It has been over a week since I arrived in South Korea on my
first leg of Training 2017. It has been such a fantastic experience so far. I
have met some wonderful people who have gone out of their way to make me feel
welcome (and teach me some Korean drinking customs) and have shown me some
wonderful sights I may not have seen on my own.
In this first week I found and started Taekyun training. I
travelled south from Seoul to Jeonja for Haidong Gumdo training and even went
on a 3 hour drive to Muju, which is the town where the Taekwondowon centre is
for some seminars. I am getting such opportunities to see new things, even if
it is cold and things aren’t as green as they would be in Spring or Summer (the
people I meet keep telling me how much prettier things are when it warmer).
This week my plan is to keep training in Gumdo and Taekyun
but also to find a few Taekwondo schools I can visit to learn some new drills
and techniques. I also get to continue my Gongkwon Yusul (Korean MMA) training
which I started on a previous visit to Korea and have done in Sydney. I was
training a lot last week but my training schedule doubles this week and I am
looking forward to it.
I am missing the family though and I am very thankful for
video calls with Penny and Beth. Beth keeps asking what I am doing and Penny
keeps asking me why Beth won’t go to sleep at nights J I hope everyone in the ZMAX
family is training hard and I miss you all as well and can’t wait to get back
and teach you some cool stuff.
U.N.T
Mark
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