July 21st - 26th KIDO training week
(I have heard the Master George Dillman is in jail for knocking someone out without their permission? Can anyone confirm this?)
1/ Seminar with Master McCann
Milton Keynes 7pm - 9pm Thursday 29th May - See you there!
Contact Master O'TOOLE Peter@dragon2000.fsnet.co.uk
2/ Tang Soo Do Master Class
Do I book the next Master Class for Saturday 26th July?
The Hall is free 9am - 3pm is this ok? (We could finish at my house with tea and Ki from three)
Master Adlington can attend.
Master Robert Woodiwiss can attend.
Master Jacobsen can attend.
Master O'Tool can attend.
3/ Student and Instructor CDs Updates
New Grading Photos
New Slow motion breaking movies
New Posters and adverts
4/ Joke
The owner of a drugstore arrives at work to find a man leaning heavily against a wall. The owner goes inside and asks his clerk what's up. "He wanted something for his cough, but I couldn't find the cough syrup," the clerk explains. "So I gave him a laxative and told him to take it all at once." "Laxatives won't cure a cough, you idiot," the owner shouts angrily.
"Sure it will," the clerk says, pointing at the man leaning on the wall.
"Look at him. He's afraid to cough."
5/ Subtle energy research.
a/ Sacred geometry and patch design
b/ Spinning chi energy (Thanks Les the bench press in now at 260 lbs)
c/ Static chi kung stances
d/ More study of Grandmaster Mooney's power punch (Don't hold the pad LOL)
KIDO CD Manuals under construction. Student and Instructor levels.
6/ IGTSDA World Champs 2003
We have a Masters category! Master O'Toole, Master Kirk Landquist, Master Garth have entered.
The price for the scheduled KIDO Seminar 16.00 Thursday the 10th July was wrongly marked at £5.This seminar was arranged for the South African team only (Sorry I forgot!) and so any other students wishing to take part can contact Master Eddie Jacobsen e.j.multicord@freemail.absa.co.za This will be a quite in depth 2 hours so bring note pads and pens. Advanced KIDO techniques will be demonstrated. Open to KIDO members only. http://www.oocities.org/internationalkido/index.html
The seminar on the Sunday will be "an introduction to KIDO" open to everyone priced at £5. (This will still be very advanced compared to other energy systems).
For KIDO membership information contact Master Adlington, all Master Adlington's DBBAI members are also automatically IKA (International KIDO Association) members.
For the Championship Dinner book your seat with Mr. Arthur Fernandez afernandez@lbba.co.uk Black belts and family only £25 approx each.
1/ Rules
Lowest form is Pyung Ahn Cho Dan
The only Hyungs permitted are those required by a contestant to enter their current rank or the one(s) needed to exit their current rank. There will be no exceptions
Accepted Hyungs: (National Hyung Requirements may over ride this list, decision is made by the IGTSDA National Exec Committee Rep)
Sam Dan (3rd Dan): 1) Chil Sung Oh Rho, 2) Chil Sung Sa Rho, 3) Chil Sung Sam Rho, 4) Kong San Koon, 5) Nai Han Ji Sam Dan, 6) Sip Soo, 7) Rho Hai
E Dan (2nd Dan): 1) Chil Sung Sa Rho, 2) Chil Sung Sam Rho, 3) Rho Hai, 4) Nai Han Ji Sam 5) Nai Han Ji E Dan, 6) Sip Soo, 7) Chinto
Cho Dan (1st Dan) 1) Bassai, 2) Chinto, 3) Chil Sung Sam Rho,4) Chil Sung Il Rho, 5) Nai Han E Dan, 6) Nai Han Ji Cho Dan,
Gup Ranks: See Instructor or National Rep of the IGTSDA Exec Committee
Entries now in from USA, Holland, Greece, South Africa, Nepal, Milton Keynes, Inverness, Aberdeen, Alness, Bristol, Sawtry, Yaxley, Preston, St. Neots, Sweavsey, Kinloss, (Times Up!)
For the Championship Program (The little souvenir book of the event) each country will have a page, so please forward your info and photos. Photo of Master instructors etc.
7/ Joke
A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Hunting Flies" He responded.
"Oh. Killed any?" She asked.
"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.
Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?"
He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone."
8/ Stress
Unless teenagers employ effective coping mechanisms, the stress of exams can damage their health, according to UK researchers.
Psychologists from Coventry University discovered that more than half of the A-level students they questioned found exams very or extremely stressful. Health problems associated with exam stress included loss of sleep, loss of appetite, headaches, nausea and a tendency to binge on food and drink.
About 8 per cent also reported suicidal thoughts.
Many of the teenagers had developed their own ways of coping with the stress. These included talking with their friends, sleeping, watching television and listening to music. However, these activities could put them at odds with parents and teachers as they all mean time away from studying, the psychologists warn.
"If a young person has developed their own coping strategies, whatever they may be, then parents and teachers should be supportive and open. Over half of the people we questioned claimed that they argued more with their parents in the lead-up to an exam.
"In many cases it is the young person who sets their own standards of achievement, and it's usually the young person who knows how much or how little they need to do to succeed. The only person they would let down is themselves," Rob Wilde, one of the researchers, said.
The small number of teenagers who reported suicidal thoughts also reported heavy drinking, drug taking, and arguing with their friends and family. They were also more prone to illnesses and stomach upsets.
Almost half of the teenagers seemed unaware of the help offered by schools to assist with exam stress. Additional classes, revision strategies and relaxation classes were mentioned as examples of good practice.
Students should be made more aware of the help available and shown that they are not alone in feeling the pressure of exams, the researchers say. They suggest that family and friends provide reassurance that, even if performance is not as good as expected, there will be other chances and that doing badly in exams does not reflect abilities in the whole of life.
Dr Orla Dunn, another researcher, said that exam preparation should include tactics to cope with the stresses before and during exams as well as practice to improve performance.
"Planning and revision, not surprisingly, seem the best tactic to reduce nerves in the exam, but especially for those who find exams very stressful, just working hard actually seems to exacerbate pre-exam problems. Those who fare best with stress in the time running up to exams are those who are able to talk to others for advice and support," she said.
9/ Dates for 2003
May 25th championship training day
June 7th Scotland Ki Do Seminar and new video shoot.
June 15th championship training day
June 29th London colour belt test & seminar
July 10th Weapons and Ki Do seminars London
July 10th - 12th World Championships London
July 18th - Tonfa Seminar - Alness
July 21st - 26th KIDO training week (Limited places)
August 3rd Colour belt test Sawtry
August 16th-17th Scotland TSD Boot Camp
September 9th instructors AMA insurance
September 11th Aberdeen seminar 6pm - 9pm
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 Ki Do Seminar (Christmas party?)
December 14th London colour belt test &seminar
December 21st last class Sawtry