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Do jang and gym day – January 17, 2007
Finally, I had a chance to go to the do jang for an evening class yesterday night. I was pleasantly surprised by class as we did some conditioning type training instead of just focus pad kicking. I’ve been getting bored from just focus pad training, so it’s nice when classes change up a bit. I’m…
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Book Nook
MM, I finished reading The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley. She’s a great author, I have to say. Although the book seems to be another Romeo and Juliet type romantic tragedy, there’s still a twist at the end that I was not expecting. Compared to other fiction writers, she can make a fairly boring…
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Happy January!
MM, This year started out busy for me. First, Nathan and I were treated to a visit from his brother. He came to stay with us during the New Year’s weekend. Thus, the last part of 2006 was spent showing our visitor around the city and taking him to a few places. Public ritual on…
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Happy Yule and Season’s Greetings!
MM, The winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year and called Yule for most pagans and Wiccans, has come and gone. Usually about this time, I spend time to myself and tend to be a bit “hermity”. Hence, the lack of blog posts for two weeks! Plus, I needed to de-stress…
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Gym Day – December 13, 2006
MM, I went to the gym again, as I didn’t have time to make it to the do jang in time for class. COMPLETE LIST OF WEIGHT TRAINING EXERCISES: Machine/apparatus Exercises: Leg lifts Pull-ups/chin-ups -military -parallel Dips Leg press Hamstring flexor/seated leg curls Hip adductors Hip abductors Seated row Seated chest press Lateral pull-downs Pectoral…
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Survivor: Cook Islands – Recap and Prediction
MM, Survivor: Cook Islands started out this season with an interesting premise. Would tribes divided by race work better than a mixed tribe? Interesting premise, I thought, even though some people thought this was somewhat a racist idea. Not really, because the show wasn’t making any assumptions about the races, but was performing a sociological…
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Rituals – December 3 to 10, 2006
December 3, 2006 The theme for public ritual was about slavery and freedom. Are we really free? Or do we have our own little prisons? We each received a candle to burn. The candle is to represent the freedom we want or our thanks for the freedom we have or possibly both. December 4, 2006…
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Training Update – December 5 and 7, 2006
December 5, 2006 I went to the do jang for class at seven. December 7, 2006 I went to the gym with Nathan. I’ve highlighted the exercises I did in bold. COMPLETE LIST OF WEIGHT TRAINING EXERCISES: Machine/apparatus Exercises: Leg lifts Pull-ups/chin-ups -military -parallel Dips Leg press (machine was broken, waiting for replacement parts) Hamstring…
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Traditional Korean Martial Arts Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UWA-yRYn4 I wonder how many laps he had to run on his hands? In case anyone is wondering, striking a tree is less forgiving than striking a human body. The purpose of repeatedly striking a tree is to toughen up the hands (and the feet). BB, Cassandrah
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Before There was Taekwondo… Taek Kyun!
MM, Taek kyun was the forerunner to taekwondo. I did not think it was still being taught until a martial arts friend of mine sent me links to the below videos. Watching you can see where taekwondo got its kicks and moves from. However, watching these videos I can see how far taekwondo is from…
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