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May 2012 / Volume 32 No. 3 / Issue Number 187

Publisher & CEO
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Managing Editor
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Features
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Grandmaster John Pellegrini

From the Dojang to the Battlefield
Consultant
2012 marks the 20th anniversary to the founding of the International Combat
Hapkido Federation, created by Grandmaster John Pellegrini, a martial artist
with over 40 years of training. Find out how his martial art prowess has led him
overseas to train the U.S. troops for hand-to-hand combat.
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Consultant
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Bill Heckart
Julie Heckart
John Lee
Sang Koo Kang
An Interview with Eric Parthen

New CEO of USA Taekwondo
Columnists
Aaron Wayne-Duke
Alex Haddox
C. M. Griffin
Doug Cook
Erik Richardson
Guy Edward Larke
James Theros
Jerry Beasley
Karen Eden
Master Rondy
Paul Zaichik
Stace Sanchez
Tae Yun Kim
Tom Kurz
Bloggers
Erica Linthorst
Dr. Dave Nelson
Jeremy Talbott
Paul Marsala
Rick McIntosh
TKD Times conducted an exclusive interview with USA Taekwondos new leader, Eric Parthen. Learn about his experience and his hopes for the future of TKD
in the U.S.
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Our exclusive interview with USATs Referee Chairman John Seiber talks about
the Olympics, refereeing and the future of TKD.
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Contributors
Jody Harlow
Julie Greene
Laura Probert
Victoria Freire
An Interview with John Seiber

USA Taekwondo Referee Chairman
An Interview with Bae, Jhong Shin

Chairman of the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation
We spoke to the Chairman of the TPF about the upcoming TKD Park being
built in Muju, South Korea. Learn more about the mecca for TKD.
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Ancient Asian Weapons
Check out the ancient weapons of the Muye Dobo Tongi, an ancient martial arts
textbook written at the command of Korean monarch, King Jung-Jo.
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3 Exotic Tools of Teuk Gong Moo Sool
Learn about the art of Teuk Gong Moo Sool created by Grandmaster No-Won
Park at the request of the South Korean military and its top exotic and extreme
weapon choices.
Vice Presidents
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George Vitale
He-Young Kimm
Young Lee
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Jin Suk Yang
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Edward Sell
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to target a strong portion of your marketing to women.
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Burlington, North Carolina2012 is a very important year for the World Tang Soo Do Association as
Grandmaster Jae C. Shin and his followers will celebrate
the opening and dedication of the new World Tang Soo
Do Headquarters located in Burlington, North Carolina
in July. The new World Headquarters will be a place where
students from all over the globe can come for advanced
training. It is unique in the history of the World Tang
Soo Do Association, formed in 1982. The ceremony will
highlight the WTSDAs 14th World Championship at the
Greensboro, North Carolina arena, located just a short distance from the new headquarters. The 2010 Championship
was also held in Greensboro.
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Senior International Master Mark Causerano says, It may

be this generation who will get credit for its construction (the
headquarters), but the true credit should go to Grandmaster Shin
and his band of loyal instructors and students, who dreamed it
long ago, worked for it for years, and through dedication, perseverance, and pure stubbornness, made it happen.
New TKD Meccas Opening Soon

Cedar Rapids, IowaThe two largest TKD organizations
are currently working on opening Tae Kwon Do meccas
for the international TKD community. In the works are
North Koreas Taekwondo Sanctuary, a park inspired and
supported by the International Taekwon-Do Federation,
and South Koreas Taekwondowon (formerly referred to as
the Taekwondo Park) supported and sponsored by South
Koreas Taekwondo Promotion Foundation and the World
Taekwondo Federation. The Taekwondo Sanctuary is scheduled to open in Pyongyang in
April 2012, while the Taekwondowon (which translated means Institute) will open in Muju in
September 2013.
New WTF Secretary General

Seoul, South KoreaThe World Taekwondo Federation is pleased to
announce that Dr. Jean-Marie Ayer has been appointed as Secretary General
of the WTF. Dr. Ayers resume is adorned with significant leadership experience in both finance and administrative management
with large international organizations. He received
his Ph.D. in economics from Fribourg in Switzerland.
He served as Chief Financial Officer at ABB Power
Generation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and as
Vice President of Swisscom International in Bern,
Switzerland. Having served as Director of the WTF
Lausanne Office for the past six years, Dr. Ayer brings
a respected background and knowledge to the sport
community. Being no stranger to the sport world, his
deep understanding of its operations will help to bolster the WTFs good governance practices. It will also
aid in strengthening relations with other sport organizations. Dr. Ayers firsthand knowledge in new media
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and information technology has already helped the WTF to

revolutionize competitions with the establishment of instant video
replay and the Taekwondo TV that allows for broadcast coverage
in new media format. Furthermore, his background in technology
will enhance the implementation of the WTF Global Membership
System that will compile a sophisticated database of all WTF TKD
practitioners around the world. Dr. Ayer replaces Mr. Jin Suk Yang
who, after five years of distinguished service to the WTF and the TKD
family as Secretary General, will take the helm as Chairman of the
WTF Academy. Dr. Ayers appointment took effect February 14, 2012.
3rd World Moo Duk Kwan General

Federation President
Seoul, South KoreaIn January 2012, legendary Tang Soo Do
Grandmaster Kim Young-Duk stepped down to allow his close
friend and junior GM Choi Hee-Suk to take the reins. Among
the many attendees were: HK movie legends Hwang Jung
Lee and Chang Il-Do (Bruce Lai), Kim Ho-Gon, K. H. Park,
Director Kim Yang-Jo, Choung Koe-Woong, Paik Kee-Hyun,
General Secretary Choung Koe-Woong, Kim Sang-Bum, Jun
Chang-Sik, Chong Ham-Koo, Cho Nam-Dong, Lee Sang-Kyu,
Kim Nan-Ku, Kwon Jae-Joong, Dr. Hong Sa-Kwang, Chang
Se-Ok and International Marketing Manager Guy Larke. It was
a brief meeting with introductions of the new presidents background and how he came to be one of the living legends of the
art of Tang Soo Do. It was followed by a speech of acceptance by
GM Kim promising to kick start the federation to new highs.
At the close was a viewing of GM Hwang Jung Lees old instructional movie The Art
Of High Impact Kicking. The MDK and its most senior members will be attending Master
Cynthia Rothrocks and Master Eric Kovaleskis tournament and Hall of Fame
in May.
Taekgyeon Recognized by UNESCO

Choong-ju, South KoreaTaekgyeon, Important Intangible Cultural Asset
No. 76 (as determined by the South Korean government) is now truly on
its way to becoming a global martial art. As of 2011, UNESCO (the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has recognized the
ancient folk martial art as a global cultural asset worth protecting. Taekgyeon
was nearly destroyed by the Confucianism movement of the Joseon Era and
the following Japanese Occupation that ended with WWII. Martial arts
scholar Master Shin Han-Seong, studied all of the existing branches of Koreas
oldest empty-handed combat art and was the chief disciple of the legendary
Song Duk-Ki. Master Shin in turn trained his protg Jeong Kyung-Hwa to
continue the traditions into the modern day. GM Jeong inherited his masters
government granted title, Human
Intangible Cultural Asset and possessor of the ancient Korean art of
Taekgyeon.
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Unlike most weapons, an umbrella does not scare the public
or arouse curiosity. Thanks to being constructed of state-ofthe-art plastics and fibers, the new umbrella is lighter, with
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EVENTS
Aaron Banks 2012 Hall of Fame
New York City, New YorkIn January 2012,
Great Grandmaster Aaron Banks once again held
his famous Hall of Fame at New Yorks Pennsylvania
Sky Top Ballroom in Herald Square, New York City.
This years ceremony was dedicated to the memory
of Emma Roseberry. This years Hall of Fame saw
numerous inductions, including TaeKwonDo
Times magazine. Special tributes were paid to Dr.
Grandmaster John Roseberry of Nebraska and Dr. Juan Otero, Jr. Great
Grandmaster Aaron Banks and the World Professional Martial Arts
Organization have been hosting this martial arts hall of fame in New
York City since 1968.
Aaron Banks Hall of Fame
Teuk Gong Moo Sool Masters Seminar

Seoul, South KoreaRecently, Grandmaster No-Won Park started the Year of the Dragon with
a roar. He invited instructors and masters of his system for a yearly meeting and a brutal clinic on
joint locks. Where most masters demand absolute duplication of technique, GM Park demanded
30 unique variations per individual for every technique taught. Afterwards, he and General
Manager Para Park addressed the domestic and international outlook for 2012 and beyond. Teuk
Gong Moo Sool was designed originally as an armed and unarmed set of combat skills for South
Koreas elite soldiers and bodyguards. Over the years it has evolved into a practical art that the
whole family can safely enjoy.
Long Island Winter Open 2012

Albertson, New YorkTaeCole Tae Kwon Do opened its
doors in the shadow of the terrorist attack that occurred on
Sep. 11, 2001. Despite the national tragedy, the school officially opened November 4, 2001 and never looked back. In
2012, they hosted their first New York state-wide tournament, an open tournament for all styles of martial arts.
Events for the competitors included point sparring,
traditional forms, open forms, weapons, self-defense
and team demonstration. The event took place at
the Herricks High School and welcomed a total of
370 competitors. For our first time hosting such
an event we were very happy with the turnout,
said Master Maggie Messina, owner of Taecole.
Masters Maggie and Ray Messina would like to
thank their students and parents, as well as the
New York State Championship Organization.
They are also grateful for the efforts of
Grandmaster Rich Fescina, Kyoshi Allie
Alberigo, Master Mike Pinelli and Mr.
Sniper.
Long Island Winter Open
Ssireum Championships
Contributed by Jeff W. Rosser
Gunsan, South KoreaRecently, the city of Gunsan, South

Korea hosted the 2012 Lunar New Year Jangsa Ssireum
Championships held at Wolmyeong Stadium. This competition,
which is held every year during Lunar New Year, featured some
15
Ssireum Championships
of the sports top athletes. Ssireum is a traditional Korean style

of wrestling where each competitor wears a belt, called a satba,
which is tied around their waist and thigh. Each player grabs
his opponents belt at the waist and thigh and attempts to
throw the other to the ground in a best out of three rounds.
There are four weight classes which are named after the four
famous peaks in Korea: Taebaek (80kg), Geumgang (90kg),
Halla (105kg), and Baekdu (160kg). This years Baekdu division champion is Lee Seul-gi. Seul-gi faced Jang Seong-bok in
a best out of five finals match on the final day of the competition in front of a packed Wolmyeong Stadium and in a match
that was broadcast nationally on KBS television. This was an
exciting and hard fought final in which Seul-gi fell behind
early and had to come back from a 2-0 deficit to win the final
match 3-2.
AWARDS & PROMOTIONS

Galesburg Promotions
Galesburg, IllinoisThe Han Kuk Mu Yea Hae conducted black belt examinations on
December 10, 2011, at the Galesburg Academy of Martial Arts in Galesburg, Illinois. Jared
Katchen received his first-dan in TKD Chung Shin Kwan, while Raiyanna McElmurry
received her second-dan in TKD Chung Shin Kwan. Han Kuk Mu Yea Hae founder Master
Aaron Wayne-Duke presented the applicants with their certification and black belts in front of
friends and family.
U.S. Student Wins TKD Essay Competition

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania10-year-old Victoria Freire of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania,
was recently awarded first place in the 2011 TKD Essay Competition hosted by the Korean
Cultural Center at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. Korean
Ambassador Han Duk-Soo (former Prime Minister of Korea) presented Victoria, a student at
Greenwood Elementary School, first place in the K-5th category. Victoria is a second-degree
black belt and has been training for seven years under the tutelage of Senior Master George
Heath of Dragon Martial Arts in Glen Mills and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Victorias
achievement demonstrates an outstanding commitment to, and an understanding of the
art, philosophy and practice of TKD. The award and recognition, however important,
are secondary to her feelings of achievement and personal victory, both mental and
physical.
OBITUARY
Cedar Rapids, IowaIt is with great sadness that we report
that Taekwondo Grandmaster and Pioneer S. Henry Cho
passed away March 7, 2012 in New York. Born in 1934,
the 9th Dan Grandmaster arrived in the U.S. in 1958.
He is credited with opening the first TKD school in
the United States in Manhattan in 1961. He also
was creator and head of the famous All American
Tae Kwon Do/Karate/Kung Fu Tournament
held in Madison Square Garden which featured
many notable martial artists, such as Bruce
Lee and Chuck Norris. Find out more about
Grandmaster Chos life and accomplishments by
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most is that he has stayed true to the art. He made
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35-year-old Mikael Oguz of Norway has been
training in martial arts since the age of ten.
Previously his fathers school, when Mikael was
old enough, he began to help running the Grorud
Taekwondo Club in Oslo, Norway, and when
his father later past away, Mikael became Head
Instructor of the 190-student school. Under his
leadership, he has trained several athletes onto the
National Team of Norway for several years run-
taekwondotimes.com/ May 2012
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Product
Reviews
BY AARON WAYNE-DUKE
TECH EDITION
20 May 2012/taekwondotimes.com
TORCH program Class 1-24 (part 1 of 4)

Created by 1992 TKD Olympian and Gold
Medalist Herb Perez, the TORCH program
is designed to generate interest from students
desiring to compete in tournaments and prepare for the USAT Junior Championshipsor
merely experience Olympic-style training.
The app teaches the fundamental techniques,
drills and partner drills of sport Tae Kwon Do
and is primarily marketed for those who want to
learn Jr. Olympic or Olympic TKD style sparring. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
and Android, it requires an iOS 3.0 or later.
This app is available in Itunes and the Amazon
app store.
CONTENTS:
-24 classes and other valuable
tools
-Instructors manual to accompany video lessons
-Promotional video with Olympic
footage to create excitement about
the TORCH program
-Strength and cross-training video
Cost $9.99
This app is an exciting oering from Progressive Lifestyles LLC and Gold Medalist Herb
Perez. Many TKD schools teach sparring but
this app actually gives you one-on-one instruction from an Olympic Champion. I downloaded
this app to my Motorola Droid and found it to
be pretty easy to navigate and use. The download did have one minor problem as the round
house video did not work. All other elements of
the app and programming worked well.
There is a PDF element to the app that is a
must. It outlines the rst 24 lessons and can be
printed out. I used a three-ring binder to create
a lesson plan book. It has been helpful as I make

progress through the course.
The videos are high quality and Mr. Perez
does an outstanding job of breaking down
techniques. The Nadabon (360 degree kick)
lesson was excellent. I saw students make
progress quite quickly using the instruction
methods presented.
There are four parts to this app for download. I am planning on purchasing the next
three parts. If you are looking for an excellent
sparring or Olympic sparring curriculum, I
would highly recommend you check out the
TORCH program app.
Progressive Lifestyles also produces a Judo
application in cooperation with Olympic Gold
Medalist Mike Swain.
Taekwondo
Sparring Scorer App
Developer Dylan and Co.
Price $ FREE
I found this free app on the Amazon app
store. It is a simple scorekeeper application
that allows you to enter up to ten rounds
of sparring, at up to 59 minutes per round.
Timed rest periods can also be set up for between rounds.
This app is ad supported and is fairly simple
and easy to use. There is no sound so a timer
or horn would be needed to notify participants
at the end of a round or break period.There is
not much to this app but it does what it says it
can do.
APRIL
Korean Martial Arts Hap Ki Do Academy
The Korean Martial Arts Hap Ki Do Academy, located
in Battle Creek, Michigan, and referred to by its members
simply as KMA, is the officially recognized headquarters
of the International Hap Ki Do Federation in the United
States (USIHF). Founded by Grandmaster Hee Kwan Lee
in 1980, the school is home to the official USIHF Youth
Demonstration Team and the USIHF Adult Demonstration
Team.
KMA has its roots in the style of Moo Moo Kwan Hap
Ki Do, which Grandmaster Lee began training in at age six.
Grandmaster Lee trained for years in Korea, with the ultimate goal of immigrating to the United States to teach in his
own school. In 2004, Grandmaster Lee realized his dream
when he built a state-of-the-art facility to house KMA.
In the years since arriving in the United States, Lee has
accomplished a great deal, most recently being named
the U.S. Chairman of the International Hap Ki Do
Federation, and hosting the 8th Triennial World Hap Ki
Do Championship in Battle Creek. Together with his most
senior students, Lee works to promote the martial art of
Hap Ki Do around the world.
Students at KMA benefit from outstanding leadership
GM Hee Kwan Lee
and several high quality instructors, including Master Mike

Ormstead, Master Bob Schreiner, Master Juan Rangel,
Master Rick Brown, and Assistant Master Jason Ricker, all of
whom have trained for many years under Grandmaster Lee.
From age four on up, students are taught the fundamentals
of Hap Ki Do, from high-level kicking and break-falling to
joint-locks, throws and weapons. In addition to real world
self-defense, students at KMA are also taught the finer
points of competing in Hap Ki Do competitions, such as
the World Hap Ki Do Championship, which will be held in
Battle Creek this August.
Lee has his sights set on the future of Hap Ki Do, with
the ultimate goal of making it known as a premier martial art
around the world. To that end, he has created a significant
Hap Ki Do presence in the United States and worked to
build a cadre of internationally certified Hap Ki Do referees
from the United States, Canada and Mexico. Together with
the rest of the IHF Board of Directors, Grandmaster Lee is
building a martial arts family with a strong traditional presence in North America.
For more information about the Korean Martial Arts Hap
Ki Do Academy, visit www.koreanma.com.
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MAY
Han Su Tae Kwon Do School
Grandmaster Lawrence Couch, a seventhdegree black belt, founded the Han Su Tae Kwon
Do School in 1992 in Silver Spring, Maryland as
part of his vision of Tae Kwon Do in service of
the individual and the community as a whole. The
school offers structured activities to youth and
adults in a traditionally underserved community
at no charge, in order to provide individuals with
a focus to strengthen their discipline, self-esteem
and respect, especially for potentially at-risk
youth and underserved families. Providing free
instruction opens the classes up to individuals who
may not otherwise be able to take advantage of the
opportunity. As a result, the classes include a broad
range of participants of all ages and from all walks of
life, enriching the experience for all involved.
The Han Su Tae Kwon Do School strives to create
an environment that nurtures self-discipline, selfcontrol and self-confidence in students while instilling
respect of self and others and, on a more profound
level, the integration of mind and body.
Although there is no charge for the classes,

participation does not come without a price. As
payment for the classes, all students are required
to commit to community volunteering or service.
Students are allowed to volunteer in any community
or non-profit organization that they choose. In
recent years, students of the Han Su Tae Kwon Do
School has racked up hundreds of volunteer hours in
local schools and libraries, tutoring and mentoring
programs, as well as local non-profit organizations
such as Habitat for Humanity.
The Han Su Tae Kwon Do School offers classes
for all ages and all abilities. The school is affiliated
with the World Tae Kwon Do Federation and
combines teaching the Tae Guk and Palgue Poomsae
with defensive and breaking techniques. However,
these lessons are always provided within the context
of the schools motto of Tae Kwon Do in service of
the community.
GM Lawrence Couch
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Kickin It!
By Paul Zaichik
Chamber Circles
The exercise mentioned today
will focus on the improvement of
kicking, height, speed, power, focus
and control, through the
endurance.
To demonstrate this point, lets
take one of martial arts favorite
conditioning exercises, the push
up. Imagine someone asked you to
drop down and do as many push
ups as you can. You can do all
kinds of push ups, but you have to
keep doing them. Would you prefer
to keep doing the standard plank
position, hands shoulder width, or would you vary?
Maybe youll bring your hands together or further
apart; elevate your hands or feet; add some twists; or
do them on fists or fingers. The answer is simple, you
would last a lot longer if you were to vary your push
ups. The same goes for pull ups, kicks, and punches.
Although the exercise and muscle groups are the
same, the fibers used are different. The same thing
happens when you kick. Without even knowing, you
purposely adjust how you kick in a very subtle way,
to give certain fibers a rest, before using them again.
If you watch someone throwing hundreds of the
same kicks, you will notice slight differences. The
hands may wind up more; the supporting leg may
turn more or less; the kick may become shorter or
longer; the torso may flex or twist to a higher or lesser degree. A seemingly standard kick allows subtle
variations. These variations allow the speed, power,
focus, control and other factors to remain fresh.
There are other things to consider, such as cardiovascular endurance, fuel storage and utilization, but we
will focus on one thingthe muscular endurance.
We know that there are specific muscles that
work during a particular kick. However, nature
designed us in such a way that, each function is carried out by more than one muscle. For example, there
are ten muscles that flex the hip. Hip flexion is the
action performed by the kicking leg while it is chambered. Depending on the various factors, any combination of those muscles can flex the hip. The goal
here is to develop all of them as much as possible, to
allow a variety of ways in which the hip can be flexed.
There is icing on the cake, however. Not only does
it allow you to kick longer, this type of training also
allows you to better adjust to a situation. Sometimes

you must throw a long kick, because the distance is a
bit larger than you expected; the opening is there, this
may be a perfect chance to score. Sometimes you must
kick a bit to the right or to the left, etc. It is not wise
to expect students to always throw perfect techniques.
The targets move, and the body must adjust.
There are many ways to train for the situations
stated above. Below, however, is one of the techniques
designed for this purpose; its called the chamber
circles.
The technique is rather simple. You lift a chamber

and begin to perform circles, drawing circles in the air
in both directions. To do clockwise circles, you would
lift the knee up, then down to the right, then down
to the left, then up to the left and up to the right.
Reversing the movement would be a counter-clockwise
circle.
Most martial arts styles have similar positions for
the front kick chamber. But with other kicks, like the
roundhouse kick, the chamber varies. Some chambers
come up with both hips rotated, as demonstrated
below, while others come up the same way a front kick
chamber would. For the purpose of this exercise the
position shown below should be used.
The more advanced you get, the more you may
extend the leg and perform the circles with the extended leg. Many variations of this exercise are possible,
including the partially extended leg, between the chamber and the full kick.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Paul Zaichik is an exercise science expert. His specialty is martial arts training as well as body weight conditioning. His innovative method is designed to have a maximum carry over into specific athletic techniques. A large part of his talent is to
assess an athlete and quickly understand what kind of training is needed for optimal techniques. Paul is the author of books and DVDs
on the topic of flexibility, martial arts and bodyweight training. Over the years, Paul Zaichik has worked with a variety of individuals
including athletes, entertainers, and military personnel. His ElasticSteel Method of Athletic Conditioning programs are used worldwide
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February 2012 Seoul, South Korea - World Kido Federation/Hanminjok Hapkido
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First, we have confirmed the dates and location for our 2013 Korea Trip and
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This will be the largest-scale event weve ever had and we encourage you all to attend.
(For additional details, please see sidebar)
Second, our new World Kido Federation/Hanminjok Hapkido Association headquarters
training facility in Seouls Bang Bae-dong district officially opened as of February 2012.
We have begun special training sessions with Master Scott Seo. If you are interested in
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KILLER KICKS
Wisdom of the Masters
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1st dan Taekwondo
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Age 7, Black Tip
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Vienna, WV
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By Alex Haddox
Raising Awareness
Tueller
Principle
There is an important self-defense principle that has been circulating in law enforcement training circles for decades. In the past
few years it has started taking root in civilian defensive rearms training. The training
principle has broad applications that extended
beyond rearms and apply equally to emptyhanded self-defense. It is called the Tueller
Principle, sometimes erroneously referred to as
the 21-feet/7-meter Rule.
A Salt Lake City Police rearms trainer,

Dennis Tueller, developed the principle and
subsequent training drills in 1982. The genesis
of the principle occurred during one of his
courses. A student asked how close should one
let someone armed with a club or knife get
before one was justied in using lethal force?
He did not have an answer to the question;
and there was no published research on the
subject, so he started his own investigation.
The testing led to some interesting results. The
time range for an ocer to clear leather and get

shots on a stationary target was between 1.5 and 2
seconds. He then tested the running speeds of men
and women of varying ages, sizes and athletic ability from a dead stop. He discovered that the
average time to cross 21-feet (7-meters) was
between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds. Even an old man
could clear 21-feet of open space in 2 seconds.
He published the results of his study in the
March 1983 issue of SWAT Magazine in an
article entitled How Close is Too Close?
Knives and clubs are contact weapons.
This means that they must touch the target in
order to inict damage. The Tueller Principle
demonstrates that 21-feet of clear space is still
contact distance. This has implications for emptyhanded defense. We normally think of three ranges
in martial arts: punching, kicking and safe. Our
safe range when dealing with an opponent armed
with a contact weapon just moved from 5 feet to
beyond 21 feet. At that distance it is even dicult
to determine if the attacker is wielding a knife in
a clenched st. If poor lighting compounds the
scenario, the attacker may be upon the defender

before he or she is even aware a weapon is
involved.
Our safe range just

moved from 5 feet to
beyond 21 feet.
As empty-handed self-defense practitioners,
we must account for realistic distances in our
training. Traditional techniques place weaponon-empty-hand practice in close. It is time to
literally take a few steps back from tradition.
Alex Haddox holds a Masters in Adult Education and has nearly

two decades of combined traditional martial arts training in multiple
styles including American Kenpo, Hapkido and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He
holds firearms instructor credentials, is a Level 3 instructor in Jim
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author of Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living.
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Black Belt
Beginnings
Focus on our Readers...

Black Belt Beginning tells the inspiring and motivational
stories of students climbing the rank system and achieving black belt. To submit your story of 750 words or less,
email it to press@taekwondotimes.com.
Jody L. Harlow
some of my black belt students and carried this TKD legacy on to a new calling
on my life to serve God and country as a
U.S. Army Chaplain.
God, Country & TKD

By CH (CPT) Jody L Harlow
5th Degree Black Belt
82nd Airborne Division
I began TKD at a very young age. I

was very shy and withdrawn from others. Living with a single mother raising
three boys, I didnt have a very strong
male influence in my life, which meant I
wasnt very athletic. But, TKD offered me
the foundation to develop and mature
into the man I am today.
With structure, encouragement, and
discipline I gained the confidence to
reach my goals as a martial artist. TKD
classes stretched my physical fitness
and athletic ability that later led me
to become a black belt, a certified instructor, and a national champion. My
instructor taught me life lessons and
values, such as respect, integrity, perseverance, and self-control. I carried these
values to school with me that pushed
me to become a straight-A student and
a member of the National Honor Society.
I continue to share my TKD skills and

values today with my soldiers, teaching
that hard work and discipline combined
with values, such as respect, integrity,
perseverance, and self-control, can take
them beyond where their hearts and
minds can imagine and can be applied
to any aspect of life.
Sharing a Workout
with My Kid
By Laura Probert MPT
My TKD experience inspired me to

continue training into college, and I
opened up several schools to share
the experience with others. In 2009, I
earned my fifth-degree black belt and
passed my school ownership on to
Jonathan &
Laura Probert
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Focus on our Readers...

Black Belt Beginning tells the inspiring and motivational stories of students climbing the rank system and
achieving black belt. To submit your story of 750 words or less, email it to press@taekwondotimes.com.
Six years ago my husband and I were

looking for an activity for our six-yearold son Jonathan. He was a little shy,
a little sensitive, and wasnt involved
in any activities yet. You know how we
good parents love to get our kids involved in activities these days. In hopes
of teaching them about fitness, selfconfidence, discipline and socializing
with others, we searched for activities
that would help him feel success. As
a society, we have begun to define a
successful kid with what kind of activity schedule he/she has and until this
point in time, I did not necessarily agree
with that kind of pressure to comply
with society. But as he got a little older,
I really wanted physical activity to be
an important part of his routine, for his
health, not just to put a checkmark next
to the things on my good parent list.
My career as a physical therapist and
my own athletic endeavors taught me
how important exercise was and I wanted a way to teach that to my kid.
One day we decided to take Jonathan to visit a local martial arts studio
with the intension of signing him up
for lessons, his first activity. We were
excited and he seemed to also be excited about checking it out. As we arrived at the dojo and started down the
stairway toward the entrance we all
heard the yells coming from inside. We
would later learn that what we heard
was called a kiap and it was the sound
students made while punching or kicking to gain more power in their movements. On this day the sounds were
enough to intimidate my six-year-old

and he would not take another step. He
completely refused to even go inside
for a look. Sigh. We tried to encourage
him but agreed that we would not force
it that day.
Shortly thereafter we began investigating the class schedule at our
YMCA. Jonathan was enrolled in their
aftercare program and we were used
to seeing students from the Karate and
TKD classes walking around in their uniforms in the hallways. It piqued our interest and we looked in to watch a class
or two to see if he would be interested
in trying it. Maybe the more familiar
surroundings would help him be brave
enough to do it. When I asked him if he
wanted me to sign him up he said, I will
do it if you do it with me. I never back
away from a challenge.
On December 17, 2011, six years after
we took our first TKD class together, my
son Jonathan and I earned our first-degree black belts. The courage, determination and perseverance it took to accomplish this goal was enormous, more
than I would expect an average elevenyear-old to be able to do. I was proud
beyond words. Jonathan and I attended
class once, twice and sometimes three
times a week over the last six years,
training, learning and growing in the
martial art of TKD, side by side. We have
shared workouts as well as blood, sweat
and tears together in this sport. The decision to do this with my son has been
one of the best decisions of my life. I get
BBB
to bond with my kid in the middle of a
sport that teaches us a way of life that
focuses on courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control and indomitable spirit,
the tenets of TKD.
Along with the incredible mind/
body spirit journey we have taken over
our last six years in this sport, TKD has
helped us improve our strength, flexibility, agility and cardiovascular fitness. I
am in better shape now than during the
time I trained for and ran marathons.
Not only am I stronger physically, I am
clearer mentally. The mind/body focus
in the martial arts far surpasses any
other sport I have tried. It is because of
this, I think, that our journey has felt so
profound.
Nowadays, my son has a kiap that
would surely intimidate his six-year-old
classmates. I like to think that it inspires
them instead.
Laura trains at Gentle East Taekwondo with Master John L. Holloway
in Bethesda, Maryland. This essay was
taken from her book to be published in
2012, Living, Healing and Taekwondo.
Please visit her website www.taekwondospirit.com.
The Importance of
Taekwondo Training
By Victoria Freire, age 10
In my training or experience in Tae

Kwon Do I observed many things that
are important. Among these important
things are Um Yang (opposites), respect, accomplishment, and fun. All of
these things are important values that I
learned in the dojang that apply to my
personal life.
One of these values is Um Yang. Um
Yang is opposites. Here are some examples of Um Yang that I had noticed.
We kiap loudly when doing techniques,
which means our voice is loud, however, at the same time we focus on what
we are doing which shows our mind
is silent. Another example would be
that some of us may be small and may
not be the strongest, but when we do
our techniques, we are big and strong.
Also, when we meditate, we clear our
minds so we are peaceful, but when
were punching, some people when
they punch feel aggressive. Another
thing would be is planting, as in how
much effort we put into Tae Kwon Do,
and harvesting, the results of our efforts
such as gold stars, patches, belts, trophies, pride, and so on. Well, those were
examples of Um Yang that I observed in
Tae Kwon Do.
Another important thing in Tae Kwon
Do is respect. Respect is very important,
perhaps more important than others think. For example, the lower belts
respect the teachers because they have
reached a high level in training and are
able to teach what they have learned.
Also, the teachers respect the lower
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belts as well, in many ways. Like when

the teachers answer the students curious questions. Or maybe the teachers
respect the students by patiently waiting for them to finish doing their poomsae or weapon training. The lower belts
respect the high belts (black belt and
above) because they have been training
so hard to earn their black belt.
training for seven years, I am able to tell

them.
Something else I have learned is that

the black belt is always, no matter what,
earned. Never given. Actually, sometimes if it is too warm outside to wear
our long-sleeved uniforms, we wear
black T-shirts that say Always Earned,
Never Given on the back of it. And it
is true 100%. That is because if someone just gave you a black belt than you
wouldnt have to do any hard work.
However, if you earn a black belt then
that means you have been training for
years and put a lot of effort into your
training.
At Dragon Gym, the gym or school of
martial arts I attend, I learn many important things that will help me now as a
kid and even later, as an adult. Such as:
Respecting my community, my friends,
and my family. Also, when we first warm
up, sometimes we jump rope or run or
even tumble. That helps me become
better at not just Tae Kwon Do but also
things that people practice just for fun
or to work out. Tae Kwon Do also gives
me more knowledge about the world
because most of my friends dont even
know the difference between Tae Kwon
Do and Karate, but since I have been
Another value I have learned in Tae

Kwon Do is the value of accomplishment. We can see this accomplishment
at the belt exam. At belt exams I have
learned that it is not a test, really. Before, that is what I thought it was. But
its not, belt exams just show my mas-
ter what I have learned, and if I have

proved to move up to the next belt.
There would be times when I would
be nervous, but there would also be
times that I would smile very proudly
when I would earn something. Passing
an exam in Tae Kwon Do is important
because you get a feeling of accomplishment which means you are one
step closer to your goal. For example,
in life, there are many times where you
achieve something. Once you achieve
something, you learn that if you really
work hard, and try your very best, you
can truly succeed. After you achieve
your goal you make a new one. Many
people think But what if you already
did the best that you could possibly
do? Then you dont have any more
goals in that subject, right? The correct
answer is no. There is always, no matter what situation you are in, room for
improvement.
Part of why I love to go to Tae Kwon
Do is not only to learn, but also to have
fun! Sometimes, if we work very hard at
the beginning of class, we are allowed
to play a game such as: dragonball
(dodgeball), Dragon Tails, Obstacle
Course, or maybe trying something
new! Our master is always coming up
with new games involving skill, attentiveness, and focus. Having fun is
important in Tae Kwon Do. It is important because after weeks of training or
just working hard you get, as a reward,
a few rounds of exciting games. This
is similar to going outside with my
friends at school and playing games
and having a great time.
Victoria Freire
My experiences in Tae Kwon Do

which are Um Yang, respect, accomplishment, and fun have taught me
that Tae Kwon Do can connect to my
everyday life, helping me realize why
the things we do in Tae Kwon Do are
important. I have learned a lot in Tae
Kwon Do, and I am grateful for it.
Victoria trains under Chief Master
George Heath at Dragon Martial Arts
in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. This essay
won her first place in the 2011 TKD Essay Competition hosted by the Korean
Cultural Center. Read about her being
awarded first place in the Martial Art
News this issue.
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Resistance Bands for Kick Training

Someone has asked me what I think about using resistance
And here are reasons why this TKD master is a poor instructor:
bands in kick training, specifically Myosource Kinetic Bands. (You

can see a martial arts class using these bands in the video below.)
An instructor worthy of this title doesnt turn his back on the class,
Stretch Yourself
By Thomas Kurz
especially a class of children. The first reason has to do with discihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_
pline and class control: You dont turn your back on the class because
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people, especially children, can do the craziest things when you are
not watching. This is taught to all real instructors. The second reason
Here is my answer:
is not taught to people mentally fit to be instructors because it is too

obvious: When you are demonstrating something, you have to face
With good technique, they could help. The TKD master in the
the class so students can see what you are doing, and you can see how
video is an abysmally poor instructor, so for people in his class,
they are doing it. Further, trained instructors demonstrate all moves
those things may even be harmful.
as if a mirror image of students facing them. So, when a real instructor shows a move that is to be done with a right limb, the instructor
For adding resistance to a technique to make sense, the form
does it with a left limb, so students facing the instructor dont have to
and timing of the technique have to be well learned, otherwise both
flip the image in their minds. That helps the students concentrate on
will be ruined and a bad habit will be ingrained. You can see this
the essential points of the movement and speeds up learning. With
ruining of side and roundhouse kicks by a too early application of
well-motivated and focused students, an instructor can get away with
resistance in the martial arts class shown in the video.
such backward demonstrating as this TKD masteras witnessed

in good-to-excellent results of individual instruction in Dancing with
The type of resistance is the next consideration (but no additional resistance helps until technique is learned). Each type of
the Stars, for examplebut as a rule, in large-group settings it wastes

students time.
resistance has its pros and cons. Elastic resistance slows down
movements at the end of their path when their velocity should
The class mixes grownups and children. That is a sign of incom-
be increasing. Weights offer the most resistance at the begin-
petence or desperation. In such a setting, group instruction short-
ning of the move, but then their inertia can overextend the move.
changes both young and old. Readers of Children and Sports Training
Application of the right type and amount of resistance depends
realize that.
on the weak points of the athlete in a given technique. For some

that will mean applying resistance only at the beginning phase of
The instructor has students with poor or even no technique (a
a technique, for others at the end phase. Some techniques must be
testimony to his teaching skill) practice moves they dont know with
broken into parts that can be safely done against resistance.
added resistance. More need not be said.
The bottom line: If a resistance distorts the correct technique, then
Such sights are common in martial arts, especially those imported
it should not be applied or should be applied differently, or a dif-
from the Far East. Their exotic origin and language give them an air
ferent resistance should be applied. The way to find out is to try,
of mystery, set a rigid hierarchy, and so help obscure incompetence
observe, and adjust.
of the instructors, grand and utmost masters, and gurus. There are
individuals desperate to be in charge, to be authorities, no matter how
ignorant they are of the subject. Many of those martial arts organizations give them that opportunity if they are a tad fitter and persistent
than the rest of their peers. And there are plenty of gullible
people among their peers to keep those masters in business.
Thomas Kurz is an athlete, a physical education teacher, and a Judo instructor and
coach. He studied at the University School of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
(Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego). He is the author of Stretching Scientifically, Science
of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance, Secrets of
Stretching, and Basic Instincts of Self-Defense. He also writes articles for Stadion News, a
quarterly newsletter that is available from Stadion Publishing (stadion.com or stretching.info). For self-defense tips visit self-defense.info. If you have any questions on
training you can post them at Stadions Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion at
stadion.com/phpBB2.
Grandmaster
John Pellegrini
From the Dojang to the
Battlefield
BY JULIE GREENE
randmaster John Pellegrini is no stranger

to the readers of TaeKwonDo Times, having
already been on its cover four times. A lot has
happened in his remarkable career since his rst
feature in the March 1990 issue and although
his three subsequent cover stories have kept the
martial arts community informed of his accomplishments, the last feature was in 2002, exactly
ten years ago, so it is now time to not only update
those familiar with Grandmaster Pellegrini, but
also to introduce him to a whole new generation of
martial artists who have become readers of TaeKwonDo Times in the last few years.
JG: How and when did you get

into the martial arts?
GM P: I wish I could share a fascinating story
with you and tell you that when I was six years
old I was sent to study martial arts with an old
monk on a mountain somewhere, but the reality
is far less romantic. I grew up in a working class
family in Italy; did a little martial arts informally
with friends as a teenager, thats it. I did not get
really interested until I served in the military and
received hand-to-hand combat training. When
I moved to the USA in 1970, I started serious
training (although with some period of interruption due to relocations and work schedules).
After receiving my black belt in Karate, I switched
to Korean martial arts; TKD and Hapkido, and
thats where I have been since. As an aside, I also
pursued and received a black belt in Aikido and an
Instructor Certication in Jeet Kune Do (Bruce
Lees art).
JG: Tell us about your teacher.

How long have you been with
him and have you studied with
other Masters?
GM P: Lets start with the last question. Of
course, since I have studied dierent arts, I have
had several teachers. Some have unfortunately
passed on like my Aikido teacher Toyoda Sensei,
Small Circle JuJitsus Prof. Wally Jay and Modern
Arnis Prof. Remy Presas. Others like Jeet Kune
Dos Paul Vunak are still going strong. In TKD,
I have had several Korean Grandmasters because
of my frequent relocations, but I would like to
acknowledge the late Grandmaster Jung Soo Park
as having had a strong inuence on my training.
In Hapkido, which for the past 22 years has been
my main focus, I have also had several outstanding teachers. Among them two have passed on and
I want to mention them: Grandmaster Michael
Wollmershauser and Grandmaster Kwang Sik
Myung. Since 1992, I have been with Grandmaster In Sun Seo, Founder and President of the
World Kido Federation / Hanminjok Hapkido
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randmaster Pellegrinis contribution to the United States military and its allies does not stop at teaching seminars at bases in war
zones around the world to improve the troops combat readiness and their safety. He is also a great supporter of various charities dedicated to helping our veterans. None is closer to his heart than the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization that is doing a tremendous job in helping veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who have sustained catastrophic, life-changing injuries. With a combination of
members fundraisers and his corporate donations, he has been able to donate $53,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project over the past
couple of years. Grandmaster Pellegrini vows to continue his work on behalf of our wounded heroes for many years to come.
Association.
JG: For those who are not familiar

with your teacher, would you give
us some history?
GM P: It is not my place to discuss Grandmaster
In Sun Seos history. I am not qualied to do that.
What I can tell you is that Grandmaster In Sun
Seo, who has been teaching the Korean martial
arts continuously for over 50 years, is very well
respected internationally and is considered one of
the most skilled Korean martial artists in the world.
His energy and abilities are simply amazing. But
what initially attracted me to him the most was his
incredible personality. For a man of his accomplishments and status in the martial arts, he is extremely
humble, friendly and accessible. He is also very
honest, hard-working and generous. I feel very fortunate and privileged to have been able to become
his student and personal friend. I am also very close
to his family. Grandmaster In Sun Seo has contributed to both my technical development and the
success of my career. I owe him a lot and the only
way I could ever repay him is with my strong loyalty
to him. Over the years I have seen many Masters
and Grandmasters come and go, getting what they
wanted and then moving on. Instead, my bond with
my teacher has grown stronger and our relationship
will continue to be a positive part of my life.
JG: From what I have read, the

ICHF is your largest organization,
why is that?
GM P: Yes, the ICHF is our largest organization
with over 200 schools, police departments and
military bases teaching Combat Hapkido in 12
countries. The reason for our growth is simple: we
have no competitors. We are in a class of our own
because Combat Hapkido is a proprietary system.
The name is copyrighted and only our aliated
members can teach our curriculum and issue certications. Of course, anyone can teach Hapkido, but
not our very unique style.
JG: Your passion and primary focus is the teaching and promoting
of your system, Combat Hapkido,
so why do you maintain a TKD
organization?
GM P: I have spent over 30 years studying and
teaching TKD. It is still an art I love and I am not
going to forget that. It is true that founding my
own style of Hapkido has changed the focus of my
career and absorbed most of my time. But TKD is
still the most popular martial art in the world and
there are hundreds of instructors who are looking
for our very dierent type of governing body and I
feel it is my duty to provide it.
JG: You seem to have built a small JG: What do you mean? How
empire in the martial arts industry. is the ITA dierent from other
How did you achieve that?
TKD Associations?
GM P: I would hardly call it an empire, although
I like the sound of it! What we have is a corporate
identity that encompasses and oversees several separate but connected organizations, each with a specic function. Under our corporate umbrella, each
organization is an entity created to promote, administer and service a particular area of the martial arts.
Therefore the ICHF (International Combat Hapkido Federation) is dedicated to Combat Hapkido,
the ITA (Independent TaeKwonDo Association) to
TKD, the IPDTI (International Police Defensive
Tactics Institute) to police training, etc. I do not
believe that one generic martial arts organization
can serve the needs of a very diverse community. I
believe that for a governing body and certication
authority to have credibility and legitimacy, it must
be style specic, strong but limited in scope.
GM P: The quickest way to explain is by saying

that the Independent TaeKwonDo Association
practices a hands o approach. We oer complete
autonomy of operation. The Instructor/School
Owner decides what forms to teach (ITF, WTF,
etc.), what kind of curriculum to maintain (very traditional, sport oriented, etc.), what kind of uniforms
they wear, when and how to test students, tournament participation, etc. We provide the technical
and business support and the certication process.
Thats it. This approach is not for everyone. Many
TKD instructors need and want a more hands
on style, more guidance, more direct supervision
and involvement. We understand and respect that.
The ITA is for that small percentage of instructors
who want more control of their schools and their
nances and more independence of operation. No
one was oering that and I realized that there was a
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JG: Where do you see the martial

arts industry going in the next few
years?
GM P: Like most everything else in society, the
future of our industry is tied to the state of the
economy. In fact, because of the current crisis, we
have seen almost a third of all martial arts schools
in the USA (about 6000) going out of business in
the last three years. There will always be martial arts
schools and some do very well even in the worst
economy, but for our industry to start growing
again people must return to a certain level of condence and prosperity. And here is something to consider: crime and violence in general are on the rise
again. That is always the case during hard economic
times, discontent and social unrest. Instructors and
school owners will do well to keep that in mind and
make sure they oer realistic, eective self-defense
training. Over the years too many have turned their
martial arts schools almost into daycare centers full
of kids playing Karate. Others have chosen to follow fads and become tness centers masquerading
aerobic classes as self-defense. I believe that during
tough times most people reassess their priorities
and choose serious, life-saving skills over frivolous
activities.
JG: What do you think of current

trends in the martial arts, such as
the popularity of MMA ghting?
GM P: I am not a fan of sports in general and
MMA competition and other UFC type events fall
in the sport category. There are yin/yang aspects
to this popular trend: one is that MMA ghting is

something that most people like to watch but very
few people would want to do. The other is that
the competitors are superbly trained, very skilled,
fearless ghting machines but their appearances,
language, behavior and attitude, for the most part,
do not reect the true spirit of the martial arts and
the warriors code of honor we have come to expect
from more traditional martial arts training. Gladiator sports may be here to stay as our newest form
of entertainments but they will never replace or
overtake traditional martial arts and reality based
self-defense systems.
JG: Since your last appearance on

the cover of TaeKwonDo Times
ten years ago, Combat Hapkido
has grown in popularity around
the world. Can you update the
readers on your latest accomplishments?
GM P: Yes, it has been a great decade lled with
growth, progress and exciting achievements. In
2004 in Korea, I was promoted to ninth-dan in
Hapkido by Grandmaster In Sun Seo (the rst
American to receive this rank). Also in 2004, I was
inducted into the Hall of Fame by both TaeKwonDo Times and Black Belt magazines. I have had two
books published; Combat HapkidoThe Art for the
Modern Warrior and Combat Hapkido Intelligent Self
Defense, and both have done very well. We have had
the privilege to train the SWAT team of the Costa
Rican police and the counter-terrorist unit of the
Colombian Air Force. I have introduced Combat
Hapkido in additional countries such as Norway
need for that niche in the TKD community.
JG: You have often stated that

Combat Hapkido continues to
evolve, what do you mean by that
and why does the system need
continuing evolution?
GM P: We must be careful not to confuse evolution with complete change. We are not constantly
reinventing the wheel. We are not talking about
total overhaul; we are talking about minor tweaking
and rening. Combat Hapkido is a comprehensive,
eective style, with a core curriculum that has remained successful for over 20 years. When we talk
about evolution we refer primarily to the introduction of specic components and separate areas of
specialized training. An example is the development of the International Police Defensive Tactics
Institute (IPDTI) program specically for law
enforcement and the Military Combatives Association (MCA) program for the military. In developing
these courses, we did not invent new kicks, strikes
or joint locks. We simply selected from the larger
curriculum the most appropriate and relevant techniques for that specic group. Also, in consideration
of the equipment, weapons, mission and rules of
engagement involved, we may teach dierent ways
to get into a technique or a dierent nish.
Thats one part of our evolution. The other is the
structuring and oering of what we call component
programs that complement our basic curriculum
but require in-depth study, additional training
and special instructor certication. Because of the
extraordinary skills and talent of the directors of
these components, they have become very popular
in the past ve years and they have been recently
expanded.
JG: Tell us about these components and their directors.

GM P: Master David Rivas is in charge of our
unique Ground Survival program that focuses not
on sport grappling but on defensive techniques for
the real world. Fighting on the ground in the street
is brutal and extremely dangerous. Combat Hapkido Ground Survival teaches you how to survive
and get back up quickly. Master Mark Gridley is in
charge of our Tactical Pressure Points program. He
was able to turn a vast, complex and dicult subject
into an exciting, easy to learn and practical program
by stripping away the misinformation, mystical baggage and hype normally associated with this topic.
He has made the tactical application of pressure
points in self-defense available to every student.
Both directors have over 20 years of martial arts
experience. They are both Master Instructors in
Combat Hapkido and have black belt rank in other
arts. Both programs have complete curriculum on
state-of-the-art DVDs, seminars conducted by the
directors of the program and an instructor certication process.
JG: You also promote other components not included in the ofcial curriculum of the ICHF.
What is the dierence?
GM P: We distinguish between our internal
components and what we call external, because they
are not controlled or directed by our headquarter
oce. They are recommended areas of study but
they are independently operated by their respective
instructors and may even have their own separate
governing body. A good example is Grandmaster
Mark Shuey, Sr. and his CaneMasters organization.
Several years ago we formed an alliance and I agreed
to turn all cane training and certications to him.
GM Shuey is a world authority on the use of the
cane and he also manufactures them. It has been a
benecial arrangement for both of us. More recently, two of our Master Instructors have developed
programs to compliment our training and reach out
to a wider audience. Master Donald Moore in Chicago is now oering a very special Tai Chi-Qigong
course with great health benets and the potential
to attract the growing senior community to our
schools. Here in Phoenix, Master Chaz Turner
has created an exciting program (called ACT) of
advanced, dynamic combat strategies focusing on
striking and kicking. Everyone can integrate them in
the Combat Hapkido curriculum and they will be
particularly welcome by those interested in Kickboxing, Muay Thai or MMA. Those are examples
of external programs run independently from our
corporate oce.
JG: It appears to me that by having experts in dierent aspects

of self-defense and oering your
members specialization and certication in those areas, you are ensuring that they receive the most
up-to-date, in-depth training and,
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as a result, will be less likely to go

to another organization to cross
train.
GM P: That is true and it is a fortunate byproduct of our philosophy, but the primary goal was
always to provide the most realistic and eective
self-defense training. That was also the reason for
establishing the other organizations such as the
International Police Defensive Tactics Institute
for law enforcement and the Military Combatives
Association for the military. They require, need and
deserve training and techniques designed specically for them and relevant to their mission and not
some generic Karate training that will probably
do more harm than good. For too long martial arts
instructors without the proper training, experience
and understanding have oered the law enforcement and military community a one size ts all approach to empty hands combat. Finally, in the past
few years, things have begun to change with competent instructors introducing more reality-based
styles. I remember a time when you could count on
the ngers of one hand (or maybe two) the number
of instructors teaching realistic and specic techniques for those groups. Now, so many claim to be
reality-based instructors, that we are experiencing a
virtual epidemic.
JG: Why do you think that, in

view of how many women are
victims of violence, we do not
have more women studying selfdefense?
GM P: If I had the answer to that question I would
be a millionaire consultant to the martial arts industry. The truth is that all of us, instructors, school
owners and managers, have debated for years the
reasons why the average ratio in martial arts schools
is 70% male and 30% female, while women are 50%
of the population. All the speculations about demographics, psychology, physiology, sociology and
culture have provided insight into the problem and
many valid observations, but no solutions. We have
tried many approaches over the years, but the statistic remains the same. I do not know if it can ever
change and it is a shame because, as you indicated,
women do need self-defense training probably more
than men.
JG: Are certain styles better for

women and is Combat Hapkido
one of them?
GM P: That is a hard question to answer because,
as you know, most of the time it is not about the
style, it is about the practitioner. Physical tness,
skill level, mindset, determination, courage and other attributes are what ultimately decide the outcome
of an attack, not the martial arts style. Having said
that, my opinion is that certain martial arts are better suited for women than others (I can already hear
the chorus of disagreements and controversy that
this comment will generate!). Generally speaking,
women will do better in softer styles such as Aikido
and Hapkido than harder styles such as Shotokan
or Isshin Ryu, where physical strength and power
are more dominant. However women, especially
younger ones, also do well in hard styles such as
TKD, Tang Soo Do and Kickboxing. But all this is
not to say that a woman should not study Jeet Kune
Do, Kenpo or whatever art she chooses because
it may be too hard or too physical. It is up to the
person, her abilities, level of commitment and goals.
Also consider that it really is the same for men:
body type, training regimen, objectives and cultural
factors will ultimately inuence the choice of style
they make. I am the perfect example. I thrived rst
in TKD and then in Hapkido for many of the
reasons we just mentioned. In some other styles, I
would not have lasted a month.
JG: What do you think we can

do to attract more women to selfdefense classes in martial arts
schools?
GM P: Some things we can do as instructors are to
create a more inviting and welcoming environment
in our schools. A non-threatening, non-intimidating
atmosphere with instructors who do not display
that silly macho posturing that turns people o. I
am not saying here that we should treat women as
delicate owers or that they should be pampered in
a special way. I am just saying that we must be sensitive to the fact that culturally most women were
raised dierently (I remember getting into st ghts
with kids in my neighborhood when I was seven
years old!). Also remember that some of them have
already been victimized in situations of domestic
violence. Some of the ways we may be able to bring
more women to classes are: having more female instructors, having women-only classes, making sure
that the techniques and the teaching methodology
are consistent with their goals, needs and abilities.
and Dubai. We have published three new manuals,

one for Combat Hapkido, one for TKD and one
for pressure points. I have also been featured on the
cover of eight martial arts magazines around the
world. It has been rewarding. On a personal level,
both my wife Trina and my son Frank have nally
become black belts in Combat Hapkido.
JG: What do you consider the

greatest achievements of your
martial arts career?
GM P: What I consider the greatest accomplishment of my martial arts career is not one of the
magazine covers, Hall of Fames and other awards I
have been honored to receive. What has meant the
most to me has been the opportunity to have been
able to train our troops in Afghanistan in 2006 and
Iraq in 2008. Very few people have had the privilege
to have such an experience. My time with the U.S.
and Allied Troops in both war zones is something
that I will cherish and be proud of for the rest of my
life. The young (and some not so young) men and
women in the military deployed to those far and
dangerous lands are true warriors and true heroes
and I was honored to spend time among them
and to make a positive contribution to their safety,
combat-readiness and morale.
JG: Whats your secret to success?

GM P: There is no secret. The martial arts are just
like any other area of human endeavor. If you want
to do it professionally, full-time (as opposed to a
part-time hobby), you must treat it as a business
and the key (not the secret) to success in business
is hard work, honesty and passion. Thats it. Treat
others the way you want to be treated, be strong but
fair. Give leadership, but do not become a greedy tyrant. I practice these simple principles and it works
for me.
JG: I understand that 2012 is an

important year for the ICHF.
GM P: In a few months, on November 10, at the
Marriott hotel in Phoenix, we will be celebrating
the 20th Anniversary of the ICHF with an exciting event that will make martial arts history. It will
be a martial arts festival with seminars by some of
todays most famous celebrity instructors; exhibits;
the release of two new books and an Award Gala
Banquet. We expect hundreds of attendees from

around the world. We are very proud of our record
over the past 20 years. While many associations
have come and gone, we have stood the test of time
as a stable, reliable and trusted member of the Korean martial arts community.
JG: What plans do you have for

the future?
GM P: I am not big on long-term plans. I let my
inspiration, creativity and the practical realities of
everyday life guide me to what I want to do next.
However, you can be sure of one thing: There will
be more evolution, more accomplishments, more
growth and maybe in ten years, youll have to write
another article about it.
The Phoenix Airport Marriott hotel will be the site of a historical martial arts event when Grandmaster Pellegrini will
host a Martial Arts Festival and a Gala Awards Banquet
on Saturday, November 10, 2012, to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the founding of the International Combat
Hapkido Federation, one of the largest Hapkido organizations in the world. Hundreds of Combat Hapkido students
and instructors from over a dozen countries are expected to
attend and join a star-studded roster of martial arts legends
and celebrities, such as Bill Superfoot Wallace, George
Dillman, Cynthia Rothrock, Christine Bannon-Rodriguez,
Alan Goldberg, Maurice Elmalem, Hank Garrett, Don the
Dragon Wilson, Karen Shepherd and many others. The
event will also feature the release of the Whos Who in Combat Hapkido lineage book. The event is open to all martial
artists, even if they are not members of the ICHF.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Julie Greene is Americas SelfDefense and Personal Safety Coach and is the creator and author
of DEFY the Bad Guy book and seminars, which teach women
powerful, yet practical self-defense strategies and techniques. Formerly Head Instructor at Action Arts Academy in Hampton,
Virginia, she has earned her third-degree black belt in TKD and
is working on her second-degree black belt in Combat Hapkido.
She has trained as a R.A.D. Systems instructor and is a licensed
instructor for the International Police Defensive Tactics Institute.
She has studied and reached instructor level in the Combat
Hapkido Ground Survival and Tactical Pressure Points programs.
She is a member of the Association for Womens Self-Defense
Advancement. Julie graduated cum laude with a Bachelors
degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg,
Virginia.
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through the next four years, and to improve USATs value

equation for both current and future members to help stimulate continued membership growth.
What are your future plans/dreams for the USAT and
TKD in the U.S.?
An Interview with Eric Parthen

New CEO of USA Taekwondo
INTERVIEW BY LAURA STOLPE
Please tell our readers a little about yourself and your background in sports/martial arts?
Ive been fortunate enough to spend the last 16 years of my
career in various leadership positions within the Olympic
Movement. Those experiences include two separate stints at
the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) totaling 12+ years and
three years as the Executive Director at USA Boxing. In my
various roles with the USOC, I worked closely with the Board
of Directors and staffs of USA Taekwondo (USAT), USA
Judo and USA Karate and ultimately served as Chairman of
USA Karates transitional Board of Directors for a period of
nearly two years.
You took over leadership of the USAT less than six months
ago, what have been some of your challenges with this new
role? What are your top priorities?
USATs Board of Directors brought me in to provide leadership to the organization following the resignation of their previous CEO (David Askinas). At the time, USAT was in a period of transition that included some significant staff changes,
financial stresses and governance challenges. In working with
the Board of Directors, my biggest challenge has been stabilizing the operations of USAT while maintaining our focus heading into an Olympic Year which included qualifying a full team
for the 2012 Olympic Games at the Pan American Olympic
Qualification Tournament in Queretaro, Mexico, November
17-20, 2011. In spite of the distractions, USAT is proud that
we are only one of five countries worldwide that qualified a full
team for London (not including GBR as they are given a full
team as the host country).
USATs top priorities moving forward are to continue to support athletes at all levels, especially at the elite level as we gear
up for the 2012 Olympics, conduct elections in Q1/Q2 to
repopulate our Board of Directors, help lead USAT through
comprehensive governance reform over the next 18 months,
develop a long-term strategic plan to help guide USAT
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My dream for USA Taekwondo is to become a true national

governing body for both the sport and art of Tae Kwon
Do. This will require USAT to engage both our current
members and those that arent members so that we have a true
understanding of what we as an organization need to focus on
to better meet the needs of the Tae Kwon Do community.
Will the London 2012 Games be your first Olympic experience? What are your thoughts on the U.S. players chances
in the upcoming Games?
Ive been very blessed in my career and London will be my
8th Olympic Games. Each one has been special for different
reasons. Im confident the 2012 Olympics will be equally as
special largely due to the success that our athletes will experience in London. My goal for the Olympics is always to put
the athletes in a situation that allows them to reach their full
potential. Im confident that well do that as we will be one of
the most prepared teams in London thanks to the efforts of
our world-class coaches and High Performance staff, including
our Team Leader, medical staff, training partners, etc. and the
support of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Our team will be
further supported by the team behind the team, including the
rest of USATs staff and Board of Directors, our 15,000 members, family, friends, and the American public in general.
Lastly, what is your message to current members of the
USAT or other martial artists that are looking for an organization?
USA Taekwondo is the only Tae Kwon Do governing body
recognized by the United States Olympic Committee. While
that is clearly a differentiating factor, we are not satisfied with
that alone. As mentioned before, our goal is to become the
true national governing body for both the sport and art of
Tae Kwon Do. That will require us to develop new programming and better service our membership, which will be a focus
of USAT over the next 12 to 18 months. We are anxious to
assume a leadership position in the Tae Kwon Do community
to better develop all levels of Tae Kwon Do. By taking on this
leadership position, we will be open to anyone who wants
to help us grow the sport. Finally, I want to close by thanking TaeKwonDo Times for the opportunity to talk about Tae
Kwon Do, but more importantly, I want to thank the millions of people both in the United States and worldwide who
dedicate themselves to the betterment of Tae Kwon Do. That
includes athletes, coaches, masters, grandmasters, referees, volunteers, administrators, club owners, parents and anyone else
that works to promote and grow Tae Kwon Do.
An Interview With John Seiber

USA Taekwondo Referee Chairman
minimize mistakes in the ring. As referees, were not perfect
but we have to try to be.
There has been some discussion about using chest protectors in
sparring. What are your thoughts? Do you feel that the current
brand being utilized by the USAT is perhaps at a higher standard than others the USAT has used in the past?
Laura Stolpe: You have a good reputation in the TKD community. A lot has taken place since the transition from the
USTU (United States Taekwondo Union) to the USAT (USA
Taekwondo). What problems/challenges were faced in the earlier days and what are your challenges as Chairman today?
John Seiber: At the time that the USTU transitioned to
USAT, I was not the Referee Chairman. Master Barbara
Wakefield was the Interim Referee Chair at that time; she
was instrumental in getting several veteran referees to return
and support the organization. Masters John Holloway and
Leon Preston filled the position as Co-Chairs after Master
Wakefield for several years until my appointment in mid-2010.
My main focus has been on standardizing our training curriculum, and providing more opportunities for referees to improve
their skills. In addition to lots of seminars; weve expanded
on the Referee Camp program that was started by Masters
Holloway and Preston, and are taking them out to each of
our five regions. This makes it easier for referees to attend
and lowers the cost as well. Im very enthusiastic about these
weekend camps, where referees get to be videotaped during live
matches and receive instant feedback; Im happy to say weve
gotten excellent feedback from everyone whos attended.
This is a very large country and I knew I would need solid
support to accomplish our goals. As I mentioned, were now
operating with a regional structureone region for every 10
states. The team consists of five Referee Vice-Chairs: Masters
Seung Hwan Kim, Anne Ku, Jim Montgomery, Bernard
Robinson and Ron Rose.
When I became Referee Chair, it had been awhile since we had
a formal Code of Operations. Most of the work to put this
document together had been done by my predecessors, but we
were able to make some changes and get it officially adopted.
Among other things we have changed the way we evaluate all
of our USAT referees at events; and a process for ranking our
International Referees, so that selection to key events such as
team trials and the U.S. Open is based on merit and nothing
else.
As far as fixing problems, I think you have to be willing to listen to coaches and other parties with an open mind. Obviously,
we can always get better, and we are constantly striving to
I certainly am in favor of electronic chest protectors. Recently

the WTF has chosen Daedo as the chest protector that will be
used for the Olympics in London. We just completed Phase 7
of our Olympic Trials using this chest protector, and, speaking
for the officials, were very pleased with the systems performance. All systems have their pros and cons.
The last Olympic Games saw some misconduct from a Cuban
TKD player. What do you recommend to Olympic athletes and
referees in order to avoid this kind of misconduct?
The better every athlete and referee knows and understands
the rules, the fewer the opportunities for a deplorable situation such as we saw in the last Olympics. Hopefully, weve
learned from that incident, and wont see that kind of misconduct in the future.
What are your thoughts on the refereeing that has led up to the
London 2012 Games? What are your thoughts on how referees
are chosen for the Games themselves?
From what Ive seen, the selection process has been scrupulously fair, and the referees working the events leading up to
the Games are truly the best in the world. As in any sport,
errors can be madebut this group makes very few. With
video replay now in effect the coaches certainly have the
opportunity to challenge what they think may be an error,
and this has also increased the confidence that our world-level
games are as fair as they possibly can be.
What are your goals and dreams for the future of refereeing in
TKD?
While its true that not everyone can make it to the
Olympicseither as an athlete or as a refereethe path to
success for a referee is wide open. A dedicated and capable referee is able to advance to the highest levels of our sport.
Im thankful to have had the opportunity to travel all over the
world as a referee doing something that I love; I still think it
is the best seat in the house. My goals and dreams are to be
as good a referee as I can be and to help other referees achieve
their own goals. Through good officiating I want to help our
coaches and athletes improve, so they can continue to bring
home the medals.
taekwondotimes.com/May 2012
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An Interview with Bae, Jhong Shin

Chairman of the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation
massive Taekwondowon (formally called Taekwondo Park, Won means

Institute) is currently under construction in Muju, Korea. Taekwondowon
stands for the complex where Tae Kwon Do related facilities and objects are
all gathered to achieve the optimal goal of One world through Tae Kwon
Do. The project is being overseen by the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation
based in South Korea. I spoke with the Chairman, Bae, Jhong Shin, to find
out more about this sanctuary being built in the homeland of Tae Kwon Do.
WHAT PERCENT
AGE OF THE TAE
KWONDOWON IS
COMPLETED AND
WHEN WILL IT
ALL BE FINISHED?
The Taekwondowon, a gathering place for all Taekwondoists as well as a center of education, training
and research, is now 34.4% completed and is scheduled to open in September 2013.
The Taekwondowon will

have three zones-Body,
Mind and Spirit.
Bae, Jong Shin
Chairman of the Taekwondo
Promotion Foundation
WHAT COMPONENTS
WILL THERE BE IN THE
TAEKWONDOWON?
The Taekwondowon is composed of three themed zones: Body

(experience), Mind (education & training) and Spirit (symbolic). The Body Zone is a public space where people can experience and enjoy Tae Kwon Do. There will be a Taekwondo
arena (5,000 seats), indoor auditorium (500 seats),
Taekwondo Museum, Taekwondo Experience Center, poomsae
sculpture park, etc. The Mind Zone is a space for Tae Kwon
Do practitioners to train and study Tae Kwon Do. There
will be an international training institute (World Taekwondo
Academy, 1,400 capacity research institute, outdoor training
site, etc. The Spirit Zone is a space for Tae Kwon Do grandmasters to find the spiritual value of Tae Kwon Do. There
will be Taekwon-jeon for Tae Kwon Do rituals and interaction
among grandmasters and trainees, and Myeongin-kwan for
networking activities of grandmasters.
HOW WILL YOU BE

ANNOUNCING THE
GRAND OPENING OF THE
TAEKWONDOWON TO THE
WORLD?
TPF will hold a series of presentations to distribute
information about the Taekwondowon to Tae Kwon
Do athletes, coaches and masters on the various occasions. The press will also be invited to look around the
Taekwondowon in advance. A multilingual website will also
be run so that Tae Kwon Do people around the world can
get details of the Taekwondowon easily and can experience
the Internet Taekwondowon. TPF will also send regular
newsletters to subscribers. Furthermore, TPF will host a
number of events with other Tae Kwon Do organizations
and various Internet services to further spread the information about the Taekwondowon.
WHAT WILL THE MUSEUM

PORTION HOLD?
The Taekwondo Museum at the Taekwondowon is expected to
be the first Taekwondo museum in the world. The Taekwondo
Promotion Foundation (TPF) has compiled numerous Tae
Kwon Do materials and is planning to show them to the world
at the Museum. The Museum would be the most appropriate
place to learn about the history, spirit and philosophy of Tae
Kwon Do through specialized high-standard exhibitions. We
believe every visitor to the Museum will be able to understand
the principles of Tae Kwon Do and its superiority. The Hall of
Fame in the Museum is to remember Tae Kwon Do celebrities
who have contributed to the enhancement of Tae Kwon Do
in the world. The Hall will be a core site of the Taekwondo
Museum to inspire Taekwondoists self-esteem.
WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE

PLANS AND DREAMS FOR
THE TAEKWONDOWON
ONCE IT IS OPENED?
We would like to make the Taekwondowon as a mecca
and hub of world Taekwondoists. It will be the center of
training, education and academic research on Tae Kwon
Do. In addition, we wish to honor outstanding Tae Kwon
Do figures and their holy spirits by preserving a symbolic
space of honor at the Taekwondowon. We also hope the
Taekwondowon will be a popular tourist attraction to
experience various Korean cultures. With this in mind,
TPF has exerted its utmost to develop diverse and differentiated cultural programs.
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Sometimes we make the mistake of drawing too general of a
conclusion from the given information. Notice that this is different from drawing too dramatic of a conclusion, as we talked about
last time, but it is closely related. Under this group, we find all the
instances where we make one or two mistakes, and then we tell ourselves things like, I always . . . or I never . . . Universal claims like
that are usually the easiest kind to disprove. Really? You never, ever
resist having soda with your lunch? (Substitute whatever it is you
tend to tell yourself you never or always do.) When you see yourself
falling for that, just step back and reflect for a minute. Often, if you
actually think about how often you succeed, you can see the faulty
thinking more easily.
Inconsistent Interpretation
Here there are actually two different kinds of mistakes that
we can fall into. The first is focusing on just the negative side of
things. The second is disqualifying or minimizing the positive side
of things. It makes a world of difference, for instance, whether you
sit around thinking about how much you miss the tasty, sweet junk
food you are cutting out of your life rather than focusing on how
great youre going to feel (or have started feeling already) when you
are in better shape and have more energy.
On the flip side, there are the instances where you have done
something positive, but you downplay it. Oh, sure, but that was
before I had so many customers/accounts/kids, or It was easy
to get in a workout every day in the summer, because I could go
outside.
The key here is to be consistent and fair. In these kinds of scenarios, we are, instead, using the binoculars in opposite directions
to make one set of cases look bigger than they are, and to make
another set of cases seem even smaller than they are. Treat them
both the same way.
Young girls with messed-up ideas about how beautiful they are
and what constitutes a healthy lifestyle often grow into women who
continue to beat themselves up unfairly. There are surveys showing that women say an amazing number of negative things about
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ugly. 90% of women aged 15 to 64 want to change at least one aspect
of their appearance, most of all their body weight, according to an
international survey. At the point where any instrument shows that
90-97% of the people measured are broken, we need to recalibrate the
instrument.
Some of these things are fueled by the particular missteps in logic
that we have talked about, but we all have to be aware that those
things are much more vague and that the problem is amplified by
the barrage of messages coming at our girls even while theyre still in
grade school. Did you know that an average U.S. woman is about 54
tall and weighs around 140 pounds, while the average U.S. model is
511 and weighs 117 pounds? That gap does not create a problem
with logical thinking; rather it creates a general context of inaccurate
expectations. That has to be resisted with objectivity and critical
thinking skills, with positive, objective feedback on what is healthy
(which is not a case for excusing poor eating at the other end of the
spectrum), and with strong role modeling.
Every day when I step into a classroom, or sit down with a client,
I have those numbers in the front of my mind, and I act as if I saw
them hurting themselves with their fists the way they are hurting
themselves with their poor reasoning. I hope you can do the same. As
always, I look forward to hearing your experiences with a topic as well
as your successes. Until next time remember: What you put into your
body determines what you put into your punch.
Erik Richardson is a Certified Sports Nutritionist in Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, where he practices two different martial arts. With
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Women are dangerous in more ways than one

With a little practice, we can block some of these kicks and
punches coming in from the outside. Unfortunately, some of the
worst damage is done on a more general level by undermining our
entire body image. In the research and in most of our experiences,
there is widespread agreement that this is particularly dangerous for
women, who become their own worst enemies.
This internal battle is being lost as early as seven years old, and
goes on all the way up the timeline. Teenage girls are three times
more likely to engage in binge/purge eating habits than boys, and
while only about 16% of kids in America are obese, among girls
aged 11 to 13, more than 50% believe they are overweight. But
thats not the worst of it: approximately 15% of our daughters,
nieces, and female studentsjust shy of one in six young women
have unhealthy attitudes about food and develop self-destructive
behaviors related to food and weight loss, including stealing laxatives, binge/purge eating, and significant calorie restriction. Keep in
mind that this is at a time when their brains are using tremendous
amounts of fuel to rewire for significant leaps in learning and maturity.
Nutrition by the Numbers
This month, lets pick up with our conversation about how

sloppy logic can convince us to let our defenses down when we
are fighting against unhealthy messages. In addition to some basic
errors in reasoning, we will also reflect a little on how general selfimage misconceptionsespecially for womencan be overpowering and why that particular battle is one we have to team up against.
By Erik Richardson
Logic is a Powerful WeaponPart II
61
A
ncient
Asian
Weapons
BY MASTER
BY
MASTTER
RG
GUY
UY E.
UY
E. LARKE
LARK
R E
very country has had highs and lows in their martial art history. Korea is no
different. While the Shilla Dynasty may be seen as the height of the region now
known as The Republic of Korea, undoubtedly the more recent Joseon Dynasty
nearly crashed the martial traditions that existed. Although the intentions may
have been good, the Confucian aspirations of favoring the pen over the sword
opened its country to invasion.
One monarch, King Jung-Jo, went against the Confucian grain and ordered a
study and analysis of the fighting methods that his country used, as well as the
methods of their enemies. From there he had the first illustrated martial arts textbook compiled detailing the results of the analysis. The result was 24 chapters
of what appears perhaps to be the first hyungs in that regions history. The set
of textbooks were entitled simply Muye Dobo Tongi or Illustrated Martial Arts
Textbook (in Korean or Hangul and in Chinese or
Hanja). The exact dates are somewhat debatable but its estimated to be the mid1700s.
If upon description or seeing images of the weapons listed below they seem
to bear some similarity to other Asian weapons, there should be no surprise.
King Jung-Jo wanted to absorb the knowledge of his nations ancestry, as well
as the best of China and Japans, so he could free his people. In many cases,
preexisting weapons were taken and modified for speed, balance and practicality.
Weapons in Order:
1. Long spear or lance
- Jang chang (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This
was a basic soft-wood spear that was used with
great versatility. It saw the end to many conflicts.
2. Long bamboo spear

- Juk jang chang (Hangul: , Hanja:
) A 20-foot bamboo spear with a long blade
used to keep foes at a distance.
3. Flag attached to spear

- Gi chang (Hangul: , Hanja: The
flag could be used to distract during combat
(much as the hairs used on the ends of Chinese
spears) when not used as a typical flag.
4. Trident
- Dang pa (Hangul:, Hanja:) As in
most other countries, Joseon devised its own
three-pronged spear for disarming and piercing.
5. Spear on horseback
- Gi chang (Hangul: , Hanja: ) The
Chinese character for this gi means on horseback.
6. Thorny (Dragon-toothed)
spear
- Nang seon (Hangul: , Hanja: ) A long
spear with thorns, hooks, and barbs adorning the
shaft to tear flesh or snag and entangle clothing
and pieces of armor. Usually poison was added
as well.
7. Two-handed sword
-Ssang su do or Jang do (Hangul: ,
Hanja: ) It was similar to the Japanese

No-dachi or the Scottish Claymore. It was
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surprisingly light and versatile. It was used in

many spinning attacks and defenses. Soldiers on
horseback were particularly vulnerable to this
weapon.
8.Short sword
- Ye do or Hwan-do (Hangul: , Hanja:
) Used in extreme close-quarters combat.
9.Japanese sword (Katana)

- Wae geom (Hangul: , Hanja:) An
erratically-sized weapon that supposedly ranged
in size according to the individuals taste and
included a small hidden knife along the hilt that
could be a dagger or tool. The form used was
Japanese in origin as well.
10.Commander sword
- Jedok geom (Hangul: , Hanja: )
It was worn around the belt like the Ye Do. It
was named after Lee Yuh-Song (a Chinese commander with Korean ancestry).
11.Shilla sword
- Bonguk geom (Hangul: , Hanja:
) According to historians, one Hwarang,
Hwang Chang-Ryang, went to Baekjae (another
kingdom) and performed a sword dance in front
of the king there at that time and killed him in
the midst of the performance. This form is essentially a Shilla Dynasty form.
12.Double sword
- Ssang geom (Hangul: , Hanja: ) A
pair of identical swords. Ssang means double.
13.Double sword on horseback

- Masang ssang geom (Hangul: ,
Hanja: )
14.Halberd
- Woldo (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This was
an improved version of the Japanese Naginata
and Chinese Kwan-Do. It is the symbol of the
legendary hero Guan-Yu from the immortal
novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
15.Halberd on horseback
- Masang woldo (Hangul: , Hanja:
)
16.Short halberd
- Hyeopdo (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This
was devised to be shorter, lighter and better for
close-quarters engagements.
17.Shield
- Deungpae (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This
was illustrated with two different weapons, a
kind of throwing sword and a spear.
18.Unarmed fighting
- Gwonbeop (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This
should be of the most relevant to readers. Striking, blocking, evasions, etc., were detailed in
several forms.
19.Staff
- Gon bong (Hangul: , Hanja: ) The
most elementary of the weapons and usually the
first to be taught.
20.Flail
- Pyeongon (Hangul:, Hanja: ) Much
like our vision of a spiked ball attached to a
chain, it resembled nunchuku with one longer
end. Many times the shorter end was decorated
with various blades or spikes to inflict maximum
damage.
21.Flail on horseback
- Masang pyeon gon (Hangul:,
Hanja: )
22.Korean polo
- Gyeok gu (Hangul: , Hanja: ) This
was a sport that was considered important for the
warrior elite and was part of imperial military
exams.
23.Equestarian skills
- Masang jae (Hangul: , Hanja:
) Masang means on horseback. Jae means
skills. This was a much higher level of horsemanship. Essentially they appear to be series of
six stunts designed to develop skill on horseback
during raids and incursions.
Bon Kuk Kum, an art I detailed a few years ago, is one of
the few arts solely devoted to resurrecting this classic
series of books. Grandmaster Jae-Sik Lee and his association can be accessed at www.bonkukkum.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Master Guy Edward Larke has dedicated

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

Kum can contact me in regards to seminars, deluxe copies of the books, posters, and contemporary textbooks.
The abridged English version of this remarkable series is
available at www.Turtlepress.com.
This article was compiled with thanks to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muyedobotongji and my
grandmaster, Jae-Sik Lee.
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I was warned by everyone before I moved to Korea, Do not lose

your passport! Do not let anyone else handle your passport! Guard
that with your life, do you have any idea how much an American
passport is worth on the streets of Korea? Basically, lose your passport and youll never be heard from again.
So Im at the airport in Korea with the Tiger Team getting
ready to embark on my first U.S. Tour. Give me your passports
and your money, was the first thing Coach said. Everyone had
to hand their passports and the little money they had over to the
coach. Surely, he did not mean me, too. But he did. No questions,
just do it.
The warning voices in my head were screaming, but I had the
opportunity to be a Tigermy heart had to tell the voices to be
quiet. My Tiger Team warm-up suit had my name embroidered on
it. That would just have to make due as my valid form of identification.
I did not understand the purpose then, but I do now. Obtaining
visitor Visas to America is no easy task. If you enter the country
with 25 people, you must return with the same 25 people, at the
same time, period. To have a teammate decide to stay a little longer
to work at a school or meet that special someone and decide to slip
away, would jeopardize the coachs ability to ever get a Visa again.
Are you traveling with any weapons? the airport attendant
asked.
Yes, yes, my teammates would say with huge smiles, many.
Of course, it is left to me to explain. We have about 40 knives,
ten machetes, six hatchets, 30 bow staffs, 15 pairs of nunchakus
and all kinds of small explosives to attach to breaking boards. And
then there was my weapon, a torn and tattered magazine that I
would appear to be just reading, minding my own business, then
roll it up tightly to use as a baton to fend off my wigged attackers
in the womens self-defense skit.
We would enter the U.S. on one coast and work our way across
the country during a six-week tour. All the schools wanted the
team for a weekend show, so we found ourselves traveling to a new
location every three to four days. The team was supported by the
Korean government, universities and corporate sponsorship, but
it was still a business. While traveling in the U.S., the team would
be hired by various schools and the members would be hosted by
student families. This arrangement not only kept costs down, but
provided a unique cultural exchange between Korean masters and
American martial arts students.
It all worked perfectly except for the time between locations.
Whether it be layovers or the time when the last location was
finished with us and the next location wasnt quite ready for us
yet. For whatever reasons, we had a lot of down time at airports. I
learned very early on, as part of the team, you could never be sure
when your next meal would be. When offered food, eat like there is
no tomorrow. You also never knew when you will have a chance to
sleep since host families were excited to have you in their home and
always had plenty of things to show you. Schools that hosted us
wanted to make sure they took full advantage of having a performing team and would keep us very busy doing shows, and shows to
promote those shows. So when we had an opportunity to sleep, we
took it, no matter where we were.
We had a unique security system for our items while we slept
on the floor in the airport. Placing all our carry-ons in a heap, we
created a circle around them. Lying down, we formed a ring placing
our head on the stomach of the teammate to our right, the teammate on the left placing his head on yours, and
so on. It created an instant pillow for each
of us and a security barrier protecting
our belongings, an alert system if
anyone attempted to break the
chain.
By Master Rondy
I am traveling a lot lately. Although I can appreciate the heightened security nowadays, Im grateful things were simpler in my
days with the Korean Tiger Team.
East Meets West
Security Check
Imagine if we were doing

that nowadays I think as I
stand off to the side with
airport security. I accidentally
left a tube of toothpaste in
my carry-on case and it is
being swabbed down by officers. They have yet to notice
I am armed with the latest
issue of TaeKwonDo Times
magazine in the side pocket.
Master Rondy is a sixth-degree black belt in WTF Taekwondo, a fourth-degree in Hapkido and a
second-degree in Kickboxing. She was the only non-Asian member of the Korean Tigers Professional
Martial Arts Team, spending two years in Korea, living in Seoul and YongIn. Master Rondy successfully
blends the cultures of a Korean teaching staff and an American management staff for her 24,000 square
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3 Exotic Tools
of Teuk Gong
Moo Sool
BY MASTER GUY E. LARKE
Embrace everything you know and create

something new
Grandmaster No-Won Park, Founder and President of the International Teuk Gong Moo Sool
Federation
reestyle martial arts emerged almost

as quickly as traditional ones in North
America. Now it seems there are more
hybrid systems than there are traditional
systems.
Out of fairness, almost every system in
human history took from various sources
and tried to improve upon the previous curriculums. Some became famous successes,
such as Shotokan Karate, while others fall
through the cracks of history.
In 1956 in a small city in South Korea,
a young fourth grader named No-Won
Park set out on his own voyage. Although
young, he began Tae Kwon Do study with
earnest. By junior high and high school
he spent every school evening and every
weekend traveling to other dojangs to learn
as much as he could.
In 1977, he was enrolled into mandatory

military service. Because of his intense background in the martial arts, he was put into an
elite special guard division where his eyes were
opened to things he never dreamt of. At the end
of his service he was asked to devise a streamlined combat method to deal with constant
threats from North Korea.
It led to a synthesis of eight arts designed to
not only eliminate a target as quickly as possible unarmed, but also to enable the use of any
item as a weapon, including a military shovel.
It was an immediate success and became a
compulsory military subject for elite military
recruits. It was named Teuk Gong Moo Sool
(Ultimate Martial Arts).
As time went on Grandmaster Park began to
look beyond the walls of the military barracks
and towards his country as a whole. He saw the
slowly degrading physical condition of his fellow South Koreans and their lack of focus. He
saw the need for genuine martial arts training
that really could build the mind, body and spirit
and not just give lip service.
In addition to his explosive self-defense
art of Teuk Gong Moo Sool, he began to put
together a detailed exercise program thatpeople
of any age and condition could benefit from. It
resembled yoga or aspects of Tai Chi Chuan,
but had its own flavor. He named the system
Moo-Ee Dan Gong (Special Skills for Health).
Between the two arts of Teuk Gong Moo
Sool and Moo-Ee Dan Gong a large number of
weapons were borrowed or created from the recesses of GM Parks imagination. To detail each
would take far too long. Instead I chose a few of
the more esoteric. They are as follows:
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Chil-jee-do
7 Knives
This was a chance discovery. Upon visiting a
famous weaponsmith, he saw that the sword
maker had actually made life-sized replicas of
the ancient Korean (Baek-jae Dynasty) symbol
known as the Chil-jee-do. Nowadays it is borrowed for logos for various businesses, educational institutions and even Kumdo academies.
GM Park hefted a pair of them and began to
move them around, feeling their weight and
balance. He let the knives lead him. He began
writhing, circling and turning as if he were a
great snake or dragon. After ordering a number
of sets he began to use it as a tool for conditioning.
He developed three ways to use it:
a)To develop muscular strength and endurance.
b)To develop sensitivity, emotionally and physically.
c)To help develop a sense of strategy.
As a weapon, 20% of the techniques are
stabbing motions, as it is primarily a defensive
weapon used in circular and twisting motions.
Bahn-tae
To Return & To Smash
It looks like an octagonal or round stick with
a long cord attached to one end. It can be used
as a surprise to gain an edge over an attacker
just out of normal reach, especially since you
can train to have it boomerang back to you. If
you have a pair and loop the cords together
you have a very large range that would shock
the most-seasoned street fighter. It can also
be used in assisting in joint locks, using both
the rope and the stick. It is actually a very old
weapon that GM Park was taught in his youth.
Pah-dong-gum
Energy or Wave Sword
Perhaps historical, perhaps not, the wave
sword was designed (or reinvented) by GM
Park. As his background lies in the Special
Forces, he was always thinking of multiple uses
for every item. He wanted a weapon that could
not only cut and slash, but also double as a tool
that could chop and saw; a survival knife of
sorts. The pah-dong-gum was the result.
This one or two-handed blade seems to be a
typical Korean blade, save a subtle wavy edge.
It can deal nasty wounds when it cuts through
the air like a serrated knife.
More detailed information can be seen at www.tgms.

or.kr. Books, DVDs, uniforms, and information on instruction and certification can be found there.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Master Guy Edward Larke
has dedicated his life from a young age to the pursuit
of the martial arts, Asian culture and hopology. It led
him to Korea in 2000 and has lived there since. He
lives in Seongnam city with his wife Gi-Ryung and
son Alexander. He holds black belts in Tae Kwon
Do, Hapkido, Taekkyon, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Korean
kickboxing, Karate-do, Wushu, Cheonji-muye-do,
and various other arts. Currently he teaches Tae
Kwon Do, Karate and Cheonji-muye-do full-time in
addition to writing for various magazines and running
Kisa-Do Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at
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By Master James Theros
Transformation
Most human beings want to be better, stronger
people. If that were not true, people wouldnt go on
diets or enroll in college; and people wouldnt make
those dreaded New Years resolutions.
Most people realize that they could improve themselves. They join gyms and modify their daily habits
in hopes of getting better results. Albert Einstein said
that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again but expecting a different result.
In order to get a different result you must start
with a different habit. If, for example, a person wants
to stop smoking, the person must replace the habit of
smoking with a different and better habit.
This requires a change in their mindset. The person must first get to the point where they are fed up
with smoking and come to the realization that smoking is a very unhealthy habit to practice (as well as
an expensive one), and then go about putting something else in the place of a cigarette in their mouth.
Chewing gum is an often-used alternative for smoking
and many former smokers swear by it.
When a smoker comes to the decision to change
their habit of smoking, and replaces it with the new
habit, there will be a period of discomfort. This is a

critical time in the transformational process and can
either make or break the persons efforts of transforming themselves.
Albert Einstein said that the

definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over
again but expecting a different
result.
The same thing goes for someone who is attempting
to start eating healthier and exercising more. There is
a strong temptation to continue eating the offending
foodsusually fried foods and/or fattening condiments
such as mayonnaise, sour cream, or tartar sauceor to
continue drinking beverages that are loaded with sugar
or alcoholic beverages that are known to cause weight
gain, such as beer.
It can be a stressful, painful, quite uncomfortable
experience to stay the course when a person begins to
feel the cravings for the foods and drinks that they have
become accustomed to ingesting.
When a person who is addicted to drugs makes the
decision to clean up their lives, it is usually not an easy
process. The person will have to put measures in place
to keep others from enabling them; and these others
will have to struggle right along with the addicted person. Its usually just as painful for the others involved
because they will have to deal with a very upset,
stressed-out person who will do just about anything to
get the drug back into their system (including lying and
stealing). If the others give in to the pressure then there
will be no transformation at all. Without the struggle,
there is no change.
Transformation takes patience, discipline and perseverance (on the part of the person wishing to make the
transformation and the people involved in assisting that
person). Very few transformations are done alone.
The beginning stages of transformation are usually
quite manageable, since both parties have agreed on
making the journey. However, when things begin to
get tougher, many people re-evaluate their initial
goal of beginning the transformational journey.
It is at this point that those people involved in
assisting with the transformation remain strong
and in control (these people can be anyone who helps

with financial support or transportation, as well as
teachers, parents and relatives or close friends).
There will always be a period of discomfort and
stress for everyone involved. These are the obstacles on
the road to success and should be expected. When a
person makes the decision to transform themselves (or
their child, with helping the child gain more confidence
in themselves, for example), they should look ahead and
plan for these obstacles in advance.
What possible obstacles will there be? More importantly, what will a persons response to those obstacles
be when they come up; not if they come up, when they
come up.
In the martial arts world, many parents enroll their
children with the hopes of improving their focus and
self-discipline; yet, when the instructor fails a student
on a test (or indicates that the student is not ready to
promote), oftentimes the parents will attempt to sway
the instructors decisions or look for an exception of
some sort.
When this happens, the parents (who usually mean
well) are simply trying to relieve some short-term stress

by keeping their child happy. If the instructor gives in,
or the parent makes the decision to remove the child
from the program, then the original goal of improving
focus and self-discipline have just gone out the window.
In order to get results there will be struggle. There
are no shortcuts to success. Lasting success and true
transformation happen through a process. That process
involves struggle and setbacks. Be patient and learn to
embrace the struggle. Most human beings want to be
better, stronger people. If that were not true, people
wouldnt go on diets or enroll in college; and people
wouldnt make those dreaded New Years resolutions.
Most people realize that they could improve themselves. They join gyms and modify their daily habits in
hopes of getting better results. Albert Einstein said that
the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again but expecting a different result.
In order to get a different result you must start with
a different habit. If, for example, a person wants to stop
smoking, the person must replace the habit of smoking
with a different and better habit.
Master James Theros has been training since 1976 and has owned and operated Level 10 Martial Arts College in Indianapolis, Indiana since 1995. Master
Theros teaches Traditional Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido and is the worlds foremost authority on Korean Kung Fu in the United States. He is the author of Korean
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reason is that in combat the individual becomes more important than the style. Imagine going into the cage weighing 225
and choosing to attempt a 360 spin kick. While the 360 kick
is certainly beautiful to watch it has a very brief window of
opportunity and therefore is less useful in reality fighting.
Rather that choosing to look like one is performing a style,
the individual must choose to survive. Survival means using
what works regardless of the cultural background (Korean/
Japanese/Chinese/American, etc.).
Skills are important in MMA, but fitness and nutrition
are just as important. Perhaps the best-built martial artist
of all time was Bruce Lee. Lee was little more than stacked
muscle upon bone. At minimal body fat Lee was the product
of intense and lifelong conditioning. He ate only foods and
supplements to supercharge his body. His performance training was dedicated to achieving the highest expression of speed
and power possible for a 135-pound athlete.
Preparation is an important component to success and
Lee was well prepared to fight. So how would he fare in the
MMA cage? Most would agree that he would quickly win
the world title for his weight class and dominate his division.
Lee was schooled in tactics for stand up fighting. While most
martial artists of his day loathed the sport of boxing, Lee was
an avid student of the game. He was a fan of world champion
Muhammad Ali and would show films of Ali in a mirror so he
could better adapt to a southpaw stance (using the right hand
as lead).
Bruce Lee studied the clinch position as well as ground
grappling. In the opening of his famous movie Enter the
Dragon, Bruce Lee presents a competition that
includes the essentials of modern MMA competition: two men pitted together in an arena. As the
fight begins, the fighters are in stand up range where
punches and kicks rule. Quickly the range changes to
clinch position in which the fighters are now holding
and hitting as though they could finish the fight with
one lucky blow. From the clinch the fighters naturally
end up on the ground as one fighter gains position
and balance over the other. The match ends in submission and Bruce Lees opponent taps out.
Could Bruce Lee win the UFC? Lee was fully
prepared in the skills of stand up, clinch and ground.
Moreover, Lee had prepared himself with proper
nutrition, physical resistance training and cardio conditioning. To become a champion MMA athlete one must possess the knowledge and develop the attributes to compete in
all-out combat. Bruce Lee was the original model of an MMA
fighter. His legend is well deserved.
MMA & You
Bruce Lee has rightfully been identified as the

Grandfather of MMA by UFC president Dana White and
others in the MMA field. In Lees system of Jeet Kune Do,
Bruce Lee maintained that principles have no boundaries
and therefore the art of fighting should have no styles. Lee
felt that as soon as we begin to identify a style with certain
kicks and certain strikes, forms and routines, we begin to set
boundaries which set limitations on the performance of the
art. How many times have we watched a black belt perform
a series of kicks, not because they are effective, but because
his/her style is best identified with a specific routine?
When the black belt chooses to follow the dictates of the
style over personal expression, Lee felt that the performer
lost his own identity in favor of classical routine. In Lees
studio he kept a statue of a tombstone with the inscription
In memory of a one fluid man crammed and distorted with
the classical mess. In short, a style represented a partial
truth. If fighting can be described as a pie then each style
represents a slice of the pie. Totality, according to Lee was
achieved when one was free to use, for example, a kick from
TKD or Muay Thai, a strike from boxing or Wing Chun and
a submission from wrestling or Brazilian Jiujitsu. To be JKD,
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his personal attributes. The fighter should not be limited to
one style but should be able to express himself with no style.
One becomes no style when one is free of the bondage of
trying to conform to the requirements of a particular style.
Modern MMA is an expression of the no-style mentality.
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Traditions
By Doug Cook
Retaining Black Belts

I am on a mission, responding to a request from Grandmaster
Richard Chun, my teacher and mentor, directing me to author a
column focusing on the retention of black belt holders within my
school. Without being presumptuous, this editorial contribution
will likely appeal to school owners in particular. Often, on special
occasions when in attendance, Grandmaster Chun has expressed
surprise and delight at the number of advanced belts actively
training at our institute. He routinely congratulates us on our
ability to retain black belt students for many years of all degrees
and ages.
Let me first say that the Chosun Taekwondo Academy is not
what would be considered by todays standards, a large school.
Yet, we presently host classes for as many as 100 black belts from
first to fourth-dan, with 70% being adults. Many have been with
us for well over a decade. Traveling as I do to various dojangs, I
have come to realize that ours is a unique situation. So, how do
we do it? That is what Grandmaster Chun asked that I share
with the readers of TaeKwonDo Times.
When one visits the standard business model currently
employed by many schools, retention revolves around annual
membership contracts
administered, in most
cases, by third-party
providers. These
financially obligatory documents
require that the
student commit to
training anywhere
from one to three,
and in some cases even
more, years. Once signed,
the student is compelled to meet the
terms of the
contract
based on
pain
of a
negative credit rating; should a student decide to terminate their

training, for whatever reason, and the agreed upon tuition is either
not directly deducted from a checking account or charged to a
credit card in recurring payments, the matter is quickly transferred
to a collection agency.
Clearly, modern society responds well to money as a prime motivator for action. Consequently, the above policy serves a number of
purposes. First, in the words of a venerable grandmaster who Ive
spoken with regarding this matter, not executing contracts helps
students quit. His comment is founded on the premise that if one
is forced to make payments whether they participate in the program
or not, they will ultimately choose to attend class albeit half-heartedly. Secondly, based on the system of automatic funds transfers,
the school owner is assured of a secure, predetermined income. And
lastly, since contacts are generally administered by outside billing
companies, the school is relatively free of clerical responsibility, at
least where tuition payments are concerned.
All of this appears to make good business sense, at least on the
surface. Yet, I would argue that many martial artists, particularly
adults and parents, consider the implementation of membership
contracts burdensome at best. Before consciously deciding not to
exploit this financial tool years ago, I asked myself: would a doctor, lawyer, barber or, for that matter, any professional of that type,
require their client to sign a long-term contract securing their
patronage before rendering services? And how would I, as a consumer, respond to that cunning sales tactic if they did?
I consider my skills just as beneficial to society as any of those
offered by the aforementioned specialists. Why then have I deviated
from what appears to be a primary financial tool of the martial arts
industry in regards to securing membership, active or not? Answer:
because we have chosen a different path; one grounded in tradition,
trust and honor bolstered by an unyieldingly comprehensive and
challenging curriculum, ascending through high-ranking black belt.
Permit me to point out that I am a devout Tae Kwon Doist. I do
not tolerate outside influences that will corrupt our pure-form curriculum. Nor do I support the current trend towards mixed martial
arts. When I can truthfully say that I have mastered every aspect
of traditional Tae Kwon Do, then, and only then, would cross-training become an option. This is not to say that I do not investigate,
academically, complimentary martial disciplines and how they relate
to Tae Kwon Do. Moreover, I sincerely feel that Tae Kwon Do, if
practiced in a traditional sense, contains most everything needed
for effective self-defense and spiritual enrichment. This philosophy
is reflected in our curriculum and in the culture of our school. Our
students, particularly the many adult black belts enrolled, share this
vision. Rather than feeling compelled to attend class largely urged
on by financial commitment, they enthusiastically attend rooted in a
desire to dive into the deep end of Tae Kwon Do, taking advantage
of our unlimited classes when convenient, grasping the philosophical principles of the art, and engaging in a complete martial arts program unsullied by flavor-of-the-day influences.
While I understand the necessity for many schools to rely
on contractual tools to secure membership, I feel the rich-
ness of our curriculum alone is reward enough for the black belt to
remain and train vigorously on a consistent basis. Accordingly, our
syllabus, like many, is composed of a repeating template of requirements that increase in complexity throughout the various belt and
dan levels and is predicated on proficiency in an escalating series
of basics, one, two and three-step sparring, self-defense, poomsae,
sparring and breaking skills. Likewise, just as color belts are encouraged to test every three months, so too are black belts who earn
stripes in recognition of techniques and poomsae learned within the
same timeframe; this, in addition to earning dan promotion consistent with Kukkiwon tenure and regulations. Striping of black belts
between dan ranks is a crucial and unique aspect of the Chosun
offering that has proven eminently effective in maintaining interest
and precision of technique. But, here again, a meaningful, authentic
curriculum must be in place geared towards the advanced student.
Chosun members are also expected to familiarize themselves with
Korean terminology and the philosophy associated with their
required poomsae, hyung or tul. There is nothing haphazard about
our program; every student knows exactly what is expected of them
with the path to advancement clearly provided. Requirements are
written out to avoid confusion and preserved as password-protected
downloads on our web site to be included in a training journal each
student is required to maintain throughout their membership.
Furthermore, my instructors and I highlight the self-defense,
physical fitness, and self-enrichment components of the art; this is
in keeping with Tae Kwon Do as a martial way or a path to enlight-
enment. In addition, we amplify our practice with meditation and ki

(internal energy) development exercises. As an added attraction for
the mature black belt, while our school attends several tournaments
a year, we do not view the classical martial arts simply as sport
and, subsequently, do not focus merely on competition. Instead, we
offer technical seminars and defensive courses to students, associated dojangs and civic groups at little or no charge as a community
service.
And then there is the intriguing and effective assortment of
poomsae or formal exercises we have at our disposal as a central pillar of our practice. As a United States Taekwondo Association affiliate school, we perform the eight Taegeuk and Palgwe set at color
belt, supported by the traditional Moo Duk Kwan and required
Kukkiwon Yudanja exclusive to black belts. We also practice the
Kibon, Pyung-Ahn and Kuk Mu hyung in conjunction with several
ITF tuls, although these are not required for promotion.
Retaining black belts, particularly adults, for the long term,
without the anchor of burdensome membership contracts as a
fundamental retention tool weighing them down, is a balancing
act between commitment, motivation and commercial solvency.
Yet, if the black belt is presented with an authentic, comprehensive
and traditional Tae Kwon Do curriculum free of confusing foreign
influences, the task of retention becomes a rewarding challenge that
results in a self-imposed desire to make Tae Kwon Do an intrinsic
and enduring part of life.
Master Doug Cook, a sixth-dan black belt, is head instructor of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy located in Warwick, New York, a senior student of
Grandmaster Richard Chun, and author of three best-selling books entitled: TaekwondoAncient Wisdom for the Modern Warrior, Traditional Taekwondo Core Techniques, History and Philosophy, and TaekwondoA Path to Excellence, focusing on the rewards and virtues of tae kwon do, all published by YMAA of
Boston. Master Cook and Grandmaster Chun have just completed a new book on Original and Kukki Koryo poomsae targeted for publication in 2013. He
can be reached for lectures, workshops or questions at www.chosuntkd.com or info@chosuntkd.com.
The Knights Way
By Guy Edward Larke
I Have to Take it Back

Da-shee man-nah-suh bahn-ga wuh-yo or Welcome
back. After spending countless hours pondering which
organization to write about first, for purposes of comparison, I decided to go with the obvious choice: the
Kukkiwon.
Like so many foreigners I held the image of it in awe
when I was in Canada. It was actually in a 20+ year-old
copy of this magazine I actually first heard about it. It
seemed to be like a Korean Shaolin temple to me. Almost
a decade later I found myself here. The more I told my
friends and masters I wanted to come here, the more I was
dissuaded. It seemed the Korean people themselves were
disinterested in the building and the organization in general. Sadly, with all the political and internal squabbling that
occurred over the years, there has been some bad press.
Out of all fairness, it is almost impossible to keep it together
when there is chaos all around you. I wont bother going
into rumors since they are best left to soap operas and
tabloids. But, when I did visit on a few occasions, I didnt
feel very comfortable at all. English was difficult to find and
the officers seemed focused on other matters than foreign
visitors.
A few years later I had the ominous opportunity to
write about an almost shattering event in TKD history; the
restructuring of the Kukkiwon and the federal government
taking more control over its affairs. It was an interesting yet
bewildering article to write to say the least. I wont pretend
to not have been in doubt about the arts future.
I am happy to say I was worried for nothing. This is
one of those rare cases where government control was a
good thing. In the last two years the Kukkiwon has changed
significantly. The amount of foreign language support has
increased in addition to opportunities for non-Koreans to
get more involved in this amazing art.
Here are the ratings on a scale of one to ten (one being
lowest) for the Kukkiwon as the organization stands now:
Guy Edward Larke sabumnim has dedicated his life from

a young age to the pursuit of the martial arts, Asian culture
and hopology. It led him to Korea in 2000 and has lived
there since then. He lives in Seongnam city with his wife
Gi-Ryung and son Alexander. He holds black belts in Taekwondo, Hapkido, Taekkyon, Bon Kuk Kumdo, Korean
kickboxing, Karate-do, Wushu, Cheonji-muye-do, and
Hosin-sul. Currently he teaches Taekwondo, Karate and
Cheonji-muye-do full time in addition to writing
for various magazines and running Kisa-Do
Muye & Marketing. He can be contacted at
Location: 9
The building is in the heart of an expensive district
called Gangnam. Several buses go near there and almost
everyone in the area seems to know where it is. The only
negative thing is going up a long and winding hill to get
there.
Internet Resources: 9
The homepage itself is easily readable and a lot of good
information is available on there. Personally, I think an
English primer on the Taegeuk poomsae and basic techniques would be good for the new TKD practitioner. It
seems mostly geared for athletes and school owners currently.
Program: 9
Now there are so many opportunities including a program
that runs from March through the autumn for foreigners
new to the art. They are making a much more concerted
effort to get newcomers into the art.
Opportunities: 9
Once again there are several opportunities being worked
on as we speak. Of particular interest is their KMS
(Kukkiwon Membership System). In addition is their various training seminars, including the yearly instructor program which I think is of value to any TKD, even if you are
not going to teach. Perhaps they cant directly point you
to certain schools in which to train or even work, but it is a very

good place to start networking.
Curriculum: 10
As this is also an Olympic sport it shouldnt be surprising the
emphasis is put on competitions and education. Philosophy
and traditions should be taught in the dojang or explored by
the individual. There are plenty of amazing masters such as Kang
Shin-Chul who can be there to fill those voids. As far as what
the Kukkiwon attempts to teach, they do it brilliantly. Any foreigner hungry enough will get more than they expect.
English Materials: 10
There are more DVDS, posters, websites and books on TKD than
I think any other art in the world. Even in Korea there is far less
Konglish used in literature and the Kukkiwon itself has a wide
variety of information in English. There are a small number of
reputable martial shops surrounding the area that supply almost
every feasible item you could imagine for TKD.
Facilities: 7
The facilities are immense and clean, but could use an upgrade.
Also although there are many love hotels nearby, the organization doesnt have any set housing. This may be a consideration
for the future.
Globalization: 10
In just four decades this art has seen more internationalization
than any other art.
Vision: 9
It has come a long way and with the addition of the Taekwondo
Park in Muju it will bloom even more, but there are still a lot of
wrinkles that need to be ironed out in the organization and in
how it interacts with the schools under it.
Value: 10
Probably this has to be the cheapest place for dan tests, training, and certification. After 12 years I have visited more than a
few associations and this is one of the best values, bar none.
Add to the fact that Kukkiwon TKD belts are recognized in
almost every country in the world.
That brings us to a 92% rating. Honestly, when I first visited
there I may have just given a 72% rating. But, I am pleased to be
wrong sometimes. Change can be a good thing.
Thanks to Jamie Hong, the Deputy Section Chief for the
Planning and Public Relations team. If you visit, you should go
the lower level and walk around to the back and look for the
Strategy and Planning Bureau. There is an entire office ready to
help you.
Till next issue Daum ae bah-yo (See you next time)!
What these things do have to do with is being 100% committed to not being afraid, period.
Of course, fear is a scary thing. Nobody wants to get
hurt or die. But there is certain elect of individuals who
seem to have mastered being committed to not being fearful. I am personally learning from these, my peers who seem
to get in a certain zone and conjure up the bring it on
attitude.
And I have decided to internalize this motto, not just for
training purposes, but for life. For instance, can I stay committed to having no fear when Im up against some of the
scariest challenges of my own life? Be it health challenges,
financial challenges or relationship challenges. Will I get in
the bring it on zone and stay committed or will I cower
and change my mind somewhere in the middle of the road?
I have discovered that to not turn back really is a commitment that you have to work at, because it goes against
our animal instinct of self-preservation. To say, I will do
this and I will not be afraid is not automatic or instinctive. It is a learned behavior, and sometimes it takes a lot of
focus to make it happen.
It is said that even the Holy Bible mentions fear not
365 times. I take that as one reminder for every day of the
year. Maybe its because God knows that somewhere in our
lives we are all going to be called to rise up and display our
own personal hero-ship and shero-ship (female hero.) It
may not be on a battlefield or in a back alley, but inevitably
it will happen; for some of us more than once.
When its your turn, I encourage you to stand facing the
wind, committed to not being afraid. If you can take only
one thing from your martial arts training with you during
that hardship, know that there is nothing to fear once you
are committed to not being fearful.
"So, rst of all, let me assert my rm belief that the only thing we have
to fear is fear itselfnameless, unreasoning, unjustied terror which
paralyzes needed eorts to convert retreat into advance."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Karen Eden is a fifth-degree black belt and master in the art of

Tang Soo Do. She is also a published author, former radio personality and TV journalist, who has appeared on CNN, FOX
National, and Animal Planet. She has also appeared in two major
Hollywood productions. Karen has written for and appeared in
many martial arts publications over the years. Her books include
The Complete Idiots Guide to Tae Kwon Do (Penguin Books) and
I Am a Martial Artist (Century Martial Arts). She is also the poet
behind the popular I Am a Martial Artist product line, also available through Century Martial Arts, and Dojo Darling martial arts
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Woman of the Times
Ive had the privilege of serving my country as an

instructor for a well-known federal agency in past years.
Among the trainees were some of the toughest and welltrained men and women in their area of expertise of military and law enforcement.
I say that, but the picture you are probably conjuring
up in your head, is probably nothing like the way these
experts really are.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was not there, neither was
Rambo. These were just ordinary people; many who
smoked, drank and obviously followed no specific nutritional guidelines for meal consumption. Some were
already retired law enforcement officials (beer gut and all).
Youve got to be kidding me! I thought as I looked
around the room. These were just regular looking people.
But ironically, to see them in action was a display of fearlessness like none I have ever witnessed before.
Evidently, their fearless capabilities had nothing to do
with the way they looked or even took care of themselves.
It seems that everything they needed to subdue their
given suspects came from a commitment somewhere deep
inside of themselves. It was like they had absolutely no
fear.
One of the greatest lessons Ive learned in tactical
maneuver training sessions, is that being fearless has
nothing to do with how much training or how many
muscles you have. Just like being a fearless martial artist
has very little to do with how many black belts you have.
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The Last Word
By C.M. Griffin
Bashing
Check this out: theres an old practice thats
been gaining new vigor; Im talking about the
practice of bashing. Bashing is an art with
history or lack thereof, though the art has
been around for over 40 years and has hundreds if not thousands of practitioners. You
see it all the time, especially in martial art
chat rooms and on social video sites, mostly
by anonymous people using cute screen
names; they denounce Korean martial arts
history, claims of lineage and so forth.
Lets be completely honest with each other,
okay. I dont care what martial art you do:
Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Hapkido,
Wing Chun, Ju-Jitsu, Brazilaian Ju Jitsu, Hwa
Rang Do, Shuri-Ryu, Goju Ryu, Sil Lum Pai,
Isshin-Ryu, Kuk Sul Won, etc.; there are stories or documents that scholars and historians
examine and find them a bit wanting. You
have to take what those historians say with a
grain of salt.
It is not my purpose to denigrate any martial art or martial system, but lets get real.
Now I am not talking about systems that are
maybe five to ten years old and are practiced
in a specific locality. The bottom line is this;
the art passes the test if has been in existence
for a period of time, lets say over 40 years,
membership is in the hundreds, its worldwide
and the membership is very happy in their
participation in that art. It also has members
who practice that art in public forums such as
tournaments and demonstrations.
If this is the case, I really dont care if the
history of the art states that hundreds of years
ago a wandering monk taught a child his special fighting techniques. When that child was
older he watched some animals fighting, so he
redefined those techniques the monk taught
him. When he was an adult and practicing
alone in the mountains, the God of Martial
Arts appeared to him and challenged him to
a match. Impressed with his skill, the God of
Martial Art blessed his fighting style. When
he awoke he realized it was a dream and
decided to name his art after that incident. The founders great, great grandson
came to the United States and made
claims that he was part of his countrys elite

military unit. Years later no one could find
any record of him being in that unit, and on
and on and on...
However, the tactics and techniques of this
art have been proven time and time again in
tournaments and on the streets. The teachers
of that martial art have been wonderful, talented and giving instructors. So, whether its
authentic or not, is this history really that
important?
Its one thing to have a discussion about
history; its another to continuously bash
another art on its history and lineage. As I
said earlier, every art has questionable stories and documentation about its own history and lineage. So if you feel the need to
denigrate others in order to elevate yourself,
I leave you with this quote: First remove the
beam from your own eye, and then you will
see clearly enough to remove the speck from
your brothers eye.
C. M. Griffin holds black belts in several martial arts.

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