Martial ScienceBIMONTHLY MAGAZINE OF MARTIAL ARTS DECEMBER/2015 - Nº 12

The Chemist: A LABORATORY OF EXPLOSIVE ACTION

GM. SERGIO BARRIGA Salon de Gala 2015

THE INTERVIEWMARIANNE CHUBIRKA

YAMAGAWA RYU KARATE KEVIN BERGQUIST

YUMAK ALONSO

DAIBUKAN BUGEI RYU HA

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PUBLISHER/EDITOR -IN-CHIEFHenry Binerfa C.

CREATIVE DIRECTORDiosmel Acuña

COLUMNISTSAntonio Fernandez Rioja

Martin FranshanJimmy Lockett

CONSULTANTYin Zhi Shakya

CONTRIBUTORSPablo Rodarte

GM. Mark ShueyJames WilsonAirr PhanthipSamuel KwokBob Goméz

Sifu Justin CataldiMaster Wong

Philip NearingMaster Bernd Hoehle

TRANSLATIONSYisel Viamontes

Alcides CervantesDaryanis Tamayo Fuente.

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A salute to all readers of Martial Science Magazine, my pleasure to introduce our latest issue of this year’s edi-tion in English of Martial Science Magazine Issue 12.

 In our storycover we share with you the latest film from action film Award-winning director / Fight choreogra-pher / stunt performer Art Camacho; The Chemist: stars Olivier Gruner (Nemesis, The Circuit, Sector 4: extraction), as “Steele” an assassin for hire, Patrick Kil-patrick (Minority Report / Death Warrant) and Karate Kid’s Martin Kove, and features 22 Jump Street’s Richard Grieco and Sasha Mitchell of Kickboxer fame. The film was produced by Tom Renner and Al Bravo.

And also in our cover this great event we reported from Tampa, Florida, The Salon of 2015 Gala Hosted by Grandmaster Sergio Barriga was a Huge Success. Guests included VIP World Champions and grandmasters Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, GM. Cynthia Rothrock, GM. Bill Wallace, GM. Glen Wilson, Olando Rivera, Along With 20 Time World Champion Strength athlete Guest of Honor Dr Robert Goldman, World Karate Champ Cheryl Wheeler, World Champion Boxer Daisy Lang and many other notables.

Without taking you more time, I leave you with many other articles of great content and interest to dismiss another year and I wish you much happiness, understanding and love. Merry Christmas!!!

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Henry Binerfa | Publisher/CEOMartial Science Publications, LLC

Martial Science Magazine, Volume 12, Number three ISBN-13: 9781514356005 , is Published Bi-monthly, (February, April, June, August, October, and December) by Martial Science Publications LLC., Phone: (702)439-9071 Email: admartialscience@gmail.com

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Special Report Salon de Gala 2015

“Great, Majestic and

Friendly”These are the three words that can best describe the event Salon de Gala 2015 held at the Marina Cove, St. Pete, Florida. This time dedicated to “Honoring the family movie of the year” “The Martial Arts Kid”

This event was organized by the Global United Mar-tial Arts Federation, head-ed by GM. Sergio Barriga (Founder Of Shim Shin Do & Martial SmArt Training since 1971), who made an extraordinary organization-al work and brought togeth-er in one place many celeb-rities of movies and martial arts.

VIP Guests included:

• GM. Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson,

• GM. Cynthia Rothrock,

• GM. Bill Wallace,

• GM. Glen Wilson,

• Olando Rivera,

• Guest of Honor Dr. Robert Goldman,

• Cheryl Wheeler,

• Daisy Lang,

• Sensei Henry Binerfa and many other notables martial artists.

Undoubtedly, this martial arts event is one of the most important held this year

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VIP Party at Bubba Gump MOMENTS!

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Special Report Salon de Gala 2015

Salon de Gala 2015 SeminarsMOMENTS!

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Awarded of Salon de Gala 2015

GM. Carl Stone Gabriela E. Barriga

Forbes Riley Daisy Lang Master Kevin Bergquist GM. Jason Velez

Sensei Herbie Thompson

GM. Little John Davis Terry Spinowitz

Randall Moyer, Breanna L. Gianna O ‘Neill, Alissa Green, Debra Gage, Tracy LiMato, Denisee Green,

Robin S., Jim O’Neill, Daniel A.

GM. MIchael McGann, GM. Jason Velez, Sensei Shawn Duval, William Clansky, Terry Bibbins,

Omar Schwanzer, Jim Rivera

GM. Little John Davis, Jai Hinson Walter Evams

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Salon de Gala 2015 SeminarsMOMENTS!

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Awarded of Salon de Gala 2015

Sensei Henry Binerfa

Mr. And Mrs. Rabbie Wordie

Tenor. Diego I.

Master Tracey Landgraf

Carlos David Oliveira, Ramon de la Paz, Israel R.

Entertainment Award

GM. Vicent Lyn, GM. Carl Stone, Dr. Robert Goldman, GM. Cynthia Rothrock, GM. Sergio Barriga, Barbara Sue Rogers, GM. Bill Wallace, GM. Don “The Dragon” Wilson, GM. Glen Wilson

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Maria SilveriaRey Linares

GM. Barriga was honored with a special gift

Maria Silveria and group masters

Olando Rivera Peter F. DeFossesOlando Rivera Team

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The ChemistA LABORATORY OF EXPLOSIVE ACTION

By: Craig HeimbichnerCraig Heimbichner is a producer, screenwriter, actor, author

and instructor of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. Full disclosure: Craig Heimbichner choreographed the Wing Chun scene in the movie,

and played two roles.

The Chemist is not simply award-winning Director Art Camacho’s latest, and most anticipated film: it is by far his best to date. Combining the haunting cinematogra-phy and stellar talent of ano-ther award-winner, Director of Photography Carmen Cabana, with a well-paced story con-ceived by Camacho himself, The Chemist mixes a labora-tory of ingredients that are absolutely explosive: a dri-ving, twist-laden plot; inten-sity of emotion; jaw-dropping action; and a visual feast that frames the mood of many powerful scenes, from the suspenseful to the sensual.

Executive Producers Shuriz Hishmeh and Joe Navarra, along with Producers Al Bravo (The Chicago 8), Tom Renner

(Redemption, Gangland) and Art Camacho, clearly had a vi-sion in constructing this film, which is evident in the cohesi-veness of the plot and the vi-sual “feel” of the staging and action. The opening grabs the viewer by the throat and lar-gely drives forward with the pedal halfway to all-the-way down through a tale of assas-sination and character trans-formation.

World kickboxing champion and action star Olivier Gruner (Crooked) plays his best role to date as Ronus Steele, an assassin of finesse working for the shadowy organization Blackstone. Steele’s superior Frank Castle (Martin Kove, best known for his role as the evil Sensei in Karate Kid) is forced to order Steele to take

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on an all-too-eager apprentice, Blaine (Steven Dell). After a vicious hit on a kung fu school led by Blaine, Blackstone has reason to be concerned, and in a grip-ping shaving scene in a barbershop, Frank’s boss Claxton (veteran actor Patrick Kilpatrick) makes his razor-sharp point. Ronus, who can’t shake the traumatic memories of losing his family, is an occasionally tormented loner, but connects with the charming Gabriela (Stephanie Gerard) who winds up on the run along with Steele when Blac-kstone decides to eliminate them both. Blaine’s girlfriend Trinidad (Nina Bergman) emerges as a sexy psychopath who is attracted to his hidden occupation. Along the way we are treated to martial arts action that includes many real-life masters, such as Eric Lee and Samuel Kwok, from minor roles to memorable ones.

Many performances deserve highlighting, from Gruner’s quiet intensity to Kilpatrick’s convincing coldness, but the performances of both Gerard and Bergman give the film vitality. Both accomplished musicians and performers (with a share in the effective soundtrack along with Los Lonely Boys), they paint a fascinating contrast, with Ge-rard seeming to be an innocent college student in need of Steele’s protection, and Bergman the opposite: a sex-crazed girlfriend of a killer who can’t wait to have a piece of the action. But appearances can be deceiving, and the closing fight scene between the two reflects the high standards of Camacho and his team.

Art Camacho clearly put his heart and soul into this film, taking a relatively small budget and giving it the appea-rance of ten times more. Camacho’s story-telling skill (brought to life by screenwriter James Dean Simington) is not only evident along with his directorial artistry and control, but also one of Camacho’s favorite themes is shown here in the transformation of an unethical man—Steele, an assassin—into a deeper individual who pulls

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depths of virtue from himself that even he didn’t know he had, after finding something to care about—and someone—while risking his life to do it.

The coloration, editing, and soundtrack (Los Lonely Boys’ own JoJo Garza also appears ons-creen as Outlaw) are other features of this film that contribute to its impact. Having swept seven awards at the Action On Film Awards, The Chemist is a winner all the way, with a chemical mix of powerful imagery, a gripping story, and white-hot action that explodes off the screen.

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IT once occurred to a certain king, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew

who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid, and, above all, if he always knew what was the most important thing to do, he would never fail in anything he might undertake.

And this thought having occurred to him, he had it proclaimed throughout his kingdom that he would give a great reward to any one who would teach him what was the right time for every action, and who were the most necessary people, and how he might know what was the most important thing to do.

And learned men came to the King, but they all answered his questions differently.

In reply to the first question, some said that to know the right time for every action, one must draw up in advance, a table of days, months and years, and must live strictly according to it. Only thus, said they, could everything be done at its proper time. Others declared that it was impossible to decide beforehand the right time for every action; but that, not letting oneself be absorbed in idle pastimes, one should always attend to all that was going on, and then do what was most needful. Others, again, said that however attentive the King might be to what was going on, it was impossible for one man to decide correctly the right time for every action, but that he should have a Council of wise men, who would help him to fix the proper time for everything.

Three Questions

Teachings of the Budha

by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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But then again others said there were some things which could not wait to be laid before a Council, but about which one had at once to decide whether to undertake them or not. But in order to decide that one must know beforehand what was going to happen. It is only magicians who know that; and, therefore in order to know the right time for every action, one must consult magicians.

Equally various were the answers to the second question. Some said, the people the King most needed were his councillors; others, the priests; others, the doctors; while some said the warriors were the most necessary.

To the third question, as to what was the most important occupation: some replied that the most important thing in the world was science. Others said it was skill in warfare; and others, again, that it was religious worship.

All the answers being different, the King agreed with none of them, and gave the reward to none. But still wishing to find the right answers to his questions, he decided to consult a hermit, widely renowned for his wisdom.

The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted and he received none but common folk. So the King put on simple clothes, and before reaching the hermit’s cell dismounted from his horse, and, leaving his bodyguard behind, went on alone.

When the King approached, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. Seeing the King, he greeted him and went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he stuck his spade into the ground and turned a little earth, he breathed heavily.

The King went up to him and said: ‘I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions: How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time? Who are the people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore, pay more attention than to the rest? And, what affairs are the most important and need my first attention?’

The hermit listened to the King, but answered nothing. He just spat on his hand and recommenced digging.

‘You are tired,’ said the King, ‘let me take the spade and work awhile for you.’

‘Thanks!’ said the hermit, and, giving the spade to the King, he sat down on the ground.

When he had dug two beds, the King stopped and repeated his questions. The hermit again gave no answer, but rose, stretched out his hand for the spade, and said:

‘Now rest awhile -- and let me work a bit.’

But the King did not give him the spade, and continued to dig. One hour passed, and another. The sun began to sink behind the trees, and the King at last stuck the spade into the ground, and said:

‘I came to you, wise man, for an answer to my questions. If you can give me none, tell me so, and I will return home.’

‘Here comes some one running,’ said the hermit, ‘let us see who it is.’

The King turned round, and saw a bearded man come running out of the wood. The man held his hands pressed against his stomach, and blood was flowing from under them. When he reached the King, he fell fainting on the ground moaning feebly. The King and the hermit unfastened the man’s clothing. There was a large wound in his stomach. The King washed it as best he could, and bandaged it with his handkerchief and with a towel the hermit had. But the blood would not stop flowing, and the King again and again removed the bandage soaked with warm blood, and washed and rebandaged the wound. When at last the blood ceased flowing, the man revived and asked for something to drink. The King brought fresh water and gave it to him. Meanwhile the sun had set, and it had become cool. So the

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King, with the hermit’s help, carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed. Lying on the bed the man closed his eyes and was quiet; but the King was so tired with his walk and with the work he had done, that he crouched down on the threshold, and also fell asleep -- so soundly that he slept all through the short summer night. When he awoke in the morning, it was long before he could remember where he was, or who was the strange bearded man lying on the bed and gazing intently at him with shining eyes.

‘Forgive me!’ said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the King was awake and was looking at him.

‘I do not know you, and have nothing to forgive you for,’ said the King.

‘You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge himself on you, because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you did not return. So I came out from my ambush to find you, and I came upon your bodyguard, and they recognized me, and wounded me. I escaped from them, but should have bled to death had you not dressed my wound. I wished to kill you, and you have saved my life. Now, if I live, and if you wish it, I will serve you as your most faithful slave, and will bid my sons do the same. Forgive me!’

The King was very glad to have made peace with his enemy so easily, and to have gained him for a friend, and he not only forgave him, but said he would send his servants and his own physician to attend him, and promised to restore his property.

Having taken leave of the wounded man, the King went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit. Before going away he wished once more to beg an answer to the questions he had put. The hermit was outside, on his knees, sowing seeds in the beds that had been dug the day before.The King approached him, and said:

‘For the last time, I pray you to answer my questions, wise man.’

‘You have already been answered!’ said the hermit still crouching on his thin legs, and looking up at the King, who stood before him.

‘How answered? What do you mean?’ asked the King.

‘Do you not see,’ replied the hermit. ‘If you had not pitied my weakness yesterday, and had not dug these beds for me, but had gone your way, that man would have attacked you, and you would have repented of not having stayed with me. So the most important time was when you were digging the beds; and I was the most important man; and to do me good was your most important business. Afterwards, when that man ran to us, the most important time was when you were attending to him, for if you had not bound up his wounds he would have died without having made peace with you. So he was the most important man, and what you did for him was your most important business. Remember then: there is only one time that is important -- Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. The most necessary man is he with whom you are, for no man knows whether he will ever have dealings with any one else: and the most important affair is, to do him good, because for that purpose alone was man sent into this life!’

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(from http://www.tolstoy.org/)

Appendix

“How can we live in the present moment, live now with the people around us, helping to lessen their suffering and making their lives happier? How? The answer is this: We must practice mindfulness. The principle Tolstoy gives appears easy. But if we want to put it into practice we must use the method of minfulness in order to seek and find the way.”-- Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Taekwon-Do PioneersKim Bok-Man and Low Koon Lin Reunite in Malaysia for Historic 2-Day Seminar

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Taekwon-Do Pioneers

Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man, a legendary influential pioneer of military Tae-kwon-Do, and Grandmaster Low Koon Lin, the first non-Korean student of Taekwon-Do, reunited in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a historic 2-day seminar held on August 29 and 30, 2015 at the beautiful Thean Hou Temple Grand Ballroom. The seminar was sponsored by the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation and Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang, both of Kuala Lumpur. The recent seminar is only the second time that Su-preme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Low have enjoyed each other’s company in more than 50 years.

Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man, President of the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation, and Grandmaster Stan C. Swope, Vice President, were greeted at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Wednesday, August 26 by delegates from the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Fe-deration (MCTF), Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang (BTD) and Greenfield Taekwon-Do Club (GTC). Delegates included Grandmaster Dr. Sam Looi Yew Khuen (9th Dan), MCTF President; Master Don Looi Mun Khuen (7th Dan), MCTF Vice Pre-sident; Senior Master Gary Tong Chee Yong (8th Dan), MCTF Secretary General; Senior Master Tay Chin Hiong (8th Dan), GTC Chief Instructor;

and Master Ow Wee Leong (7th Dan), GTC Ins-tructor. They were joined for dinner that evening by Grandmaster Rickie Low Ah Kuan (9th Dan), Super Taekwon-Do Academy; and Grandmaster Nelson Bernard Kirby (9th Dan), Visual Martial Arts, Inc.

Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man’s martial arts legacy in Malaysia and Southeast Asia runs deep. From 1963-1964 while General Choi Hong-Hi was ambassador to Malaysia, Supreme Grand-master Kim and General Choi developed

Kim Bok-Man and Low Koon Lin Reunite in Malaysia for Historic 2-Day Seminar

techniques, created patterns and wrote:

Taekwon-Do: The Art of Self-Defence, the historic first English textbook, which would be published in 1965. From 1964-1966, Supreme Grandmaster Kim further helped lay the foundation for General Choi’s International Taekwon-Do Federation by spreading Taekwon-Do throughout much of Sou-theast Asia. Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man is often recognized as the Father of Southeast Asia Taekwon-Do for his efforts.

Supreme Grandmaster Kim, 81, reunited with Grandmaster Low Koon Lin, 88, for only the second time in more than 50 years on Thursday, August 27 for lunch at the historic Sek Yuen Chi-nese Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. Grandmaster Low, after witnessing Taekwon-Do at the Korean Embassy in 1963, approached General Choi and asked about the martial art. A black belt in Judo, Grandmaster Low asked to learn Taekwon-Do, thus became the “Father of Malaysian Tae-kwon-Do.” Although General Choi may have

taught Grandmaster Low briefly, teaching respon-sibilities fell to Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man and Master Woo Jae-Lim. Supreme Grand-master Kim taught in Malaysia until 1964 when he was dispatched to Singapore. Supreme Grandmas-ter Kim and Grandmaster Low would next meet in 2009, and again in 2015 for the recent seminar. The legendary pioneers were happy to meet again.While in Kuala Lumpur, Supreme Grandmaster Kim gave interviews at Astro TV Station HQ, to be broadcast on satellite pay TV station Astro Super Sport; at radio stations LITE FM and HITZ FM; to Guang Ming Daily newspaper; and to the Star Daily newspaper. Supreme Grandmaster Kim answered questions about his martial arts history and the history of Taekwon-Do, descri-bing the early days of Taekwon-Do in the ROK Army and working with General Choi. He also discussed why Malaysia was “the second home of Taekwon-Do,” as General Choi, the first Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, once said. General Choi served as Ambassador from 1962 to 1964. During the interviews, Supreme Grandmaster Kim also

promoted the health benefits of Taekwon-Do for all ages. After interviews on 27 August, Supreme Grandmaster Kim, Grandmaster Swope, Grandmaster Low and the seminar organizing committee visited Everybody Martial Arts, Malaysia’s first and oldest Martial Arts supply store. Later, Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Swope visi-ted Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang and taught all ages and ranks for several classes until 10 PM.

The following evening, Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Swope presided over a high-level black belt testing at Black Belt Taekwon-Do Dojang. Tested for 6th Dan were Prof. Lee Chew Ging of Kuala Lumpur and Liew Pin Huat of Malacca; tested for 7th Dan were Don Looi Mun Khuen, Dr. Steve Ng Hong Aik, Chief Instructor of Penang Taekwondo Association, and Ow Wee Leong of Malacca. Supreme Grandmaster Kim graded participants’ Ch’ang Hon tuls, basic and advanced self-defense against single and multiple opponents, kicking techniques, hand techniques, and breaking. “This high-dan testing was in-deed historic,” said Master Don Looi Mun Khuen, MCTF Vice President. “Those tested today were graded by the legendary pioneer who helped develop many of the requi-red Ch’ang Hon patterns on the very same soil where they were developed more than fifty years ago. Few masters or instructors can say the same.”

The historic 2-day seminar, held at the beautiful Thean Hou Temple Grand Ballroom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, began on Saturday, 29 August 2015. Master Don Looi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Vice President of the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation, gave the opening speech, followed by Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man, President of the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation; Grandmaster Low Koon Lin, Father of Malay-sian Taekwon-Do; and Grandmaster Stan C. Swope, Vice President of the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation. They were joined on stage by officers of the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation, President Grandmaster Dr Sam Looi and Secretary General Senior Master Gary Tong, and officers of the Singapore Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Fe-deration, President Grandmaster Simon Lee Kim Hong and Secretary General Senior Master Dr. William Choo Keang Hai. All ranks, ages and martial arts were invited to attend the seminar. More than 350 martial artists from several dojangs and countries participated. Supreme Grandmaster Kim rang a ceremonial gong to officially begin the seminar.

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Supreme Grandmaster Kim taught basic stan-ces, basic techniques, self-defense and many of the Ch’ang Hon patterns during the seminar. For Supreme Grandmaster Kim, all techniques need to be done in a proper, natural way to avoid injury and improve health. Supreme Grandmaster Kim taught the side risking kick as part of the day’s kicking drills. This stretch is unique to Supreme Grandmaster Kim’s curriculum and he stresses proper technique and alignment of the body; hei-ght will come naturally once the body and mind have mastered the proper mechanics. Many are able to kick only about knee high when first lear-ning this kick, for example. “Here, here or here,”

Supreme Grandmaster Kim marked three different heights with his hand, “not matter. Must be done proper way.” Supreme Grandmaster Kim, with the aid of a microphone, gave clear instructions and demonstrated each technique step-by-step, slow at first, then at proper speed with the help of a volun-teer. Participants were given opportunity to prac-tice each technique while Supreme Grandmaster Kim, Grandmaster Swope and others helped correct errors. Supreme Grandmaster Kim also taught releases from grabs and the Ch’ang Hon color belt patterns, always stressing the proper, na-tural way. Supreme Grandmaster Kim helped crea-te 15 of the 24 Ch’ang Hon patterns in Malaysia in 1963-1964, and provided input on as many as four

more. Participants were honored to learn directly from the pioneer who helped develop the majority of the patterns and techniques they practice.Children and adults were separated into groups during the 2-day seminar so that material could be better presented. Grandmaster Stan Swope and Grandmaster Simon Lee lead the children’s group through age-appropriate techniques, self-defense and Ch’ang Hon patterns. Grandmaster Swope reminded students to aim small and hit small. “The students overall – even the children -- had very good patterns and technique,” said Grand-master Swope. “Among some of the best I have seen for their ages. They had competent regular

instruction, which helped them absorb Supreme Grandmaster Kim’s more advanced information at the seminar,” he added.

GM Low Koon Lin also taught a short course on basic movement, during the historic seminar.During the seminar, Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man presented a 9th Degree Black Belt from the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation to his first Malaysian student, Senior Grandmaster Low Koon Lin, Pioneer and Father of Malaysia Taekwon-Do. Nine other black belts were also promoted during the seminar. Promoted to 9th Dan were Grandmaster Rickie Low Ah Kuan, Grandmaster Nelson Bernard Kirby, and Grand-

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master Dr. Sam Looi Yew Khuen. Promoted to 8th Dan was Senior Master Tay Chin Hiong, and promoted to 7th Dan were Master Dr. Steve Ng Hong Aik, Master Don Looi Mun Khuen and Master Ow Wee Leong. Lee Chew Ging and Liew Pin Huat were promoted to 6th Dan.

“It is indeed the highest honor to be promoted by Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man, the Tae-kwon-Do pioneer invited to Malaysia by General Choi,” said Master Gary Tong, Secretary General of the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Fede-ration. “Malaysia became the second home of Taekwon-Do due to the work that was done here during those pivotal years.” The highest degree granted by the late General Choi to any Malaysian Taekwon-Do practitioner is 8th Dan (Certificate No. M-8-1 and M-8-2).

All students received full color certificates signed by Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man and

Grandmaster Low Koon Lin to commemorate the historic seminar.

“The Legendary Taekwon-Do Summit 2015 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was a huge success, judging from the various doboks worn by the participants,” said Grandmaster Dr. Sam Looi Yew Khuen, President of the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation, who organized the event. “We had people from various organizations and styles – Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF), International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), Hapkido, Tang Soo Do, and Chun Kuhn Taekwondo. There was no discrimination against federations, asso-ciations, or clubs. This summit was a prime exam-ple of unity through Taekwon-Do.”

“I cannot describe the feeling of seeing Supreme GM Kim Bok Man and Senior GM Low Koon Lin being reunited in doboks for both since the

1960s,” said Master Don Looi, Vice President of the Malaysia Chun Kuhn Taekwon-Do Federation. “It’s not easy to host a gathering of two legendary pioneers, five grandmasters and so many seniors at a single event,” he added. “It was a prestigious event for all who attended.”Before returning to the U.S Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Swope visited South Korea. On 3 September, they met Master Oh Chang-Jin, Secretary General, and Dr. Zibby Kruk, Inter-national Liaison Chairman, of the International Taekwon-Do Federation Headquarters - Korea. They discussed the early history, current state and future of the art throughout the morning and over lunch. In the afternoon, Dr. Kruk formally interviewed Supreme Grandmaster Kim. They also discussed future collaborations between ITF-HQ Korea and Supreme Grandmaster Kim’s World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation.

Supreme Grandmaster Kim gifted copies of his latest book, Taekwon-Do: Origins of the Art: Bok Man Kim’s Historic Photospective (1955-2015), to

Master Oh and Dr. Kruk. “Supreme Grandmaster Kim Bok-Man had so many interesting stories, ideas and examples that he shared with us that we talked late into the evening,” said Dr. Kruk. “Unfortunately, Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grandmaster Swope had to catch the KTX (high speed bullet train) in Daejeon, to make their flight to the U.S.”

Supreme Grandmaster Kim and Grand-master Swope may be contacted by phone through the World Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Federation in the United States at:

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F – Throw with force into the next attacker.

B – Neutralize the Attack with double shuto strike to the Inner Pass and Golden Valley

C – Shuto strikes land with on the Pericardium 6 - Nei Guan Inner Pass point, on the inside and below the wrist while the other hand stri-kes into the Golden Valley on the inside fold of the elbow. The Golden Valley contains Heart 3 - Shou Hai Lesser Sea, Lung 5 - Chi Ze Cubit Marsh, as well as Pericardium 3 – Qu Ze Marsh at the Bend.

E – Seize the back of the neck with a Tora Gu-chi Tigers Mouth Hand Position and squeeze into the Gallbladder 20 – Feng Chi Wind Pool points on either side of the back of the neck. Raise the arm to lock the shoulder and finish with a rising knee strike to the Taiyang Great Sun point on the Temple.

D – With a springing action, the hand that struck the elbow crease should immediately strike with another shuto into the Small Intestine 16 – Tian Chuang Celes-tial Window. A hard blow to this point’s area will result in a rapid loss of blood pressure.

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E – Palm Strike to the Triple Warmer 23 – Si Zhu Kong Silk Bamboo Cavity

F – Finish with round-house elbow strike to Triple Warmer 17 – Yi Feng Wind Screen

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A – Attacker Grabs

C – Transition grabbing hands while using the left hand for protection

B – Grab hand and palm strike into Gallbladder 3 – Shang Guan Upper Gate, causing disorientation and weakness of knees

D – Apply a kote mawashi wrist lock, while multipl-ying the pain using an eagle’s grip on Large Intestine 11 – Qu Chi Pool at the Bend. While attacker drops down, applying a rising knee to finish

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More than 100 000 people of all ages in Germany pursue actively Traditional Taekwon Do. This is more than 100,000 yeses for an assertion which doctors, sports teachers and other experts over and over again put up: Traditional Taekwon Do has brought it in the ast 50 years to an extremely high value in the martial arts.

Energy and elegance of the movements is one, op-tical side. However, behind it is hidden even more: Selfdiciplin, a critical dialogue with your own body, the right respiration, steadily increasing skill and quick strength, but also a noticeably growing per-severance.

It is no surprise that Traditional Taekwon Do has become the confidential tip especially for youngs-ters and adults which want to learn a martial art? The engine for the astonishing effects on the body is special gymnastics which aim at a perfect mobi-lity and already works after a short time.

One-sideness, like often to other sports is own is consciously avoided in the training of the Traditio-nal Taekwondo.

Therefore, the organic health also improves strictly and extensively.

One of the columns in the Traditional Taekwon Do is called form (pattern) or also HYONG. Who carries out a form fights in this with exactly pres-cribed defence and counter movements one or se-veral fictive attackers always with the same expiry.He concentrates with his Hyong completely upon the fiction: with all his strength and prescribed te-chnology he repulses imaginary opponents, makes way to them and carries out counterattacks. The se-quence of the agreed movements and technologies shows agility, quickness and strength – but also the aesthetics of the Traditional Taekwon Do

Decisively, however, it is: The students are put every single day before new, seemingly impossible tasks for whose coping by diligence and perseverance are absolutely possible, nevertheless. The borders of own ability are further shifted constantly. The feeling „I have accomplished it“ is selfconfirming terrifically.

Traditional Taekwon Do brings not only physical fitness. About solving physical obstacles, restric-tions and inhibitions the psyche also wins. Mental relaxation and joy of life completely appear from besides.

All through the single exercises and technologies of the Taekwon Do caused achievements and de-velopments – which are, after all, the lone sense and the purpose of the DO – it is not grasped by most students at the beginning. They see only the external frame, in the surface lying ones: The use as a self-defence possibly. Or the physical and sporty

Making the apparently IMPOSSIBLE – POSSIBLE

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skill. Only in the course of the time appear in the consciousness of the students notions around the internal connections. With words affecting each other of body and DO cannot be really explained. It must be experienced.

MASTER GREGOR J HUSS

6th Dan Taekwon Do 5th Dan Combat HapkidoFounder Fight Back Defense ProgrammDirector Self Defense Germany Federation, Reg Director ICHF GermanyMilitary Combative Instructor MCA, married, 4 children

When Gregor Huss started in Taekwon Do under Legend KWON, JAE HWA in 1967 Taekwondo was very rarely known in Germany and a hand full of korean masters had just arrived two years before to spread the art in Europe. Training

was very hard and, compared to todays trainings methods, very dull but it was also fun, even you couldn`t say because in the eyes of the teachers it was not supposed to be fun but a serious matter.

After his time in the military and many years on business and travelling in foreign countries all over the world, where he trained under many different teachers in variouse styles, de-pending on what was offered at the particular place he was living at the time, he returned to Germany and took up his training under Master Michael Maerkl and the KWON JAE HWA TRADITIONAL TAEKWON DO System.

Training methodes had changed quit a bit and it was still hard training but with a large variety of techniques and tasks.

In 1997 he had the chance to meet an excellent martial artist and Taekwondo Master in Florida by the name of Joe Sch-neeweiss who introduced him to the modern self defense sys-tem Combat Hapkido and to Grandmaster John Pellegrini. Shorty after he joined the ICHF and started to learn and teach this modern, realistic,and effective self defense system.

In 1996 he had started to run a Taekwon Do school in Ku-fsein, Austria for his teacher and friend Michael Märkl (+2007) and in 1999 he started his own Taekwon Do school in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. Then he opened 2000 in Munich and founded the Self Defense Germany Federation. Starting in 2003 he devoloped parallel to Taekwon Do and Combat Hapkido his own Self Defense System „Fight Back Defense Programm“. Today, there is some 12 different branch schools in his federation, nationaly and internationally, in va-riouse styles offered.

Master Gregor Huss had been inducted into the Action Ma-gazin Martial Arts Hall of Fame in Atlanta in 2007 and into the Black Balt International Hall of Fame in Bradford, UK in 2008 and 2009., The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame „Ha-pkido Master of the Year“ 2013 and „Taekwondo Master of the Year“ in 2014, Romanian Hall of Fame and Suisse Hall of Honours as „Pioneer of the Martial Arst“.

Master Gregor J Huss is internationaly well known and res-pected and booked for his unique seminars in Taekwon Do as well as Combat Hapkido and his FIGHT BACK DEFENSE SYSTEM.

Often he also invites Masters and Grandmasters to hold se-minars in different styles to his schools in Germany, to give his students the chance to train with others and expand their knowledge.

In 2008 he founded the prestigeous „Munich Hall of Ho-nours“ the so called european oscar for the martial arts and in 2015 he continued the success with the austrian version „Innsbruck Hall of Honours“.

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The term AMAROK “Alpağutnung Mengü AzRak Oğuz Köreşi” is not directly linked to

an Old Hun-Turks arts of war. AMAROK is a newly developed martial art and based on the cultural roots of the Old Hun-Turks history and traditions, as well as on teachings of teñrism (shamanism). It represents a collection of the pre-Islamic history of the Old Hun-Turks, with regards to contents of the way of life of the formerly chosen lone moun-ted warriors called “Alpağut“. After many years of research about the lone warrior’s way of life, the founder Grandmaster Hakan Haslaman (called first Khan of AMAROK), decided to revive the tra-dition of Alpağut in a modern martial art under the name AMAROK. By becoming a shaman himself and safe the Hun-Turks ancestor’s culture and tra-ditions line out AMAROKS philosophy by revive

this lone warrior, he bring the spiritual fighting with the weapon and weaponless fighting together.

The Alpağut was a chosen warrior who was trai-ned by important shamans and who is under his ancestor’s protection. His way of living did not only consist of earthly nature but also allowed him to enter the spiritual worlds of ghosts and totem. This is why Alpağut does not wear any protective equi-pment, as he fears no danger that may harm him. This uniqueness submitted him only to the Khan’s command, which is his mission as long as he li-ves and he is not permitted to die without having achieved his task. Due to this requirement, just a few warriors in the history were considered to fulfil this task by proving unconditional loyalty.

MAA-I meet AMAROK, the Hun-Turks war art

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The combat techniques of AMAROK divide in se-veral fields which differ from other martial arts. Those fields do not only consist of a technical nature but primarily include the teachings of teñrism. The teachings of teñrism in combination totemism aim at calling forth the student’s “Yırtıcı Yılkı” (fighting skills of a predator). This teaching is called “Teñri Oğuz Köreşi” and is the basis on which AMAROK was developed. It is the way of Alpağut who lives out the fighting skills of a predator by means of the art of immaterial fighting connected to the three spiritual worlds and become the characteristic figh-ting skills of a predator.

After finalizing of the system by Grandmaster AMAROK, the result was deeper analyzing in the year of 1995 from Headmaster Bernd Höhle, which approves this amazing system as one of the real his-torical based was art and registered it in the Martial Arts Association International as the first historical based and modernized Hun-Turks tribes martial art system.

The MAA-I Headmaster Bernd Höhle was from the beginning interested to make his experience of this special Hun-Turks war art to become an Al-pağut warrior and an expert of the Hun-Turks hor-seback archery, whips and dragon sword fighting. Today, Grandmaster Bernd Höhle is one of the high rankest Grandmasters of AMAROK with the special title to be an AMAROK Hun-Turks Army Leader “Yabgu”.

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MARIANNE CHUBIRKA

Marianne Chubirka holds the rank of 5th Dan (5th degree black belt) in Goju Ryu Karate. She received her 4th (1997) from Eichi Miyazato Sen-sei, and her 5th Degree (2003) from Koshin Iha Sensei, both at the Jundokan dojo on Okinawa. As a student of world famous Goju instructor Chuck Merriman, she is in a direct line from the founder of Goju Ryu, Chojun Miagi. She has traveled to Okinawa to study and train seven times and plans to return next year.

In karate competition Marianne was 8 times NY State AAU champion in kata and kumite (point fi-ghting), a bronze medalist in kata in the 1981 AAU Nationals and, a double silver and bronze meda-list at the 1994 IOGKF Championships in Iri Kumi and point fighting.

Marianne was also an amateur and professional boxer. As an amateur she won the first ever Flori-da Women’s Golden Gloves championship in 1998. She was 3 times Florida Golden Gloves champion as well as winning a silver medal in the 1999 Na-tional Golden Gloves and become the National Championship winner at 112 lbs. in the year 2000.

Marianne turned pro as a boxer in 2001 winning her first professional fight by KO. She became known as a very hard puncher (having won the majority of her amateur fights by knockout) and fought in the 105, 108 and 112 lb divisions. She was ranked number 3 in the world in the IFBA ju-nior flyweight (108 lb.) division and fought for the world championship in South Korea, losing a close decision. She has been involved with boxing for 18 yrs.

In other martial arts, Marianne practiced Judo with Brazilian born Instructor Alex Davis who also taught her Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She was the Flori-da State Judo Champion in 1998. She also studied Sanuces Ryu Aiki Jutsu with Anthony Muhammad, senior student of Moses Powell, in Brooklyn; Aiki-do at the NY Aikikai of Sensei Yoshimitsu Yamada.

In the 1987 she began to train at the Ken-Zen Ins-titute in NYC with Sensei Jimmy Lockett. There she was exposed to a wide variety of martial arts in-cluding Okinawan/Chinese Kenpo, JKD, Tai Chi Chuan, Thai Boxing and Kali/Escrima. Through that association she attended seminars taught by Dan Inosanto, Paul Vunak, Larry Hartsell and many others.

Along the way in her training and competition ca-reer, Marianne became a certified personal trainer and nutritionist. She has served as Strength and Conditioning Coach and/or Nutritionist for many pro fighters including, James McGirt, Clarence Adams, Elvir Miriqui, and Riddick Bowe.

Meals by Design is Marianne’s nutrition busi-ness and she serves both professional athletes and non-athletes. She helps design personalized nutri-tion programs tailored to the needs of each indivi-dual.

CM: WHEN DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN MARTIAL ARTS?

MC: I began training in 1979. I remember very well, Feb. 13, in New Rochelle NY. My tea-cher was Sensei Pete Vitulli, senior student of Sensei Chuck Merriman. The style was Goju Ryu in the Gogen Yamaguchi lineage. Sensei Merriman later transitioned to the Morio Hi-gaonna organization and finally we became affiliated with the Jundokan on Okinawa under Miyazato Sensei. That’s where I’ve remained to the present.

CM: OBVIOUSLY, YOU’VE TRAINED IN SEVERAL MARTIAL ARTS. WAS THAT A COMMON THING WHEN YOU WERE DOING IT?

MC: Not really. It was kind of just starting. There were some people who cross trained but most people still stuck with their own style or teachers. I feel like I was kind of lucky in that I started training right when things opened up much more than in the previous generations. In the ‘50s, ‘60s, and even the early ‘70s, from what I’ve heard, you just didn’t train in other styles. You stuck with your own school and tea-cher or you were considered disloyal. In the ‘80s though, that really began to change. Se-minars became popular, people traveled a lot, there was an explosion of fitness and nutrition information and things just became more avai-lable. I feel like I benefited from that because I got to see and try more things while still remai-ning a part of a traditional martial art.

CM: WHEN AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO BOXING?

MC: Well, actually there’s a bit a story behind that. In 1997 I was teaching karate and doing personal training at a sports center in Flori-

da called the Olympiad. The center had many sports including boxing and others. It was the-re that I was introduced to boxing and fell in LOVE! The way it happened is that I happened to overhear a conversation from some of the boxers saying karate people can’t fight. Quite naturally, I didn’t agree with them and said I would be happy to spar with whomever they presented. So, of course, they took me up on this and I ended up sparring with a guy. They were surprised and told me I had a lot of power in my punches and might be able to do well in boxing. I began under the tutelage of Scott As-hley, professional kickboxing World Champion and who also, coincidentally, had been stud-ying traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu for 35+ yrs. After working with him for a while, he rea-lized I really wanted to box at a high level so he sent me to a pro gym, where I met Norman Wilson, who had been a top trainer for Don King and had a gym in Florida. From there I just stayed with it because I loved it so much.

CM: SO, HOW HAS BOXING FOR SO LONG AFFECTED YOU CONCEPTION OR PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL KARATE?

MC: Well, I have to say that it’s not only boxing. Also Judo and Jiu Jistsu have affected me as well. With boxing, one of the most important affects has to do with hitting. In boxing, you are basically hitting things - a bag, practice pads, a training partner - all the time. A lot of that time, you are hitting as hard as you can. The affect this has on your physical development, the linkages of muscle and nerves and between muscle groups, from your feet, all the way to the hand that strikes the target, is very different from traditional karate practice. Even with the makiwara, and hojo undo equipment, there is a kind of interaction throughout your body, that I don’t see how you can develop any other way.

Also, with boxing, both you and your opponent are trying your best to hit each other as hard as you can. You just don’t do this in karate. This is a very, very different kind of experience and unless you’ve been in there, really going at it with someone who doesn’t like you and wants to take your head off, you don’t know what it feels like or how to handle it, either physically or emotionally.

With Judo and Jiu Jitsu, you get that body to body interaction, your muscles working, gripping, pulling pushing, twisting, getting your body turned and ripped and torqued, day after day, and in matches.

Even with the, and hojo undo equipment,

there is a kind of interaction throughout your body,

that I don’t see how you can develop any other way.

I love practicing kata, kihon, hojo undo and all the rest. It brings a deep level of satisfaction to me. Just because I’ve had other experiences doesn’t negate what I learned and get from traditional practice.

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Again, these are invaluable experiences that, in my opinion, change your perspective when you go back to traditional karate. I feel that it makes everything have a richer, deeper mea-ning. You still do the same movements but they are coming from a different place inside of you because of the understanding you bring to it from these other experiences.

CM: WITH THIS WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES DO YOU STILL CONSI-DER YOURSELF A TRADITIONALIST?

MC: Actually, in some ways I feel even more of a traditionalist than ever. I love practicing kata, kihon, hojo undo and all the rest. It brings a deep level of satisfaction to me. Just because I’ve had other experiences doesn’t negate what I learned and get from traditional practice.

I believe that being part of a solid traditional curriculum is what helped me with all the other things. I think the power people noticed, the ability to move, the fitness, the willingness to learn, the discipline and commitment, the long-term dedication, all of these things and more come from traditional martial arts training and served me well in the other pursuits.

CM: WELL, HOW HAS YOUR TRADITIO-NAL PRACTICE CHANGED FROM BEFO-RE? DO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, MODIFY THE WAY YOU DO THE KATA, OR USE DIFFERENT TRAINING METHODS?

MC: Many things haven’t changed at all. I’ve never felt the need or desire to do things like change the kata or anything like that. I love traditional Goju and I feel a greater unders-tanding of the meaning of the practices. I don’t have the slightest inclination to change that part of it.

An analogy I like is that of music, where you have both Jazz and Classical styles. Jazz mu-sicians improvise and create their own version of the music in order to express their true fe-elings and abilities. Classical players, on the other hand, feel they can be true to their fe-elings and their artistry without changing the music created by such masters as Mozart of Beethoven. This is how I feel about traditional martial arts. I truly feel I can express myself and my continued growth, my heart and soul as a martial artist, without needing to change the kata or techniques developed by the great masters such as Chojun Miyage, the creator of Goju Ryu. What I do feel is a desire to get more into older training methods like traditional hojo undo (supplemental training). At the Jun-dokan, we are very fortunate to have quite a lot of the original training equipment developed and used by the founders of the style. There are pieces of equipment that were used by Chojun Miyagi himself in his original garden dojo. I love having access to that kind of history and training. I really want to get more into those older methods while coming from a more expe-rienced perspective.

CM: WILL YOU THEN, LEAVE YOUR BOXING, JUDO, AND ALL THE REST BEHIND?

MC: Not at all. One of the things I’m doing lately is getting together with some of my old mentors and working on how to integrate all that experience into my personal expression of my art. I really want to learn how to develop the application skills I gained in boxing and get to that same level with all of my martial techniques. I’m working on training methods that, hopefully, will help me with that. Right now, it’s something I’m very excited about. On the physical level it feels like a next step in my personal evolution as a martial artist.

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CM: SPEAKING OF MENTORS, WHO WERE SOME OF YOUR MAIN INFLUEN-CES IN MARTIAL ARTS?

MC: I’ve really been fortunate to have some great ones. The first would be my initial ins-tructor Pete Vitulli. After him would of course be Sensei Chuck Merriman. He really is one of the true pioneers of traditional martial arts in America and, I think deserves far more cre-dit that he gets for his contribution to the arts and for the many, many students he trained. Also, of course one of my instructors, the late Teddy Pritchard. Sensei Jimmy Lockett, of Tan-ren Dojo, in NY in the late ‘80s and now in Las Vegas, has been a mentor and friend for all these years. He opened my eyes to so many martial arts and maybe to the concept of cross training. Also he was the one who introduced me to judo, which I studied later in FL. Then, of course, my boxing coaches, Scott Ashely and Norman Wilson. They took me on a journey that changed my life in ways that I can never fully repay.

CM: DO YOU FEEL THAT BEING A WO-MAN MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR MARTIAL PRACTICE, OR THE WAY YOU’VE BEEN TREATED? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR WOMEN GET-TING INTO MARTIAL ARTS?

MC: I personally have never felt oppressed, disrespected, or made to feel somehow less worthy because I’m a woman. It’s true in Oki-nawa they are not used to seeing such strong women who train the same as the men but once the saw me train and felt my power, being a woman was never an issue. Neither was it in boxing. I received the utmost respect for my work ethic and thirst for knowledge. I trained alongside many great boxers. Arturo Gatti, Vernon Forrest, Miguel Cotto, and others, and

always felt respected. I honestly think there’s nothing special a woman needs to do besides train HARD, body, mind and spirit. Act like you belong ladies, because you do… and you must KNOW it.

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INTERNATIONAL HOMBU DOJO SHINKAIDO RYU

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ALL - PRO TAE KWON DOANDREW FANELLIOwner

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ISLAND STYLE KAJUKENBO Owner Bob Gomez

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3460 Oakdale Road Modesto, California, 95355 Suite D

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120 Guthrie Ln Brentwood, California.Tel: 925-240-2990 Ext-307 Website: www.shorin-ryu.biz

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