Original ITF Magazine issue 11

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*I.T.F. news round up*I.T.F. news round up

*I.T.F. seminar in Chile*I.T.F. seminar in Chile

*Battle of the South East*Battle of the South East

*Martial Arts And Psychology*Martial Arts And Psychology

*G.M. Park Jung Soo bio*G.M. Park Jung Soo bio

*Netherlands I.T.F. IIC*Netherlands I.T.F. IIC

*2011 I.T.F. events round up*2011 I.T.F. events round up

*Much, much more inside*Much, much more inside

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Editors VoiceOur MagazineNews Features

Page 6 - I.T.F. seminar in Chile

Pages 7, 8 & 9 - Battle of the South EastInvites 2010

Page 9 - C.T.F.I. umpire course

Page 20,21,22 and 23 - NetherlandsI.I.C. 2010

Page 23 - L.T.S.I. Technical seminar

Page 25 - F.E.T.A.I.D. National class

Page 30 - 17th World Championship,PyongyangMartial Arts Articles

Page 10 - Top 7 tips of flexibility

Pages 11,12,13,14 & 15 - Martial Artsand Cognitive Psychology

Page 16 - Tying the Tae Kwon Do belt

Page 17 - A lady with true T.K.D. spiritPermanant Features

Page 1 - Editors Corner

Page 2, 3 & 4 - I.T.F. News Round Up

Page 19 - Grand Masters Biography

Page 26 - Readers pictures

Page 27 & 28 - Hwa-Rang

Page 31 & 32 - Global I.T.F. Events

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Welcome back to Original-ITF! Wehave had some great content sent inand added to this issue. We lookedat other magazines recently to seehow they compare in I.T.F. contentand, would you believe it, hardly anyarticles are submitted to them too. Ican only assume I.T.F. practitionersdo not like writing articles, which issad as it makes the future of ourmagazine look bleak as wespecialise in the I.T.F. families only. Ifind it hard each issue to motivatemyself, as I feel I am wasting mytime trying to bridge the gaps in theI.T.F.’s.

I do believe that our magazine hasNEVER tried to make false claimsand act like we are a voice on I.T.F.technique, as personally I feeleveryone has their own views onteaching and explaining the art, sowe steer clear of trying to educate.

The idea of our project has alwaysbeen to get news from each I.T.F.and showcase it for them all underone roof so you, the end user, willnot have to visit different sites togather the latest news.

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News from across the I.T.F.’s

History made in South Africa.....

For the first time since the nineties, I.T.F.

Netherlands (www.itf-nederland.nl) organised

a well-known International Instructors Course

by the Technical Committee of the I.T.F. Full

article on pages 20, 21, 22 and 23.

enior Master Kim Jong Su

hosted an International

Instructors Course in Pretoria

South Africa, at the Taekwon-

do Federation of Africa

Centre.

Fifteen candidates attended the course.

The course comprised of 15 hours

training and theory.

After the course the candidates wrote a

two and a half hour exam. That still did

not scare them off and all 15 candidates

were successful in achieving their

International Instructor Certificates.

This moment could not have been

achieved without the dedication of our

Senior Master Kim Jong Su. We thank

you Sir, and we will do right by

honouring our achievements through

you.

Dirk Nel President of the SA-ITF

Dear Instructors,

It is with great pride that I have received

the results of the International Instructor

Certification Seminar. Fifteen

International Instructors have been

promoted in our organisation. As we

approach our SA-ITF 30th Anniversary in

2011, all factors are moving into place to

activate the next phase in the

development of our organisation.

I congratulate you all on your new

International Instructor qualifications.

We now have a country-wide footprint

of International Instructors in the SA-

ITF and will be able to promote

technical standards and improve

administration efficiencies across our

vast country.

I thank Senior Master Kim Jong Su,

who has greatly contributed to the

technical upliftment of the SA-ITF, for

conducting this Seminar. We are

honoured to have a Senior Master of

his calibre as our Korean Instructor

Delegate and his presence has made

this possible.

2011 will see us reaching new

frontiers in our quest to expanding

our organisation and delivering world

class technical performances.

Dirk Nel Executive President South

Africa International Taekwon-Do

federation

SCover Story:

News round up


News from: www. itftkd.org

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he Sri Lanka International

Taekwon-Do Association

(I.T.F. Sri Lanka) organized a

Taekwon-Do training Camp

from 4th to 5th November 2010 in Galle,

Sri Lanka. In this training camp about 40

I.T.F. Taekwon-Do members participated

under the patronage of Senior Master

C.J. Armstrong, 8th Degree, and

President of Sweden I.T.F.

Senior Master C.J. Armstrong conducted

the I.T.F. referee and umpire course for

the I.T.F members who participated in

the training camp. After the training

camp, Mr. M.P.G Hiran, Representative in

I.T.F. Sri Lanka, held the Black Belt

grading test.

Mr. Hiran was promoted to 4th degree

black belt and also two students were

promoted to 1st degree black belt and

also two were promoted to 2nd degree

black belt. Senior Master C.J. Armstrong

8th Degree black belt conducted the

grading test on 5th November 2010.

After the training Camp, the participated

members got the certificates by I.T.F. Sri

Lanka association.

In the position of the secretary general

chief Instructor and representative in Sri

Lanka I.T.F and on behalf of the Sri

Lankan ITF Members, I cordially thank

Senior Master C.J. Armstrong for

conducting the training camp and

referee umpire course and the very

successful Black Belt Grading test.

I have to be very thankful to Senior

Master C.J. Armstrong, Sweden, for the

full support to improve in TKD I.T.F. in Sri

Lanka.

M.P.G. Hiran

Secretary General Chief Instructor and

representative of I.T.F Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka TRAINING CAMP

2010

Twhat’s going on in

the I.T.F

The new I.T.F. round up section is

revamped to showcase all I.T.F.

news - whether club, local or

international news, this has to be

the number one place for it to be

showcased.

If it’s worth reporting, we will!

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GM Trân Triêu Quân Tribute

seminar

The Quebec Regional ITF Taekwon-Do

Association had the immense honour of

welcoming GM Hector Marano, longtime

friend of GM Tran, for a two-day seminar on

October 9 and 10, in memory of GM Trân

Triêu Quân, who tragically passed away

during the recent Haiti earthquake.

The week-end began with a first meeting, on

Saturday October 9th, where black belts 3rd

degree and above were invited to perfect their

higher degree patterns techniques, under the

supervision of GM Marano, along with Master

Pierre Laquerre and Master Richard

Lajeunesse, respectively 8th and 7th degree.

The next day, on Sunday October 10th, a

hundred of participants were present for the

seminar’s second day. Fundamental

techniques, tuls, sparring, pre-arranged

sparring, self-defense and philosophy of

Taekwon-Do were revised to allow all

participants to improve their techniques and

make the most of GM Marano’s experience

and expertise.

Children’s practice of Taekwon-Do, French

version of the ITF website, Quebec regions’

development and standardization of the

teaching program in Quebec were the works

of GM Tran. We can all be proud that such a

great man has made Quebec and

especially Quebec City, his host country

and place of predilection to share his

passion for ITF Taekwon-Do. Before they

part, everyone gave oneself the mission

to carry on the work GM Tran Trieu Quan

had undertook and honour his memory

by passing on his teaching and his

philosophy of ITF Taekwon-Do in all

parts of our beloved province.

ITF Taekwon-Do continues to maintain

the tradition of dispensing quality

teaching by instructors with state-of-

the-art techniques, enabled to share

their know-how to children and

adults and in this way, practicing an

activity within everyone’s reach,

focused on physical activity

according to ITF Taekwon-Do

values, a martial art part of our

Quebec identity since almost 40

years.

Source: Pierre LeBrun, 6th

degrDegree

Quebec


News from: www.tkd-itf.org


aekwon-Do seminar with GM

Leong Wai Meng in Pretoria,

S-Africa, 6th Nov.2010

N E W S

Grand Master Leong Wai Meng visits South Africa

Taekwon-Do students in South Africa were very fortunate to have

participated in a seminar on the 6th November 2010 conducted by

Grand Master Leong Wai Meng. The Seminar took place in Pretoria

at the Taekwon-Do Federation of Africa Centre.

The seminar covered Umpiring, Moral Culture and meditation.

Students were in awe at the unbelievable teachings they experienced

under Grand Master Leong Wai Meng. Senior Master Kim Jong Su

from South Africa and Senior Master Han Chol Jong from Lesotho

were both present.

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Sunday 6th March 2011Marlborough School Sports Complex,

Watling Street, St. Albans, AL1 2QA

Only £20 to attend (includes one spectator ticket)

Sparring * Patterns * Breaking * Team Patterns

For invitation & info, tel: 01727 827624 or e-mail [email protected]

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Was highlighted the necessityto have the ITF certificates tobe consider an official ITFmember.

Was emphasized the supportrequired by the ITF to itsactivities being presentpermanently in every eventprogrammed, especially in theCongresses and World Cham-pionships.

About it the people present in the meeting showedvery interested in knowing the details commentedand in this new era of the ITF politics promisingapply the proposal now in further.

Both STF’s Authorities showed to all the presentpeople as they did in the last STF Congress andChampionship held in Bogotá – Colombia on lastOctober this year, the relevant and strong Institutionthat South America has in STF to defend our ITF inthis part of the World and putting it as leader in theContinent for the first time in ITF’s history, alwayssupporting the Pan Am Taekwon-do Council (PTC)as the main Continental Organization.

Ricardo Desimone

Grand Master ITF

Vice- President S.T.F

On November 4th to 7th2010 was held by the SouthAmerican Taekwon-do Fed-eration (STF) a seminar inViñas del Mar – Chile, aCountry member of thisInstitution. For F.E.T.R.E.CH-Federation of Taekwon-DoRepublic Chile President Mr.Hugo Huerta. One of theobjectives of S.T.F iskeeping actualized to itsmembers in the administrative and technical areas.

This aspect was in charge to Grand Master RicardoDesimone (IX Dan) Vice-President and Chairman ofthe Technical Committee of STF. And Senior MasterOsvaldo Rios Olivero (VIII Dan) and President of S.T.F

They emphasised in details agreed in Beijing, Chinaon last April this year where the top categories of theWorld and the only authorized to give seminars tokeep actualized in this aspect, arrive to a finaldecision about the details to take into consideration.

However the main task developed by the STFAuthorities was explain to the Dans, Instructorspresent there and the responsible of the ChileanNGB the ITF activities especially held by ourPresident Prof. & Doctor Chang Ung related withSport Accord, WTF and IOC.

I.T.F. Seminar in Viñas del Mar,Chile held by the SouthAmerican Taekwon-doFederation

4th to 7th Nov. 2010


Friday 15th October,Jeff’s knocking at the doorafter a hard days work - itwas time once again to go and hire the van to get theequipment and mats to the venue on the day. Onehour later, the van is on the drive and Tracey, Laurenand Rhiannon are helping to load it up. Three hourslater, everything is on the van and it was time to rest.It’s amazing how much preparation goes into runningthese events twice a year, but we do it for the L.T.S.I.’smembers.Sunday 5am, I am up after going to bed at 2.30am as Iwas finishing off a few jobs with Tracey. We get theremaining items loaded onto the van and Jeff arrives at6.15am. Jeff is our official van driver and securitydoorman - it is quite handy to have a non Tae KwonDo’ist that will work the door, not tolerate rudeness andtell the visitors to behave without worrying they may besenior to him (and boy is he good at it!).We arrive at 7am and the arena takes shape as I takecontrol, making sure all areas are set up on time readyfor the children’s event which started at 8.30am andfinished at 11.30am. Thankfully, Stuart Smith and hisfamily all are on site by 7.15am and was I grateful, asthe L.T.S.I. had minimal members in the event (38 intotal). We worked as a real team, showing unity to getthe event ready on time. Stuart, who is our tournamentsupervisor, took control and we were ready to start thetournament. Despite low numbers, we witnessed somefantastic standards from the juniors.

On 17th October 2010, the L.T.S.I. (founded in 2004)hosted their Invitationals at the Marlborough SchoolSports Complex in St. Albans.20 schools took part, with over 130 participants invited.The tournament, which is in its’ fifth year, saw adownturn in numbers this year. Yes, we have heard thatone group in the U.K. are claiming this is just an excusebut, the fact is, it is most possibly due to the recession. Ithas affected most groups across the U.K. and resultedin many students not taking part as actively during 2010.This is just sour grapes and a perfect example of thebigger groups trying to mark down all competitors (andthey say they follow the tenets).Despite the downturn, even today, a month after theevent, we are still receiving praise on the professionalapproach that our events are run - this is not a falseclaim, but a true fact.The following is a report from Original ITF’s editor Chrison how the event unfolded.


Written by :L.T.S.I. adminNews from: www.uk-ltsi.com

First up was thejunior patterns

section, wheresome of thechildren onthe floorwere asyoung asfive yearsold. It

looked funnyif they won

spoils, as theaward looked as

big as them in somecases! I was sitting on ring three watching asD. Doran from Hemel L.T.S.I. eliminated the 15other competitors in his section, demonstratingsome true quality in standard and power. On tosparring I watched as kids from all affiliations shookhands with each other, smiling even in defeat andkeeping sportsmanship as their main goal. I was soproud, as good sportsmanship results in everyoneenjoying the event, As I sat there, I witnessed D.Doran push his way to yet another gold in a classybout - two students from my school made sure theyalso gave their best and both secured bronzemedals. I moved onto ring two and saw a numberof other students from the L.T.S.I. fighting for theirspoils, resulting in more medals being won for thegroup.In the power test, I. Shah took the gold, scoring avery impressive 78 on the power meter with turningkick. D. Doran made his hat trick and won gold inturning kick for his age group. The children’s eventcame to a close after all red belt sections had beenrun.We then started the 13 plus event, but had a fewjuniors in this due to the low numbers attending.On to patterns, the girls Black Belts saw JadeDoran and Lauren Snow (my daughter) fight off forgold - Jade won after the bout had to be re-run, asboth forgot the pattern but redeemed themselveswith two quality events. Jade won by a one pointlead in one of the patterns, but both were happy towin their spoils and congratulated each otherafterwards.

On to the 10’s to 12’s section Black Belts sparring - first upwas a mixed section, boys and girls, one from HemelL.T.S.I. and one from Rayners Lane. It was decided thatthe two would fight off for gold with two rounds and didthey both give their best. However, Jade made sure shetook the gold with some quality side and back kicks that hitthe target, making her opponent realise she had the edge.In the 13 to 17’s males patterns, there was not a lot on theday but those that did attend made it worth watching, asfire works night came early! Andy Smith (L.T.S.I.) and BenDale (I.T.U.K.) fought for gold, with Ben getting the edgeand winning and Andy securing his silver place.There was only one 18+ Black Belt male that signed up onthe day so, as sportsmanship was being exercised, theladies said “Let him go with us”. I think it was a case of ‘wecan beat him’ - well, they did and their patterns werequality.The next section was sparring which lead to a quality fightof the day. The first match was Tyla Cross (I.T.U.K.) andAndy Smith (L.T.S.I.). Tyla had beat Andy at the DerbyOpens in April, so it was pay back time! Andy beat Tyla,even though Tyla had given his all - he had just beenoutsmarted on this occasion. Ben Dale (I.T.U.K.) and Andywere next - they had beaten all their opponents and facingoff against each other now would be electrifying. We werenot let down, as both tried desperately to outsmart theother. After two very closely contested bouts, Ben won butI think Andy earned his respect on this occasion.I walked across the arena to see the ladies sectionunfolding - as there was only two girls in the event, wemixed ladies and veterans together. Surprisingly, aveteran lady from Long Eaton showed age means nothingwith some real fast kicking combinations, securing hergold.There was a 4th Dan pattens section but, to be fair, two ofthe original four had pulled out. Even so, the twoInstructors that performed executed two great patternswhich was a real crowd pleaser, especially as nowadaysmany 4th Dans do not compete. Mr. Adams and Mr. Smithgave their best and Mr. Adams was victorious. It was goodto see Stuart compete, as he has been retired a few yearsnow.The adult males Black Belts multi section was won byChris Heffernan, breaking two very hard boards. Never theless, he broke the boards and made them look like putty,making him the champion of breaking.


At around 1pm, the remaining colour belt sectionswere run - looking at all the rings, the officials wereback assisting us after competing, which showed thecommitment of those in attendance (which the L.T.S.I.are very grateful for). These were heavily contested, insome cases over 20 adults in the section.All in all, the day was very good. Parents took the timeto congratulate us on how we run the event, someeven said they had attended much bigger events thanours, but it was the way the L.T.S.I. prides itself onhow we run these events that meant they thought ourevents were amongst the best in the U.K. Well, whatcan we say, we have always stated we try and deliverthe best events around but, at the end of the day, itreally is the comments back from those that attend thatseparate us from the rest.We thank the I.T.U.K., Learn T.K.D., Rayners LaneT.K.D., Hay Harris T.K.D., Essex G.T.I., all the L.T.S.I.schools and any others we may have not mentionedhere. To run these events also needs supporters likethe many that run the doors, lay the mats, help inareas that we need support - this is what makes ourevents run smoothly, so we thank you. I must thankthose that give support to me directly - Tracey, Pat,Lauren and Rhiannon who pack the van and help meevery time.The L.T.S.I. has suffered from blatant attacks over thelast 18 months (or, should I say, I have), whichinadvertently made the group suffer and resulted in uslosing three coaches. Anyone can see those who donethis to us are just scared of progress, so it was pick onthe small and try to discredit us. I am glad to say weare now more focused and driven than ever before -we now know our friends and who will back us but,more importantly, we are committed to L.T.S.I. and allother affiliations are there only for professionalstandards and nothing more.We have had our web sites upgraded recently, so ifyou are interested in our events, please head over toone of our sites for access.www.uk-ltsi.com or www.ltsi-tournaments.co.ukwww.af-tkd.com.

On November 11 and November 12 ten (10)members of the Canadian Taekwon-DoFederation (CTFI) were certified to conductand certify class C and class B umpireseminars within Canada. It is the first trainingprogram of its kind in Canada.The 15 hour certification course waspresented by Mr. Kurt Ottesen CTFI UmpireDirector and member of the ITF Umpirecommittee. Both power point presentationand practical umpire exercises were used byMr. Ottesen to ensure the course materialwas covered in a comprehensive format. Thecourse covered the rules and regulations forITF international competition, the pointsystem for all areas of competition, the mostrecent updates to competition rules, theumpire official’s duties, the rules andprocedures for a jury council, and secrets ofthe trade.The participants were Master Scott Downey(Newfoundland), Mr. Rod Johnson and Mr.Chris Law (British Columbia), Ms. BrandiMerritt and Mr. Daryl Rasmussen ( Alberta),Mr. Ken Sabo and Mr. David Klimpton(Saskatchewan), Mr. Steven Legrow(Ontario), and Mr. Ken Mackenzie and Mr.Jim Ripley (Nova Scotia).


Canada Certifies Class C and Class BUmpire Trainers

How much time should you spend stretching? Thisis up to you. To do all the repetitions of all exercisesin the following would take at least 30 minutes. It isencouraged to try all the stretches and then decidewhat works best for you. You may choose to do onlya few exercises that seem most helpful for yourback condition. Or you may decide to do fewerrepetitions of each exercise. Or you may doeverything. You are the best person to decide whatworks for you. The exercises do not all have to bedone at once. You can do a little here and there overthe course of your day. Here are some of the tipsthat you can consider to adopt.

1. Trunk Rotation

Lie on your back with your arms out to your sides.Bend your knees and either place your feet flat onthe floor or pull your knees up toward your chest.Roll your legs to one side and then the other.Experiment with leg positions to find the one that ismost comfortable for you. Move from side to side 20times. Hold the last stretch to each side for 20seconds while you relax and breathe easily.

2. Knees To Chest

While lying on your back, pull one leg at a time up toyour chest. Then raise your knees and pull bothtoward your chest at the same time. Do 20repetitions of each motion, holding the last repetitionfor 20 seconds.


3. Hamstring Stretch

Lie flat on your back in the neutral position. Keepingyour left leg straight, bend your right leg, at a 90-degreeangle so that the lower right leg is parallel to the ground.Clasp your hands behind your right knee, and begin tostraighten your right leg. Do a gradual stretch three tofive times, holding it for 20 to 30 seconds. Repeat thestretch with the opposite leg.

4. Hip Flexor Stretch

Kneel down on your right knee. Make sure that yourupper body is straight and that your left leg is bent a90-degree angle. Keeping your hips square and yourupper body perpendicular to the ground, drive your hipsforward. As you move forward, you should feel thestretch in your right hip. Hold the stretch for 20 to 30seconds and repeat three to five times. Repeat with theother leg.

5. Quadriceps Stretch

While standing, reach back and grab your right foot orankle with your right hand. Pull your foot up toward yourbuttock to stretch the muscles on the front of your thigh.Keep your knee pointing down and next to the otherknee. Be sure to stand up straight and avoid twisting.Hold for 20 to 30 seconds and repeat three to five times.Repeat with the opposite leg.

6. Calf Stretch

Stand with one foot in front of the other or with your feettogether. Keep your toes pointing forward and yourheels on the floor. Lean forward to feel a stretch at theback of your ankle and calf. Hold it for 20 to 30 seconds.Relax and repeat three to five times.

7. Gluteal Stretch

Lie on your back with both legs flat on the floor. Grabyour knee and ankle with your hands and pull it towardthe opposite shoulder. Hold it for 20 to 30 seconds andrepeat three to five times. Repeat with the other leg.

By Raymond Lee

Martial ArtsAnd CognitivePsychology:toward FurtherResearch InThe CognitiveAspects OfMartial ArtsBy John C. Price

While Asian Martial Arts have become very popularin the western world, many scientific circles do nottake the study of the Martial Arts seriously as a topicof research. In some cases, they may suppose thatcurrent research efforts in aerobic and anaerobicexercise are sufficient. In other cases, they maybelieve that there is nothing to be gained byresearching such an esoteric area, or that theresearch is difficult or impossible.

Still others may view the Martial Arts as a means toplacate violence and object for reasons ofconscience. Shaler remarks (as cited by Weiser andKutz, 1995) that the Martial Arts are " … naught but [a]killing present, anger past, and misery to come inthe course of one who studies these arts." Even so,Martial Arts are beginning to be understood andappreciated in the last 25 years in the west, primarilyfor the health and exercise benefits. Weiser and Kutz(1995) note "The Martial Arts (MAs) deserverecognition as worthy of being added to this list oftherapeutic practices … and to the list ofsupplements to psychotherapy." It is my intention toadd "theoretical research" to this ever-expanding listof non-combat uses for the Martial Arts, specificallyresearch into the cognitive aspects of Martial Arts.

Many studies point to the mental health benefits ofMartial Arts, and the link between traditional (aerobicand anaerobic) exercise and Martial Arts has beennoted. To assume that the sole utility in Martial Artsis the link with exercise would be errant sinceMartial Arts have "an additional and enhancingeffect" (Weiser and Kutz, 1995).

Further the Martial Arts are noteworthy because theynot only do not produce immediate benefits, but theymay actually increase anxiety before the benefits takeeffect (Weiser and Kutz, 1995). Weiser and Kutz(1995) also note that the literature "point[s] out theprocesses of MAs training … are similar to those ofverbal psychotherapy" and that these similarities maybe linked to the increase of anxiety during initialstages of training.

One of the problems surrounding study into theMartial Arts is the bewildering number of styles andthe disparity of training methods. In my own case Ihave studied Judo, American Kenpo, Chen style TaiChi, and I am currently studying Bujinkan Taijutsu.These arts are all distinctly different, both inmethodologies and in philosophy - so how does onemake a meaningful claim about "the Martial Arts"?

One way to do this is to study a particular portion ofMartial Arts training, such as guided imagery,sparring, or weapons training. Cai (2000) did a studyof Tai Chi that involved three groups. The first groupstudied self defense integrated with guided imagery,the second Tai Chi integrated with self-defense, andthe control group studied only self-defense. In thisstudy the first two groups "showed significantly loweranxiety and depression scores than the traditionalsingle content program" (Cai, 2000). The study notedno significant difference between the guided imagerygroup and the Tai Chi group. This study shows anexample of isolating specific portions of Martial Arts(in this case, guided imagery and Tai-Chi) and couldbe expanded on to study other specific portions ofMartial Arts.


This is not the whole solution, however, as thewhole can not be concluded to be solely the sum ofit's parts. In the end an exhaustive study of individualMartial Arts may be deemed necessary, howeverexamining the pieces is a good place to start. If onefinds significance in various pieces, then a goodhypothesis would be that there is significance in thewhole. If one finds no significance in the pieces,then a good hypothesis may be that the wholeproduces no scientific significance. While bothhypotheses require testing, they are reasonable withsufficient evidence – of which the above studyprovides but one data point.

Most Martial Arts have a number of things incommon. Kihon ("Basics"), Kata ("Forms"), and freeresponse drills are all quite common among MartialArts, but there are often philosophical similarities aswell. Two of these philosophical similarities areMushin and "Essence". Mushin is often translated as"no mind", or "empty mind" and refers to the state ofmind one experiences where ones concentration isfocused externally to the exclusion of "chatter" – theverbal thoughts that often fill our consciousness.Essence is much trickier concept for the martialartist, but for the psychologist there are echoes ofcognitive theories. Many Martial Arts have anoverriding philosophy that guides its core, and theKata ("forms") are said to be reflections of this"essence". Once one knows the "essence" of the art,the Kata ("forms") are no longer needed. Anotherconcept in many Martial Arts is the Henka, orvariation. A Henka is similar to a base form and issupposed to teach the same principles as theoriginal.

Nearly every martial art has a ranking system, orsome method of setting the beginner apart from themore experienced practitioner. While this isnecessary for training progression, it is alsoconvenient for research purposes as this makes themental differences between the skill levels easier totrack.

Another thing that is common among many MartialArts is the desire to generalize what is learned inthe training hall to life experiences other thancombat. Vockell and Kwak (1990) give an analogybetween chess masters and martial artists. Theypoint out that many very good chess players arepoor at academic skills, such as reading, writing, andarithmetic. This is not to say that they are notintelligent, but rather that they have not learned togeneralize to life, where as others can see thesimilarities between chess and real life. "Onemember of the famous Royal Knights chess teamrecently stated, ‘Chess is like life. If you have a plan,you will make fewer mistakes than you will withouta plan'" (Vockell & Kwak, 1990).

These commonalities give us a good place to startour investigations into the potential rewards forresearch into the cognitive aspects of Martial Arts.For the rest of this paper I would like to focus onthe cognitive aspects of pattern matching, problemsolving, prototype creation, perception,consciousness, and creativity.

The Martial Arts offer us a unique perspective to thepattern-matching problem. Some Kata ("forms")have been designed for two or more participantsand free sparring provides a unique perspective aswell. During both of these exercises, the martialartist is forced to quickly determine a number ofattributes about their partner, including such thingsas foot position, attitude, hand position, distancing,and so on. While I have seen a number of studiespublished on static pattern recognition, there aremuch fewer on moving pattern recognition, andeven fewer on moving pattern recognition understress. What differences are there between thethree states? What differences are there whenmovement of the subject is involved? What are theeffects of stress on pattern matching? What are theeffects of pattern matching under stress whilesimultaneously undergoing movement?

Unfortunately the nature of these exercises limitsthe types of experimental data that can begathered. Some methods, such as the MRI requirethe subject to be immobile, while others require thesubject to wear expensive equipment that can beeasily dislodged by vigorous activity. Howevertechnological advances may assist in this areaonce a need is shown. Eye tracking, for instance,has made tremendous advances. A safe devicecan now be created to do eye tracking on amoving subject, and this can be used to determinethe visual aspects of pattern matching of themartial artist. How does eye movement differbetween expert martial artists and novices? Whatcan this tell us about pattern matching understress?


Henka ("variation") are another potential area of patternmatching research - one which is much easier to dealwith. The concept behind Henka is that it similar inprinciple to a Kata ("form"), but with visual dissimilarities.Interesting questions can then be posed such as "what isthe accuracy rate of various practitioners in determiningthe base Kata from a Henka? How long does it take?How does this compare between various skill levels?How does this compare to standard visual patternmatching tasks? Is there a link between visual patternmatching efficacy and motion pattern matching efficacy?"The last question is, perhaps, the most interesting one.

Problem solving is also another area of potentialresearch. Solso (2001, p. 452) defines problem solving as"thinking that is directed toward the solving of a specificproblem that involves both the formation of responsesand the selection among possible responses." In thecase of Martial Arts both free response exercises andmulti-person forms may provide an interesting windowinto the subject, though free response exercises wouldseem to be the most promising. In free responseexercises, there are at least two problems present: "howdo I keep my opponent from defeating me?" and "how doI defeat them?"

Martial artists typically have a number of responses tochoose from as well, including striking, grappling, andexotic moves. The question of what goes into asuccessful problem response under these conditions isinteresting, as is the nature of the solution and theconditions that it was derived under. Typically, there is avery small window of time, and the solution must bedetermined and executed within that window. Also it isgenerally expected that the solution is will be arrived atwhile in a Mushin ("chatterless") state. In typical problemsolving examples (c.f. Solso, 2001, ch. 15) the verbalthoughts are important to the solution. How is theproblem solving process different when verbal thoughtsare limited or disallowed completely? Given theparameters of the exercise, one may hypothesize that theprocess will be different, but what if it isn't? What does

about our problem solving process? What would itsay if it was different?

Another interesting possibility for research is theconcept of prototype formation. What does it meanwhen we claim that a particular technique lookslike a "Koto Ryu" technique? Does practicing Kata("forms") in a certain manner create a prototype ofa successful response? Is this the same as whatthe martial artists call "essence"? Is there a linkbetween static visual prototype formation (such aslearning faces) and prototyping the "essence" ofan art?

Solso (2001, 132) holds that a "prototype is anabstraction of a set of stimuli that embodies manysimilar forms of the same pattern." That Martial Artstraining produces a wide variety of stimuli wouldgenerally not be disputed, so the question then iswhether learning the Kata ("forms") and thentesting them with free response could be relatedto, or the same as, prototype formation.

Typically prototype matching is considered to bepart of the "pattern matching" field, but what if onehypothesizes that the prototyping structures withinthe body-mind are available for other functions aswell – such as problem solving? Would this giverise to being able to generalize more efficientlybetween the Martial Arts and real life?

One may also wonder about generalizing otherportions of pattern matching, such as gestalttheory, canonic perspectives, and feature analysis.Indeed, an alternate translation of Kata is "pattern",so one may wonder how much of a link there isbetween Kata and pattern matching. Are Katarelated to "cano nic perspectives"? Is featureanalysis an important part of the learning process?

Solso (2001, p. 138 - 39) notes that a study doneby Chase and Simon on chess players discoveredthat the master chess players were able to "seechunks, or meaningful clusters, of chess pieces[that] made it possible for the better players togather more information in the given time." Onecould easily do a similar study with Martial ArtsKata ("patterns") that would attempt to determinechunking of data among various martial artists'experience levels.

Perception is another interesting topic that couldbe applied to the Martial Arts. One questiondealing with perception is whether Martial Artstraining improves the recognition of sensorysignals in a meaningful way. That is, does trainingin Martial Arts allow one to more easily integratethe several sensory perception for more of a "totalpicture"?


I had several experiences where someone told methat I "paid attention" better after a short period ofMartial Arts training. While an interesting proposition,it nonetheless a single data point. If the training doesprovide training in perception as well, then why doesit do so? Is this similar to dance and athletics, ordifferent?There are other interesting questions as well, thoughsome will likely never be studied. Within the Bujinkanthe test for Godan ("fifth degree black belt", fullinstructor level) is well known. The person beingtested kneels in front of Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, thecurrent lineage head, with his or her back to Dr.Hatsumi and their eyes closed. Dr. Hatsumi has abamboo shinai (split training sword) that he raisesover his head. At some random point he strikes at thehead of the person in front of him with full force. Thetest is successful if the person being tested gets outof the sword's way without getting hit.

That this phenomenon occurs cannot be seriouslydoubted - the test has been given more than athousand times. And while there is much publicdebate (within the organization at any rate) as to the"how", no definitive answer has been proffered. Howthis occurs is an interesting question that involvesperception. Assuming that one discounts mysticalexplanations, one is left with only some sort of"subliminal perception". How one would test this isbeyond my current knowledge, however, but it maybe an interesting problem to find a testablehypothesis for this situation.

Consciousness is another potential, thoughtroublesome, area of research within the Martial Arts.Consciousness research would overlap perceptionresearch somewhat as well. Solso (2001, p. 144)defines consciousness as "the awareness ofenvironmental and cognitive events such as thesights and sounds of the world as well as one'smemories, thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations."The awareness portion would be tested in the sameway as one would test perception, but what of therest of Solso's definition?

Within many Martial Arts is the concept of Mushin, astate involving "chatterless" concentration. How isthis state different than our normal self-talk? Is thisstate different? Fortunately, movement is notnecessary for this state to be entered, though that isan interesting question in itself. A study thatcompares Mushin with meditative and standard self-talk states could be revealing. Does Mushin changewith movement? Is it identical to a standardmeditative state? If so, much can be gleaned fromthe study of both meditative states. If this state is notdifferent than a meditative state then what are therelevant differences? While thoughts would bemissing, what feelings, memories, and bodilysensations would be present? What of "pictorialthoughts" (flashes of imagery that convey deep,symbolic meaning in an instantaneous manner)? Arethese more common than linguistic thoughts whenone enters Mushin?

Creativity can also be studied with Martial Arts,though creativity in general is somewhat problematicto study. Solso (2001, p. 462) defines creativity as "acognitive activity that results in a new or novel way ofviewing a problem or situation." Solso (2001, p. 462)further describes the current model of creativity as afour stage process involving 1) Preparation, 2)Incubation, 3) Illumination, and 4) Verification. He alsonotes "empirical evidence … is almost nonexistent"(Solso, 2001, p. 462). Does creative response withinMartial Arts follow these four steps?

It is possible, however the steps would be verycompact. Are the Martial Arts creative? Intuitively wemay say "yes", but what model of creativity would weuse? Incubation would be the problematic step –how does one incubate in such a short period oftime? Further, we could ask if the Martial Artsenhance or hinder creativity? One can design anexperiment of the latter problem fairly easily bycomparing a control group of non-martial artists witha group of martial artists in a test of physical andmental creativity. One might expect more physicalcreativity and similar mental creativity, however these


results cannot be guaranteed. Does physical creativity translate into mental creativity? How about the otherway around?

The list that I have presented is not complete, and I expect that many more possibilities for theoretical researchcould be found. For instance Solso (2001, p. 479) mentions a test of general intelligence involving a subjectgroup learning to play the game "Tetris". In this case the Glucose Metabolic Rates (GMR) were compared bothbefore and after a period of training. It was discovered that even though they had improved "sevenfold", theGMR actually decreased significantly. One may ask after reading this study what would we would discover bytesting the GMR of different skill levels of martial artists.

General research into human intelligence is also possible. Solso (2001, 469) notes that human intelligenceincludes at least the following abilities: to classify patterns, to reason deductively, to modify behavior adaptively,to reason deductively, to reason inductively - to generalize, to develop and use conceptual models, tounderstand. The martial artist utilizes each of these abilities in his or her training. From the ability to classifypatterns (Kata) to the ability to modify behavior adaptively (free response drills) each of them are used to someextent and, generally, in a unique fashion.

Research into the psychological aspects of Martial Arts is becoming more popular, though at this point theliterature seems to be focusing on the application of Martial Arts to therapy and various social and historicalaspects. Literature has noted the similarities of studying Martial Arts to psychotherapy and has suggested thatboth therapist and client can utilize Martial Arts for a more productive relationship.

For these reasons I have proposed that Martial Arts can be the subject of pure research as well, focusing onthe topic of Cognitive Psychology. I have shown possible links between prototype formation and "essence" of agiven martial art, and the relation of human intelligence to the Martial Arts. Pattern matching, problem solving,perception, and consciousness were also covered with the hope that the reader will understand somepossibilities of research into cognitive aspects of Martial Arts, with the potential of discovering their own pathsof research as well.


TYING THE TAE KWON DO BLACK BELT

Black Belts: Place belt around waistwith name side in left hand andtenets in right.

Swap each end of belt into otherhand, ensuring tenets side crosseson top of belt.

Fold tenets side up under crossedside of belt, pulling throughupwards in right hand.

Fold name side, dropping tenetsside over top of folded section.

Take tenets end of belt through loopupwards - tenets side is in right hand,grade on left side. Pull.

Belt is now tied properly. Adjust soboth ends are even (not as shown).

TYING THE TAE KWON DO COLOUR BELT

Colour Belts: Place belt aroundwaist with both ends even.

Swap ends of belt into oppositehands - ensure left over top. Take right end and fold under mid

belt, pull through with right hand.

Drop right end down - ensure leftside crosses under right end.

Take right end up through loop,pull both ends tight.

Note: It is considered by many Instructors and Masters that any student who has not taken the time to learn totie their belt are students with bad attitude and poor respect for the art and their Instructor.

Remember: Your uniform MUST be ironed and cleaned and belts tied and worn correctly at all classes.

Belt is now tied properly.Adjust so both ends are even.


One afternoon in July 1994 came in to my Gym a lady lookingfor some soft physical activity. By those times the only physicalactivity that the Gym can offer to her was Taekwon-do and soshe was informed inviting her to practice it.

She starts laughing, “I’m 56 years old and I think that this is anactivity just for men”.

After explaining her that she was wrong and giving her a briefwritten explanation and the monthly fees, she left the gym.

The secretariat’s thought on that moment that she would nevercome back.

After one week and under a full surprise of the lady at thereception, she came in with a little bag in her hands asking forher Taekwon-do classes.

After her first class, I accepted her as my direct student towhom I explained that she had to be patient and perseverancebecause her coordination.

She gave a lesson of perseverance to the rest of the students,winning over her own self.

Furthermore their possibilities she was part of allChampionships organized by my Association and was alwayspresent in all seminars, included General. Choi’s events.

Many times she was named as the best companion in thewhole School for her disposal with her classmates and a goodcooperation in all administrative necessity.

In the recent years and no soon she noticed that the ITF wereprogramming a competition for people over 40 years of age,she asked to me if would be possible at her 66 years of ageparticipate in the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championship.

I replied her that if she was disposed to be part of thiskind of events I would help her at all as I could do.

Her participation at the international events started on2004 in Malaysia, being an important member of allArgentinean delegations until the last one in Belarus.

Everybody loves her because she is very helpful andalways ready to give a hand under any circumstances.

As her Instructor I can say that it would be good for anyDojang to have such an excellent students as Ms.Amelia Gomez as their classmate to encourage thestudents as an good example to follow.

In Malaysia and Bulgaria she won the gold medal,winning silver medals in Uzbekistan and Belarus.

Whenever I watch her in the podium, I can’t avoidlooking back to those days when this lady had come tomy Gym sixteen years ago asking for a soft physicalactivity.

It is evident that nobody is too old to have a dream andambition and to learn Martial Arts regardless of theirage, gender and physical condition.

Nowadays she is the best living Taekwon-dopractitioner as well as mass propagandist who rendersgood recommendations to anybody of the benefits ofthe Martial Art, health, philosophy, camaraderie, sportand self -defence.

Undoubtedly she is not only a champion in competitionbut a champion in life.

I sincerely wish her a good luck and a happy life in thefuture together with her tireless Taekwon-Do training.

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The lady of trueT.K.D. spirit


NO EGO

You have respect for your club mates,regardless of rank, age and creed.

You live by the tenets both inside andoutside of the Do-Jang.

You are a true ambassador for your cluband the art by always promoting it.

You lead by example and are alwaysready to help others when they struggle.

You advise students to be quiet whenthe coach is teaching.

You only question authority in private.

You help clear up the Do-Jang withoutbeing asked.


Grand Master Park Jung Soo IX Dan

Master Park was born in 1941 in Chung-Nam, Korea. He holds a9th Dan black belt in Tae Kwon-Do. At the age of 14, and since then,

he has been the instructor of the Police Training Centre of Chun Bokin Korea and of the famed Tiger Division of the Korean Army.

In 1964, he became Korean National Champion, and in 1965 he made atrip on request of the Korean Government, as a member of the Goodwill

Mission for Tae Kwon-Do, demonstrating this art before the highest civiland military authorities of the countries they visited. In that same year, he

was invited to Germany as the coach of the German Tae Kwon-DoAssociation.

In 1966, he left Germany to go to Holland where he founded the NetherlandsTae Kwon-Do Association. In the beginning of 1968, he left for Canada andnow has his own schools in the Greater Toronto Area.

In November 1973, Master Park made another world trip to promote Tae Kwon-Do in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Master Park is known as one ofthe world's greatest Tae Kwon-Do experts.

Park was born in Chung-Nam, Korea, in 1941, during the period of Japaneseoccupation. He trained in taekwondo under Hong Hi Choi.

In 1965, he was invited to be the coach of the German Taekwon-DoAssociation, and moved from South Korea to West Germany. G.M. Park wasranked 5th dan that year.

The following year, he moved to the Netherlands and founded the NetherlandsTaekwon-Do Association.

Through the late 1960s and 1970s, Park was a key member of the taekwondodemonstration teams that accompanied Choi Hong Hi around the world.

In 1968, Park settled in Toronto, Canada. In 1973, he held the rank of 7th dan.

In 1974, Park and several other ITF masters demonstrated taekwondo inToronto—then being promoted as "the new home of the ITF" by Choi Hong Hi,Park and Choi went their separate ways after Choi insisted on establishingrelations with North Korea during a politically-sensitive period.

By 2002, however, they were reconciled, and Park was present at Choi'sdeathbed.

In 2004, Park was President of the Canadian Taekwon-Do Association, andpresented a seminar in Afghanistan.

In 2008, Park conducted a seminar in Beijing. He currently headstaekwondo schools in Toronto.[

Park is listed as a pioneer in Canada (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s) in ChangKeun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers

Tae Kwon Do Grand Masters past & presentEvery issue, we will bring you information onTae Kwon Do’s Grand Masters from pastarchives. This issue, we have covered GrandMaster Park Jung Soo.

Grand MasterHwang

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International Instructors Course Utrecht,I.T.F. Netherlands 2010

For the first time since the nineties ITF Netherlands,www.itf-nederland.nl organized a well-knownInternational Instructors Course by the TechnicalCommittee of the ITF. Under the guidance of thechairman of the committee, Grand Master Maranoandmembers Grand Master Trajtenberg and GrandMaster Bos, the organizers were updated of thedetails of organizing such an event. We thank ourGrand Masters for their patience and their experiencein this. For ITF Netherlands 1978 and 1993 (EuropeanChampionships in Rotterdam and Groningen, (seehttp://www.itfeurope.org/protmes1993.html) were thelast years we organized an international event of suchan importance for the ITF. In the past General ChoiHong Hi had several IIC’s in the Netherlands but thiswas the first time after the passing away of ourbeloved founder with the new team of Grand Masters.

Board of Directors decision

The Board of Directors of the ITF Netherlands, MasterJames Tjin-A-Ton (President) Mr. Martin Schellens(Secretary-General) and Mrs. Rianne Don (BoardMember) invited an organizer who was capable to dothe work. With the experience this organizer, Mr. Harryvan Schaik -5th degree and member of the clubwww.kisport.nl - had as co-founder with Master Willyvan der Mortel in www.promatour.com and manyother national championships, events on a nationallevel and international level as organizer and referee,they had full confidence of a 100% dedication to fullfill this task.

Organization team

The organizer Mr. Harry van Schaik,www.harryvanschaik.nl first looked for a team ofcapable workers and the organizing teamconsisted of Mr. Martin Schellens, secretary generaland 6th degree Taekwon-Do (appointed by theBoard of Directors of ITF Netherlands), Mr. WouterMeijer, 2nd degree and student on Sport andManagement education and a dedicated workerMr. Hassan Aachboun.

ITF Netherlands Masters support

The ITF Netherlands has four Masters which we arevery grateful for all their hard work in the past. TheMasters Tjin-A-Ton, www.itf-taekwondo.nl, Tapilatuwww.tapilatu-sportcenter.nl, Van der Mortelwww.difesa-willyvandemortel.nl and Van denHeuvel, www.bodyaction-deurne.nl expressed theirsupport in a supporting letter to recommend thisevent to all members and Taekwon-Doins in theworld, seehttp://www.iicnetherlands.nl/images/iic%20dutch%20masters.pdf I’d like to thank them for their time,effort and support in this event.

Place of event

The event had to take place in a mayor city withgood transportation and a good facilitated hall,hotel and entertainment. This was found in the cityof Utrecht, a central located town of the countrywith good train facilities from the airport to the hotel(30 minutes by train) and in walking distance of thehall (1,6 kilometers hotel –hall) www.nh-hotels.comand a new sports hall was found in the new andfantastic building of www.nieuw-welgelegen.nl.

PR and Marketing

The next part was getting the PR ready and awebsite was launched, www.iicnetherlands.nl and awelcome package was put together. At theEuropean Championships in Sweden 2010,

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www.itfeurochamp2010.se all representatives of thecountries received an information package.Furthermore we send all the updates to the mayorwebsites of Taekwon-Do ITF around the world.Television and radio were informed about this event.Especially for this event we had a professionalphotographer Mrs. Saskia Oosenbrug. For educationalpurposes we had the IIC filmed for the technicalcommittee of the Netherlands, Mr. Peter van deBekerom. We like to thank both for their hard work.

Volunteers

The next step in the organizing process was to attractmore volunteers to assist before, during and after theIIC. In combination with high schools we attracted 18young students who wanted to participate as avolunteer in the course. In the school for internationalstudents, www.isk-utrecht.nl we had the full support ofthis event. Also the local government, www.utrecht.nlhelped us with providing the hall and somearrangements and contacts.

Inscription results

Participating were 190 participants with 12 mastersand in total 159 black belts. 18 countries entered anda list of participants is attached to this article. In total 4Masters 8 degree, 8 Masters 7 degree. Also we hadone participants who had her birthday during the IIC,Maartje Gubbels of the Netherlands. We celebratedtheir birthday in an appropriate way!

Decoration

The ITF Netherlands had the opportunity to decoratethe hall to its max for this IIC, competition mats, flags,banners, flowers, drinks, volunteers in an organizingt-shirts. Especially the mats were a challenge has theyhad to be build up every day because of otheractivities. Special thanks for the volunteers areappropriate. Thank you all.

Thursday 18 November 2010, Arrival of guests:

Many guests from abroad arrived in the hotel,airport and city this day and explored the venue,city and culture of the city of Utrecht. Grand MasterTrajtenberg arrived first and one hour later GrandMaster Marano arrived and welcome by theorganizer Mr. Harry van Schaik and Mr. WouterMeijer with a present. All foreign delegates werewelcomed by our volunteers and accompanied tothe train station which is only a half hour trip toUtrecht and then a 5 minute walk to the hotel.

The IIC day 1

After a standing ovation the entrance of the GrandMasters was a fact. The acting President GrandMaster Trajtenberg entered the hall filled with a lotof Taekwon-Doins, instructor’s and Masters form allover the world. Followed by Grand Master Marano,chairman of the Technical Committee and GrandMaster Bos Secretary-General of the ITF who gavehis first IIC in the country were he was born. A warmwelcome was for him. After one minute silence forour passed away Grand Master Tran, Grand MasterTrajtenberg did an explanation of the protocol ofTaekwon-Do and the importance of it. After thisGrand Masters Marano and Bos switched turn inpatterns and Taekwon-Do exercises, from practicalto the art form. As every know Grand Masterspushed everybody to the limit and will be achallenge tomorrow. At the end all practitionershelp with putting away the mats which wereespecially put on the floor and gave a veryprofessional appearance. Thank you all.

The IIC day 2

During this day the group were separated into twogroups and got the attention there belt required.With the help of Master Kim Lan-Ung, 8th degree


The IIC day 2

During this day thegroup were separatedinto two groups and gotthe attention there belt required. With the help of MasterKim Lan-Ung, 8th degree from Germany the red belts till1stdegree were educated in sparring. De 2nd degreeand up trained the higher patterns. After this of coursephysical exercises and step sparring. Also fundamentalexercise were implemented to get the technic to thelevel was is required.

Honorary member of ITF Netherlands

At the beginning of the seminar of the second day GrandMaster Bos was presented a special award by the Boardof Directors and all school owners of the ITF Netherlands.As the pioneer of ITF Netherlands in the eighties GrandMaster Bos has founded together with Master JamesTjin-A-Ton and Sabum Kiet Tjon-A-Pauw, the bases ofour organization. Grand Master Bos was awarded withthe title honorary member of the ITF Netherlands. Thankyou Grand Master Bos!

Testing

After the Saturday training there was a testing for fourthdegree and up. The testing committee was formed bythe Grand Masters Marano, Trajtenberg and Bos.Furthermore the Masters Weiler, Lan, Wintzer, Wheatley,Vones, Triqui, van den Heuvel, van de Mortel, Tapilatu,were present to evaluate the skills of the participants ofthis testing. We were proud to host the testing of MastersJames Tjin-A-Ton from the Netherlands and MasterFrank Vanberghen from Belgium. Both of these mastersare the highest in rank in their countries and bring avaluable experience to the rest of the country andTaekwon-Do in the world.

Besides these mastersArt van der Lee testedfor 6th and his twin sonRon and Edwin van der

Lee for 5th degree, a beautiful display howTaekwon-Do as a Martial Arts goes fromfather to sons. Also Carlo van de Braak andJack de Smit tested for 5th degree andshowed very good Taekwon-Do. Emile Kloorand Mishel Petrovic showed impressiveTaekwon-Do and were promoted to 4thdegree. See for pictures www.kisport.hyves.nl.

Banquet

After the second day and the testing, 70persons were enlisted to the banquet whichwas held in famous Chinese restaurant,Paradijs,http://www.youropi.com/nl/utrecht/restaurants/paradijs-101 were Chinese delicatessens fora reasonable price is being served. TheGrand Masters, Masters, their partners andmany presidents, instructors and volunteersenjoyed each other company and good food.

The IIC day 3

In the morning all 4th degree and up GrandMaster Trajtenberg gave a leadership seminarhow to progress Taekwon-Do as an instructor,Master and association. An inspiring momentwhich gave enough ideas for thoughts andtools for making progress in the future. Afterthis the higher patterns were dealt with andall the way up to Tong-Il.


Working out with Grand Master Bos

Together with this son Timothy Bos, Grand Master Bos gave agreat display of self-defense, exercises to keep fit and fungames to make the class very attractive.

Pictures

Every country, school and group had the opportunity to get inthe picture with the Grand Master and a lot of participantstook the opportunity to let their passport be signed by theGrand Masters or took an individual picture with the GrandMasters.

Monday 22 November 2010, Departure of quests

Grand Masters Marano and Trajtenberg and many otherswere brought to Amsterdam and Schiphol were they mustprepare themselves for the next IIC the following weekend inNorway, with NTN Norway, see www.ntkd.no. Otherparticipants drove home after an enjoyable weekend inUtrecht, The Netherlands. Thank you for coming and hope tosee you soon.

Evaluation of the IIC

The evaluation of the IIC was this time in a different formulawith the permission and the guidance of Grand MasterMarano. The results were astonishing and please read theresults in the attachment of this article. The Grand Mastershowed once again how appreciated there work is all overthe world in the IIC’s. We hope that they can continue theirwork for the future.

Gratitude

As head of the organizing committee I’d to thank the ITF,Technical Committee Grand Master Marano, Grand MasterTrajtenberg, Grand Master Bos, Board of Directors of the ITFNetherlands, Organizing Committee Mr. Wouter Meijer, Mr.Hassan Aachboun and Mr. Martin Schellens, Secretary-General, the volunteers, the local government and all Masters,instructors and participants involved to make this event to asuccess. I hope that maybe in the near future the ITFNetherlands has gained so much experience to organizeagain such an event of international importance.

As an organizer I can advise all who wants to organize suchan event to just do it because with the help of the GrandMasters and the ITF the work is enjoyable and rewarding as ahuman being and Taekwon-Doin. Good luck and thank youall!

Harry van Schaik,

Organizer IIC 2010 the Netherlands

ITF Netherlands

L.T.S.I. BACK ON TRACK!!It’s no secret that the Lions Tae Kwon Do Schools have faced

a lot of problems inthe last 18 months.Well, there’s noholding us back now,as the Executive haverecently ordered its’senior Instructor tofocus on the groupand remain under theradar in future withregards to I.T.F. (andhe has done what

was asked). The first thing he did was to take the annualInstructors course and change it into an technical Instructorscourse.

On 21st of November, Chris had organised the first TechnicalInstructors Course for all L.T.S.I. Blue Belts and above. 21students attended this years course, of which 14 were 1st and2nd Degrees.

The course covered everythingand started with grass roottechnics being corrected,before moving onto the moresenior techniques. Allparticipants knew immediatelythat the two conductors wereon a mission to pull the L.T.S.I.back to its’ former glory.

Chris started the day by taking the students through sinewave, where he explained that on reverse punch, body massmust not come backwards when straightening the back legon the punch - this would result in a loss of power.

Both Chris and Stuart took the students through all patternsup to 2nd Dan, telling thestudents to go back andcorrect the techniques andnot allowing them to moveforward until they wereperforming a bit like theywere required.

Students also sat andwatched DVD’s whichshowed some of General

Choi’s top exponents performing the way both conductorsexpected.

Stuart took the students through all set sparring, explainingthat all counter attacks must be within an inch of the attacker.

After all set sparring was covered, the group moved ontobreaking techniques and a small tournament was held for fun.Chris won the most powerful back kick, Andrew Smith, 2ndDegree, won the turning kick and Mark Doran, 2nd Degree,won the ridgehand on the power meter. It was quite funny, ason the first hit, Chris only got 34 pounds and everyone beathim (including the youngest kids!). He said “‘I missed thetarget” so, after everyone had had their go, he got 136 poundson his second attempt. Really, he cheated, but everyoneallowed it - after all, he is the senior and we need to pat hisego a bit every now and then!

The day was a great one and everyone enjoyed themselvesbut, most of all, this one course has put the L.T.S.I. back ontrack. The conductors thanked everyone for attending andthen headed off for the three hour A.G.M. A video and reportcan be found on our website located at www.uk-ltsi.com

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On Sunday 21 November, was held in the city of Santiago,the Third National Class, organized by the Federacion deTaekwon-Do ITF Dominicana, FETAID. Practitioners of thecity of Santo Domingo, Santiago and Puerto Plata, werepresent at this last class of year. The activity was led by theinstructor Norberto Taveras, V Dan. The class began withstretching, then move to various physical and dynamicexercises, and then work only with the two steps sparringtechniques.

Before concluding the national class, took delivery ofinternational certified black belt and then Mr. Kelvin TerreroPresidente of ASOTADINA made an Acknowledgement toMr Fausto Castillo, president of FETAID, for goodperformance as a leader for the 6 months that has lead thenational organization. FETAID congratulates: Yeraldin Moya,Juan R. Tavera, Dominican Peña, Jose Reyes, Ivet Ureña,Arzenio Marte, Fausto Castillo, Chon Ji Peña, Jose E. KelvinCruz and Terrero, on certifiacion as black belts.


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HWA-RANGMovements - 29Ready Posture - CLOSED READY STANCE C

1. Move the left foot to B to forma sitting stance toward D while executing a middle pushing block to D with theleft palm.2. Execute a middle punch to D with the right fist while maintaining a sitting stance toward D.3. Execute a middle punch to D with the left fist while maintaining a sitting stance toward D.4. Execute a twin forearm block while forming a left L-stance toward A, pivoting with the let foot.5. Execute an upward punch with the left fist while pulling the right side fist in front of the left shoulder,maintaining a left L-stance toward A.6. Execute a middle punch to A with the right fist while forming a right fixed stance toward A in a sliding motion.7. Execute a downward strike with the right knife-hand while forming a left vertical stance toward A, pulling theright foot.8. Move the left foot to A forming a left walking stance toward A while executing a middle punch to A with the leftfist.9. Move the left foot to D forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a low block to D with the leftforearm.10. Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a middle punch to D with theright fist.11. Pull the left foot toward the right foot while bringing the left palm to the right forefist, at the same timebending the right elbow about 45 degrees outward.12. Execute a middle side piercing kick to D with the right foot while pulling both hands in the opposite directionand then lower it to D forming a left L-stance toward D, at the same time executing a middle outward strike to Dwith the right knife-hand.13. Move the left foot to D forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a middle punch to D with theleft fist.14. Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance toward D at the same time executing a middle punchto D with the right fist.15. Move the left foot to E turning counter clockwise to form a right L-stance toward E while executing a middleguarding block to E with a knife-hand.16. Move the right foot to E forming a right walking stance toward E while executing a middle thrust to E with theright straight finger tip.17. Move the right foot on line EF forming a right L-stance toward F while executing a middle guarding block to Fwith a knife-hand.18. Execute a high turning kick to DF with the right foot and then lower it to F.19. Execute a high turning kick to CF with the left foot and then lower it to F forming a right L-stance toward Fwhile executing a middle guarding block to F with a knife-hand. Perform 18 and 19 in a fast motion.20. Move the left foot to C forming a left walking stance toward C while executing a low block to C with the leftforearm.21. Execute a middle punch to C with the right fist while forming a right L-stance toward C, pulling the left foot.22. Move the right foot to C forming a left L-stance toward C while executing a middle punch to C with the left fist.23. Move the left foot to C forming a right L-stance toward C while executing a middle punch to C with the rightfist.24. Execute a pressing block with an X-fist while forming a left walking stance toward C, slipping the left foot to C.25. Move the right foot to C in a sliding motion forming a right L-stance toward D while thrusting to C with theright side elbow.26. Bring the left foot to the right foot, turning counter clockwise to form a closed stance toward B while executinga side front block with the right inner forearm while extending the left forearm to the side downward.27. Execute a side front block with the left inner forearm, extending the right forearm to the side downward whilemaintaining a closed stance toward B.28. Move the left foot to B forming a right L-stance toward B at the same time executing a middle guarding blockto B with a knife-hand.29. Bring the left foot to the right foot and then move the right foot to A forming a left L-stance toward A whileexecuting a middle guarding block to A with a knife-hand.END: Bring the right foot back to a ready posture.


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THE 17TH TAEKWON-DO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO TAKEPLACE IN PYONGYANG

In accordance with the decisionof the 18th ITF Congress held inTashkent, Uzbekistan in2008, the aboveChampionship will takeplace in Pyongyang, DPRKorea, the Motherland ofTKD, on 6 - 12 September2011.This fact is creating greatinterest, not only from theITF members but also fromnumerous Martial Artists aroundthe World.

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held in Minsk that thisforthcoming Championshipswill be the best ever staged.Preparations for theseChampionships are fullysupported and backed bythe DPR Koreangovernment and Municipal

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The 6th Sub-Junior Delhi State ITF TKDChampionship & the 22nd Delhi State Junior& Senior ITF TKD Championship held in NewDelhi, India, 3rd-5th Dec. 2010

The 6th Sub-Junior Delhi State ITF Taekwon-Do Championship & the 22nd Delhi StateJunior & Senior ITF Taekwon-DoChampionship was held at ChinmayaVidyalaya, Vasant Vihar New Delhi from 3rdto 5th Dec. 2010.

The Championship witnessed a participationof total 4762 students from all parts of thenational capital territory of Delhi as under:

EVENT PARTICIPATION SCHOOLS CLUBS

6th Sub-Junior ITF TKD Championship 232662 20

22nd Delhi State ITF TKD Championship2436 65 31

TOTAL 4762 127 51

The Championship was won as under:

6TH SUB-JUNIOR DELHI STATE ITF TKDCHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY PRESIDIUMSCHOOL – ASHOK VIHAR

1ST RUNNER UP TROPHY MILLENNIUMSCHOOL – NOIDA

2ND RUNNER UP TROPHY MOTHER’SPRIDE SCHOOL – PUNJABI BAGH

3RD RUNNER UP TROPHY ADRIEL HIGHSCHOOL - ROHINI

22ND DELHI STATE JUNIOR & SENIOR ITFTKD CHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY SAINT THOMASSCHOOL

1ST RUNNER UP TROPHY NSR CLUB

2ND RUNNER UP TROPHY UNIVERSAL

International Instructor'sCourse - Jamaica18-21 August 2011

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Mr Ung Chang(centre of photo) has been made

an Honorary Professor by theBeijing Foreign Study Universityfor his educational and practicalachievements linked to theOlympic Movement andeducation for young people.

ITF Taekwon Do activity in Tianjin,China, Oct.2010

ITF Taekwon-Do had been introducedand started from one middle school inTianjin in 2002 but today it boasts theincreasing number of its students andITF Taekwon-Do Dojangs. ITFTaekwon-Do takes its place even inMilitary Academy of People’s LiberationArmy of China and Aviation College.As a result of its increasing activities, inthe recent years Tianjin could afford tohost two rounds of National ITFTaekwon-Do Championships (3rd and4th National Championships) amidenthusiasm of ITF Taekwon-Dopractitioners and its favorites. Thisexcellent result can not imagine withoutthe active role of Korean Senior MasterOm Song Il who had started his activityin Tianjin 5 years back.


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The Legendary Founder of Taekwon-Do - I am the man who has the most followers in theworld.

I am the happiest man who has done everything to do in my life. It is fortunate you have come.Is Mr. Chang Ung here?

Mr. Rhee Ki Ha, it is good that you have come. I am glad that my son and daughters like youmost.

You probably might know Mr. Chang Ung well. It is time to introduce Mr. Chang Ung proudly inpublic.

Please carry on propaganda that Mr. Chang Ung is the tallest and in the highest position in theITF. If only I had been as tall as Mr. Chang Ung, I could have had less opponents, however, asmy body was so tiny that there were many opponents. Thus, all alone, I could not but fightagainst them for so long. But I have never been worn out for the justice was on my side.

I have always worried about a successor to the President, however, my mind is set at ease for there is Mr. Chang Ung.

Mr. Hwang Kwang Sung, your duty is very big and important as a spokesman and the Chairman of the Merger

Committee. It was my wish to merge the TaeKwon-Do into one. Please get on your own duty responsibly.

Mr. Park Jong Soo had immigrated into Canada in 1967.

Before that he educated TaeKwon-Do in Europe.

In 1972, I went to Canada where Mr. Park Jong Soo resided leaving my children behind without informing them.

In those days Taekwon-Do was not widely spread, so that I used to say to crave the words of TaeKwon-Do on my coffin.Now Taekwon-Do has developed on a large scale.

I love Mr. Tom MacCallum.

I have always worried if he might die before me. In case he dies first, I have been thinking how to help his family. He hasgiven the special contributions to the ITF. I have no secrets to him. Thank you very much for what you have done. I loveyou.

Mr. Leong Wei Meng is a man of conscience indeed. He has given a great contribution to educating the Taekwon-Do. As Ithought his finance is in a good condition, I drew his name out on the stockolders's list of the Chang Hon Foundation.

Mr. Hwang Jin is doing well on the way of Mr. Chon Jin Sik. So I appointed him as a member of the ConsultativeCommittee.

Please enlarge the Consultative Committee into 9 members. Here I appoint Mr. Jong Jae Hon.

My followers, - Taekwon-Do never exists without the D.P.R. of Korea You should know this.

The ITF is an International organization and does it need to argue about ideology?

Does the United Nations belong to the Black people because the Secretary General is Black?. Please give up this kind ofidea. TaeKwon-Do must be Korean-centred.

Choi Jung Hwa lied me at the airport. I was again deceived. You ought to tell the public throughout the internet that I didnot forgive Jung Hwa. I forgave him as a father, but the TaeKwon-Doists would never forgive him.

Before Jung Hwa apologizes TaeKwon-Doists the world over, he will never be forgiven. While I am still alive, you shouldsend the message to the internet the soonest as possible. The TaeKwon-Do will exists forever.

(16.30 - 17.10) June 11, 2002

At the Hospital in Pyong Yang,

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The ones who heard the last words of General Choi.

Mr. Rhee Ki Ha - Grand Master and the Vice-President, Mr. TomMacCallum - Master and the Secretary General, Mr. Leong WeiMeng -Master and the Chairman of the ConsultativeCommittee,Mr. Hwang Kwang Sung -Grand Master, spokesmanand special aide, Mr. Park Jong Soo - Grand Master and amember of the Consultative Council, Mr. Hwang Jin, Master and a member of the Consultative Council, Mr. HwangBong Yong - Chairman of the Korean TaeKwon-Do Committee, Mr. Jong Jae Hun - Secretary General of theInternational Martial Art Games Committee, Mr. Rang Bong Man-Secretary General of the Korean TaeKwon-DoCommittee


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