glad2bhere
Master Black Belt
Dear Folks:
I am angry enough about this that I think it merits a string here to discuss this.
Recently, in an addition of DOCHANG DIGEST, another discussion forum, there was a comment that the long awaited videos of the SIN MU Hapkido curriculum by GM Ji, Han Jae might not be coming out. Apparently there is some hitch in the process. Actually I don't know--- and guess what people--- I DON'T CARE! These tapes should NEVER HAVE BEEN IN QUESTION! EVER!!!
1.) GM Ji is argueably one of the premier people in Hapkido with dozens of smaller groups and organizations as well as their leaders tracing what they do back to him. Each of the other Hapkido arts leaders has recorded their material for posterity in either books or tapes (usually both). How is it that the Hapkido community is going to allow this person not to be recorded for posterity?
2.) Nor is there an excuse about the medium. I went to Korea and video taped the material that I trained in. Had I wanted to I could have transcribed that on to tape and duplicated them albeit slowly and sold the results. HAVE YOU FOLKS SEEN THE GARBAGE thats out there? My tapes would have been movie masterpieces next to some of the crap thats available! I cannot believe that a group of students could not have gotten together and done a decent presentation of Ji's material even if only with him looking on in the background!
3.) One of the huge problems in the Hapkido community is that there has never been a documented record of Choi Yong Sul's curriculum against which to assess other practices for accuracy or authenticity. Thinking of how many people trace their practice back to Ji I can't believe what his students are doing in letting this guy pass away un-recorded.
Now, I am not a student of Ji Han Jae. I have been lucky to have been a student of Kwang Sik Myung who was a student of Ji. I have been lucky that Myung was a teacher who went to the trouble of producing a written and taped record of his material. In turn I have developed a series of books recording the same material albeit from a slightly different teaching model. But the material is there for people to use if they choose to! Allowing a teacher to die without a record in this age of easy recording and duplication is a travesty to the art and an insult to Ji himself.
Thanks for listening.
Best Wishes,
Bruce
I am angry enough about this that I think it merits a string here to discuss this.
Recently, in an addition of DOCHANG DIGEST, another discussion forum, there was a comment that the long awaited videos of the SIN MU Hapkido curriculum by GM Ji, Han Jae might not be coming out. Apparently there is some hitch in the process. Actually I don't know--- and guess what people--- I DON'T CARE! These tapes should NEVER HAVE BEEN IN QUESTION! EVER!!!
1.) GM Ji is argueably one of the premier people in Hapkido with dozens of smaller groups and organizations as well as their leaders tracing what they do back to him. Each of the other Hapkido arts leaders has recorded their material for posterity in either books or tapes (usually both). How is it that the Hapkido community is going to allow this person not to be recorded for posterity?
2.) Nor is there an excuse about the medium. I went to Korea and video taped the material that I trained in. Had I wanted to I could have transcribed that on to tape and duplicated them albeit slowly and sold the results. HAVE YOU FOLKS SEEN THE GARBAGE thats out there? My tapes would have been movie masterpieces next to some of the crap thats available! I cannot believe that a group of students could not have gotten together and done a decent presentation of Ji's material even if only with him looking on in the background!
3.) One of the huge problems in the Hapkido community is that there has never been a documented record of Choi Yong Sul's curriculum against which to assess other practices for accuracy or authenticity. Thinking of how many people trace their practice back to Ji I can't believe what his students are doing in letting this guy pass away un-recorded.
Now, I am not a student of Ji Han Jae. I have been lucky to have been a student of Kwang Sik Myung who was a student of Ji. I have been lucky that Myung was a teacher who went to the trouble of producing a written and taped record of his material. In turn I have developed a series of books recording the same material albeit from a slightly different teaching model. But the material is there for people to use if they choose to! Allowing a teacher to die without a record in this age of easy recording and duplication is a travesty to the art and an insult to Ji himself.
Thanks for listening.
Best Wishes,
Bruce