January membership renewal is now over due.
Ki Do seminar 23rd Feb for all styles and general public £5 cost. 01487 830601 for details.(2pm - 3.30pm)
Aberdeen Seminar Thursday 27th Feb. 01224 820930 for details.(6pm - 9pm)
1/ Saturday seminar
Last weeks healing seminar was cancelled due to a visit from the IGTSDA Greek reps.
Kostas and Chris asked many questions and I hope I managed to answer some of them successfully. My understanding is that the Greece team for the 2003 IGTSDA world championships will be around 60 strong (Thanks to easy jet)
2/ Healing success
I turned up to Wednesday's lesson feeling a bit under the weather, with a sore throat, and as a result I was unable to ki up.
Mark gave me some Silver Water, told me to gargle with it, which I did for about 2 mins during the lesson then drank some more of it that evening. I was not aware of these minerals aiding healing so needless to say I was a bit sceptical.
Well I worked a 24hr shift that night web server issues and techie stuff like that so I was back at work that evening by 10pm and did not get home to bed till the following Thursday morning, I had noticed my throat had improved, but was worried I would get run down again as a result of being tired. Well I slept till 5pm Thursday evening and my throat was fixed and I felt great, I thought fantastic as I wanted to be fit and healthy for my wild party nights down town on the coming Saturday, and that I certainly was. I also found it works a treat on a Sunday hangover!, oh yes by 9am I was on my gym.
Personally I think this stuff should be Bottled, Labelled and Sold, Master Marks Miracle Medicine.
Cheers Mark I will give you your bottle back next lesson.
Asa
Thanks for the kind message Asa, the silver works on many levels and has been used for years to keep liquids like milk fresh and safe to drink (Silver containers). Due to the introduction of antibiotics the power of silver was forgotten. Now as the antibiotics are starting to fail the silver is making a come back. Silver enhanced creams are now being used in burns units. A few years ago I was in hospital with a strange tropical disease after a holiday in Mexico, (I was quiet ill, had not eaten for 6 days and had a very high temperature) after a week of tests and puzzled faces I took some colloidal silver and left the next day. Needless to say the doctors were not impressed. Colloidal silver increases Chi flow in the body.
3/ DBBAI Methods to increase I.Q. (Mind Gym)
Advertising that a Martial Art can increase I.Q. gets the sceptics jumping around.
Many methods can be used to increase clarity of thought and intelligence, here are some of the techniques we teach at the academy:-
Meditation
Mind maps
Memory techniques
Image streaming
Photo Reading
Dowsing
Nutrition
Sound and light units
Yoga
Sacred geometry
Hydration
Brain gym
Educational Kinesiology
Music
Feng Shui
Energetics
Brain tuner (Electronic Zappers)
4/ Have you see this?
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
From Jon Wright
5/ Subtle energy research.
a/ Heart & TW energy cct.
b/ Bruce Lee's energy secrets
c/ Sip Soo hand position
d/ More energetics to the DBBAI Dragon logo
6/ IGTSDA World Champs 2003
Team events, please try to have Black Belts in all the teams events if possible and do not make extra teams with coloured belts.
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Entry forms are here!
Team forms for the world championships are free!
As a good will gesture Master Adlington and Mr Fernandez agreed to include this free event at our IGTSDA world championships July next year.
Each country can enter 2 teams.
Junior team X5 students under 16years old.
Senior team X5 students 16 years and above.
Any combination of male and female.
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7/ Seminar subjects available
1. Power Strikes & Wave Forms.
2. Speed techniques. (One inch punch etc.)
3. Detection of Subtle Energies (Ki, Chi, etc.)
4. Colour visualisation for Martial Arts Applications. (Strength and speed enhancements)
5. Creative Visualisation (Sports psychology for Tournament Success and Martial Arts Improvement)
6. Yoga (New theories for all-round flexibility)
7. Meditation (Clear the mind and reduce stress)
8. Nutrition (Correct fuel for the body and the brain)
9. 5 Element theory. (Traditional Chinese medicine theory for healing and martial applications)
10. Forms, Kata, Patterns, breakdown (What the moves really mean not just block and strike)
11. Nerve Points (For healing and striking)
12. Chi Kung. (Subtle energy work)
13. Iron Shirt Chi Kung. (Protection from strikes)
14. Science of the breath. (Breathing techniques to improve martial arts techniques)
15. Rooting. (Making your perceived mass increase)
16. Up- Rooting. (Making you opponent's perceived mass decrease)
17. Quadrant Theory. (Energy vessels in the body and how to use them for martial applications)
18. Players to the Game. (Enhancement techniques)
19. Weapons (Bo staff, Nunchaku, Sword and Knife)
20. Healing (Cures for anything from the common cold to asthma)
21. Brain Gym ( Exercises for the enhancement of cognitive skills)
22. Meridians (Energy flow and circuits for healing and martial applications)
23. Cardio Kickboxing (Fun energising exercises for health and fitness)
24. Mind Gym (Ways to increase I.Q. and memory etc.)
25. Ki Do (Way of energy)
26. Ki energy self-defence techniques (Weaken your opponent and strengthen yourself)
27. Ki disruption sparring techniques (Traditional sparring techniques used to disrupt your opponents energy)
28. Empty Force (Pushing and pulling from a distance)
29. Self Defence (The law, psychology and technique)
30. Positive and Negative exercises (e.g. Jumping jacks are very negative and drain energy)
8/ Hak Won Hyungs. (From an earlier newsletter)
Hak Won Hyung means "Academy form" (Kata) after working on our basic form one and utilising every possible movement for martial arts application, energy enhancement, joint safety and physical/mental de-stress. Its time to sort out forms 2 and 3.
For form 2 we have changed the kick to an outside/inside crescent kick. This will take the strain off the knee joints, allow an upright posture for realistic self defence. The motion of the kick gains ki energy and de-stresses the body. The ballistic stretching motion will indicate to the student the mobility of the leg (start low and work up) and then any problems can be addressed (trapped nerves in the lower back, tight calf/psoas muscles effecting the hamstrings etc.)
The change in stances and leg movement are carried over from the first form. The back stance is now a rear leg kicking stance, with the back foot at 45 degrees to protect the knee and gain greater mobility. The front stance now follows nature golden ratio PHI 1:1.618.
For the 3rd form we have changed the kick to a 45 degree round kick. This change is for all the same reasons as the change for form 2. The 45 degree round kick looks like a high kick but the target on the opponent is Gall Bladder point number 31 on the side of the leg, the follow though makes it look high and dynamic.The inside/outside block motion has been change to take the strain off the shoulder and the punches are all 45 degree to align the bones of the arm for strength and again to take the strain off the shoulder joint.
9/ Natural Bandage
Scientists in the US have created a new material that could potentially be developed into a "natural bandage" that is absorbed by the body after the healing process has taken place.
The new material, developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University, is a "nano-fibre" mat spun from strands of fibrinogen, which are 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Fibrinogen is a compound that occurs naturally in the bloodstream and is involved in the clotting process during wound healing. When the clotting mechanism is activated, fibrinogen is broken down by chemical reactions and converted to fibrin.
"Fibrin is the meshwork, the netting," explains lead author Dr Gary Bowlin, professor of biomedical engineering at the university. "It's like throwing a net over the clot that holds it together and keeps it from dissolving quickly."
After the blood clot is formed and stabilised by the fibrin meshwork, the natural healing processes begin.
Using a technique called electrospinning, the researchers were able to produce fibrinogen stands of the same dimension as those found in a natural clot. These fibres were then successfully woven into a material with a texture similar to that of thin cotton.
The researchers say the new mat can be placed on a wound to start the clotting process, then left there to promote healing and eventually be absorbed by the body. They add that it could be used for anything from a small cut to a major wound in which it is vital to stop the bleeding while waiting for proper medical attention.
The researchers have previously used the electrospinning technique to make synthetic blood vessels from collagen, and say that there could be many more potential applications for this type of technology
10/ Dates for 2003
February 16th Sawtry Testing
February 23rd Ki energy seminar Sawtry (Ki Do)
February 24th No Oundle Class.
February 27th Aberdeen seminar
March 2nd Weapons seminar Sawtry
March 6th Ki seminar for Master Woodiwiss
March 9th Testing and seminar Rugby
March 15th British Championships London
March 30th London colour belt test & seminar
May 4th Colour belt test Sawtry
May 11th Black belt test
April 6th Seminar with Grandmaster Tom Muncy (Wales - Master McCann)
April (End of)TSD England Boot Camp
June 8th Scotland Seminar (Ki Do)
June 29th London colour belt test & seminar
July 10th - 12th World Championships London
August 3rd Colour belt test Sawtry
August 16th-17th Scotland TSD Boot Camp
September 9th instructors AMA insurance
September 20th Master Adlington's Championships
September 28th London colour belt test & seminar
October 25th Scotland Championships
November 2nd Colour belt test Sawtry
November 9th Black belt test
December 7th Scotland Seminar (Christmas party?)
December 14th London colour belt test &seminar
December 21st last class Sawtry
11/ AMA Instructor's Insurance
DBBAI Instructors are covered with the AMA.
Public liability and Professional indemnity worldwide to £5,000,000
Member to member all ages
Accidental loss or damage to 3rd party or property not in your control
Libel or slander arising out of your activities as a coach or official
£150,000 for permanent disablement and life cover
£500 dental cover any one accident
£60 weekly payments for temp disablement
Covers all official duties as referee, coach, and instructor.
Amateur Martial Associations
Insurance Information
Fill out the instructor's AMA insurance form (Instructor's CD) and send it with the correct funds to Master Adlington. Cheques payable to DBBAI.
To renew your AMA insurance fill out the renewal form (Instructor's CD) and send it with the correct funds direct to the AMA. Cheques payable to AMA.
You can fax though the renewal form to the AMA and phone with your credit card number.
Put all the addresses of the halls you use as you will receive a certificate for each one.