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27.  Bill McMillin 
Sunday, 7 June 2009, 10:32:07.82 PM MDT
Please excuse my intrusion. I understand just how limited time we all
have. I am a 43 year old university student. I had decided that is
was time in life to finish. I hope to be through my program at the end
of the summer. I am also a 1st dan in Taekwon Do although this
inquiry is from a university student rather then a TKD student. I
have a professor that is a 3rd dan ITF TKD (though I am unclear as
to what branch). He assigned the topic of Tong Il for a fairly
lengthy paper. I have exhausted all academic sources and most readily
available TKD sources.

Tong Il would not have been my first choice for a paper on Taekwon Do
since it is in my distant future at the moment. It was assigned so I
will give it my all. The information on this tul is limited (as it
seems to be on most of the blackbelt tuls). I wish I had better
information on everything after Chung Mu.

I know the standard definition of Tong Il.

Tong Il denotes the unification of Korea which has been divided into two.
The diagram represents the homogenous race.

I have the definition of why there is 24 forms.

The Reason for 24 Patterns
The life of a human being, perhaps 100 years, can be considered as a
day when compared with eternity.Therefore, we mortals are no more than
simple travelers who pass by the eternal years of an eon in a day. It
is evident that no one can live more than a limited amount of time.
Nevertheless, most people foolishly enslave themselves to materialism
as if they could live for thousands of years. And some people strive
to bequeath a good spiritual legacy for coming generations, in this
way, gaining immortality. Obviously, the spirit is perpetual while
material is not; therefore, what we can do to leave behind something
for the welfare of mankind is, perhaps, the most important thing in
our lives.

Here I leave Taekwon-Do for mankind as a trace of man of the late 20th
century. The 24 patterns represent 24 hours, one day, or all my life.
The name of the pattern, the number of movements, and the diagrammatic
symbol of each pattern symbolizes either heroic figures in Korean
history or instances relating to historical events.
General Choi, Hong Hi

I have academic papers that I can use to support the concept of a
unified Korea. I have non-TKD related information about the Korean
homogenous race.

I have been told that the certain moves have meaning such as:

#1 = 1 Country
#2 = Divided
#3 Suddenly attacked

#38 = Breaking the 38th Parallel.

The different stamping moves denotes the frustration over the country
being divided.

I have been told by different GMs that Tong Il is:

1. The last form and to be considered the last form.

or

2. Tong Il is the summation of all of one's TKD training.

Several GMs and Masters have stated that by the time one reaches Tong
Il that the importance is not the Taekwon but rather the Do. One
should have the meanings of what TKD stands for and how one should
live (be living?).

The first of these puts Taekwon Do as a more physical with much more
practicality. The second seems to be more of an ethical understanding
of what Taekwon Do is (oh, my particular interests is ethics so I may
have clouded thinking there but I have this whole idea about
Aristotlean virtue ethics and Chang Hon Taekwon Do but I digress).

Do you know anything that I might add? Did General Choi ever talk
about Tong Il either from a practical point of view of how to perform
it? or just about the ramifications of what it stood for?

It Tong Il is indeed the totality of one's formal TKD training then is
there anything you would add to this idea? or anything that General
Choi talked about. I have access to most of the books (Master
Mitchell's, Mr. Anslow's, the encyclopedia ...et. al.). If there is
anything else that perhaps I should look into then let me know. I
have to admit that I went through the forum at Kidokwan .

I think at this point I am looking for anything that isn't in a book
or article (though please let me know of any books or articles that
you think I should read) but more of a personal reflection of Tong Il,
Chang Hon, or General Choi (in reference to Tong Il or Chang Hon).
Truth be told I would take any little of sliver of information at
this point.

I have an understanding of where this paper is going and I am down to
the crunch of writing it. However this is just the beginning of my
inquiry into this topic. I should be testing for my 2nd dan this
summer so perhaps this inquiry will take the next 20 years as I work
my way toward Tong Il. I hope you can find the time to respond.


Sincerely

Bill McMillin

B. McMillin
po box 4028
Edinburg, Tx
78540
mcmillintkd@gmail.com

26.  austyn 
Monday, 13 April 2009, 11:15:50.71 AM MDT
what are the techniques or method to breaking a wood successfully.

25.  Mansoor jalal khan 
Sunday, 29 March 2009, 11:14:47.83 AM MDT
Hello every one hope you all are fine wel iam from pakistan and i passed my black belt degree in 1991 from universal tae kwondo federation which is given me by Master Han cha kio wel i missed him, he was the legend and we missed him in our whole life BEST OF LUCK ALL OF YOU.

24.  Jeremy Curtis 
Friday, 6 March 2009, 10:06:38.49 PM MST
Hey,
I just started (3rd week) only white belt:( but I think I will stick with Taekwando. My master is a 2nd D Blackbelt but still highly skilled.

Prairie Grove, AR

Keep Kicking.

23.  EBRIMA SALAAM JOBE 
Tuesday, 30 December 2008, 01:26:47.55 PM MST
I AM ORANGE BELT TAEKWONDO STUDENT AND MY MASTER IS 6 DA BLACK BELT BUT REALLY GOOD

22.  Jeff Williams 
Friday, 12 December 2008, 08:39:24.35 AM MST
Nathan, send me an E-mail if you would like more information about the school.

21.  francisco 
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 03:45:55.41 PM MST
hello i am a former student of master chung, im tryin to find out any info on his location. I remember him mentioning granmaster han several times. his school in chicago closed several years ago.. please let me no any info u might have thank you.

20.  Kevin 
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 05:49:46.02 PM MST
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19.  Nathan Edwards 
Monday, 17 November 2008, 04:59:49.28 PM MST
I've been away at school for the fall, and I'll be back home for Thanksgiving break. Do you know if Master Han's set up another school yet?

18.  Rizki magta 
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 09:14:15.41 PM MST
where can i find to join in surabaya?

17.  DANIEL TORRES CRUZ 
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 12:57:34.73 PM MDT
To my friends here. You got to watch this---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPQiHQL2wI

16.  DANIEL TORRES CRUZ 
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 01:30:42.32 PM MDT
Daniel's Graceful Ways [from www.metacafe.com].wmv favorite. My current practicing martial Arts is TAEKWONDO!!

15.  DANIEL TORRES CRUZ 
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:09:53.24 AM MDT
I AM CURRENTLY A NEW STUDENT AT NEW WORLD TAEKWONDO, ALSO AN AIKIDO PROVISIONAL BLACK BELT. MY INSTRUCTOR: MASTER DORSEY BOYD,7TH DAN MOVEMENTS ARE VERY GRACEFUL BUT ALSO POWERFUL. HIS TECHNIQUES ARE VISIBLE AND EFFECTIVE. HE SEEMED TO EXECUTES IT SO EFFORTLESS. THE STUDENTS HAVE A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION.

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Monday, 22 September 2008, 09:32:28.02 PM MDT
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 11:38:51.14 AM MDT
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Thursday, 4 September 2008, 12:56:46.15 AM MDT
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11.  Master Ray Hilleary VI DAN 
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 06:51:18.99 PM MDT
Hi Jeff , just wondering when the next test in champaign will be. If you want just give me a call and let me know. Thanks

10.  Krista 
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 11:14:31.71 PM MDT
hi ray, try not to work so hard lol.....I used to take tae kwon do at New World tae kwon do but stopped going because I was not informed of the correct testing date. I hope to take it up again sometime though.

9.  Nabil SERBOUT 
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 10:14:29.45 AM MDT
plese i will to reveived some video for leson tae kwo do.....thanks

8.  vinh 
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 03:41:27.41 PM MDT
how much do you pay

7.  Master Ray Hilleary VI DAN 
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 02:58:27.82 PM MDT
Wishing everyone a happy and safe summer.

6.  dogi... 
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 09:32:43.05 PM MDT
are there actual methods of making others fall asleep?

5.  Jeff Williams 
Sunday, 20 April 2008, 05:13:36.75 AM MDT
The next promotion test at Han's Tae Kwon Do will be on Saturday, June 21 at 3:30 PM.

4.  Hannah Burns 
Friday, 28 March 2008, 09:08:50.41 AM MDT
Hello,

I have a green belt grading this afternoon and I was wondering if someone could tell me what the korean for the trousers and the top of the Dobok are called please

Thank you
Hannnah

3.  Rajarshi Saha 
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 04:22:06.78 AM MDT
I have blue belt in Tae Kwon Do.I am interested to complete Black Belt in Balgalore. So plese give me your address.

2.  Cierra Lockhart 
Friday, 29 February 2008, 09:56:50.86 AM EST
I was wondering if any of your students were going to the tornment in TaylorVille at Grandmaster Perry's.

1.  John Lack 
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:19:20.22 AM CST
Is Tae Kwon Do a Contact or NonContact Martial Art


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