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Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! Issue 4 www.totallytkd.com June 2009 The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine T a 4 e 0 k - w S o o n m d e o t F h Fo in or g r s Grandmaster Grandmaster C.K. Choi What If... Interview ...The ITF & WTF Merge? Plus How To Conquer TaeKwon-Do’s Hardest Techniques Who’s The Master! Adrenal Stress Training How To Build A Master Breaker Board Holder Core Flexibility Training Sayed Najem: Journey To Our Dreams As well as many more great articles inside Upubmmz!! Ubf!Lxpo!Ep! EditorialEditorial The Free Global Tae Kwon Do Magazine Issue 4 - June 2009 Produced and Published by: What can I say, I am impressed by the Harrow Martial Arts in association with amount of support the magazine is getting Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy and the constant supply of articles to the magazine, supplied on a monthly basis. 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Whilst magazine in general and of course, the TKD Clinic section… every care is taken to check their authenticity, Harrow Martial Arts disclaim any and all liability for any so get writing! inaccuracies. Whilst discussing the articles, I’m sure you`ll agree that the The originator, publishers, editor and all contributors are not responsible in any way for any injury, or any other loss, quality is high and also that many articles are ‘high end’, which may occur by reading and /or following the meaning they cover stuff that’s in-depth and possibly the sort of instructions herein. It is essential that prior to undertaking stuff that those in the art a few years enjoy and appreciate, but any of the activities described within that the reader take the advice of a doctor and a suitably qualified and I’d also like to see some ‘low end’ stuff, for our more junior experienced martial arts instructor. readers, like white and yellow belts. 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Due to the nature of the magazine being still widely available long past its issue date, customers of adverts are Enjoy this months magazine. advised to confirm any businesses advertised within this magazine are still trading before sending off any money, 사 범 스 튜 as Harrow Martial Arts cannot be held liable for any Stuart Anslow adverts, advertisers or consumer issues regarding products 아 트 앤 슬 or services advertised within this magazine, which were Editor correct at the issue date. 로 창 헌 류 Copyright Notice 태 권 도 All articles in this magazine are Copyright © 2009 Author of article 2 - Totally Tae Kwon Do IssueIssue 44 ContentsContents Totally TKD News, Letters & Emails Page 4 Grandmaster C.K. Choi Interview Page 6 How To Conquer TaeKwon-Do’s Hardest Techniques Page 14 Taekwondo For 40-Somethings Page 17 What’s the Point Page 20 Journey To Our Dreams: The True Story of Sayed Najem Page 23 Core Flexibility: Protect Your Back & Improve Performance Page 27 Who’s The Master Page 31 Black Belt Thesis - My TaeKwon-Do Journey Page 33 An Introduction To Adrenal Stress Training Page 37 The TKD Clinic Page 41 Honest Johns Product Review Page 45 Paradise Lost: Tae Kwon Do & The Art Of Simplicity Page 47 Ch’ang Hon Taekwon-do Hae Sul - Part 4 Page 52 Realism And Integrity In The Martial Arts Page 56 Evolving And Training - Parts 2 & 3 Page 59 DVD Review: Lock On - Joint Locking Essentials Vol 3 Page 61 How I Use The Tenets Of Taekwon-Do In My Everyday Life Page 63 Readers Views: What if ITF/WTF Merge or Olympic Mandate Lost! Page 65 How To Build A Master Breaker Board Holder Page 75 Submission Guidelines Page 82 Where To Download Totally Tae Kwon Do Page 83 Contributors: Simon O’Neill, George Vitale, Michael Munyon, Philip Hawkins, Ira Hoffman, Glenn Smits, Grandmaster CK Choi, Stace Sanchex, Paul O’Leary, Earl Weiss, , David Schultz, Gary Kavanagh, Liam Cullen, Brendan Wilson, Stuart Anslow, Malcolm Jones, Matthew Hobbs, Sayed Najem & John Honest Totally Tae Kwon Do - 3 TotallyTotally TKDTKD NewsNews Japanese Director Set to Make enamoured with the mysteriousness of Taekwondo Film Taekwondo. Given the worldwide Korean news paper popularity of the sport, it seemed odd to Chosun Ilbo me that it's nearly impossible to find Taekwondo schools in Japan, when you reports that the can find it in just about every city in the Japanese film United States," Kitamura says. "I took a director Ryuhei one-day course about three years ago, and Kitamura looks like the sophisticated positions and movements an erratic high seemed very mystical." school student with bleached blond He said he feels something Korean running hair and pitch black through his veins. "I felt the Korean spirit eyebrows. In Korea from my childhood, hanging out with for a meeting with Korean-Japanese friends. Sometimes a potential distributor for his new project, a when I watch my films, I feel like I'm film tentatively titled "Tae Kwon" for which watching a Korean film," he says. the shooting begins later this year, Kitamura already has a deal with big Japanese production company Yoshimoto Four New ITF Grand Masters Kogyo to make the film, with the U.S.' At the recent European Championships in Arclight Films in charge of distributing the Benidorm, ITF (Vienna) appointed four new film in North America and Europe. Grand masters. Many congratulations to Grand Master Tom MacCallum, Grand The film, as the title suggests, is about Master Pablo Trajtenberg, Grand Master Korea's Taekwondo. That a Japanese Hector Marano and Grand Master Javier director should want to make it is not as Dacak. improbable as it may seem. Born in Osaka, Kitamura quit high school in Japan and Master Zubairi moved to Australia to study cinema and is Taekwondo Cup 2009 currently working in Hollywood. A sports The Zubairi's Martial fanatic, he says he has tried almost every Arts Centre-Lahore City martial art, including Karate, Kendo and Branch organized the Judo.