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Korean founder of tai kwon do. As a frail
and sickly youth, he studied calligraphy and
taekyon under the tutelage of Hann Il Dong.
His turbulent political and military career
began with an expulsion at 12 for organizing
a student walkout, and includes a Japanese
imprisonment for complicity in plans to overthrow
the wartime military government of Korea.source:
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JAPAN: Japan developed many martial art forms
of its own, including sumo wrestling, yawara,
judo, ju-jitsu, ken-jitsu, ashikeri, and torite.
The Japanese Budokai was a martial arts organization,
supported by the government, which promoted
these traditional martial arts.
Around a turn-of-the-century, young Okinawans
crafted for the Japanese army were found been
excellent physical condition, no doubt due
to the introduction of karate into the high
school curriculum... .source:
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Unarmed
Defense for the American Soldier, June 30,
1942, Section II, Basic Principles Editor's
notes by Joseph R. Svinth. Text provided by
Mike Belzer. Copyright © EJMAS 2000.
PRINCIPLES OF UNARMED DEFENSE. -- It is of
the utmost importance that in order to learn
unarmed defense in the manner necessary to
use it effectively, the principles be first
mastered. a.
The first principle is "balance."
The accompanying illustrations will be used
to point out the principle of balance. Figure
1-1 illustrates a man in balance with his
legs apart. It is shown that the individual
in this position is on balance from right
to left and from left to right. However,
figure 1-2 shows that he is definitely off
balance forward, and figure 1-3 shows that
he is also off balance backward. It
is usually assumed that when an individual
assumes the position of the charge he is on
balance all the way around. Figure 2-1 shows
that in a position of charge with the right
foot forward, the individual is on balance
from right front to left rear and from left
rear to right front. However,
figure 2-2 shows that in this position he
is off balance to the right rear, and figure
2-3 shows that he is off balance to the left
front. Notice
the small amount of effort required to take
an individual off balance when you know in
what directions he is strong and in what directions
he is weak. No matter what position an individual
assumes, he is off balance in some direction.
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Dr.
Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo.
(1860-1938)
Dr. Jigoro Kano was born in 1860 in Kobe, Japan
into a wealthy family. In 1877, as a college student
he studied Tenshin-Shinyo Jujitsu under Hachinosuke
Fukuda and Masatomo Iso. Fukuda gave Jigoro Kano
a heavy iron rod which Kano used to practice bojitsu
techniques (stick fighting). After very hard workouts
Kano massaged his aching body with a strong foul
smelling liniment which he prepared himself. The
other students in the dojo referred to him as "Kano
the Odoriferous". Fukuda died in 1880 at 52
years of age. Jigoro Kano, his student, tried to
keep his dojo open, but realized he needed more
training. Kano then began his studies of Kito-Ryu
under Tsunetoshi Iikubo. The Kito-Ryu emphasized
nagewaza (throwing techniques). These techniques
complemented the grappling techniques of Tenshin-Shinyo
Ryu.In 1882 Kano founded Kodokan Judo. His system
of martial arts (Judo) all but replaced the parent
arts of jujitsu in Japan. Dr. Kano, was an educator
and was successful in introducing Judo into the
Japanese school system. Dr. Kano traveled the world
spreading judo to many nations. He visited the dojo
of George Yoshida in New York City in 1920, 1936
and 1938. In 1924, Dr. Kano awarded a sandan to
Henry Seishiro Okazaki, the founder of Danzan-Ryu.
Dr.
Kano died in 1938 on board the ship SS Hikawa Maru
on a return voyage from Cairo where he had met with
an Olympic committee. It was his dream to have judo
in the Olympic games. .Source:
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| Dr.
Emin TOPIC (Budokai Zagreb martial arts
school) |
Budokai
represents a modern approach to the field of martial arts.
It unites three main aspects of martial arts into one
global discipline: wrestling, boxing, and traditional
weapons handling. Additionally, Budokai includes the positive
psychophysical activity, the art of the relationship with
the human environment, as well as therapeutic gymnastics.
As a genuine martial art its founder Dr. Emin Topic introduced
Budokai in 1954; competitions have been held since 1969.
At that time particular tactical directions were achieved:
the idea of the integration of the three mentioned disciplines
into the global martial art was connected in a profound
synthesis with the form of a sports competition. The skill
of self-defense and conflict resolution between attacker
and attacked was adjusted to fit into the requirements
of a sports competition. Due
to Dr. Emin Topic’s tremendous enthusiasm, a Croatian
doyen of martial arts (judo, karate, budokai) and long
lasting educational practice, Zagreb’s Budokai School
continues producing generations of successful competitors
on both national and international levels. To thousands
of other, less known students, mattresses in Habdeliceva
Street #1 helped to create security, self-esteem, and
other positive values in life that this activity builds
for an individual and the community at large.
The
results in sports, domestic and international, pedagogical
and educational activity, the representation in the media,
the popularity of the budokai sport, the amount of clubs
and active members and competitors, have all been changing
throughout the decades. Many different factors determined
these changes: goals, plan and program, orientation, social-economic
situation, adequate infrastructure, and so forth. Yet,
the Budokai School Zagreb is more competitive and stronger
than ever. Parts
of the text reprinted by permission from Dr. Irena Kos-Topic,
2001. source:
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| Defenses
against Blows with Club
(1943.) |
FM
21-150, Unarmed Defense for the American Soldier, June
30, 1942, Section IX, Defenses against Blows with Club,
and Techniques of Club
Technical comments regarding illustrations provided by
Mike Belzer and Joseph Svinth. Copyright © EJMAS
2002.
Editor’s note: Section VII, "Taking Prisoners"
and Section VIII, "Defenses against Knife and Sword,"
are omitted. Figure defense against wary approach with
knife," shows why – many of these techniques
work better in demonstrations than in practice.
In
Section IX, be aware that the photos show the unarmed
Defender dangerously far away from the armed Attacker.
Also, to do the unarmed defenses shown, Defender must
practice covering ranges of 1-2 meters very rapidly without
much telegraph.
DEFENSE AGAINST DOWNWARD BLOW WITH CLUB. -- As your opponent
strikes a downward blow with the club, you will present
your left forearm against his right forearm in the manner.
You will make no attempt to stop the blow directly, but
rather deflect it to your left so as to enable you to
wrap your left arm around his right one, bringing your
wrist under his right elbow. [Technical comments: Defender
might want to join hands and then use the right to raise
the left, as this is stronger, faster, and harder to escape]
Your further action is to place your right hand on your
opponent’s shoulder or upper arm and lock your left
hand on your own forearm. You are now in a position to
break your opponent’s arm simply by applying pressure.
A small degree of pressure will cause him to drop his
weapon. [Technical comments: A bent arm is stronger and
faster, and therefore better, than the straight arm]
DEFENSE AGAINST SIDE STROKE WITH CLUB. –The more
experienced individual will strike a slanting sideward
blow at the side of the head. You will make no attempt
to stop the blow, but will lower your head out of range
by bending the knees, at the same time reaching upward
with your left hand or arm, without grasping your opponent’s
club arm) and striking your opponent’s forearm, continuing
its momentum over your head. [Technical comments: Note
– bend the knees, do not lean back. This requires
practice.]
This will turn your opponent completely off balance. You
will now take a long step with your right leg to your
opponent’s right, at the same time twisting your
body to left and raising your right arm shoulder-high
with the back of your body and shoulders. Your elbow will
make contact in the soft spot of your opponent’s
side between the hipbone and the short ribs.
A man struck in this manner will drop as though shot.
[Technical comments: Although a nice evasion, Defender
should keep his left hand up to protect his head from
Attacker’s elbow. A more upright posture would also
deliver more of Defender’s weight into his attack.]
HOW TO HOLD CLUB. – The club, when it is carried,
should be used only with the left hand. [Technical comment:
Presumably left-handed people would use the stick only
with the right hand, as the reason for this usage is that
it leaves the strong hand free to protect or draw a holstered
handgun. But if the stick is the only weapon, then there
is no reason to avoid putting it into the strong hand.]
The thong should be of a length suited to the hand of
the individual who is to use it. In wrapping the thong
around the hand or arm, the following procedure should
be followed. The thumb is first hooked through the loop
of the thong.
The thong is then brought over the back of the hand and
the handle of the club brought up from the little finger
edge and then grasped by the hand with the grip illustrated
in
The club should not be used as a bludgeon except in dire
necessity, but should be used as an extension of the arm.
It is a much more effective weapon if it is used to jab
rather than to strike. Practice in using the club in this
manner will render it very effective against attack by
many types of weapon. It can then be used in parrying
blows or turning aside thrusts in the same manner as the
fencer uses the foil.
When it is necessary to stop a charging opponent or to
subdue a recalcitrant individual, a jab to the solar plexus
is extremely efficient.
If your opponent is so close as to render the body jab
impractical, the chin or throat jab is equally effective.
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