Our Training

As mentioned previously, our training consisted of high-repetition drills that emphasized coordinated use of kicks with lots of speed. The results of this training were apparent in the Kyung Hee/Mexican National training session and also in our own light sparring session with the students. Although several current collegiate championships were in attendance (notably Kwame Adwere-Boamah, Jaeran Ahn, and Mashal Ali), no one from our group could match the speed, timing and skill of the Kyung Hee students. Even the Kyung Hee people we classified as the B and C league students (since they were not on the competition team) were too thoroughly schooled in gyoroogi for any of us to look very accomplished against them. As such, it was an excellent learning opportunity and provided much to consider regarding attacking and counterattacking in sparring either for ourselves or for our students.

Rounding out the curriculum, we were provided with a lecture on sports massage that proved to be very interesting. We learned something about the how and why of alleviating afflictions of certain organs or systems through a combination of stretching and massage.

With a visit to the Korean Folk Village on our last day, our stay at Kyung Hee was both an educational and enjoyable experience due in no small part to the generosity of the students who took time away from their schedules to make our stay a thoroughly enjoyable one.