE AN IMPROVED LIFE "Y /CTOBER ALL OF THE SYMP TOMS HAD SUBSIDED EXCEPT FATIGUE AND THE FACE IRRITATIONS ) THANK 'OD FOR THE PRAYERS OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THE WONDERFUL DOCTORS AND TODAY S MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR MY IMPROVED HEALTH $URING ALL THIS TIME OUR FAMILY CONTINUED TO TRAIN AT +IM S 4AE +WON $O -ARCH THROUGH !UGUST ) WAS UNABLE TO WORK OUT AT 4AE +WON $O
BUT BEGAN A SLOW PROGRESS OF REGAINING MY STRENGTH IN 3EPTEMBER 4HAT BEGAN WITH ONLY BEING ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE MAT WITH MY CANE $URING THE NEXT TWO YEARS OUR FAMILY CONTINUED TO STUDY 4AE +WON $O /N !PRIL MY FAMILY AND ) EARNED OUR BLACK BELT IN 4AE +WON $O ) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE .O ONE WOULD EVER KNOW ) HAVE -3 JUST FROM LOOKING AT ME 4HERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME THINGS ) CANNOT DO AND WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN DUE TO -3 BUT ) AM THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE ) WANTED TO SHARE MY STORY ABOUT BATTLES AND VICTORIES TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO FEELS THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSIS THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO GO ON WITH LIFE 9OU #AN 3ET YOUR MIND TO DOING IT JUST KEEP PUSHING A LITTLE AT A TIME AND YOU WILL REACH YOUR GOAL ●
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h) BELIEVE THAT !UTHENTIC 4ANG 3OO $OO BY #HUN 3IK +IM 7ILL NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN THE TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS OF +OREAN MARTIAL ARTS BUT WILL PRESERVE THE HERITAGE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS SOCIETY ) WOULD LIKE THE ENTIRE MARTIAL ARTS COMMUNITY TO JOIN WITH ME AS ) OFFER MY PERSONAL THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO 'RANDMASTER #HUN 3IK +IM v 'RANDMASLCR 3 (ENRY #HO
0RESIDENT 7ORLD #OUNCIL ) OF -ARTIAL !RTS )NC h!S AN INSTRUCTOR OF TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS ) WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS PUB LICATION )T WILL INSURE THAT THE PURITY AND HIGH STANDARDS OF THIS MARTIAL ART ARE PRE SERVED !UTHENTIC 4ANG 3OO $O O BY #HUN 3IK +IM IS A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONCISE MANUAL WHICH IS WRITTEN BY TODAY S LEADING AUTHORITY IN THE INSTRUCTION OF +OREAN 4ANG 3OO $O #ONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU 'RANDMASTER +IM FOR THIS FINE PUBLICA TION v 'RANDMASTER +YONG 7ON !HN
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ON MAXIMIZING THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS #ONTINUED PRACTICE ASSISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED MUSCLE STRENGTH AND VISIBLE DIFFERENCES IN MUSCLE TONE 4RAINING IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER WILL START THE STUDENT ON A PATH TO DEVELOP ING STRONGLY DEFINED POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS 4HE DEMANDS OF TRADITIONAL 4ANG 3OO $O ARE SUCH THAT EACH PRACTITIONER WILL LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PER SONAL QUALITIES OF RESPECT DISCIPLINE AND SELF ESTEEM !S THE STUDENT GROWS HE WILL ACHIEVE EVEN BEYOND HIS OWN EXPECTATIONS ! SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS WILL BE EVIDENT SURROUND ING ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN WHICH HE IS INVOLVED #ERTAINLY IT IS THE PATH OF SELF IMPROVEMENT THAT ATTRACTS MANY PEOPLE TO THIS TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART 0RACTICING TRADITIONAL 4ANG 3OO $O WILL GIVE STUDENTS QUALI TIES THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM THROUGH OUT THEIR LIFETIME TO SUCCEED IN OUR INCREASINGLY COMPLEX SOCIETY
,EARN ABOUT AUTHENTIC 4ANG 3OO $O FROM AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED AND RESPECTED AUTHORITY 'RANDMASTER #HUN 3IK +IM 'RANDMASTER +IM IS KNOWN FOR HIS DYNAMIC TECH NIQUE AS WELL AS HIS EXTRAORDINARY KNOWLEDGE OF 4ANG 3OO $O 4HIS BOOK WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BENEFIT FROM HIS TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTION ! BLACK BELT AT AGE 'RANDMASTER #HUN 3IK +IM EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INSTRUCTOR OF HIS !RT (E ENLISTED IN THE +OREAN MILITARY AND WAS APPOINTED HEAD INSTRUCTOR OF ITS MILI TARY POLICE !S HE CONTINUED HIS CAREER -ASTER +IM DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AND HIS SKILLS 4ODAY HE HEADS THE )NTERNATIONAL 4ANG 3OO $O &EDERATION WITH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE 5NITED 3TATES %NGLAND 0ANAMA 0UERTO 2ICO "ELGIUM 7ALES AND IN HIS NATIVE +OREA 4HE &EDERATION HAS OVER BLACK BELTS AND OVER MEMBERS WORLDWIDE
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-S "OWERS WAS A BIT SKEPTICAL ABOUT HER ABILITY TO PRACTICE #HOI +WANG $O BUT AFTER A RELAPSE IN HER CONDITION SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO TRY SOMETHING TO REGAIN HER COORDI NATION AND BALANCE
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) HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT LIFE BEGINS AT 7ELL IT CER TAINLY HAS FOR ME 9OU SEE AT AGE ) COULD SEE MY HEALTH DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF -3 AND ) COULD SEE EVIDENCE OF THE DISEASE PROGRESSING ESPECIALLY IN MY BALANCE AND MY ABILITY TO WALK -Y BEST FRIEND
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KEPT TELLING ME OVER AND OVER THAT ) SHOULD TRY THIS MARTIAL ART AND THAT SHE WOULD INSTRUCT ME THAT IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR MY GENERAL HEALTH MY SELF ESTEEM AND THAT IT WOULD HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THE SYMPTOMS OF -3 )N *UNE ) HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING -ASTER .IGEL "ROPHY FROM THE 5NITED +INGDOM ON HIS VISIT TO !TLANTA "EING A GOOD FRIEND OF *ENNIFER AND HER HUSBAND "O THEY HAD ASKED -ASTER "ROPHY IF HE WOULD SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF #HOI +WANG $O AND HOW IT MIGHT POSITIVELY IMPACT MY DISEASE -ASTER "ROPHY SPOKE IN DEPTH ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WITH #HOI +WANG $O AND THE INCRED IBLE HEALTH BENEFITS IT PROVIDED AND HOW IT COULD ONLY HELP MY COORDINATION AND BALANCE THROUGH SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENTS AND TRAINING BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN THROUGH #HOI +WANG $O PATTERNS !T FIRST
) MUST ADMIT ) WAS VERY SKEPTICAL NOT OF THE MARTIAL ART ITSELF BUT OF MY OWN ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN THIS ENDEAVOR (OWEVER AFTER A RELAPSE IN !UGUST ) DECIDED TO ADOPT A CONSISTENT EXERCISE REGIMEN AND BEGIN TRAINING IN #HOI +WANG $O -AKING THE DECISION TO RADICALLY CHANGE MY APPROACH TO MY HEALTH RESULTED IN CHANGES IN OTHER ASPECTS OF MY LIFE ) WILL NEVER FORGET AT MY WHITE BELT TESTING THE WORDS OF 3ENIOR -ASTER -ARSHALL
0EREIRA (E TOLD ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT THEY MUST STAY FOCUSED AS BECOMING A BLACK BELT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK AND THAT THERE WOULD BE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY (E SAID OFTEN IT IS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO PRESENT THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS ) FOUND THIS TO BE VERY TRUE ) GUESS IT IS HUMAN NATURE TO RESIST CHANGE
ESPECIALLY CHANGE IN THOSE CLOSE TO YOU 5NFORTUNATELY MY HUSBAND DID NOT SUPPORT MY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE MY HEALTH AND BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT 2ATHER HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN CONTROL LING EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE WHICH HE FELT HE COULD DO BECAUSE OF THE NATURE AND DEPENDENCY OF THIS TYPE OF ILLNESS (E SPOKE OF WANTING TO !BOVE &ROM LEFT SON .ATHAN BUILD RAMPS FOR WHEN 2ICE AND FRIENDS &RANCESCA ) WOULD BE USING A WHEELCHAIR AND NOT OF HELP AND !LEXANDER 2IIS 0OULSEN ING ME TO IMPROVE MY HEALTH IN ORDER TO AVOID THE WHEELCHAIR -Y HUSBAND WANTED ME TO GIVE UP #HOI +WANG $O AND ALL CONNECTIONS WITH IT %VEN SOME SO CALLED @FRIENDS LIKENED THE CHANGE IN ME TO A DEATH INSTEAD OF APPLAUDING AND SUPPORTING THESE POSITIVE CHANGES ) DECIDED ) WOULD NOT SUCCUMB TO THESE PRES SURES TO GIVE UP AND QUIT )NSTEAD ) CHOSE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THESE VERY OBSTACLES THAT 3ENIOR -ASTER 0EREIRA SPOKE OF ) DECIDED TO MOVE AHEAD AND REACH FOR GOALS THAT ) NEVER THOUGHT WERE ACHIEV ABLE )N .OVEMBER DESPITE PREVIOUSLY VOW ING NEVER TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF OTHERS FOR FEAR OF EMBARRASSMENT ) STOOD TALL IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF HIGH RANKING #HOI +WANG $O JUDGES AND TESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME 4HIS WAS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR ME AS THE FIRST OF MY GOALS WAS ACHIEVED $ESPITE THE RESISTANCE TOWARD #HOI +WANG $O DUE TO THE SAME FAMILY PRESSURES -S "OWERS IS LOOKING FORWARD ) WAS PUT UNDER MY YOUNGER SON
TO MANY YEARS OF PRACTICING .ATHAN IS NOW TRAINING REGULARLY #HOI +WANG $O AS A STUDENT AT OUR SCHOOL SHOWS ENTHUSIASM AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND IS PROUD TO HAVE HIS BLACK BELT WAITING FOR HIM BEARING THE NAME
.ATHANIEL ,EE 2ICE 7HEN ) PONDER THE CHANGES IN MY LIFE ) OFTEN THINK OF THE WORDS OF *IMMY $EAN h) CANNOT CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND BUT ) CAN ADJUST MY SAILS TO ALWAYS REACH MY DESTINA TION v )N EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD #HOI +WANG $O HAS BECOME A PASSION OF MINE AND ) THANK 'RANDMASTER +WANG *O #HOI FOR DEVELOPING THIS UNIQUE MARTIAL ART THAT HAS MONUMENTALLY CHANGED MY LIFE )F YOU HAD ASKED ME A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE YEAR AGO
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4HE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY PREVENTION IN THE TEACHING OF THE MARTIAL ARTS CAN NOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH 4HE VERY FACT THAT MARTIAL ARTS REPRESENT A FORM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS ENOUGH TO WARRANT INSTRUCTORS TO DEMONSTRATE TO STUDENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS THAT WILL LEAD TO SAFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT 4HE TERM hPHYSI CAL ACTIVITYv REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO A FORCE THAT IS EXERTED BY THE SKELETAL MUSCLES THAT RESULTS IN ENERGY USAGE ABOVE THE LEVEL USED WHEN THE BODY S SYSTEMS ARE AT REST 7HEN SUCH FORCE IS APPLIED THE INSTRUCTORS MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE NOW DEPARTED FROM THE SAFE INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSROOM OF LECTURE AND ENTERED THE ARENA OF RISK 7ITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND RISK COMES THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY &ROM A LEGAL STAND POINT INSTRUCTORS MUST DO ALL THEY CAN IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE SAFE PROGRESSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTION 4HIS BEGINS WITH ADHERENCE TO ESTABLISHED RULES OF CONDUCT DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING STRENGTH AND THE IMPROVED ABILITY OF EACH STUDENT TO ASSESS THEIR PERSONAL RISK AND INJURIES !LSO INCORPORATED INTO THIS SAFETY PLAN SHOULD BE THE ABILITY OF THE INSTRUCTOR TO PRO VIDE THE STUDENTS WITH PROPER INSTRUCTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE STUDENT TO STRETCH AND INCREASE FLEXIBILITY AROUND THE JOINTS 4HIS INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY REINFORCEMENT !NY TECHNIQUES THAT ARE INTRODUCED TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY IN THE CLASS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED DAILY !DHERENCE SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND BREACHES OF THESE SAFETY ASPECTS SHOULD RECEIVE CORRECTIVE ATTENTION
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)NJURY PREVENTION IN A MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM ACTUALLY BEGINS FROM THE MINUTE THE STUDENT STEPS FOOT IN THE GYM OR DOJANG )F A STUDENT IS SMOK ING CHEWING GUM USING SMOKELESS TOBACCO OR PARTICIPATING IN hHORSEPLAY v THESE PRACTICES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY DRESSED 3TUDENTS MUST RECOGNIZE AT THE EMPHASIS THAT WILL BE PLACED ON SAFETY PERSONAL HEALTH AND THE ADHERENCE RULES )NJURY PREVENTION IS MAINLY A MATTER OF PLANNING 4HIS PLANNING SHOULD CLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT ABILITIES THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE PREVENTABLE INJU S SUCH AS HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER RISKS THROUGH E IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES THAT WILL DEVELOP THE STUDENT S CARDIOVASCULAR SYS M STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE #ARDIOVASCULAR #6 EXERCISE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THE TRAINING OF MARTIAL TS 4HE RESPONSIBIL Y FOR DEVELOPING #6 ONDITIONING IS SOME MES PLACED ON THE UDENT TO DEVELOP OUTSIDE OF CLASS !S MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUC TORS WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES HOW OTHER ATHLETIC PROGRAMS GAIN #6 CONDITIONING IN THEIR ATHLETES $O THEY TELL THEIR ATHLETES TO EXERCISE ON THEIR OWN OR DO THEY TEACH AND COACH THE ATHLETE TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS OF PERSONAL PERFORMANCE 4HE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS )N ORDER TO SEE THE #6 GAINS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN OUR STUDENTS WE
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MUST USE SOME OF OUR PRECIOUSLY SHORT TIME WITH THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DEVELOP THIS IMPORTANT HEALTH GOAL #ARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING THE DURATION AND OR INTENSITY OF AN EXERCISE 4HE GOAL OF ANY SUCH EXERCISE WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE ABILITY OF THE HEART
LUNGS AND BLOODS VESSELS TO FUNC TION EFFICIENTLY OVER TIME 4HIS AEROBIC FORM OF EXERCISE SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE TRAINING REGIMEN THREE TIMES PER WEEK 4HE STUDENTS CAN BE INSTRUCTED TO USE THEIR PULSE TO MONITOR THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY THAT THEY ARE WORKING AT BY SIMPLY MAKING SOME SIMPLE CALCULATIONS BASED ON THEIR RESTING HEART RATE 4HE TYPES OF EXERCISE SELECTED CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD BE ACTIVITY SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS IN THE PROCESS )NITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THESE MEA SURES RECORDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE THE STU DENT OR PARENTS WITH A MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE )N THESE DAYS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IT MAY BE ADVANTA GEOUS FOR INSTRUCTORS TO KEEP THESE TYPES OF RECORDS OR TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DO SO ALSO 4HE GENER ALLY ACCEPTED METHOD FOR CALCULAT ING TARGET HEART RATES IS TO SUBTRACT YOUR AGE FROM THIS IS YOUR ESTIMATED MAXIMAL HEART RATE 4O DETERMINE YOUR TARGET HEART RATE YOU SHOULD MULTIPLY YOUR MAXIMAL HEART RATE BY THE RATE OF INTENSITY YOU PLAN TO REACH 4HE NORMAL LOW LEVEL IS AND THE RECOM MENDED HIGH END RATE WOULD BE 4HIS MEANS THAT A STUDENT WHO IS YEARS OLD WOULD HAVE A MAXIMAL HEART RATE OF AND WOULD HAVE AN APPROXIMATE
h-USCULAR ENDURANCE OFTEN CON FUSED WITH STRENGTH IS DEFINED AS G THE MUSCLE S ABILITY TO EXERT FORCE Y REPEATEDLY WITHOUT FATIGUE v TARGET HEART RATE OF BEATS PER MINUTE WITH AN INTENSITY LEVEL OF ! RATE OF INTENSITY WOULD TRANSLATE TO BEATS PER MINUTE -ANY AEROBICS CLASSES USE A SIMILAR TECHNIQUE TO CHECK THE STATUS OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS AND ) WOULD CHALLENGE MARTIAL ARTS STU DENTS TO TAKE PART IN AN AEROBICS CLASS BEFORE THEY CRITICIZE THE BEN EFITS OF THIS TYPE OF CONDITIONING !DDITIONALLY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF MARTIAL ARTS STU DENTS WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF STRENGTH -US CULAR STRENGTH IS DEFINED AS THE AMOUNT OF FORCE THAT A MUSCLE IS CAPABLE OF EXERTING -USCULAR ENDURANCE OFTEN CONFUSED WITH STRENGTH IS DEFINED AS THE MUS CLE S ABILITY TO EXERT FORCE REPEAT EDLY WITHOUT FATIGUE 4HE MOST NOTED CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF INCREASING STRENGTH HAS INVOLVED WEIGHTLIFTING 4HERE ARE THREE PRIMARY INGREDIENTS TO PRACTICAL STRENGTH TRAINING THESE INCLUDE THE REGULAR OVERLOAD OR INCREASED INTENSITY OF RESISTANCE MAINTE NANCE OF STRENGTH GAINS AND THE SPECIFICITY OF TRAINING 4HE OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE SIMPLY STATES THAT WHEN THE MUSCLE IS SUBJECTED TO A RESISTANCE GREATER THAN THAT NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED
THE MUSCLE WILL ADAPT TO THE INCREASED LEVEL OF DEMAND 4HIS PRINCIPLE IS EASILY SEEN IN CHILDREN AS THEY GROW AND DEVELOP ! CHILD THAT TAKES ONE STEP WITH PRACTICE AND REPETITION WILL SOON TAKE TWO STEPS AND WILL SOON BE ABLE TO RUN /UR MARTIAL ARTS STUDENTS OFTEN REACT SIMILARLY TO THIS IN THAT WHAT WE OFFER TO THEM ARE SKILLS THAT ARE AS NEW TO THEM AS WALKING ONCE WAS 4HE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTE NANCE CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED IN THE STUDENT S STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT +NOWLEDGEABLE INSTRUCTORS NEED TO INFORM STU DENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OF THE VALUE OF CONTINUED ATTENDANCE IN OUR PROGRAMS )NSTRUCTORS ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND REGULAR SESSIONS FALL BEHIND OR OFTEN DROP OUT OF CLASSES %XPERIENCE HAS OFTEN PROVEN THAT STUDENTS WHO DROP OUT STILL VIEW THEMSELVES AS BEING MARTIAL ARTISTS YET WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MARTIAL ARTIST THAT DOES NOT PRACTICE THIS LIFETIME ACTIVITY -AINTENANCE IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE PLACED UPON OUR BODIES TO RETAIN THE ABILITIES TO PRACTICE OUR SKILLS SAFELY AND EFFEC TIVELY 4HE THIRD INGREDIENT TO STRENGTH
h) WOULD CHALLENGE MARTIAL G ARTS STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN P AN AEROBICS CLASS BEFORE THEY CRITICIZE THE BENEFITS OF THIS TYPE OF CONDITIONING v
RY PREVENTION IN THE YP HING OF -ARTIAL !RTS MENT SPECIFICITY OF EXERCISE IS A CONCEPT UCTORS OF ALL STYLES UNDERSTAND 4HE TERM S TO THE PRACTICED TECHNIQUES THAT CAN OFTEN BE BORING TO STUDENTS %XPERIENCE IS A GOOD TEACHER AND INSTRUCTORS KNOW THAT THESE DRILLS DEVELOP MUS CLE MEMORY AND THAT THIS MUSCLE MEMORY DEVELOPS INTO EFFORTLESS REACTIONS 4HE FINAL ELEMENT OF THE SAFETY PLAN THAT CAN BE ADDED TO A GOOD MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION MAKING ON THE PART OF THE STUDENTS THAT MAY ENABLE THEM TO RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN RISKS AND INJURIES #OMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS HEAT RELATED INJURIES I E HEAT CRAMPS HEAT
NUMBER OF HOSPITAL TREATMENTS FOR FOOT PROBLEMS DRAMATICALLY DECREASE 4HE RECOMMENDATION FOR PROPER FOOTWEAR CAN EASILY BE INCORPORATED INTO A SAFETY PLAN BY REQUIRING STUDENTS TO hBE PREPARED v 4RAUMATIC INJURIES ARE THOSE SUCH AS SPRAINS
CONTUSIONS BRUISES AND FRACTURES THAT OCCUR SUD DENLY AND REQUIRE PROPER TREATMENT )T IS ESSENTIAL THAT INSTRUCTOR S PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION INCLUDE FIRST AID AND #02 CERTIFICATION 4HESE CERTIFICATIONS SHOULD REMAIN CURRENT SINCE CHANGES IN EMER GENCY CARE OCCUR FREQUENTLY !N EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT FOR ANY PERSON THAT BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS !NY UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM SHOULD RECEIVE PROMPT % - 4 CARE )T IS GENER ALLY ACCEPTED NOW THAT AN UNCONSCIOUS AND UNRE SPONSIVE VICTIM IS A VICTIM IN A LIFE THREATENING CONDITION 4HE VICTIM S CONDITION CAN DETERIORATE AT ANY TIME $ELAY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUCH AN INJURY COULD PROVE FATAL AND REPRESENT A THREAT OF LITIGATION #URRENT EMERGENCY SKILLS CERTIFICATION ALSO PROVIDES THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES WITH AN EXTRA DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE INSTRUCTOR S COMMITMENT TO THE PARTICIPANT -OST ACUTE OR SUDDEN INJURIES SUCH AS BRUISES OR SPRAINS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THE APPLICATION OF ICE 4HE TREATMENT SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY NOT AFTER THE CLASS IS OVER 4HE RECOMMENDED PROCESS OF CARE INCLUDES REST ICE APPLICATION COMPRESSION TO REDUCE SWELLING ELEVATION OF THE INJURY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HEART AND STABILIZATION OF THE INJURY IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY TO THE AREA 4HESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE USUALLY REMEMBERED BY THE ABBREVIATED TERM 2 ) # % 3 4HE INABILITY TO MOVE A BODY PART POINT TENDERNESS TINGLING IN THE EXTREMITIES AND DEFORMITY ARE A FEW OF THE SIGNS THAT THE PERSON IS INJURED AND SHOULD RECEIVE PROMPT ASSISTANCE /NCE AGAIN INJURIES THAT ARE TREATED PROMPTLY CAN BE EVALUATED MOST EFFECTIVELY
WHILE INJURIES THAT RECEIVE DELAYED TREATMENT ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE AND OFTEN REQUIRE LONGER RECOVERY PERIODS 4HE KEY TO INJURY TREAT MENT IS RECOGNITION )F THE PARTICIPANT CAN NOT FUNC TION NORMALLY THEY SHOULD EITHER BE ENGAGED IN A PRESCRIBED REHABILITATION PLAN DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INJURY OR THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ADAPTED PARTICIPANT PRO GRAM GEARED TO THE PHYSICAL ABILITIES OF THE INJURED PERSON AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF THE WHOLE PERSON )T IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN THE MOSTLY HIGHLY SKILLED INSTRUCTOR WILL PROBABLY HAVE STUDENTS THAT BECOME INJURED IN CLASS 4HE BEST WAY TO PREVENT AND MANAGE INJURIES IS TO ADHERE TO A CAREFULLY DESIGNED PROGRAM THAT INCORPORATES SUCH ELEMENTS AS CARING EMERGENCY CARE CERTIFICATIONS STUDENT INTEREST SAFETY RULES AND GUIDELINES STUDENT PAR TICIPATION IN CARE AND AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSTRUCTOR OF THE MARTIAL ARTS ●
h)T IS ESSENTIAL THAT INSTRUCTOR S PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION INCLUDE P P P FIRST AID AND #02 CERTIFICATION v EXHAUSTION HEAT STROKE CAN BE AVOIDED BY ALLOW ING STUDENTS ACCESS TO WATER DURING TRAINING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY INSISTING THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS CONSUME SIX TO EIGHT OUNCES OF FLUIDS FOR EVERY MINUTES OF HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVITY 4HIS IS ESPECIALLY VITAL FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHO WORK OUT IN VERY WARM CLIMATES OR IN ROOMS THAT LACK AIR CONDITION ING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS !PPROPRIATE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IS IMPORTANT IN MEETING CLIMATIC CON DITIONS AND IN THE PREVENTION OF OVERUSE OR STRESS INJURIES 3TUDENTS WHO ARE USING CONDITIONING PROGRAMS TO AID IN WEIGHT LOSS SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO WEAR EXTRA CLOTHING OR PLASTIC hSAUNA SUITSv TO AID IN WEIGHT REDUCTION )T IS A FALLACY TO ASSUME THAT THIS TYPE OF WATER LOSS EQUATES TO ACTUAL WEIGHT LOSS 3UCH FLUID LOSS IS REMINISCENT OF A BY GONE DAY WHEN ATHLETES SUCH AS WRESTLERS USED THE SUIT FOR A DRAMATIC FLUID LOSS 4HE SUIT CREATES A TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS WEARER AND CAUSES THE BODY TO USE AVAILABLE FLUIDS TO ATTEMPT TO COOL THE BODY THROUGH EVAPORATION 4HIS TECHNIQUE IS NOT ONLY ILL ADVISED BUT ALSO CONSIDERED VERY DANGEROUS BY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY 4HERE IS NO EXISTING SOLUTION THAT WILL RESULT IN SAFE SUDDEN WEIGHT LOSS NOR IS THERE SUCH A REALITY AS SPOT REDUCTION 0ROPER FOOTWEAR IS RECOMMENDED FOR USE ON THOSE DAYS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO RUN
JUMP BOUNCE OR PRACTICE ON UNSTABLE OR UNFAMIL IAR TERRAIN 4HERE ARE A NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS THAT MAY BELIEVE THAT THEIR STUDENTS NEED TO TRAIN IN A VARIETY OF WAYS 4HIS RECOMMENDED SAFETY MEASURE IS NOT INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH AN EXPERTS TEACH ING STYLE 4HE SAFEGUARD IS ONE THAT MAY PREVENT THE OVERUSE SYNDROMES SUCH AS SHIN SPLINTS AND STRESS FRACTURES FROM OCCURRING UNNECESSARILY /FTEN OVERUSE INJURIES ARE NON SPECIFIC IN NATURE AND
WHEN QUESTIONED STUDENTS OFTEN RESPOND THAT THEY DON T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM 4HE CONSE QUENCES OF SUCH INJURIES ARE IMPORTANT 3TUDENT PERFORMANCE DECREASES FRUSTRATION INCREASES AND MANY TIMES PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IS DELAYED 3OME BRANCHES OF THE 5 3 MILITARY REC OGNIZED THE VALUE OF INJURY PREVENTION THROUGH PROPER FOOTWEAR 7HEN THE MILITARY REPLACED BOOTS WITH SNEAKERS ON LONG TRAINING RUNS THEY SAW THE
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!BOUT THE !UTHORS $R #RIDER IS A MARTIAL ARTIST AND !SSISTANT 0ROFESSOR OF (EALTH 0HYSICAL %DUCATION AND $ANCE AT +UTZTOWN 5NIVERSITY OF 0ENNSYLVANIA AND HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE +EREKAN !SIAN !RTS !CADEMY AND THE 0ROFESSIONAL 5NITED -ARTIAL !RTISTS (E HAS BEEN A PRACTICING ATHLETIC TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR OF !MERICAN 2ED #ROSS &IRST !ID AND #02 COURSES FOR YEARS -ASTER +ERECZ HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE -ARTIAL !RTS FOR OVER YEARS AND IS THE HEAD OF 0ROFESSIONAL 5NITED -ARTIAL !RTISTS
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,AST 7ORD FOR ,AST 7ORD 2ECENTLY -ASTER 2ICHARD -ORGAN SHOWED ME AN ARTICLE IN THE .OVEMBER ISSUE OF 4AE +WON $O 4IMES MAGAZINE REFERENCING A SCHOOL S IN +OREA 7HILE THAT ARTICLE WAS OF INTEREST TO ME THERE WAS ANOTHER COLUMN THAT WAS A FEEBLE ATTEMPT AT JUSTIFYING THE CONTINUING BEHAVIOR OF SOME TO ADJUST HISTORY FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSE 4HIS IS CURIOUS TO ME FOR SEVERAL REASONS &IRST
IF ONE IS WILLING THERE ARE HISTORIANS WHO HAVE DEFINITE HISTORICAL DATA DOCUMENTING THE ORIGINS OF MOST MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEMS 3ECONDLY MOST OF THE HISTORIANS DO NOT HAVE AN AGENDA SO AS ENLIGHTEN ING AS TRUTH MIGHT BE THESE MARTIAL ARTS HISTORIANS HAVE WRITTEN REGARDING THE TRUTH 4HE CHALLENGE IS TO FIND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RESEARCHED MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO FOR THEIR OWN GAIN HAVE JUST RE WRITTEN IT 4HE PREMISE OF THE COLUMN IN THE MAGAZINE IS THAT HISTORY DOES NOT MATTER AND THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE HISTORY TO THE HISTORIANS 4HE AUTHOR USES THE EXAMPLE OF HOW HIS INSTRUCTOR DOES NOT CRITICIZE OTHER SYSTEMS BUT ONLY EXPLAINS HOW HIS SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT (E MAKES THIS STATEMENT AS THOUGH THAT IS THE CORRECT WAY 7HILE ) BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER STUDENT TO BE AWARE OF THE PRODUCT THEY ARE BUYING TO MANY NEW STUDENTS ALL MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS LOOK SIMI LAR 7HAT WE HAVE THAT SEPARATES FACT FROM FICTION
IS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY /BVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW THOSE INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE MADE UP THEIR OWN SYSTEM AND THEN HAD SOMEONE FOR A FEE CERTIFY THAT SYSTEM AND PRO MOTE THEM TO HIGH RANK 4HEN THEY SET ABOUT OPENING THEIR OWN SCHOOL WITH A PUBLIC RELA TIONS PROGRAM THAT OVER TIME RE WRITES HISTORY TO INCLUDE THEM 4HAT WAY THEY APPEAR TO BE hREAL v 4HE MORE THE INSTRUCTOR OR THEIR STUDENTS REPEAT THE hNEW HISTORYv OR MAKE THE SAME CLAIMS OVER AND OVER THE MORE PEOPLE ACTUALLY START TO BELIEVE IT 4HEN THEIR STUDENTS BELIEVE THIS LIE )S THIS FAIR TO THE NEW UNSUSPECTING AND VULNERABLE STUDENT ) HAVE PERSONALLY KNOWN INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER OPERATE IN THIS MANNER OR INDIVIDUALS WHO KNEW OF OTHER LIES BUT WOULD RATHER BUY HIGH RANK THAN EARN IT 3O THEY CHOSE TO TAKE THE EASY PATH &OR THE STUDENT WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH AND WOULD RATHER LIVE AND PROMOTE THE LIE THAT IS KARMA THEY MUST LIVE WITH &OR THE UNSUSPECTING AND VULNERABLE STUDENT IT IS NOT FAIR FOR THEM TO BE EXPOSED TO THE LIE WITHOUT HISTORICAL DATA TO AT LEAST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OPTIONS 4HE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE ARTICLE MAKES BELIEVE HE IS BEING POLITE OR POLITICALLY CORRECT BY hPLAYING NICEv WITH OTHERS (OWEVER WE ARE INVOLVED IN GUIDING PERSONAL GROWTH AS WELL AS TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING )NTEGRITY AND TRUST ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING (OW CAN A STUDENT ROLE MODEL THESE QUALITIES WHEN THE VERY SYSTEM IS BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE -USASHI STATED h9OU CAN NOT KNOW WITH CERTAIN TY THE WAY OF YOUR OWN SCHOOL WITHOUT KNOWING THE WAY OF OTHERSv
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4OO 9OUNG TO BE A "LACK "ELT ) JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE PROFILE OF -ARI 'ALLARDO ,OPEZ )T STATES THAT HER DAUGHTER hEARNEDv A BLACK BELT AT THE AGE OF FIVE 4HIS IS RIDICULOUS (OW CAN A FIVE YEAR OLD POSSIBLY HAVE THE SKILLS AND MATURITY TO BE A BLACK BELT NOT TO MENTION SHE WAS hAWARDEDv A SECOND DEGREE AT AGE EIGHT -OST TEENS AND ADULTS ) VE SEEN IN THE ARTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF GRUELING TRAINING OVER TWO OR MORE YEARS TO BE ALLOWED TO TEST FOR A BLACK BELT 4HIS JUST ADDS MOCKERY AND STEREOTYPES TO THE MARTIAL ARTS THAT PEOPLE CAN PRACTICALLY BE HANDED A BLACK BELT BECAUSE THEY ARE A RELATIVE OR FRIEND OF THE INSTRUCTOR 4HIS IS ALSO NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE ) HAVE SEEN !BOUT YEARS AGO ) LIVED IN A COMMUNITY WHERE A LOCAL +ARATE CLUB MADE HEADLINES FOR HAVING ONE OF THE YOUNGEST BLACK BELTS ! BOY IN THE CLUB hEARNEDv A BLACK BELT AT THE AGE OF EIGHT ) HAD TO CHECK THIS OUT FOR MYSELF ) WENT TO THE CLUB AND GOT THE USUAL h/H BUT HE S BEEN TRAIN ING SINCE HE WAS FIVEv EXCUSE !T THIS RATE THESE KIDS WILL GET THEIR TENTH DEGREE BY THE TIME THEY RE ) SHOWED THE FIRST ARTICLE TO A CO WORKER OF MINE
AND SHE WAS ALSO SHOCKED !T HER SON S +ARATE $OJO STUDENTS CANNOT EVEN TEST FOR A BLACK BELT UNTIL THEY ARE ) AM NOT PRETENDING WE KNOW EVERYTHING AS TO WHO IS OR IS NOT SUITABLE TO TEST FOR ANY RANK BUT FIVE IS TOO YOUNG &OR MY EXPERIENCE ) HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS FOR YEARS AND THE SECURITY PROFESSION FOR YEARS WITH 4AE +WON $O AS MY BASE ART ) AM ONE BELT FROM BLACK BELT ) HAVE BEEN OUT OF 4AE +WON $O FOR SEVERAL YEARS
BUT IF ) WERE TO GO BACK ) STILL WOULD NOT CONSIDER TRYING FOR FIRST DEGREE UNTIL ) WAS QUITE READY EVEN THOUGH ) HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS NECESSARY TO TEST ) AM ALSO A CERTIFIED WOMEN S SELF DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR POLICE BATON INSTRUCTOR AND KID SAFE INSTRUCTOR )F ANY OF THE PLACES ) WENT TO FOR THIS TRAINING HAD A REPUTATION FOR hHANDING OUTv CERTIFI CATES ) TOO WOULD NOT SUPPORT THEM 3COTT 3MITH !LBERTA #ANADA
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ACTORS FIGHT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG 4HEIR BODY LAN AND FULL BLOWN STORIES AS WELL AS AND PROBABLY MOST GUAGE MOVEMENTS USE OF WEAPONS IS WELL IT S WRONG IMPORTANTLY AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED AUDIENCE 0OPULAR 4HEY WILL SWING A KATANA AS IF IT WERE A BASEBALL BAT CHARACTERS AND BOOKS ASSURE THE STUDIO THE PRODUCERS 7HEN THEY KICK SOMEONE THE BODY IS NOT hRIGHT v AND AND THE DISTRIBUTORS THAT THEY WILL MAKE MONEY BECAUSE YOU CAN T HELP BUT WONDER IF THEY FELL ON THEIR BUTTS AFTER THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WILL PAY TO SEE THAT DOING THOSE TECHNIQUES PARTICULAR MOVIE 7HEN TALKING ABOUT COMIC BOOKS AND 4O TRY AND COVER THE ACTOR S LACK OF ACTUAL MARTIAL SKILL
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SWORDSMAN WITHOUT REMEMBERING A LOT OF DIALOGUE ETC IS THAT (OLLYWOOD DOES NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND THE AND COMPLICATED SWORD MOVES 4HE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT COMIC BOOK OR THE CHARACTERS 4HEY SIMPLY TAKE THE BECAUSE THE ESSENCE OF A SWORD FIGHT IS RETAINED THE NAME AND THEN DO MERCY KNOWS WHAT TO IT 4HEY LOSE ACTORS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE EXPERIENCED SWORDSMEN THE ESSENCE THE hSOULv OF THE CHARACTER 4HE MOVIES THAT 3OMEONE PLEASE YELL IN (OLLYWOOD S EAR )F YOU WANT RETAIN THE SOUL OF THE BOOK ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUCCESS TO DO A SUCCESSFUL hCOMIC BOOK CHARACTER v IF YOU WANT FUL 4HE STUDIO AND THE DIRECTOR RETAINED THE ESSENTIAL TO DO SUCCESSFUL MARTIAL ARTS SCENES THEN YOU MUST PRIMAL INGREDIENTS THAT MADE THE CHARACTER SO POPULAR IN UNDERSTAND ITS ESSENCE ITS hSOULv AND FIND A WAY TO THE FIRST PLACE RETAIN IT IN THE MOVIE /H MAN ) GOTTA GO 4(% -!2+ /& :/22/ STARRING ,ET S TAKE 30)$%2 -!. FOR EXAMPLE !T ONE POINT / THERE WAS TALK OF MAKING 0ETER 0ARKER 3PIDER -AN S ALTER 4YRONE 0OWER IS PLAYING ON CABLE 46 NOW ● EGO AN EX MILITARY MAN THAT UNDERWENT A SECRET EXPERI
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