Project of the Skyline
College/North
Student project for LSCI 110
- DigitalOral Research Project, SkylineCollege
Net Dancel
Tae Kwon Do Instructor, Filipino American
Click here to read the research essay, “Filipino Woman in Tae
Kwon Do”, by Stephanie Hon
Click on the links below to hear
audio segments from an October 2004 interview by Stephanie Hon
with her former tae kwon do instructor,
Net Dancel,
a Filipino American woman proud to have mastered the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do.
These two pictures are of Net Dancel and her best friend; two powerful
women role models.
Here are a few
pictures of Net Dancel performing at martial art demonstrations.
CONTENTS:
1. Where were you born? 2. Discrimination as a Child 3. Why Martial Arts… 4. Why a Korean Art?
5. Discrimination as a Filipino American… 6. Discrimination as a Filipino American in a Korean Martial Art…
7. Impact of Tae Kwon Do… 8. Advantages as a Woman… 9. Revisiting the Philippines as a Filipino American…
10. A Black Belt Filipino American in our American society…
Segment 1
Where were you born?
…A Filipino
American born right here in the United States… click here
to hear more…
… Being a Filipino American child in an American society is not easy... click here to see why…
… What was her motivation to take marital arts? click here to see why… Someone very close to her introduced her to this amazing art… click here to hear more about who this person is and why she was such a great influence…
…A Filipino American woman mastered the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do… Why did she choose to practice a Korean art rather than her own Filipino Art? … click here to see why…
Discrimination as a Filipino American…
…Facing discrimination as a Filipino American growing up can be difficult… hear more about the hardships by clicking here…
Discrimination as a Filipino American
in a Korean Martial Art…
…As if being a woman in a martial art were not hard enough, hear about the discrimination she faced being a Filipino American in a Korean Martial art… click here…
…Tae Kwon Do changed her life forever. She breaths, sleeps and even dreams about tae kwon do everyday. Tae kwon do taught her more than just self-defense, it taught her everyday discipline, to work hard, not to give up, how to set achievable goals, etc. …click here to hear more…
…Not so much advantages, but pride. She has earned a lot of pride in being a successful woman that has mastered a male dominant sport… click here to hear more…
Revisiting the Philippines as a
Filipino American…
…As a Filipino American,
going back to the
A Black Belt Filipino American in
our American Society…
…After facing the
hardships of being a Filipino American in a Korean martial art, let alone a
woman in a masculine sport, hear about how this woman feels about being a
successful Filipino black belt in our American society… click here…
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last revised: 1-21-05
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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