In answer to the other question, I've been in Judo, Ju jitsu and a little Karate, and in all of them we called our school a "dojo". In Ju jitsu we called the practice of our arts "kata". I have no idea what they would call it in the Korean system.
I had read a book where they used the term "kata", but for the life of me I couldn't remember it. Since they only used the term "dojo", I didn't realize he wasn't practicing Taekwondo.
As for the word pumsae, I've mostly seen it spelled like poomsae. It depends on how the word is translated. It means pattern or forms in English. Of course this word is used mostly in WTF Taekwon-DO. I think hyong...hyuong is used in ITF.
Since so many lay people (myself included) don't understand the word poomsae, is it acceptable to say "Taekwon-DO patterns"? Or do enough people use the term "kata" that it would be more recognizable and close enough to accurate?
I've obviously made the nasty mistake of writing about something I don't know. Yet, I wasn't sure how to have Lois defend herself with knitting needles. A sticky wicket, to be sure.
In Korean, the equivalent is Dojang and is used, of course, in Taekwon-Do.
Yup, that's what the website said where I found the term pumsae.
Oh dear, I went off topic, but that is one of the reasons why I fell in love with Lois in this show, because she knew taekwon-do!!!
Sorry to stray off subject, Elizabeth.
Hmmm... I thought you both were very helpfully answering my question. Does that mean I'm off-topic, too?
And since we've strayed off-topic in more than one way on this post, I want to include my own little plug for arnica. Either the homeopathic pills or the cream have worked for my--provided they're used right away. In fact, when my toddler was still toted around in a pumpkin carseat there was a gal who didn't see her sleeping in the corner. To my horror, she dropped an iron; it hit the carseat, but we could also see nasty dark line starting to form across the top of her head. We prayed and gave used arnica cream on her. (It took us ten minutes to locate it and I was convinced that was way too long.) I took her to the urgent care doctor, but he laughed at me. "Sometimes first-time mother's are a little overprotective. (She's my third.) If it was a serious injury it would have left a bruise." There had been a bruise. I'm convinced that God protected my little baby but I also feel my anecdote gives credance to the power of arnica.
Let me get back on track.
Thanks, Terry, for reminding us all to do the right thing. Thanks, SuperRoo for hugging Lois; she needed it. And thanks everyone for all of your comments.
Elisabeth
