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| Taekwondo translations |
| 2008-07-11 13:53:00 |
Translating Taekwondo moves from Korean to English (that is, to a phonetic form so you can understand them when spoken) is quite possibly one of the most controversial parts of Taekwondo. I've got a lot of translations on my Taekwondo glossary page, and yet more on the pattern pages. Browse the web, and you'll find other sets of translations that are different. Some will basically be simply different ways of producing the same sound, so while I call a front kick "ap chagi" you'll see others writing that as "Ahp Chaggi" or any number of other variations. This is simple enough to understand, but it gets complex when you start seeing variations that bare no resemblance to what you have been taught as the right way. A good example would be the reverse turni...
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| Which Martial Art should I choose? |
| 2008-06-20 17:05:00 |
Choosing a Martial Art to practice is most certainly the first, and perhaps the most important question we ask ourselves before beginning the journey. If we are to base the question purely on the merits of which one will suit our needs best, the answer is fairly straightforward. If self defense is your top priority you want a "soft" or "internal" Art. If that was what I was looking for, JuJitSu, Hapkido or Judo would most likely be the top three. You get to be Stephen Segal and learn lots of "no nonsense" techniques that work well on the street. If, on the other hand, you want to be Jean Claude Van Damme and have an arsenal of impressive "big" techniques you want a "hard" or "external" art. Taekwondo, Karate or Muay Thai will then fit the bill nicely.Ther...
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| Competition sparring - avoiding getting hit |
| 2008-06-10 10:22:00 |
Last week's squad training (coming as it did after the Dorset Championships) was a great lesson for me to try and get to grips with some of the weaknesses in my sparring technique. There seem to be two major issues.I'm not getting out of the way of attacks - just standing there taking them andI'm kicking with the front leg far, far too much.Mr Gibbs decided to use a novel approach to teach me how to address point one. There are some pretty good fighters at Chung Yong, in particular Wayne and Val were there who both have impressive records at national competitions. Unbeknown to me, Mr Gibbs had a chat with them prior to my arrival and told them to put everything they had into their kicks when sparring with me. Wayne certainly didn't hold back - I caugh...
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| Dorset Championships results |
| 2008-06-08 04:36:00 |
We made it to Dorset after a VERY late submission of our entry forms. It's quite a drive from where we live, and my wife decided to use that excuse to take the whole family down to stay in a hotel which meant we were better rested before arriving for weigh in on the Sunday. The competition was as big as I'd expected - there were something like 300 competitors there and the place was packed out. The competition was confined to a single large hall, but the sports centre had people wandering around in Doboks & sparring gear just about everywhere you turned.James didn't fare very well at this one unfortunately - he seemed to be phased by the size of his opponent who was a fair bit bigger than him. He also seems to have a bad habit of looking at the scoreboard, or at me throughout the round...
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| Kihap - shouting in Taekwondo |
| 2008-05-30 14:18:00 |
One of my favourite topics - the Kihap (the loud shout made when you perform a striking technique or adopt fighting stance before sparring).When I first started Taekwondo, I (probably like most people) felt very self conscious about shouting at the top of my voice in front of a collection of new people. There were other people in the class (some quite high grades) who were also fairly quiet. On the other hand, there were some people there making more than enough noise for the entire class. It only took a few classes and I decided I wasn't going to be the quietest in the class. Funnily enough, while I see myself as quite self conscious, once I started using a loud Kihap, I actually felt more comfortable in the class. The irrational fear that everyone els...
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| Site progress for Tomcat's Taekwondo |
| 2008-05-26 17:33:00 |
I've been working on the Taekwondo site on and off for 2 years now. I thought at this juncture it might be a good idea, for my own record, to show the stats to date. The counter was installed 28th September 2006, and StatCounter tells me that since then:Pageloads: 94731Unique Visitors: 33745Returning Visitors (my favourite one!): 4684So...I've reached out to over 30k people with the site, and hopefully most of them were either already involved in, or considering getting involved in, the worlds biggest and (as far as I'm concerned of course) best Martial Art - Taekwondo.The site is generally done, with the obvious exception of the pattern pages which take an absolute age to complete, but I plan to get them done and dusted shortly. I might even have a sta...
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| Press ups on knuckles in Taekwondo |
| 2008-05-22 03:01:00 |
Taekwondo students over 16 ought to do press ups on the knuckles. This has a few benefits, which I'll cover further down. If knuckles are injured, you shouldn't do this though. It's particularly important that children do NOT do press ups this way as it can interfere with bone development and cause problems later in life.It's vital that the press up is done on the first two knuckles (index and middle) and not on the "softer" ring and little finger knuckles. One of the reasons for doing press ups on the knuckles is to toughen them up so they make effective weapons, and won't let you down when you are asked to break a board or a brick at your grading or a demonstration.However, I see the most important reason for doing this being that it "teaches" you to ...
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| What makes Taekwondo different to Karate? |
| 2008-05-15 03:11:00 |
Seems there is a lot of confusion about the difference, and which is "better" between Taekwondo and Karate. There are some fundamental differences of course:Taekwondo is has a focus on destruction and high spinning kicks. These are distinctly Korean aspects of martial arts. As a result, Taekwondo practitioners will have a tendancy to use kicks at least as much, if not more than hand techniques, particularly in competition. Karate (which means "empty hand" incidentally) typically focuses more on hand techniques.Taekwondo comes from Korea. Karate originates in Okinawa. Both are really international martial arts today with high Dan grades of different nationalities to the art's founder country spread across the globe. Kore...
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| Taekwondo injury |
| 2008-05-09 13:02:00 |
Taekwondo is a contact sport of course, but this week I got a shock with a nasty swelling on my left elbow as a result of a kick from Wayne during sparring at Wednesday's squad training. Boy, does he kick hard - I had my arm protectors on, and yet the swelling is quite something. Hope it goes down soon.Val was cornering me, and wasn't shy about the fact I really need to evade kicks rather than block them. We did some footwork excercises and I'm hoping they'll help.I also spotted a very bad habit that's no doubt high on the list of reasons my tournament fights haven't been going so well. I'm kicking with my front foot nearly all the time. I can't imagine why as the moment I thought about it, it was obvious this is hardly ever going to score a point with ...
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| BTCB Competition - Dorset Championships |
| 2008-05-08 02:47:00 |
The Dorset Championships are set for the 1st of June (Sunday). Apparently there's a patterns competition on the 31st May (the day before). Can't wait for this one - missed it last year due to family commitments. From what I hear this is the biggest BTCB Taekwondo Competition held in the UK or at least one of the biggest. Looking forward to meeting lots of fighters and, of course, hoping to improve on my lackluster performance at this years Chungdokwan Nationals.The Dorset Taekwondo Association run this event - their website is here.Particularly hoping to bump into Phill Payne as he says he'll be attending this event. He's got more information about this event on his Taekwondo Site.See you there!...
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| Longer training |
| 2008-04-24 03:47:00 |
The Wednesday adult class at Mitcham is now running for an hour and a half (it was an hour until recently) and I finally got along to it last night. Really good lesson - I can always tell by how much difficulty I have walking the following morning!I was very pleased to get some heavy practice of Yuk Jang (the sixth Taegeuk pattern). It's a lot harder than I thought it would be though. The stances are quite a bit more complex than the previous patterns and my finishing position is way, way too far from my starting position. It's going to take a lot of practice to get this one right....
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| The origin of Teakwondo |
| 2008-04-23 12:08:00 |
Steve Conway mentions on his site the large number of differing way Taekwondo is spelled, in particular "Teakwondo" comes up time and time again. I've always thought this must just be a simple miss spell on the part of the people using it, but have actually found an official source for this spelling.Page 60 of the Taekwondo Textbook (the official guide to WTF Taekwondo published by the Kukkiwan) refers to Teakwondo. I found another version on page 78 - "Thekwondo" although I've never seen anyone using that particular one and hope I never will ;)...
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| Are you a black belt? |
| 2008-04-04 12:31:00 |
The first question you get asked when someone finds out you're practicing a martial art tends to be about the mythical Belt">Black Belt. Normally to try and avoid this one I just tell new people I meet that I do fitness training, rather than mentioning Taekwondo at all, but that's not always enough. People tend to find these things out and once the cat's out of the bag the question of belt colour isn't far off.No is the reply and then comes a look of shock when I tell them how long I've been at it (it's getting close to a decade I think now). The important thing is that, to me at least IT DOESN'T MATTER all that much. If I was in it simply for a certain colour of belt I wouldn't go through all the effort, pain, sweat and tears...
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| Green Belt Grading |
| 2008-04-03 03:20:00 |
Today I am the proudest dad in the world. James took his grading for 6th Kup (Green Belt) last Saturday, and at last night squad training session in Mitcham he was awarded his Green Belt.James took his grading among the adults, and as such was allowed to attempt his first break. Master Rose asked him to break using back kick. Unfortunately, 4 attempts were not enough and James wasn't able to break the board, however, I tried my best to assure him that since at his age breaking wasn't a required part of his grading he shouldn't worry too much about it. He did say he felt happy with his pattern (Taegeuk Sam Jang - third Poomse), his Kibom, the 3 step sparring and free sparring.James is now just one belt behind me - better get moving and work on staying ahead o...
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| Black Belt Class |
| 2008-03-28 13:21:00 |
I was very honored last week to get invited to attend Master Rose's Belt">Black Belt class. Before going (bare in mind I am still at 4th Kup - Blue Belt) I felt a certain amount of trepidation as to what to expect. Was I going to be the instructors punch bag for the evening? Would I struggle to keep up?I enjoyed the class enormously - Master Rose gave me a lot of help with the finer points of my technique which I will most certainly be doing my best to remember. I felt I was able to keep up reasonably well, although my instructor told me afterwoods he felt Master Rose had definately "toned down" the pace of things for my benefit and usually they are pushed a lot harder. I'm going to have to move my fitness level up quite a lot...
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| Chungdokwan Nationals |
| 2008-03-09 17:43:00 |
I attended the Chungdokwan Nationals this weekend. Despite a great desire to come away with a gold medal I'm afraid this year, yet again, I came home wearing silver. I'd have to say, I was appalled at how badly I fought (losing by 7-0 in the first round) but am humble in enough to admit that even at my best I wouldn't have beaten the young man from Portsmouth University Taekwondo that I was lined up with - he was definately quicker, stronger and all round better in the ring. I'll be back next year of course and am hoping to get to some other tournaments this year, in particular the BTCB competition in Bournmouth.Unfortunately, my son James did not get the chance to defend his Gold Medal from last year as a pressing social engagement meant he missed t...
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| James is allowed to train again (at last) |
| 2008-02-22 02:59:00 |
James came back to training this week. Great to see him training again, and we both have high hopes of progressing this year. He'll be working on Taegeuk Sam Jang as he hopes to rise to Green Belt. Many thanks to all those who left comments, or sent messages through the contact page expressing their dismay/surprise at his not being allowed to train - I sincerely hope this will never happen again and that his mother and school come to appreciate that his Taekwondo training is only beneficial, not detrimental to his physical and psychological development. With James training again, I get to go more often, so from a personal point of view this is also great news - more Taekwondo for me!We're both hoping to compete in the upcoming ChungDoKwan National Champion...
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| Something different |
| 2008-02-19 02:34:00 |
Got an e-mail this week through the website contact form which I can't help but talk about. Mark sent me a link to his online collection of Taekwondo stamps. Check it out:Taekwondo StampsI didn't even know philately went on online, but obviously it does. Thanks mike, very nice work!...
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| New year's resolutions |
| 2008-01-08 12:22:00 |
Perhaps a bit late, and perhaps more for my own benefit than anyone else, this is what I want to achieve this year and I'm going to push hard for it!1. A gold medal for me (and my club of course!) in competition. Shameful, but Silver has always been the best I've managed. Watch out if you're in my weight category and keep your guard up!2. Up my training to 3 times a week as many weeks as I can so that I have a chance of...3. Moving up to Red Belt. This is going to be tough, but if it wasn't, it wouldn't be worth doing. Red tag needs attaining first of course, so time to get Taegeuk Yuk Jang "right".Happy new yearAndy...
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| Bad news |
| 2007-12-23 03:33:00 |
My son (James) managed to get himself into trouble at school in the last week of term, tripping another child during a PE lesson resulting in a broken arm for the poor boy he tripped. James is heartbroken to have caused this injury to one of his friends, but his punishment seems inappropriate.After speaking to the school, my wife and his teacher have decided he should stop training in Taekwondo. I'm absolutely devastated - James really enjoys Taekwondo, and I love doing a sport with my son, but I'm not the kind of father who won't support decisions made by his mother and his school. I would understand this if he'd used a technique learned in a Teakwondo class but this just wasn't the case - he was just involved in a game another child had started. James, through no fault of his own, is qui...
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| Grading results! |
| 2007-10-15 11:52:00 |
Well, we didn't get to go for over a week after the grading what with one thing and another, but we did finally get to a lesson on Friday. James did exceptionally well - he was one of only three people Master Rose rated as A* for their grading. I'm the proudest dad alive! Here's a pic of James with our instructor Mrs Gibbs and his certificate.Unfortunately Mrs Gibbs has her eyes closed in the photo, but you can see how happy James is.Despite my poor performance with my pattern, I got through as well and have moved up to 4th Kup - Blue Belt at last! It's odd, I really saw it as just another step on the ladder prior to the grading, but once I put the belt on I had a very real feeling that something had changed. It's difficult to put into words but it feels like a really significant transitio...
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| Blue belt grading - 4th KUP |
| 2007-09-30 14:27:00 |
This weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to take my 4th Kup (Blue Belt) grading. My son James was also grading for his Green Tags (6th Kup). James, I felt, did me (and himself of course) proud. His pattern (while of course not perfect) was in my humble opinion well carried out, and he certainly has understood the sequence of moves, and how to get the stances right. I could clearly tell the difference between his long and walking stances, and that back leg of his has stopped bending in long stance. I didn't spot any errors in his three step sparring, and he was as exuberant as ever in free sparring - maybe a bit too keen as I did notice the odd bit of contact when he was sparring.My grading was a little longer - there were three other 5th Kup grades and...
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| How long does it take to achieve a black belt in Taekwondo? |
| 2007-09-08 16:58:00 |
The length of time required to acheive the coveted 1st Dan Grade (Black Belt) is an oft talked about topic. Should it take a year, 5 years or 10 years. I really got thinking about this after reading and commenting on a post here and after talking to a couple of girls on holiday this year who'd achieved their first Dan grades within 3 years.I've been training a long time, although I will be the first to admit my attendance is by no means the greatest. I always make at least one training session per week, try to get to two and on the odd week I make it to three. Realistically, a first Dan is AT LEAST another three years away from my grasp (and I am aware that I may not get it if I train for another 100 years!).How long it should take should be irrelevant. It's...
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| How much do you pay to take a Taekwondo grading? |
| 2007-09-05 12:09:00 |
I recently met two Taekwondo students from the north of England. The subject of the cost of taking gradings in TKD cropped up and they told me at their club a KUP grade cost £45. On top of that, failing to pass the grading would result in having to pay the grading fee again.By comparison, at my club a KUP grade test is £15. If you fail it, you can re-take it at no further cost. I don't know what our instructor charges for Hapkido gradings (another Korean Martial Art he teaches) but would be surprised if there was any difference.The two Northerners told me they had achieved First KUP grade (red belt/black tag) in three years with their club - that'll be a topic for another post later...So how much is the "right" amount to pay for a martial arts grading...
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| Finding a good Taekwondo (or other Martial Arts) club |
| 2007-08-27 16:49:00 |
First up, this isn't purely relevant to Taekwondo - feel free to apply this to ANY martial arts club you are either already at, or considering attending.We met a great family on our holiday this year - the two younger girls in the family were twins, and when the subject of Taekwondo came up they told me that at their club you achieved black belt in three years ie it was not a question of anything other than time (and paying for the gradings of course!).I would suggest this is a great way to find out whether the club you are enquiring about is run purely to make money, or has instructors who are genuinely keen on passing on teachings and developing their students. If the answer is "you'l...
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| First leg technique |
| 2007-08-22 14:50:00 |
Finally got around to adding the first leg techniuqe (Kibom Aree Il). Here's the page:First Leg TechniqueBe great to get some feedback on whether or not it makes sense done just in text - will try to do some images for it at some point.***yikes - for some reason I originally posted this with "third" when obviously it's the first! Don't blog half asleep;)***...
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| Aches and pains |
| 2007-08-22 14:39:00 |
Strange how quickly fitness suffers when you don't train even for a short space of time. One small two week holiday in Gran Caneria and seemingly my fitness, strength & flexibility have all evaporated (maybe it's all the sangria!).Managed to make Master Drury's Tuesday lesson last night and boy, are the muscles (particularly the legs) complaining about it today. Even managed to over stretch on a side kick causing my left leg to twitch all day today.We went though some self defense towards the end of the lesson. Master Drury gave a great bit of advice - above all else DO SOMETHING and do it QUICKLY. If it doesn't work (maybe your attackers' grab is too strong etc) do something else RIGHT AWAY and keep doing different things until the attack has been stopped. Once I heard it, it was so o...
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| Are patterns (forms) useful in Martial Arts? |
| 2007-08-19 08:13:00 |
Many practitioners of other martial arts seem keen to question the usefulness of learning patterns (forms). Particularly those training in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and other purely combat based systems. The argument runs that learning patterns does not in any way aid fighting ability. There are two problems with this.Firstly, Taekwondo is not just about fighting & self defense. It is a complete martial art in that the student is learning a wide range of skills that apply to situations in life other than combat situations. Mental discipline and physical fitness aid the Taekwondo student in most aspects of their lives. Learning patterns helps w...
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| Effectiveness of Taekwondo |
| 2007-07-22 17:03:00 |
Quite a lot of people I speak to that train in different arts seem keen to question the effectiveness of Taekwondo as a self defense system. Now, Taekwondo is an "offensive" martial art, as opposed to Jujutsu which would be classed as "defensive". The basic premise being that the Taekwondo practitioner blocks and then counter attacks with a strike capable of incapacitating the aggressor, whereas in a defensive system, the attack is worked against the aggressor typically using using twisting, painful grab techniques. Some Taekwondo schools perhaps leave it out, but at my club Ho Sin Sul (self defense) is an active part of the curriculum. Ho Sin Sul is in many respects very similar to Hapkido, the most well known Korean self defense system and really the...
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| A word of warning |
| 2007-07-05 02:59:00 |
Yesterday I was standing outside the office, the door was open, when suddenly a gust of wind attempted to blow it shut and lock me out. The old "lightning" reflexes jumped into action and I swiftly and accurately thrust my right leg forward to halt the doors' progress. There was a twofold result.1. The door was successfully kept unlocked.2. I lacerated both sides of the ankle as it came under pressure from on one side the (metal - ouch) door, and on the other a rather sharp edged brick wall.Anyone who's been at Taekwondo for a while has probably found themselves operating light switches, opening doors etc with knife hand techniques, or worse with their feet. Anyone who hasn't and is reading this probably has their mouth open in the sheer stupidity this would appear to imply.I just hope whe...
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| Still aching from Tuesday.... |
| 2007-06-29 03:40:00 |
Boy, that must have been some lesson Tuesday night. My legs are STILL aching from it today (Friday)....
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| Taekwondo on a Tuesday |
| 2007-06-26 17:05:00 |
Finally made it along to the Tuesday session in Croydon held by Master Mark Drury (4th Dan). Exhausting, but certainly a great lesson. I'm definately going to try and make the Tuesday session more often as it's very different to the lessons I normally go to in Mitcham. I'm not, however, drawing comparisons as to which sessions are better - too much respect for my instructors to want to start doing that! It does seem to me though that training with different instructors regularly can't be bad for your overall Taekwondo development as there is different emphasis on the various aspects to the training.Not busy next Tuesday and live in or around the Croydon area? Grab a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt (plain) and just turn up - starts 8pm, runs for ...
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| Er, argh! |
| 2007-06-20 15:18:00 |
Somethings wrong - none of my old posts are coming up (must have done something stupid....). The pages are there at my hosting account. I can download them and right enough the blog entries are there but browsing directly to them with a web browser displays the correct URL, but presto I'm actually viewing the main blog page with the most recent post at the top.I'm foxed. Wondering whether posting a new entry will force it to behave itself....Hmph. No idea how, but rather than publishing to the correct directory via FTP, I was publishing to the blog.html file itself and Blogger had helpfully created a directory and was happily publishing into it. I'm pretty darn sure I didn't do that when I set it up........
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| Tournament |
| 2007-06-10 01:20:00 |
My club held a small tournament yesterday and invited the students from St Katherine's Taekwondo led by Master Sargent to attend. Unfortunately, while St Katherines did bring a large compliment of juniors, they didn't submit any adult fighters so all the Chung Yong adults had to fight members of their own club. I got Michael (he's recently moved up to 8th Kup) and he beat me 12-11 on points. Despite the obvious drawback of not winning, I really enjoyed the match and learned a few things about what I can do to improve on my tournament fighting.The St Katherines fighters were impressive to see - they have some very talented fighters there and I'm glad the two clubs are affiliated to each other....
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| Tournament |
| 2007-06-09 18:20:00 |
My club held a small tournament yesterday and invited the students from St Katherine's Taekwondo led by Master Sargent to attend. Unfortunately, while St Katherines did bring a large compliment of juniors, they didn't submit any adult fighters so all the Chung Yong adults had to fight members of their own club. I got Michael (he's recently moved up to 8th Kup) and he beat me 12-11 on points. Despite the obvious drawback of not winning, I really enjoyed the match and learned a few things about what I can do to improve on my tournament fighting.The St Katherines fighters were impressive to see - they have some very talented fighters there and I'm glad the two clubs are affiliated to each other....
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| Third pattern (Sam Jang) is complete! |
| 2007-06-01 00:30:00 |
Just put the finishing touches to Sam Jang. This one is the "final" word on how they are all going to look. The main image no longer than 4 lines, so it should all fit height wise on most screens (at least 1024x768 and up). Will probably start on Pal Jang next as my stats tell me this is the next most popular one people search for. On the off chance someone other than me is reading this, check it out - the link is right above you in the "Taegeuk" menu....
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| Third pattern (Sam Jang) is complete! |
| 2007-05-31 17:30:00 |
Just put the finishing touches to Sam Jang. This one is the "final" word on how they are all going to look. The main image no longer than 4 lines, so it should all fit height wise on most screens (at least 1024x768 and up). Will probably start on Pal Jang next as my stats tell me this is the next most popular one people search for. On the off chance someone other than me is reading this, check it out - the link is right above you in the "Taegeuk" menu....
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| Self Defense for Women - One Day Seminar |
| 2007-05-30 22:16:00 |
This course is designed for mums, daughters, sisters, aunts, nans, friends and girl friends. You do NOT have to be fit and active to take part or have any knowledge of Defense">self defense. During the seminar we will cover basic principals of avoiding dangerous situations and how to best use the abilities you already have to defend yourself, perhaps with a few new skills and tricks. Saturday 16th June 2007 Time: 11am to 2pm Venue: Madeira Hall Canons Leisure Centre Madeira Road, Mitcham CR4 4HD (Free parking available) Price: £20 per person (Pay on day, advance booking required) Age: ...
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| Self Defense for Women - One Day Seminar |
| 2007-05-30 15:16:00 |
This course is designed for mums, daughters, sisters, aunts, nans, friends and girl friends. You do NOT have to be fit and active to take part or have any knowledge of Defense">self defense. During the seminar we will cover basic principals of avoiding dangerous situations and how to best use the abilities you already have to defend yourself, perhaps with a few new skills and tricks. Saturday 16th June 2007 Time: 11am to 2pm Venue: Madeira Hall Canons Leisure Centre Madeira Road, Mitcham CR4 4HD (Free parking available) Price: £20 per person (Pay on day, advance booking required) Age: ...
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| Slight change tonight |
| 2007-05-29 02:35:00 |
Unfortunately, as I work on the third pattern, a useability problem came to light. The whole purpose of the patterns pages is to enable the visitor to see the entire pattern at one, yet be able to hover over each move and get a blown up picture with a description of the move in English and in Phonetic Korean. The third pattern (Sam Jang) has so many moves, this isn't possible. The main pattern image will disappear off the bottom of the visitors screen, ruining the entire concept.I mulled over a couple of possible ways to sort this out, but the only viable option was to stretch the size of the page widthways. The site effectively won't work that well now for visitors with an 800x600 screen resolution and is now really for those using 1024x768 or higher. The stats aren't all that high yet (n...
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