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FROM THE WORLD CAMPWhy do we say “Taekwon” when we bow?Someone asked this at the World Camp question-and-answer session. Although itbrought out some interesting trivia, nobody really had the answer.By coincidence, General Choi himself answered the question in an interview withTaekwon-Do Times (Vol 20 No 1, January 2000).When our art was developing into maturity it was known by many names, includingTang Soo, Kong Soo and Kwon Bub. An advisory committee was established tounify the art under a single name. On 11 April 1955, the committee accepted thename submitted by General Choi: “Taekwon-Do”. To spread the new name throughexisting schools (many of which were in the military), General Choi orderedTaekwon-Do soldiers to say “Taekwon” when they bowed to each other.This has been the Taekwon-Do tradition ever since, although the practice was lostin New Zealand until a few years ago.Your instructor has a copy of the January 2000 issue of Taekwon-Do Times. Theissue includes an excellent 15 page interview with General Choi Hong Hi, thefounder of Taekwon-Do.Mark BanicevichIII Dan, Papakura Branch(NB Quantities strictly limited; first in first served)/LPLWHG(GLWLRQ&'5206HW/HJDF\7.'(QF\FORSDHGLD&RQWHQWVÃLQFOXGH All 24 patterns performed in 4 different directions, movement by movementEvery page from the 15 volume Encyclopedia digitally reproduced.The General’s Story, including photographs and his vision for the future200 Korean words and phrases explained and spoken by Master Choi Jung Hwa0LQLPXPÃV\VWHPÃUHTXLUHPHQWVÃIBM 486/66, 16MB RAM,30MB hard disk space, 16 bit sound card, Windows 95&RVW $250.00 incl postage anywhere in NZITFNZ members: $230.00 incl postage anywhere in NZSend name, delivery addressand a chequeto ITFNZ SALESP.O.Box 457SilverdaleAuckland 146231