25th May championship training day
15th June championships training day
1/ World Championships 2005
Hello Master Mark
I see that the 2005 World Champs is going to be a discussion point at one of your meetings.
This is great, we are intending on hiring a village in the Drakensburg mountains - it will become a World Champ village for the entire period of the tournament.
Included as recreational activities at the village are the following activities:
Absailing
Paint ball
Archery
Horse back routes
River rafting
Scenic walks
Arm wrestling?
The relaxation area has a lovely swimming pool and we as a various countries could have great fun.
Sounds Great! Many thanks Master Eddie.
2/ Master Class 27th April Waiting for the feedback.
Great day!
7 Masters and a room full of black belts training on the floor together - fantastic!
Thanks to Master O'Toole for his "blind stick hands sparring practise" and traditional Tang Soo Do thought provoking questions. Thanks to Master Woodiwiss for the Chil Sang forms. Thanks to Master Keerie for his theory of leaches and safe lifting practise. Hope you enjoyed the basic KIDO techniques? Thanks to all for attending................. ...........................
Hi Mark,
Thanks very much for yesterday's Master class, it's good to do such completely different stuff now and then.
The Chil Sung forms were excellent......I think I've just about got Chil Sung Il Ro implanted in my brain! Master Doughty and I will ,no doubt, be practicing it like mad on Wednesday evening.
Master O'Toole's 'sticky hands sparring' was very interesting and something new for me. Also, the Ki energy 'spooky stuff' was again something to think about!
Please thank all the Masters for a really good day.
Cheers, Paul Capitain.
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Thanks Mark, had a great day.
In was meant to give blood today, but didn't have the heart to lumber anyone with all of the impurities from my body!!!
Robin ................................
Next Master Class
Higher forms above Bassai
Chil Sung forms and Weapons review
Palates - Mr Griffith.
KIDO Yoga stretch - Master Adlington.(One for the old guys)
Hyung breakdown using pressure points - Master McCann if available.
TSD teaching methods - Master De-Vry if available.
Any offers?
Any requests?
Master candidates to teach as part of 4th Dan testing.
3/ Joke
Engineering In Hell
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place."
So, the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After awhile, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day, God calls Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."
Satan says, "No way." I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
4/ Memberships due and over due.
Liesel Willier
Ian Woolley
(insurance is not valid unless you have membership)
5/ Subtle energy research.
a/ Acoustic effects on trapped nerves (WOW!)
b/ Difference stress functions for self protection
c/ Chakra Aerials
d/ Energetics of "Reciprocal Intervention" stretching
KIDO CD Manuals under construction. Student and Instructor levels.
6/ IGTSDA World Champs 2003
For the Championship Dinner book your seat with Mr. Arthur Fernandez afernandez@lbba.co.uk Black belts and family only £22 approx each.
Entries now in from Holland, Greece, South Africa, Nepal, Aberdeen, Alness, Bristol, Sawtry, Yaxley, (The clock is ticking) (250 approx so far)
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.
Masters wishing to compete please fill out the entry forms individual events only.
After the financial results of the British championships the world championship trophies will be directly proportional to the number of entries in by the dead line. Big turn out - great trophies!
Entry forms due in by the end of April post to:-
Master Adlington IGTSDA
11 Ashdale close
Sawtry
Cambridgeshire
England
PE28 5SN
U.K
2003 Proposed schedule:-
Thursday
9.00 11:00 Committee meeting country Reps (Breakfast)
16:00 Session 1 Seminar - 2 hours (Master Adlington KIDO - £5) (SARS will be addressed)
18:00 Session 2 Seminar - 2 hours (Master Jacobsen Weapons - £5) (No other requests for seminars at this time, please inform me if any County Reps have any seminar plans)
20:30 Evening meal
Friday
Free time
17:00 Judges class / meeting (All Black Belts / Masters are to attend)
19:00 Evening dinner for masters / black belts & partners, limited number and invite only, formal dress
(This is a first come first served basis), Cost per person £22.00 Saturday
7:30 Recommended Arrival Time
8:00 Start and Opening Ceremony (Senior Team members to march in with the country flags)
19:45 Closing Ceremony
21:00 Closing Party (to be advised)
Sunday (For Holland students not able to attend on Thursday, and anyone else interested - £5 per session)
16:00 Session 1 Seminar - 2 hours
18:00 Session 2 Seminar - 2 hours
Any champs discussion points can be addressed at the Master class on the 27th April. The entry forms have now started coming in please do not be the 351st entry! we only have so much room at the London venue.
After the British Championships last weekend we are now looking at a maximum of 350 competitors for the world champs any more and we will need a bigger venue. A bigger venue this time around is now not a practical option. There are many new instructors and Master instructors interested in the IGTSDA championships so get your entry forms in ASAP or you maybe to late.
http://www.igtsda.co.uk/ for your world championship update Entry forms are here!
Team forms for the world championships are free!
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.
7/ Dear Martial Artist,
Alness Tang Soo Do and the Combat Tang Soo Do Association would like to invite you and your students to a weapons seminar, taking place on 18th July 2003, from 6pm to 9pm, in the Averon Centre, Alness.
The seminar will be hosted by Master Instructor, Eddie Jacobsen, 6th Dan, from South Africa.
The seminar will include the following topics:
Basic movements with the Tonfa
Practical use of Tonfa against various attacks
Applying Tonfa to pressure points
Effective neck lock with the Tonfa
Tonfa defences against long weapons
And if there is time the Tonfa Form
The seminar is open to all styles and grades, a good chance to make new friends in different Martial Arts!
8/ Scotland seminar 19th April 2003 Feedback..............
Feedback from the Bong Forms, the students love it!! Young, old, black belts, coloured belts, it doesn't matter all of them love it, and the first one is so easy for the really small kids, (5, 6 & 7) to pick up and helps to boost their confidence. Excellent work!
Cheers
Kelly
Hi Mark,
I was great training with you at the weekend, as usual it ended too soon.
I especially liked the Chil Sang forms which looked very exciting, some very similar moves to the Tai Chi that I have worked on, they offer a greater range in dynamics and movements to what we already do - I am keen to get these on video as with the Bong forms which again are a great addition to our existing skills.
The healing stuff you are working on is phenomenal, I think you are onto something big and I'll be very surprised if you don't receive some sort of national recognition for it. My shoulder/arm still is not as strong as the other one but I know now what to do, with a better understanding of charkas. Am I right in thinking we can develop/create charkas at any point in our bodies and use that to heal, increase strength etc?
Thanks again for a great day
Clive
Hi Mark, email went down again.
I like the new Bong forms, they are much more in-keeping with the flowing way in which TSD practitioners perform forms, they are much less robotic than the previous ones.
I am especially great full for the advance dowsing work you did with me top stuff.
Cheers
Jan
9/ Black Belt test 11th May (Hall booked 2pm - 4.30pm Sawtry Sports centre)
All testing members please look to the following:-
Bring sparring hand and foot pads.
Mind map and essay before or on the day of testing.
List qualifications in the martial arts and academic.
Hand and Foot Combinations for demonstration of co-ordination skills.
All appropriate hyungs.
All appropriate weapons hyungs. (Bring weapons)
Break down of basic moves from the empty hand hyungs and weapons hyungs.
Practical Self Protection techniques and psychology. (Utilising self-defence and one step techniques that work under pressure and non- compliance)
Power, Speed and Accuracy of all Striking techniques.
Free Sparring to show technique, fitness and finesse.
Players to the game theory.
Basic nerve points and vita areas.
Basic Ki energy (detection, disruption and enhancement etc.).
Basic first aid.
Areas of personal study (Demonstration or talk).
Breaking techniques (bring breaking materials).
Higher grades need to study more e.g. 5 element theory, Yin Yang theory, break down of the traditional forms and Chil sang forms etc.
Any feedback???
Study the student manuals, instructor manuals, and appropriate web sites. Any problems come to class.
10/ "Laughing gas" poses spinal disease danger
The recreational use of nitrous oxide, also known as "laughing gas", is higher than previously thought and users could be at risk of spinal damage, warn New Zealand researchers. Last year the researchers, from Auckland Hospital's department of neurology, showed that the drug blocked the action of vitamin B12, thus causing spinal damage. But the neurologists reveal the full extent of its use in a research letter appearing in The Lancet.
The authors surveyed 1,782 first-year students at the University of Auckland.
The questionnaire-based study found that just under 60 per cent of the respondents were aware of the recreational use of the drug, 12 per cent said they had used nitrous oxide recreationally and 3 per cent admitted to being regular users - meaning they used it at least once a month.
Lead researcher Dr Richard Frith says, "Our results show a previously unrecognised high prevalence of recreational nitrous oxide use in first-year university students at Auckland University."
However, he points out that few students are aware of the potentially acute or chronic effects of using nitrous oxide. "Potential harm from nitrous oxide is not included routinely in drug education programmes," says Dr Frith.
Moreover, with an increasing proportion of vegetarianism, many young people have a higher risk of vitamin B12 deficiency, further increasing their risk of spinal problems, he adds.
11/ Dates for 2003 (This schedule will change so keep a North eye on it)
May 4th Colour belt test Sawtry 2pm - 3.30pm
May 10th RAF championships
May 11th Black belt test 2pm - 4.30pm
May 15th Aberdeen seminar 6pm - 9pm
May 17th MIND seminar 11am - 5pm
May 25th championship training day
June 7th Scotland Ki Do Seminar and new video shoot.
June 15th championships training day
June 29th London colour belt test & seminar
July 10th Weapons and Ki Do seminars London
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 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