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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
Toe Kwon Do stands out
in the martial arts crowd
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
Dr. Michael Trulson regularly
eats, sleeps and teaches anatomy at
the Texas A&M College of Medicine
with a deadly weapon available at all
times.
Trulson is a registered third-de
gree black belt in the martial arts
and his body is therefore considered
lethal. He also serves as faculty advi
sor and head instructor of the Moo
Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do Club at
A&M.
“We teach traditional Tae Kwon
Do techniques here,” Trulson said.
“And when people hear that, they
assume that we mean ancient and
that’s not what we teach at all.
“We teach the most modern self-
defense and free-form fighting tech
niques. Tae Kwon Do lias evolved
just like everything else over the
years and is totally different from
what it was 2,000 years ago.
“What the word traditional refers
to is the additional philosophy and
history we teach along with just the
fighting techniques. Every (physical)
move has a reason behind it.
“That, more than anything else, is
the difference between Tae Kwon
Do and the other martial arts, the
extreme emphasis on a philosophy
whereby you respect your opponent.
Rung Fu and Karate don’t really
stress that same philosophy.”
“That, more
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thing else, is the differ
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— Michael Trulson, Mar
tial Arts Instructor
Tae Kwon Do was developed ap
proximately 2,000 years ago in Ko
rea by priests who needed a way to
defend themselves. The physical
and spiritual aspects of the martial
art have since been modified to in
corporate disarming an opponent’s
firearms.
Trulson said Tae Kwon Do is not
an aggressive past-time, however.
“Several studies have shown that
Tae Kwon Do actually decreases ag
gressiveness if it is taught in the tra
ditional way, stressing respect for
your opponent,” he said.
“If an already aggressive person is
taught only the fighting techniques
without any of the philosophy or his
tory behind them, studies have
shown an increase in aggressiveness.
It’s like giving a criminal a loaded
gun.
“But I think that’s the most im
portant thing to say to anyone inter
ested in getting started in the martial
arts. Make sure you get with the
right club. Martial arts are becoming
very popular in the U.S. today.
There are upwards of a half million
people signing up each year. These
people need to make sure that they
are getting started with something
that will do them some good, some
lasting good.
“We have members as young as 12
and as old as some of the professors.
This is something you don’t outgrow
and that you can do for your entire
life.
“If you get in with the right club,
one that teaches the traditional
forms and the philosophy, you can
get quite a bit out of Tae Kwon Do.
“I would advise people not to
mess with the places that only teach
you how to fignt. They actually pro
mote aggressiveness and encourage
people to show off.
“We only use our teachings for
self-defense or in the defense of
someone who can’t defend himself.”
U.S. ski team starts from scratch
Sarajevo hard to repeat
Associated Press
BORMIO, Italy — The United
States, the No. I nation in Alpine
skiing at Sarajevo, has named a
widely rejuvenated team to defend
its prestige at the World Champion
ships, which open Thursday.
The Americans took three out of
six Olympic golds a year ago, killing
the pride of traditional powers such
as Austria and Switzerland.
“This year we’ve had to start al
most from scratch, but I am confi
dent these youngsters will do well
here,” said Harald Schoenhaar, the
West German-born director of the
American Alpine team. The results
will probably not match those in Sa
rajevo, but our team will not be
wiped out.”
The best American hopes ap
peared to be Bill Johnson, the men’s
Olympic downhill champion, and
Tamara McKinney, the 1983 World
Cup champion.
“We haven’t done so well so far in
the season, but this could be ex
pected after all the excitement from
the Olympic golds,” Schoenhaar
said. “Our top stars have had a late
start, but they have planned their
training on the World Champion
ships.”
Johnson, 24, of Van Nuys, Calif.,
was 19th in the downhill trials
Wednesday. His time of 2 minutes,
10.72 seconds was 4.39 seconds off
the fastest of the day, a 2:06.33 by
Peter Mueller of Switzerland.
Johnson said, however, he con
centrated on studying the track
more than on speed.
Another American, Doug Lewis,
21, of Salisbury, Vt., did well in
Wednesday’s downhill trials. Lewis’
2:09.17 was ninth fastest time.
“I see Johnson in the top five and
Doug Lewis in the top 10 for the
downhill,” Schoenhaar said. “But for
the men’s slalom and giant slalom
anything in the top 10 would be a
real surprise. We nave to rebuild a
new team without the Mahres.”
The Mahre twins, Phil and Steve,
who for years were the leading
American skiers, retired after Sara-
jevo.
Phil, a triple World Cup king
from 1981 to 1983, won the Sarajevo
special slalom and Steve was second.
Another U.S. winner at Sarajevo,
Debbie Armstrong, was here tor the
Championships. The 21-vear-old
star from Seattle captured the giant
slalom gold at the Olympics.
“Debbie and Tamara can hope for
a medal in the slalom and giant sla
lom,” Schoenhaar predicted. “But I
am also confident in Eva Twardo-
kens and Diann Roffe.
“They have the potential to do
well. I’ve told them they have no
pressure, they’ve got to treat it like a
normal race, and they have to keep
relaxed as possible.”
Roffe, 17, of Williamson, N.Y.,
and Twardokens, 19, of Squaw Val
ley, Calif., have emerged this season
as regular starters on the American
women’s team.
Twardokens was second in the gi
ant slalom at Arosa, Switzerland, last'
week, the last World Cup race be
fore the World Championships.
Schoenhaar was not so confident
in the American women downhil-
lers.
“I hope to have one in the top 10.
Anything more would be an unex
pected bonus,” he said.
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