Quote of the Month

To win one hundred victories in one
hundred battles is not the highest
skill. To subdue the enemy without
fighting is the highest skill.

Events




Munyon's Martial Arts Academy
Today was the last test for some time due to
my up coming trip to the
middle east. The following kids were
promoted to the following rank.

Hannah VanSlyke (Green Belt/Blue Stripe)
Mike Howard (Green Belt)
Andrew Lutz (Yellow Belt/Green Stripe)
Matthew Nguyen (Yellow Belt)
Jay Jones (Yellow Belt)
Tina Jones (Yellow Belt)
John McKernan (Yellow Belt)
Audry Simmons (Yellow Belt)
Xiana McGhee (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)
Sonny Kang (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)
John Kang (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)
Efe Ozturkoglu (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)
Joshua Rivera (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)
Quincy Stafford (White Belt/Yellow Stripe)






Dragon Star Martial Arts
Feb 17th.  USITF Black Belt testing 1:00pm at
Dragon Star Martial Arts
Feb 24th Chang Hun Championships @ the
Norristown PAL
Mar 3rd & 4th Referee Course
Apr 28th ITF Nationals competition
www.bluecottagetkd.com
Issue 5 ~ Volume 1 ~ March  2, 2007
Welcome to the 4th issue of the Blue Cottage Taekwon-Do newsletter. We
took on a slightly different look not only on the website but also in the
newsletter. I would like to thank all the schools who are submitting their events
along with the personal help and contributions they are making in the
development of Blue Cottage Taekwon-Do. It is what I intended this site and
newsletter to be, not my site, but our site for all Taekwondoist to learn from
and participate in. This month Won-Hyo. I based my 1st Dan thesis on this
story.

Won-Hyo
Pattern Meaning

WON-HYO was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla
Dynasty in the year of 686 A.D.

Pattern Diagram




Movements - 28
                           Ready Posture - CLOSED READY STANCE A


A Lesson from Won Hyo Dae Sa
By Robert McLain (From a parable told by Grandmaster Kim Soo)
This article was printed in the July 2001 issue of Black Belt Magazine in "The State of Taekwon-do" column.

During the Korean Silla Dynasty (57BC-918AD) a famous martial artist, Won Hyo Daesa,
decided to embark on a pilgrimage to India to seek the origins of Buddhism. One night
while he was on the road a storm rolled in and obscured the light of the moon, making
the countryside very dark and travel dangerous. Rain poured down and the wind blew
furiously.

Won Hyo frantically searched for shelter from the storm. He stumbled upon a small, dry
cave and crawled inside.  It was so dark that he had to use his hands to guide his way.  
The floor felt as though it was padded with straw. He thought this was wonderful since
he was quite tired from his journey.  Now, not only did he have a dry place to sleep, but
also a very comfortable one.  Won Hyo Daesa lay down on the straw floor and pondered
the good sleep he would have.

The hypnotic rainfall and hours of walking began to take its toll and he fell fast asleep.  
Later he awoke to find he had developed a terrible thirst. After feeling around the dark
shelter he found a cup with water in it.  "How wonderful," he thought.  Not only did he
have a dry place to sleep, he had water to quench his thirst. He drank up and laid down
to finish a good night's sleep.
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