Min-Ahn program at UC Berkeley+media

 

From: http://www.dctkd.org/links/index.cfm?categoryID=6&subCategoryID=14

General information on martial arts and self-defense.

1. Dr. Min “Profiles of Excellence” (ABC7News.com) 
   A very interesting five-minute overview of Dr. Min's life's work: education, martial arts, and UCMAP.(Originally Published: 3/28/2009; Last DCTKD update: 5/11/2009)
2. Q & A with Dr. Ken Min (U.S.A.), Member of WTF Council (World Taekwondo Federation) 
   “The taekwondo movement shares this philosophy of participation and also seeks to cultivate the educational values of character building, perseverance, self-discipline, self-confidence and, most of all, self-respect, both for the individual and for humanity as a whole. Moreover, taekwondo is deeply rooted in Asian macro philosophy which perceives the surrounding nature as a whole where mankind can exist harmoniously with the environment.” (NOTE: Click on "Taekwondo People", bottom left)(Originally Published: 2/5/2009; Last DCTKD update: 2/18/2009)
3. Dr. Ken Min, Father of UC Berkeley MA Program (MOOKAS) 
   A 23-minute interview with Dr. Ken Min, founder of UCMAP. Dr. Min discusses the history of martial arts at UC Berkeley, the founding of the NCTA, and his personal philosophy of how martial arts relates to everyday life. Running Time: 23:25(Originally Published: 4/5/2008; Last DCTKD update: 1/18/2009)
4. Yong In Martial Arts (YouTube) 
   A promotional video (with lots of action) that details the history and purpose of Yongmudo, Yongin University’s martial art. (8 min 6 sec)(Originally Published: 10/15/2007; Last DCTKD update: 12/11/2007)
5. UC’s master of martial arts (San Francisco Chronicle) 
   by Jesse Hamlin
   “‘This is my teaching philosophy: You train yourself whether it’s a rainy day or hot or cold or you have an aching body or you’ve been out all night with your boyfriend or girlfriend,’ says [Dr. Ken] Min, who speaks of martial arts in relation to Confucian and Buddhist ideas about how to co-exist in the world. ‘You keep training. That leads to discipline, controlling your lifestyle, knowing yourself more, building confidence. Self-defense is just a small portion. The most important thing is to respect yourself as a human being. If you don’t respect yourself as a human being, you don’t respect anybody else. Everybody is on an equal basis. That’s the baseline for democracy. Self-respect is the ultimate goal.’”(Originally Published: 3/23/2007; Last DCTKD update: 3/27/2007)
6. A New Look for Joe College: From Letter-Sweater to Black Belt (Black Belt) 
   Judo, karate, and kung fu invade the American Campus
   by Gil Johnson
   Available via Google books, this is an article describing Dr. Min at a fairly early stage of his career. In addition to discussing self-defense and other topics, he describes trithlon a forerunner to mixed-martial arts competitions held today. A variation of trithlon rules is used in current yongmudo competitions.(Originally Published: 4/1/1974; Last DCTKD update: 11/2/2010)
7. Yongin University: College of Martial Arts 
   This is the web site of one of the few universities in the world that offers a bachelors degree in martial arts. The skills of the students are exceptional with Olympic gold medalists in judo.(Last DCTKD update: 3/15/2007)
8. U.C. Berkeley Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) 
   U.C. Berkeley’s program is where several of our club’s instructors received a substantial portion of their martial arts training. This is one the most comprehensive collegiate programs in the country covering a variety of martial arts styles including taekwondo, yongmudo (hapkido), judo, karate, karate, wushu, and tai chi. (Last DCTKD update: 3/27/2002)