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DRAGONS of ANTIOCH is now available in PRINT and KINDLE editions  on

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1448630452
• ISBN-13: 978-1448630455
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THE FIVE DRAGON SWORD  is now available in PRINT and KINDLE editions  on 

• Paperback: 466 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1453883940
• ISBN-13: 978-1453883945
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Look for Daniel's article
Confusing Consonants and Vacillating Vowels: The Romanization of Hangul
in the January 2011 issue of Tae Kwon Do Times

An article exploring some of the reasons why there are so many confusing spellings of Romanized Korean and why this situation exists. A brief history of the development of the Korean 'alphabet' (called Hangul) created by the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, Sejong the Great, is examined, along with the introduction of a new standard, Revised Romanization, adopted by the South Korean government in July 2000.

Look for Daniel's article
More Than Just A Dance: Kuk Sool Won' Geom Mu Hyeong
in the March 2011 issue of Tae Kwon Do Times

Geommu. It's one of Korea's popular traditional dances, declared an 'Intangible Cultural Property' by the government of South Korea in 1967 and based on the story of a young Hwarang and his assassination of a Baekje king. Less well known is the more martial interpretation of the story on which geommu is based - the form Geom Mu Hyeong in the Korean martial art of Kuk Sool Won, an empty hand form based on similar patterns of twin short swords.

In the article the relationship is explored between Geom Mu Hyeong and the cultural link to the tradition of Hwangchang, the youth on whose exploits the form is based.