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		<title>on the road again 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo is now one of the core sports in Olympic Games, what next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>If you can dream it, you can do it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my motivation is down, I always read about Walt Disney and what he created with his imagination. There were times when no one believed him but he followed his path and dreams and kept on going forward with his plans. I have been training with the purpose to attend some upcoming competitions and my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo blog 2013-03-09</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>I feel something is missing from our Taekwondo program.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel something is missing from our Taekwondo program. I have been dealing with a terrible flu in the past seven days and haven’t been able to teach or do any taekwondo training. It just makes me crazy to stay home! I have been very busy with our schools and I am not really happy ...]]></description>
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		<title>WTF-Taekwondo or ITF-Taekwondo, What should I choose?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is one question I get every month from all over the world. Now, you must understand that my main style is WTF-Taekwondo but I have been training ITF style too. I also have many friends in the ITF side. Now, I speak from a European perspective and you have to understand that we ...]]></description>
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		<title>My thoughts about Lloyd Irvin&#8217;s school rape case</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo blog 2013-01-14 ITF Taekwondo, just fanatics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo blog 2013-01-07</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>MMA is destroying Taekwondo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently had a UFC event here in Sweden, and I think it was a great success. But I also think it was the &#8220;death blow&#8221; for Taekwondo here in Sweden. OK, that was a pretty strong statement, and I am halfway kidding about this. Let me explain what I mean. First of all, UFC ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo as a business in Sweden/Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo as a business in Sweden/Finland It&#8217;s quite funny to see the differences between UK and Sweden when I look at Taekwondo and the business side of it. Here in Sweden, there are very few Taekwondo schools that are run as professional organizations. By this I mean that we don&#8217;t have many schools that are ...]]></description>
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		<title>What would happen if Taekwondo is dropped from the Olympic games?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is a question I have been thinking a lot about, and the answer is very clear. I believe that nothing will change. Most schools are doing things the way they always have, and Taekwondo competitions continue as normal. What might happen, though, is that old &#8220;kwans&#8221; may come back even stronger and this ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why sport Taekwondo is saving Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo blog 2012-12-18 &#8220;just relax&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo blog 2012-12-17</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest taekwondo blog and some news! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Some thoughts concerning Taekwondo and Hapkido</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been quite busy with our programs. I have 3 projects I am currently working on. The first one is our kickboxing fitness program; the second is our Hapkido program and third is our instructor training program. I feel that we are missing one clear fitness program and that is the main reason ...]]></description>
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		<title>Training after 40 and some thoughts about it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been the most popular subject in my blogs and I have had some good feedback about it. Not everyone agrees with me and that&#8217;s fine. This is what many of my adult students are thinking: &#8220;First of all, I don&#8217;t have much time. I can come and train perhaps 1-2 times a week. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Training when you are over 40- update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking a lot about this and I still see the same mistakes that everyone is doing. I believe that most people train too often and their individual work out is way too easy. What we often forget is that we need more time to recover from the work out. In some cases, you ...]]></description>
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		<title>My struggle with Taekwondo training</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I have been so busy with our schools lately and so my own training hasn&#8217;t been so good. In the last few months I have tried to work with my forms ( Poomsae ) and now I must admit, Poomsae is not for me. I just can&#8217;t find motivation enough train poomsae. I am ...]]></description>
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		<title>So what has happened during the last few months?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until now I have been taking a long break from my Blog in order to sit back and do some thinking. Our training is going well and both our schools are growing. I must admit, my own training hasn&#8217;t been as good but I try to get back on track. I have been running my ...]]></description>
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		<title>What kind of Taekwondo should I teach if I would like to get more people in my school?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a good question that I got from one instructor, and I decided to answer it in my blog so everyone can see it. OK, my answer is very simple. It doesn&#8217;t matter what type of Taekwondo you are teaching. You can focus more sparring or poomsae. You can teach Taekwondo as self defense ...]]></description>
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		<title>Some parents!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some parents! This happened to me a few years ago, but I still remember it like it happened yesterday! In my school, our training fees are much higher than other schools in town, and I had a meeting with one of the parents because he wanted his kid to quit the class. I was really ...]]></description>
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		<title>Two masters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I sometimes think about two Taekwondo masters and how much they have influenced my way of teaching. One of them was very tough and demanding. His teaching style was tough and hard. I felt that he separated people into two categories; winners and losers. He didn&#8217;t have close relationships with his students and as an example, most of ...]]></description>
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		<title>My thoughts about Taekwondo competitions and the problems I see</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In our countries I see a couple of things what will limit our chances to become more successful in taekwondo competitions. First, we need more children who will start training in Taekwondo because from those we might find future Olympic gold medallists and word champions. Second, the schools must be better funded; without money ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo as a modern Martial Art and new uniforms; are we making a mistake?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Most martial art historians agree that Taekwondo is not that old as a martial art. The fact is that Taekwondo is pretty young and most of its founders had a karate background. Now, you have to understand that what Karate was in 1930 to 1950 is not same as it is today. Also, with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo: is it a sport or a martial art?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is one of the common arguments among Taekwondo practitioners. The simple answer is that Taekwondo is a sport and it is a martial art. What is really funny to see is how fanatical we are. Sometimes just for the sake of fun I mention that the sport aspect of Taekwondo is the only ...]]></description>
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		<title>Should we get rid of taekwondo uniforms in our schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, with this text I will hopefully raise some emotions! My question is &#8220;should we get rid of taekwondo uniforms in our schools?&#8221; and I am serious about it. Just think about it, for a normal person, our uniforms look very unattractive and unpractical. Uniforms are hard to keep clean and sometimes are very hard ...]]></description>
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		<title>How long should you train to become a black belt in Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is one subject that many teachers argue. Some think that you should for train 10 years for you to be ready but some feel that you can do it in a much shorter amount of time. I feel that everything depends on the student. It really matters on how much the person has ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and my midlife crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; [follow_me] For the last 12 months or so I feel I have had some kind of a midlife crisis. I have questioned how and what I should teach in my Taekwondo classes. I feel that I have changed so much in the last 10 years and I have felt that something is missing from ...]]></description>
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		<title>Scandals in Taekwondo and the Martial art world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been really depressed lately. First came the Aaron Cook Scandal where in England they didn&#8217;t choose the number 1 fighter to participate in the Olympic Games in London 2012. My personal view is that Taekwondo GB is corrupt and they are lying about their reasons why they didn&#8217;t select Mr Cook. I believe ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo training for the adults, and how I feel about it today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been thinking a lot about how I should organise our taekwondo training for the adults. I think if Taekwondo school’s want to teach taekwondo for adults in a safe way then there must be some changes. First, the warm session. What I have seen in many schools doesn&#8217;t really make any sense. ...]]></description>
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		<title>How we should teach Taekwondo for children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As a professional Taekwondo teacher this is one question I always ask myself. I have had a good education and experience and yet I still think teaching children is the most difficult thing to do. With Kids you can&#8217;t fake it. You have to enjoy teaching children because they will feel it if you ...]]></description>
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		<title>Our taekwondo schools and what we teach?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our taekwondo schools and what we teach? This has been one of most common questions for me. Our main style is WTF-Taekwondo or Kukkiwon Taekwondo but there are certain things the we do differently. I don&#8217;t focus so much on the competition style of training because I had some problems with it so I have ...]]></description>
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		<title>What is going on with the Taekwondo world? ( UK-fiasco )</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems we can&#8217;t get rid of scandals in the taekwondo world. The latest thing is now from the UK where they didn&#8217;t select Aaron Cook for the UK Olympic team. I have been really disappointed but not really surprised about that. I had heard rumours about this much earlier. What is striking, is how ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and self-defense 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 06:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about self-defense training and how I should it teach for my students. This is a very difficult subject. In today&#8217;s environment there is more violence, more weapons and much more violence among children.  My philosophy is quite simple. If someone attacks you, you must protect yourself. It doesn&#8217;t matter how old ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo training in my schools at present</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about how I have changed what I have been teaching in my Taekwondo classes over the last 20 years. I think one of my biggest mistakes was focusing too much on self-defence training and I started to lose focus on what really should be teaching. I have found that there must ...]]></description>
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		<title>How will MMA help Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How will MMA help Taekwondo? Last night I saw UFC Sweden on the TV and it was a really great show. No wonder MMA is growing in popularity every day. If I compare Taekwondo competitions and UFC, there is a huge difference. One of the most important lessons in Taekwondo is that we forget our ...]]></description>
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		<title>Adults and Taekwondo training: my observations (part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With adult Taekwondo training I have noticed that I have to work more with upper body techniques. I still teach traditional techniques, but I also have lot of boxing and kickboxing drills in my classes. This way my students learn how to hit hard, and, most importantly, they will learn to keep their hands up. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Adults and Taekwondo training: My observations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I have been working with many adults lately, and I have been thinking about how I can make my classes more effective. What I have noticed is that people today don&#8217;t have much time to train and often have very hectic lifestyle. This means we have to make some changes to how we teach ...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sport Taekwondo the only real Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Sport Taekwondo the only real Taekwondo? Sometimes I get tired of talking about how effective or ineffective Taekwondo is for self defense. For me, everything is quite simple. For me, self defense training is a small part of Taekwondo and I always try to get new ideas from other martial arts styles. When I ...]]></description>
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		<title>How to become a top level taekwondo practitioner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you like to be at the top level in any field in Taekwondo, there are some ground rules that you must follow. I believe these rules apply even when we talk about high level achievers. It may be a writer, a scientist, a musician or even a business owner. The basic principles are still the ...]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with Finnish Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s wrong with Finnish Taekwondo? &#160; OK, that was a pretty strong headline. What I actually meant was &#8220;what&#8217;s wrong with Finnish Taekwondo&#8217;s competition system today&#8221;. I haven&#8217;t seen very many top level fighters from Finland in quite a few years, and Finland&#8217;s last World Championship medal is from 1993. The same goes for the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and adults: Are we losing them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo and adults: Are we losing them? I have been doing a lot of work on our online Taekwondo academy, and I have even added a new section of the site for &#8220;adults 40 and up.” Based on the feedback and comments I have received, it looks we have a lot of work to do ...]]></description>
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		<title>My thoughts about Taekwondo training and boxing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts about Taekwondo training and boxing Here&#8217;s something I have been thinking about lately. In sparring these days (WTF-Taekwondo) you mainly use kicks and you barely need to protect your head at all. The problem is that many people believe that this is all Taekwondo is about, and they think that&#8217;s how everyone is ...]]></description>
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		<title>I took a break from my writing, but now I&#8217;m back!  2012-03-23</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi again! I took a break from my writing, but now I&#8217;m back! So, what&#8217;s new with me? Well first, my family and I were sick for about a week and we had a few other challenges to deal with. So I had to cancel all my seminars for the month. I even had to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Old ‘Taekwondo’ Forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old ‘Taekwondo’ Forms Many of my Taekwondo friends are teaching the old ‘Taekwondo’ forms named Pyung An forms. They also teach Tae Geuk forms. So I would like to hear your experiences and reasons for doing Pyung An forms if you teach them. From what I have seen do far, they look pretty good and I have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Contradict Myself?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is winter here and it has been quite cold here! My whole family is struggling with the flu and that&#8217;s why I had a break from training.  I have been reading my past blogs and I can see that I contradict myself quite often.  I think there are a couple of reasons for this. ...]]></description>
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		<title>I got some interesting feedback from my previous blog ( Taekwondo in Finland &amp; Sweden )</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi again! I got some interesting feedback from my previous blog post about the Taekwondo competition and it&#8217;s good to see that people are reading my blog.  One of the criticisms I got was that I was giving feedback and relying just on video feeds regarding the competitions. Well, this is not 100% true. The ...]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament  the Swedish and Finnish Taekwondo Teams I really love Taekwondo competitions and I spent many hours this weekend watching the video feed of the European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for the London 2012 Olympic Games held in Kazan, Russia. This tournament was a great success for both Finland and Sweden. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and MMA 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been lot of discussion about MMA (Mix Martial arts) and how it will attract students away from Taekwondo or other &#8220;traditional martial‑arts styles. In my eyes, Taekwondo is in a pretty strong position if we are careful in what we look for.  I myself don&#8217;t even try to attract guys ages 15-25 because ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo: Out of the Olympic Games after Brazil 2016?</title>
		<link>http://markkuparviainen.com/taekwondo-out-of-the-olympic-games-after-brazil-2016/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=taekwondo-out-of-the-olympic-games-after-brazil-2016</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Next year will be quite an important year for the Taekwondo community. The IOC will be making decisions whether to keep Taekwondo as an Olympic sport. We have to brace ourselves and be ready to the possibility that Taekwondo won&#8217;t be part of the Olympic Games after 2016. And should that happen, how will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo Seminar and some Feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I just came home from Finland where I held a Taekwondo seminar. It was a really great seminar and was pleasantly surprised with the 60 people who attended! Now, as I am writing this, I am dead tired! It will probably take me 4 days to recover! (I wonder how fast the students will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and Children: Problem in the Future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo and Children: Problem in the Future? ( I wrote this Thursday evening! ) Now that the busy season has started again, things are looking pretty good. Yesterday, we signed up eight new members and more people are contacting me about wanting to start training Taekwondo with us. I will be giving a Taekwondo seminar ...]]></description>
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		<title>Martial Arts Training When You Are Over 40 UPDATE 2012-01-01</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the latest news about my own training! It’s a new year and I wasn’t able to train much at all! I knew it before so I’m not really surprised about it. I have done some training now and I noticed that I can do pretty much the same things I did when ...]]></description>
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		<title>I had a short break from my blog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a short break from my blog so I’d like to inform you some of my latest news. My own training was quite bad last week. It was difficult to motivate myself and I have been too tired all the time. Our son, Dexter, is making my sleeping hours more difficult. I also like ...]]></description>
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		<title>My latest Taekwondo work out age +40  Video 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest Taekwondo work out! I am out of shape, age over 40 but I will be there!]]></description>
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		<title>Latest about my Taekwondo training 2011-11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Taekwondo Friend from Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend from Ireland was visiting here and we did a lot of talking and training together. It was really tough having my normal class on Monday because I was really tired afterwards! My friend has been training Taekwondo for over 30 years and I also have the same amount of years behind my training. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo as Religion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I am worried how we, as martial artists, are too blind and don&#8217;t really question our teachers. We are very fanatical about our styles and we feel that our style is the best and only one. Is this your way of thinking as well? Well, 30 years ago I had that ‘WTF-Taekwondo is only ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo WTF or ITF? Who cares?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>My Taekwondo Training November 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Taekwondo Training &#160; I am now training again and it has been quite interesting to see how my body is adapting for training.  The reason why I started training again was very simple: I was out of shape! I started with weight‑training and now I also do some Taekwondo training.  I am working a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo training +40 video 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<title>5 things to consider when choosing a Taekwondo school</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 things to consider when choosing a Taekwondo school If you are planning to start learning Taekwondo or any other martial arts, what should you look for when choosing the school? 1. What are you looking for? Do you want to get back into shape? Do you want to learn self defense, or are you ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Dark Side of Taekwondo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dark Side of Taekwondo I am still very passionate about Taekwondo and I am still active with my training. Today, I am more open minded and I accept that Taekwondo has many different styles and organizations. If you are very new in the Taekwondo world then you don&#8217;t understand how difficult it was 30 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Level of Taekwondo is So Low in the USA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; I remember when my friend came back form his work-related trip from the US. When he was visiting there, he went and did some training in a couple of Taekwondo schools. He was really horrified about what he saw and he told me that it was one of the worst experiences he ...]]></description>
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		<title>Training at age +40 update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I must admit it has been much tougher than I expected! I started with weight training and now I understand how bad shape I am. I did some extra work with my arms and that was a huge mistake! I don&#8217;t think I have felt so much pain last 10 years! We will start ...]]></description>
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		<title>THINK DIFFERENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched Steve Jobs&#8217; interview on 60 minutes (a TV program) yesterday. It was a really interesting interview and I immediately made an order to get the latest book about him written by Walter Isaacson. There were many things in the interview that struck me but one of the biggest things was what he said ...]]></description>
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		<title>My Crazy Goal to Go and Do Competitions at Age 40+</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Crazy Goal to Go and Do Competitions at Age 40+ I just came back from my weight-training session and I felt really good after my training. I just overestimated how hard I can train and now I have to think over my training program and do a few adjustments. I am a firm believer ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and meaning of DO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am just a simple Taekwondo coach and I must admit that I don&#8217;t know what to say about it! Wikipedia states that &#8216;DO&#8217; means &#8220;way&#8221;, &#8220;method&#8221;, or &#8220;art&#8221;. Some of my teachers told me that &#8216;DO&#8217; meant &#8220;Do you your best!&#8221;, &#8220;Never give up!&#8221;, and &#8220;Always do right thing.&#8221; And my first teacher told ...]]></description>
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		<title>After all these years I still love Taekwondo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all these years I still love Taekwondo! I have been quite critical about the current state of Taekwondo so I realized that many might think that I am against Taekwondo training. Well, quite the opposite is true. I am still very much passionate about Taekwondo. I still love sparring, kicking, and even Poomsae training ...]]></description>
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		<title>The end of of Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about this a long time. Is popularity of Taekwondo going down and what is the future of it? Here is Scandinavian countries, Taekwondo hasn&#8217;t been a big sport at all. I think Denmark got very good media attention in late -80 and early -90 when they where successful but after that, ...]]></description>
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		<title>What the Taekwondo World Can learn from Steve Jobs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now when Steven Jobs passed away recently, I began to think of the things we have learned from him. For me, he was a risk taker, an innovator, and a visionary. He was a genius in seeing what people wanted. And he was also fanatical about customer experience. The Apple didn&#8217;t compete with a price; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Adults Over 40: Are They The Forgotten Group in Taekwondo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time I share some of my experiences with my training. And of course I had to change my training program. I am reminded of a quote I heard: &#8220;A battle plan will never survive the first contact with the enemy!&#8221; This is so true when you do a training program for yourself or for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo Training and Real Self Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First I have to apologize if this blog is a little confusing. I have to rush with my writing because I will start my classes in a while! Ok, here we go..! I am little sore from my previous workout and I have to be careful how I will teach my Taekwondo class today. When ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo Training When Over 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I got quite a shock during my training. I took a long break so it has been quite a while since I last trained and needless to say, it was pretty DEPRESSING. I felt pain with almost every kick like my legs lacked flexibility. And I got tired really fast.  I also took a ...]]></description>
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		<title>How long will Taekwondo stay in Olympic games?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one question many people are asking right now. If I think of all the problems and challenges in the last 5 years, I think there is a real possibility they will drop Taekwondo from the Olympics in 2120. Right now, the WTF (World Taekwondo federation) is having problems with LaJust and many other ...]]></description>
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		<title>After long break I am back with my Taekwondo blog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi again! I had a long break from writing and lot of things have happened. Our Son Dexter is now 8 months old and he is growing fast. I have organized my classes so I am teaching less classes so I can spend more time with Dexter. I also got news that black belt girls ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and self defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo and self defense I had a discussion with a friend about taekwondo and how effective it is for self defense. It was pretty funny to see that we both agreed on one thing: Taekwondo as taught by most schools today is quite poor self defense training. If we want to teach self defense effectively ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo and Loyalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo and Loyalty I think this is missing in today&#8217;s Taekwondo world. I am talking about the loyalty for your Taekwondo teacher and the fact that this custom is disappearing. Nowadays you see more and more often that students are ready to jump to other schools and leave their old instructors much easier than in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kukkiwon &#8211; do we really need it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kukkiwon &#8211; do we really need it? I have been thinking about this for some time now. Do we really need the Kukkiwon anymore? Just think about it. What is its purpose? What can a normal Taekwondo student get from it? Perhaps it would be better if we would have just one main organization like ...]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Learn Taekwondo From DVDs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo is the most popular form of martial arts due to its style. I see many people who want to learn taekwondo but don&#8217;t have classes near them or simply don&#8217;t have time to attend any of these classes. Once I was at a martial arts forum and following a very interesting discussion. It was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Memories from Taekwondo World championship 1985 &#8211; part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I talk about my experiences as a former Taekwondo fighter and one competition always comes to my mind. I will now talk about WC-1985 and you might wonder why? Well&#8230;first, it was my second ever international tournament and I have so many funny memories about it. What you might not know is that you ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo video from Germany open. Final Turkey-Iran -54kg</title>
		<link>http://markkuparviainen.com/taekwondo-video-from-germany-open-final-turkey-iran-54kg/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=taekwondo-video-from-germany-open-final-turkey-iran-54kg</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is one short clip from Germany open Taekwondo tournament 2011! Final fight between Turkey and Iran -54kg. I try find more material from my computer. [kml_flashembed publishmethod="static" fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://markkuparviainen.com/germany-taekwondo-open2011/germany-taekwondo-open2011_controller.swf" width="540" height="390" targetclass="flashmovie" allowfullscreen="true" base="http://markkuparviainen.com/germany-taekwondo-open2011/germany-taekwondo-open2011/"] [/kml_flashembed]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Taekwodo as a martial art?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been hyperactive lately, I have redesigned my web-sites, planned new training programs and done a lot of writing. It looks like just a normal day for me! So every coach’s tools are the computer, time and a lot of coffee. I have also been following intensively what&#8217;s going on in the financial markets ...]]></description>
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		<title>Nice Taekwondo video from UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice video from UK! Some motivation for all the fighters! /Markku]]></description>
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		<title>Can you lose weight with Taekwondo training?</title>
		<link>http://markkuparviainen.com/can-you-lose-weight-with-taekwondo-training/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-you-lose-weight-with-taekwondo-training</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I personally feel that the whole issue with weight loss is made too complicated. I don’t want to offend anyone because overweight people need motivation not discouragement, that’s why I believe they should simplify their own situation. My main martial arts style is Taekwondo and I have worked with many people who have problem with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo uniforms. Should we use them in our classes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo uniforms. Should we use them in our classes? I still have 4 weeks left in my summer vacation so I decided to write more during the next few days! OK, I have been thinking about this quite lot, and the reason is that more and more often I see that schools are not using ...]]></description>
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		<title>The summer vacation and my latest Taekwondo blog post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi again! It has been a great summer so far, I had a long summer vacation for the first time in 10 years! I decided that I’d like to spend more time with our son Dexter who is now 6 months old. I will start teaching again in the beginning of September so I had ...]]></description>
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		<title>Doping and Taekwondo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We now have a new doping case here in Sweden. The swedish doping commission chairman Thore Brolin said on Wednesday that 22-year-old national champion Mohammed Qatanani tested positive for methylhexaneamine, a stimulant that is banned during competitions. This wasn&#8217;t really a big surprise for me, but in this case, I think he didn&#8217;t use it ...]]></description>
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		<title>More conclusions about the 2011 World Taekwondo Championship</title>
		<link>http://markkuparviainen.com/more-conclusions-about-the-2011-world-taekwondo-championship/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=more-conclusions-about-the-2011-world-taekwondo-championship</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have spoken with my friends about the latest World Taekwondo Championship and we all agreed that the new rules are making competitions fairer and more exciting. Personally, I really like the use of electric vests and video replays, I have also spoken with many fighters and pretty much everyone agreed that this was the ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Taekwondo dance, the most ridiculous things ever!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that summer is almost here I am a little slower with my writing but here is my latest blog article! I have been checking many taekwondo demonstrations on YouTube and what really irritated me were those Taekwondo dance segments. Don&#8217;t take me wrong. I like to combine dance with Taekwondo demos but only if ...]]></description>
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		<title>The 2011 World Taekwondo Championship is over, what’s next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 World Taekwondo Championship is over, what’s next? Now that the games are over it&#8217;s time to analyze what happened to Finland and Sweden. First of all, no medals this time so it was a real disappointment. I don&#8217;t like to hear things like: we fought well but it just wasn&#8217;t enough. For me, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The most important rule for Taekwondo instructors!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep it simple stupid! Our son Dexter is now 10 weeks old and I am getting a bit more sleep, but last night I couldn&#8217;t get any sleep so I watched a TV-show called The ultimate fighter and it made me think a little more about our training. There is a big difference between &#8220;show&#8221; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo &#8211; the public image &#8211; why it sucks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taekwondo &#8211; the public image &#8211; why it sucks! I think I have written about this before but I feel so strongly about it that I have to continue with it! First of all Taekwondo and its public image: how much of the public knows about us? What do they know about us? If they ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taekwondo idiots</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline for this blog post is &#8220;Taekwondo idiots&#8221; simply because I couldn&#8217;t figure out any other headline, but perhaps it is a good headline!? Yesterday we had the first really sunny day of this spring so Anneli and I did some outside training. We did some poomsae training together and I felt pretty good ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I think children should compete in Taekwondo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I think children should compete in Taekwondo This has been one issue I have been thinking about quite a lot lately. I personally feel that kids should go and compete in Taekwondo as early as possible. Competition is very natural for kids and if we as parents refrain from taking competitions too seriously, then ...]]></description>
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		<title>What should Taekwondo learn from American Idol?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What should Taekwondo learn from American Idol? I am a huge fan of American Idol and I have been following it now for quite a long time (not the swedish version). Now this year while Simon Covel is away, I think the level has gone down quite a bit. At least he was direct with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are Taekwondo masters just fakes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are Taekwondo masters just fakes? I think many people place Taekwondo masters or grandmasters somewhere very high in their imagination. They think that masters/instructors train all the time, pay attention to what they eat and are living examples how Taekwondo masters should be. Well, let me burst your bubble. Just go to any Taekwondo tournament ...]]></description>
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		<title>If you didn&#8217;t teach in this way then you didn&#8217;t do real Taekwondo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger I was really strict about how you should teach Taekwondo. Only real Taekwondo included Poomsae, 1-3 step sparring, self defense and sparring. If you didn&#8217;t teach in this way then you didn&#8217;t do real Taekwondo! I remember putting down those instructors who didn&#8217;t see things as I did. Well, my only ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I am considering quitting Taekwondo and focusing only on Hapkido!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Markku Parviainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I am considering quitting Taekwondo and focusing only on Hapkido! Finally spring is here! No more snow and summer will also be here very soon! Before I go to the main theme of this post I would just like to comment on some feedback I received. I have been quite negative with my opinions ...]]></description>
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