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Editor's Blogg : The perfect body...by The Iron Guru

part one - Vince Gironda - The Iron Guru
When I was heavily into martial arts...(pre-injuries) I was into body building too. Not a giant body but a "perfect body" for my age and weight. I had started weight training with my football coach (at age 16), so I had built a prefect muscle foundation for my age to start with. I had created a body plan for when I got to age 60. So if I ever wanted to weight train later in my life it would be easy to grow naturally to the next level. 

So, later in my life I decided I wanted to get my black belt. I trained hard in martial arts for 8 years, until my injuries got the best of me. I wanted to continue my weight training and get my black belt in Tae Kwon Do & Hapkido at the same time. The perfect body and a black black! Wow...! And since I was in awesome shape, it would help me to get my second degree black belt. I chose lucky to find Grand master Jun Chung to train with privately.

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Pan Am Championships Squad Named
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Sixteen athletes named to Pan Am Championships Team at conclusion of Pan Am Selection Camp in Colorado Springs. Read More...


Rocky Mountain Open Slated for Dec. 6-7 in Colorado Springs
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The Rocky Mountain Open will take place December 6-7, 2008, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Read More...


THE KICK Florida STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2 Biggest Events in Florida are almost here. Register for Disney's Martial Arts Festival by 9/30, enter the code Kick-10, and Save $10 on Entry Fees. This year's event features even more excitement. 2 Showcases, including one completely dedicated to fighters, More Disciplines, More grappling and The Top Talent from around the world will be there. Register online at or http://www.tournament.info For more information Call 407-897-6856  You can register online at: http://www.kickusa.com/Events/2008Events.htm 

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"He (Sarkozy) is interested in martial arts and we have decided to do some training together," Putin was quoted as saying in an interview with French...

Once-secretive Shaolin wants to teach kung fu to everybody: report

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Wang Shifa, director of Shaolin Huanxidi Company, told the Shanghai Daily that Shaolin Temple, located in central China's Henan province, is in talks with gyms in major cities to start training classes by the end of this year...

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Mixed martial arts: Undefeated Ray takes ISKA cruiserweight title
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After only six fights in less than two years, Joe Ray is the new ISKA Florida State cruiserweight champion...



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Lynn Wyatt: Good health important, but don't forget dessert
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A: Yes, I earned a first-degree black belt in tae kwon do about five years ago. I was more nervous about that test than any test I ever took in school...

This mother of four and grandmother of two is a dedicated fundraiser who has raised millions for arts and culture groups in Houston and around the world. Most people see her at galas and fundraisers — or in photos from them — all glammed up. In real life she's just as glamorous, tiny but super fit. She recently talked to Health editor Diane Cowen about how great food, decadent desserts and how she stays slim...


Black belt teen finds success, self esteem in tae kwon do
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Glenn Dale resident CJ Moore, 13, is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

CJ isn't like the other 30 or so students in his class at A Plus Tae Kwon Do in Bowie; he was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. CJ, whose autism is in the least severe range of the disorder's spectrum, feeds and dresses himself and does not need medication. He is an eighth-grader at the Fairmount Campus of Kennedy Krieger School in Baltimore, which provides special education services...


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SEVEN students from the Dulverton TAGB tae-kwon-do club successfully passed their latest grading, achieving their next belt...


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OTC resident should contend in judo
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The Olympic Training Center resident, who is the third legally blind American to earn a national judo ranking among sighted competitors, hopes to use his...


Blind ignorance ties judo champ in knots
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And as a blind judoka, he's suffered some of the worst ones in the book - including having sighted opponents tip-toe around him for a surprise crash tackle. But there was nothing more painful for the five-time Paralympian than being told he could not compete at the Beijing Olympics simply because he can't see. He certainly felt he was good enough. Clarke, 47, has been No.3 in Australia before and has won national titles five times competing against his sighted counterparts...


Stephanie Brown Trafton's Olympic Diary
Sacramento Bee,  USA
Olympic discus thrower
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Editor's note: Discus thrower Stephanie Brown Trafton of Galt is blogging from Beijing. She won the gold medal.

A golden moment

We did it! I came to China with two throws on my mind: One throw to make it to finals and one more to seal the deal and win a medal. My last throw of the qualification round shot me to the top of the list and my first throw if finals took home the gold medal! The last few days have been so hectic for me that I still have not had the time to process the significance of the achievement. I set a standard in my first throw in the finals of the Olympics and no one had and any fight left in them to get the lead back. Remember when I said, "if you make the finals at the Olympics, anything can happen?" One of those "anything" scenarios included me tossing a great throw for those stadium conditions followed by a weak response from the rest of the field.

 Read her Olympic diary on www.Sacbee.com . Bryan Patrick / Sacramento Bee Staff Photo 


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