Welcome to the May 2025 edition of HOONLYUN,
the Journal of the United States Taekwondo Alliance.
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HOONLYUN Interview
Master Ron Dziwenka
Co-Founder and President
International Academic Center
for Taekwondo
My personal aspiration is to continue to learn from and with others, and to try in my own way to be an inspiration for and be inspired by other “seekers.” In addition, I hope to see Taekwondo offering a diverse structure, system, and path for all practitioners to do so.
Bowing in the Martial Arts: Etiquette,
Humility, and Respect
Martial artists and most non-martial artists know that bowing is part of the etiquette of the Asian martial arts. We can say that martial arts have inherited the bowing from they Asian culture from which they come where bowing is a traditional greeting and can be used to show respect and even apology.
Forging, Competing, Confronting
The Evolution of Taekwondo Through Its Sparring Terms
In Taekwondo, many terms that had Japanese or Chinese origins were replaced with native Korean words. Thus, the Sjino-Korea word daeryeon made way for the native Korean word gyeorugi 겨루기 in the Kukki Taekwondo circles, while the chosen word for sparring in ITF Taekwon-Do became matseogi 맞서기.
In This Issue:
- USTA Affiliate School News
- iACT Hanmadang and Academic Conference
- Art Feature: Seoye (서예) Korean Art of Calligraphy
- A domain of Discipline: The Sacred Space for Training Body and Mind
- Student Perspective: The Tigress No LOnger Paces the Maze - She Owns it
- Book Review: Promise and Fulfillment in the Art of TaeKwonDo
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