Really sorry to hear this.
Story:
Pennsylvania -- Many area martial artists were numb yesterday as they learned of the death of Robert Massaroni, a champion Tang Soo Do instructor who collapsed and died moments after he finished a 10-mile street run on Sunday.
Massaroni, 29, of Holland, Bucks County, was chief instructor at the Bensalem branch of Nate Gordon's Black Belt Academy, where he was idolized by his "little dragons," the younger students who trailed after him.
He collapsed just after completing a point-to-point run that Runner's World magazine has named one of the fastest 10-mile courses in the nation. The race started at Central High School at 8:30 a.m. and finished at the end of Broad Street in South Philadelphia.
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Showing posts with label Tang Soo Do. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tang Soo Do. Show all posts
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, September 22, 2006
Flight attendan(t)
Here are the words of Sandy Berry, an American Airlines flight attendant : After Sept. 9, 2001 I was supposed to go to Paris the following Friday. I did not go. The company did not make you go.
I finally went back 10 days later. But I was scared. Flying home from my Chicago base, a Middle Eastern-looking guy sat beside me. I felt bad for how everyone stared at him, but I was twitchy, too. When he turned off my reading light, I raised my pen like a knife and said, "That's my light! Leave it alone!" That's when I realized I had to do something.
Suddenly we flight attendants were the last line of defense, because that cockpit is never opening again. But we didn't get extra training, not even plastic handcuffs and tape, until later.
So in January 2002 I called a martial arts school in Moon. My fellow flight attendant and friend Dot Sawyer and I took a self-defense class, then started taking tang soo do. We loved it.
By that April, I'd learned enough that I could go back to work. I had some control again. It was gnarly, but I have stuck with martial arts, and after four years, this July, I received my first-degree black belt. Me, who only thought of belts as fashionable. Now there's no doubt in my mind that I can defend myself and take someone down.
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I finally went back 10 days later. But I was scared. Flying home from my Chicago base, a Middle Eastern-looking guy sat beside me. I felt bad for how everyone stared at him, but I was twitchy, too. When he turned off my reading light, I raised my pen like a knife and said, "That's my light! Leave it alone!" That's when I realized I had to do something.
Suddenly we flight attendants were the last line of defense, because that cockpit is never opening again. But we didn't get extra training, not even plastic handcuffs and tape, until later.
So in January 2002 I called a martial arts school in Moon. My fellow flight attendant and friend Dot Sawyer and I took a self-defense class, then started taking tang soo do. We loved it.
By that April, I'd learned enough that I could go back to work. I had some control again. It was gnarly, but I have stuck with martial arts, and after four years, this July, I received my first-degree black belt. Me, who only thought of belts as fashionable. Now there's no doubt in my mind that I can defend myself and take someone down.
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tangsoodomigukkwah
Talk about getting things wrong!
Presenting Korean arts in a presentation on China and Japan is one thing.
But the spelling... Tangsoodomigukkwah :-)
I assume this is trying to say Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan?
Story:
As David Berube began swinging his sword, teacher Patty Miceli moved a couple of students out of harms way.
Berube -- an adult hall monitor at Oakdale School -- was demonstrating haigumdongdo, Korean sword art.
Berube, who also has been studying tangsoodomigukkwah, a Korean form of karate for 22 years, was part of an informational presentation on China and Japan Tuesday night presented by four fourth-grade classes for their parents.
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Presenting Korean arts in a presentation on China and Japan is one thing.
But the spelling... Tangsoodomigukkwah :-)
I assume this is trying to say Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan?
Story:
As David Berube began swinging his sword, teacher Patty Miceli moved a couple of students out of harms way.
Berube -- an adult hall monitor at Oakdale School -- was demonstrating haigumdongdo, Korean sword art.
Berube, who also has been studying tangsoodomigukkwah, a Korean form of karate for 22 years, was part of an informational presentation on China and Japan Tuesday night presented by four fourth-grade classes for their parents.
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Thursday, June 08, 2006
Love of the arts
The newly appointed provost of Thurgood Marshall College in California, Allan Havis, has been a member of the theatre and dance department for 17 years.
On the day of his interview, he wore all blue — a blue tie and denim shirt and jeans; a jean jacket hung from a coat rack nailed to his office door. No matter what he’s saying, Havis says it calmly and unwavering. He has the voice of someone who would get paid millions to read lullabies for books on tape.
His soothing manner makes it all the more surprising to discover he has a black belt in Korean-style Tang Soo Do karate.
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On the day of his interview, he wore all blue — a blue tie and denim shirt and jeans; a jean jacket hung from a coat rack nailed to his office door. No matter what he’s saying, Havis says it calmly and unwavering. He has the voice of someone who would get paid millions to read lullabies for books on tape.
His soothing manner makes it all the more surprising to discover he has a black belt in Korean-style Tang Soo Do karate.
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