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Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! Issue 2 www.totallytkd.com April 2009 The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine Th e H of id H de T ap n ae K Tr kw iD u o o th n in s -D o Elvis’s Tae Kwon Do Instructor Plus Grandmaster Yoon Byung In: Pioneer in South Korea What Is Tae Kwon Do? Dynamic Flexibility Test Myths And Realities of Pressure Points Destruction: A Tae Kwon Do Hurdle? Debunking The Muye Dobo Tongji As well as Knifehand Strikes, Disadvantaged Pad Work, Book & DVD Reviews, Seminar & Competition Reports and many more great articles inside Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! EditorialEditorial The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine Issue 2 - April 2009 Produced and Published by: Welcome to the second edition of Harrow Martial Arts in association with Totally Tae Kwon Do magazine. Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy The magazine has been extremely Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)7759 438779 well received by all. 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As, magazine are still trading before sending off any money, as Harrow Martial Arts cannot be held liable for any putting it delicately, I'm sure his travel plans will get less adverts, advertisers or consumer issues regarding products and less as he's not getting any younger - hes almost 65 or services advertised within this magazine, which were correct at the issue date. and still amazing by all accounts! See page 4 for further details. Enjoy the mag, Copyright Notice All articles in this magazine are 튜 Stuart Anslow 범 스 Copyright © 2009 Author of article 사 Editor 슬 아 트 앤 2 - Totally Tae Kwon Do 류 로 창 헌 태 권 도 IssueIssue 22 ContentsContents Grandmaster Yoon Byung-In: Pioneer in South Korea Page 5 The Hidden Truths of HapKiDo in Taekwon-Do Page 12 What Is Tae Kwon Do? Page 15 Destruction: A Tae Kwon Do Hurdle? Page 20 Grandmaster Kang Rhee: Tae Kwon Do Instructor of Elvis Page 23 Knifehand Strikes, Purity of Technique and Other Considerations Page 28 Ch’ang Hon Taekwon-do Hae Sul - Part 2 Page 33 Debunking The Muye Dobo Tongji Page 37 Disadvantaged Pad Work Page 43 The Differences Between A Roundhouse Kick And A Turning Kick Page 45 Sequence Of Stretches And Their Effects On Dynamic Flexibility Page 47 Myths And Realities of Pressure Point Theory Page 51 The TKD Clinic Page 54 What’s the Point - Part 2 Page 55 Tae Kwon Do’s Army Visits The VI South East Opens Page 56 Grandmaster Steiner Technical Seminar Page 60 A Punch, A Strike & A Thrust: There’s More! 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