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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Two Taekwon-Do Evenings

Last Wednesday I visited the ITF Taekwon-dojang in Vanderbijlpark and taught the class. When I was still a colour belt I went to this dojang on occasion for some colour belt promotional tests. It felt peculiar to stand there on Wednesday, myself now the rank (4th degree black belt) that my own instructor was at that time. The thought of myself achieving the rank of my instructor, whom I looked up to so much, seemed too far to envision. But here I am now, nearly a decade and a half later, teaching where he used to teach.

 
Karel en Annari Wethmar voor.
Thursday evening I went to an ITF Taekwon-Do dojang in Pretoria. My friends Karel and Annari Wethmar are the instructors. We had a great training session. I tooked about 20 minutes to share some ideas on the hooking block; in my opinion, one of the most under utilized techniques in Taekwon-Do. (The hooking block is rooted in the hooking grasp, from the Korean art Taekyeon, a traditional “folk game” on which Taekwon-Do is partially based on.) My brother T and I had a lovely visit with Karel and Annari at their home afterwards.
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3 comments:

  1. Lindi21 January 2010 at 14:27

    .....reminds me that i need to go back to my Taekwando....I took a break and joined the fitness club...but now I am bored.....:-)

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  2. Anonymous23 January 2010 at 12:17

    Hey Sanko, the dojang is up and running. I just finished putting things together with Sahbum-nim Kim. Check out www.seoulmartialarts.com. Hope your having and good time & see you soon!

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  3. Skryfblok29 January 2010 at 13:00

    I cannot wait to see the new dojang! Thanks for every thing you guys did while I was away. I felt really bad that I couldn't be there.

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