Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo

and it seems to always get a crowd. And
Master Janisse was showing ways to level
the playing field regardless of how big the
attacker is because if someone grabs that
pinky, it's gonna hurt!
Chief Master Marlin Simms (from Georgia)
starts out with a Power Point presentation
on Knife Throwing. He gave a step by step
breakdown of how many rotations at how
many feet and how to make it go faster or
slower. After classroom presentation, we all
go outside and take turns throwing the
knives at the targets.
To wrap the day up, Master Steve Kincade
(from Mississippi) had a little of everything
with sword and empty hand. At the same
time across the dojang was Mr Calvin Longton
(from Florida) doing a session on gun
defense. I've been to gun disarming clinics
that should be renamed to "how to get yourself
shot." Longton always does a first class
session.
Sunday is the final day with Grand Master
Jimm McMurray (from Texas) doing a seminar
on rope/belt & knife. Everyone looks to
be half glazed over but Grand Master
McMurray has a way of bringing the best out
of people. 30 minutes into it and everyone
lively and ready to go. Using the belt makes
a painful technique more painful. And the
knife drill is always a crowd pleaser.
The whole weekend was a buzz about
Grand Master Timmerman's "Gathering of
Grandmasters" in Sault Ste Marie, Canada
on August 13-15. This event was like a
warm-up for what's to come at his event
Totally Tae Kwon Do - 53