Taekwon-Do and Dyspraxia
Thesis for Dan VIII
Neil David Franks, Ireland
Using Taekwondo as a tool to help special needs students
with emphasis on Dyspraxia
Using Taekwondo as a tool to help special needs students
with emphasis on Dyspraxia
A sad day in my life was, In February 2008, while during training I suffered a heart at tack. I was rushed to the hospital where a clogged artery was opened and a week later, I went into open heart surgery. I received four bypasses and some stents to keep other main arteries open. It took me several months to recover. Months I was not able to train and teach Taekwon-Do, this was a very dark period in my life. The good news was: I survived and the surgeon assured me this was because of my strong heart and body. Thank you, Taekwon-Do!
Through this study of the Yin & Yang principles it had stirred my curiosity into the why and how we can use these principles for our own inner spiritual, mental and physical development, not only for use in the Martial Arts but for all of what life and nature can throw at us. We as humans need to ‘Adapt’.
My hypotheses is “Does the moral guidance which is the backbone of
Taekwon do fill the space left as a result of the decline in participation in Christian religions?”
Professional Taekwon‐Do instructors are self‐employed owners of small businesses. They do not have the benefits of specialists employed by corporations. This includes common employment benefits, such as pension schemes. The ITF cannot create the infrastructure to do these things for professional instructors – it would be far too’ inefficient for a small international entity to develop efficient global structures. Instead, the ITF should arm instructors with the information they need to act themselves, and measure their success based on the actions of those instructors. Therefore, the ITF should educate its instructors financially – in budgeting, debt management, wealth protection, accumulation and decumulation.
La idea de este trabajo es reflexionar y poder pensar acerca ciertos procesos psíquicos individuales y grupales que se producen durante la transmisión de nuestro arte. No sólo lo veremos desde el punto de vista de la transmisión de nuestro arte marcial en base a sus principios y filosofía, de la metodología de enseñanza adecuada, sino también desde los efectos que produce la práctica del Taekwon-Do en cuanto a elevar la autoestima y qué relación tiene esto último con el manejo y control de la agresividad.
Developing ITF Taekwon-Do in Regions Not Yet Served by ITF Thesis for VII Dan Niklas Enander, Sweden This thesis is based on my work and experiences of developing ITF Taekwon-Do in Africa 2012-18. I will…