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- From: nahilgendorf@honors.uoregon.edu (Nathan Hilgendorf)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Puzzled - History of Korean MAs
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:54:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon Honors College
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- References: <1ivk9iINNemk@male.EBay.Sun.COM> <MARY.93Jan19141147@martinique.Cayman.COM> <1993Jan20.035617.22554@massey.ac.nz> <1993Jan20.151809.21008@yang.earlham.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan20.151809.21008@yang.earlham.edu> marcs@yang.earlham.edu (Marc Seebass(Thunderbolt)) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan20.035617.22554@massey.ac.nz>, M.J.Wright@massey.ac.nz (M.J. Wright) writes:
- >> mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros) writes
- >>
- >>>> The story I heard was that techniques were preserved in monastries and
- >>>> by individual practicioners. In fact part of the purpose of Patterns
- >>>> (Kata) was to allow solitary practice when it was too dangerous
- >> ^^^^
- >>> Hee hee hee...the thought of Truly Korean Martial Art Forms being called
- >>>"kata" just strikes me as funny...
- >>
- >> Actually, they're not. I just included this for those who couldn't
- >> otherwise understand.
- >Go idea, but then you could say "pomse, or kata" (I think I am spelling
- >pomse wrong, but I'm not sure)
-
- Ah, yes, but not all TKD systems use the word, "poomse". Some of us say
- "patterns," instead.
-