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Suggested Videos
UCMAP Yongmudo Introduction
A 5-minute rough-cut video overview of the UCMAP Yongmudo Program at UC Berkeley includes scenes of the university as well as techniques.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3AjsO30zH0
Yongmudo Promotion Video
A promotional video (with lots of action) that details the history and purpose of Yongmudo, Yongin University’s martial art. (8 min 6 sec)
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4R1W9Q7DFc
1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships (November 2010)
Fil Vrnak from U.C. Berkeley at the 1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9u-L_dCDVI
1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships (November 2010)
Charles Kunzman from U.C. Berkeley at the 1st U.S. Yongmudo Championships.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyi_4HSY2iM
Yong-in University Yongmudo Demonstration
See the students of Yongin University in action. They demonstrate a variety of skills — incredible falls, throws, and joint-locks.
Source: Part 1
Source: Part 2
Source: Part 3
Source: Part 4
Hapkido Kombat
Lots of hapkido techniques done to the theme music of “Mortal Kombat.”
Olympic & Korean Tigers Action!
Fast-paced taekwondo action. The Korean Tigers are possibly the best demo team in the world — inspiration for our own demonstrations.
Action from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
This is actually a double-bonus — same video, different music (depending on your mood). With the 2012 London Olympics less than a year away, here’s some exciting action to get ready for next year’s competition: big kicks from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The video ends with the dramatic final kick in the men’s heavyweight gold medal match between Moon Dae-Sung (Korea) and giant home-country favorite Alexandros Nikolaidis (Greece).
Go to: Olympic Tae-Kwon-Do Sparring
Loud, raucous music: “Scream” by Slipknot
Go to: Olympic Taekwondo , the best action!
Mellow music: “Dreamscape - Long Edit” by 009 Sound System
Background Info on 2004 Heavyweight Finals Match
“Moon Dae-Sung of Korea had been world heavyweight champion in 1999, but he had not placed at the world event since then, and did not compete at the 2000 Olympic Games. His top competition was felt to be Pascal Gentil of France, who had been European Champion as far back as 1994, had also won that event in 1999, and was runner-up in it earlier in 2004. After easily winning their first two matches, they met in the semi-final with Moon prevailing, 5-3. In the final, Moon met Alexandros Nikolaidis, who had no international record, but was the home crowd favorite. They were not much help to him as Moon won by knockout at 2:10 of the first round. Gentil went on to win the bronze medal.”
Source: Sports Reference
“Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful”
A 10-minute clip of the inspiring life of Keiko Fukudo Sensei, a 98-year-old judo master — 10th degree black belt and amazing woman.
She battled family and gender discrimination throughout her life — even being stuck at 5th degree black belt for 30 years because that was the highest rank allowed for women. She is “the only living student of judo’s founder, Jigoro Kano, who opened his judo school, the Kodokan, in Tokyo, in 1882. Kano added a women’s section to his school about 40 years later and invited Fukuda to train because of her martial arts lineage. She was the granddaughter of a renowned jujitsu master who had taught that Japanese martial art to Kano.”
“I think a lot of why I am 98 has to do with judo,” Fukuda Sensei said. “I have my health, and judo is my connection to less stress and difficulty. As far as I know, no one has lived their life completely for judo as I have.”
Documentary filmmaker Yuriko Gamo Romer will have a film about Fukudo Sensei in 2012. In the meantime, this 10-minute clip is a very nice introduction. Fukudo Sensei shares the meaning of the brave and bold decision to walk her own path at 7:12.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLNCvvzFfU
More: Keiko Fukuda - judo master - documentary in 2012 (SF Gate; 07/25/2011)
