Ordering soon, Instructors please let me know how many IGTSDA patches you need. (Goes on the left arm)
All welcome Thursday February 6th Seminar Milton Keynes, Ki Do and Chil Sang forms.
Contact Master Peter O'Toole Peter@dragon2000.fsnet.co.uk
Yaxley class is early 6pm - 7pm on Friday 7th Feb.
Please get your test forms in for the 16th Feb.
1/ Dear All,
From your initial reaction, you expressed an interest in attending this seminar organised for 2nd February at Newham Leisure Centre, London. Agenda;
12:00 Instructors Only
14:30 Lunch break (please provide your own, the centre does not have any facilities except for drinks!)
15:00 Students class (all instructors are encouraged to stay for this session)
17:00 Close
Could you all confirm numbers attending for the Instructors section, as well as number of your students for the later section.
This figures are important because;
Briefing Packs need to be organised (instructors)
Numbers do not exceed the studio capacity
Certificates need to be printed
Thank you for your interest in this seminar, look forward to meeting you all. regards
Arthur Fernandez
www.lbba.co.uk
2/ An Introduction to Ki Energy
Seminar
23rd February 2003
2pm - 3.30pm (Normal class will run)
Sawtry Sports Centre
Huntingdon Cambridgeshire
Price £5.00
Dear Martial Arts enthusiast,
I would like to help put back the Energetic side to the Martial Arts we all know and love. I have been working with many Masters and Grandmasters from all over the world, from many different arts, to find out all I could on Ki Energy. My finding so far:-
1/ Many know nothing of energy and think it is all in the movies.
2/ Some have looked for the energy and have found, to their disappointment, nothing of great use or value.
3/ Some Masters and Grandmasters can do fantastic things with energy but do not know how they do this. They say it takes year and years of dedication etc.
4/ Few martial artists have a scientific background in any type of energy work, that is the energy that is understood by scientists.
5/ Some effects of Ki Energy only work on the instructor's students.
6/ Some Instructor's do know what they are doing and are researching the subject. Finding out why the effects are not always universal, then fixing the problem.
7/ The Ki Energy effects can be made to work on everyone and are a fantastic tool for health and Martial applications.
8/ Some of the effects found so far:-
i) Instant increases in strength
ii) Instant weakness for opponents
iii) Increases in speed
iv) Slowing of opponents
v) Nerve point knockouts
vi) Increase or decrease of perceived mass
vii) Pushing/pulling a person from a distance
viii) Ki Energy transfer for painful strikes
ix) Ki protection from strikes
x) Health
xi) Lots more.....................................................(Its great Fun!)
I have no problem teaching all these great things to my 6 year old white belts and the OAPs in my Yoga class, they love "the spooky stuff". But many martial artists do not want to give up their art and so get stuck between a rock and a hard place.
To help everyone, I have asked around to find the best solution and a parallel system maybe the key (Ki).
A system that teaches the internal part of the Martial Arts along side the external part. A universal system that we all can use.
A system with another rank structure which will not interfere with the one we are already using. This would be a simple patch worn on the suit representing the level of achievement a student has reached in the internal arts. The name for this art is Ki Do "The way of Energy".
International Ki Do Association
Master Adlington England Rep
Master De-Vry Scotland Rep
Master McCann Wales Rep
Master Jacobsen South Africa Rep
Master Klee USA Rep
3/ Feedback
A new learning technique that allows people to see their brainwaves on a screen may improve memory by up to 10 per cent, say UK scientists.
Researchers from Imperial College London and Charing Cross Hospital have shown that a technique known as neurofeedback training can enhance people’s memory.
Neurofeedback involves recording a person’s brain activity through sensors attached to the scalp. It is then “fed back” to the patient on a screen.
The technique works like a video game, allowing the person to control what appears on the screen by changing particular aspects of their brain activity. In this way, they learn to control the way their brain works.
“Previous research has indicated that neurofeedback can be used to help treat a number of conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy and alcoholism by training particular aspects of brain activity,” said researcher Dr David Vernon.
“But this is the first time we have shown a link between the use of neurofeedback and improvements in memory.”
Volunteers completed several neurofeedback sessions in which they were asked to encourage specific areas of brain activity while inhibiting others. The researchers then compared the participants’ recall in memory tests taken both before and after the sessions.
The results, published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, showed that participants’ recall increased from 70.6 per cent to 81.6 per cent after undergoing neurofeedback. The recall of the control group increased from 72.5 per cent to just 75.1 per cent.
Professor John Gruzelier, one of the researchers, said that, while further tests were needed, the results of the 40-person trial could have positive implications for the treatment of cognitive deficits, or problems with memory and thinking.
“Neurofeedback has been proven to be effective in altering brain activity, but the extent to which such alterations can influence behaviour are still unknown,” said Prof Gruzelier.
“But if neurofeedback can positively influence the cognitive performance of healthy individuals, as we have previously shown on attention and musical performance, it opens up the possibility that such treatment may be beneficial for those suffering from cognitive deficits,” he said.
4/ Healing - By Tina
As most of you know I have a major illness called RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) and for those of you who know me really well you will have seen me when I have been ok and some will have seen me when I cannot move (literally). Since the winter has set in I have been very, very poorly. One day last week i took a bad fall, leaving me as most of you will have seen back in my wheelchair and using my crutches, well to get to the point on this particularly bad day i had spent all day flat on my back on the sofa in absolute agony and taking morphine. Mark had come round for the evening and i had all my braces on my hands and neck and i could hardly pick up my knife and fork to eat. (which Mark cooked - YES he can cook) to my hands were so painful i asked Mark to help.
He started putting emery into my feet (wrong end I thought). He sat on the floor eating and used his other hand to send the energy (Clever sod he can multi-task as well).
After about 5 minutes or so i started to feel a warm tingling in my hands and the pain some how seemed to almost melt away. Later we were sat holding hands on the sofa watching tele as you do and i had a sudden feeling of well being and calm. I had had the most awful week and the stress of it all was seriously taking its toll, however just holding hands this feeling washed over me and it was really strange. Mark wanted to get up to get a drink and my grip on his hand was so strong he could not pull away. we found it quite amusing as an hour earlier i could not even hold a knife and fork. So it just goes to show that there are lots of subtle ways of healing without any one knowing your doing it.
Unfortunately we have not found a permanent way of keeping my illness stable. So you guys out there training with your martial arts using these energy techniques on a regular basis just bear in mind how you can use these to help yourself and your family to stay strong and healthy. Marks skills are unique and he helps me on a regular basis striving to keep me on my feet as much as possible, I would say to any sceptic out there, your not in enough pain to try alternative therapy. Thanks to Marks hard work that evening i managed to have a fairly comfortable night and did eventually get some sleep. With an illness such as this those few hours of relief were much appreciated.
Thanks Mark...
5/ Subtle energy research.
a/ Why salts baths increase strength
b/ "Energetic Fog"
c/ Energetics of the health zappers (To replace the zappers with Ki energy)
d/ Energetics of the traditional Korean hand shake (Wow!)
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.
http://www.igtsda.co.uk/ for your world championship update 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.
Please show us where you are from on the guest map.
http://pub30.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=2522498725&password=&zoom=4&movetox=-900&movetoy=-525
7/ Message from Mr Clive Johnston
I cant remember if I commented already but I think the idea of Ki Do administered as you have said sounds great- yes there is a bit of a gap between the hard external elements of martial art and the soft internal arts. I have always been interested in the energy work so I think its a great move.
8/ Updated Dates for 2003
February 2nd CTC self-protection seminar London (Master McCann)
February 6th Seminar Milton Keynes (Ki Do - Master Adlington)
February 8th Healing/Energetics seminar 11am - 6pm my house.
February 16th Sawtry Testing (Moved from the 2nd)
February 23rd Ki energy seminar Sawtry (Ki Do)
February 24th No Oundle Class.
March 2nd Weapons seminar Sawtry
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