Martial Arts
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Special Interest
- 3/2007 SFgate.com Interview with K. Min, UC's Master of Martial Arts
- United Black Belts of America, a taekwondo studio in San Anselmo, CA.
- UCMAP - Martial Arts Program at the University of California, Berkeley CA
- George Washington University Taekwondo Program
- Master Mac's Korean Martial Arts Forms Resource. This one has movies of forms for TKD, HKD (listed, but no links) as well as Tangsoodo.
- Master Mac's ITF Color belt forms
- Unofficial Taekwondo Hyung Resource Page
- United States Taekwondo Union
Chinese Martial Arts- E.Y. Lee Kung Fu School, San Francisco CA
- Wushu Page in Japan
- Bay Area Wing Chun
- WUSHU Home Page
- Wing Lam Chinese Martial Arts Center
- UCMAP - Martial Arts Program at the University of California, Berkeley CA
Taekwondo
Bio
Bethel began training martial arts in January of 1980 at the age of 18. Since then, he has trained in many different styles, including Taekwondo (ITF & WTF, including 10 years with the Berkeley team at UC Berkeley under the guidance of Dr. Ken Min), Okinawa Te, Tai Chi (Yang & Chen styles, as well as International Compulsory), Contemporary Wushu (with Sifu Bryant Fong of the UC Berkeley and San Francisco Wushu Teams and the United States Wushu/Kungfu Federation) Traditional Chinese Kungfu, and Korean Hapkido/Yongmudo (Dr. Norman Link at UC Berkeley). During his 20's and early 30's, Bethel competed regularly, including several appearanaces in the California state championships, and at one time was kyukpa champion in the state of California.
During the period 1993 – 1999, Bethel held the title of Head Instructor of Taekwondo at Kim's Traditional Martial Arts Institute/United Black Belts of America in San Anselmo, CA. He was responsible for curriculum development and instruction for all levels of ability.
Bethel currently holds the rank of 4th Dan in Taekwondo, recognized by the Korean Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo Federation, and is a United States Taekwondo Union Certified level D-2 Taekwondo referee. He currently trains Choy Lay Fut traditional Kung Fu at the E.Y. Lee Kung Fu School in San Francisco, CA (Sifu E.Y. Lee).
Fairfax Festival Parade, July 1999
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San Anselmo Country Fair Day Parade, September 1997
These images were digitized using an UMAX Astra 1200S. The photos were taken on 35mm film at the San Anselmo Country Fair Day Parade in September 1997 in San Anselmo CA. Click on any of the images to get full 300dpi.
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The crowd always loves it when a *really mean chick* starts to pound on a would-be attacker! Guess who got that job?? Check out the smiles on the faces of the audience! They loved it! |
Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA, July 1995
The following images were digitized using a color scanner from photographic prints. The photos were taken July 3, 1995 in San Rafael, California, at the Marin County Fair.
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