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Yong-In University & Yong-In Martial Arts (용인)

While he was still in South Korea, my master, Jeon You-Jeong(전 유정) went to a Private University called Yong-In 대학교(University). This University is located near Seoul (the capital of South Korea) in a city called.....Yong-In City. The school started out as a Martial Arts school called "대한유도학교"(Korean Judo College) in Seoul and later moved to Yong-In City. It grew from only around 150 students to over 6,000 today and is still considered the foremost Martial Arts University in Asia, although now there are many other colleges such as: Sports Science, Arts, Business Administration, and Library. All the people I have met and become friends with from this school are exceptionally skilled at Martial Arts, and Tae Kwon Do in particular. I really enjoyed visiting the School while I was in Korea. The training gyms for Martial Arts there are very large and well equipped and there is a multi level building totally devoted to Martial Arts....A big difference from Martial Art schools here in the United States.

I also wanted to mention that my Tae Kwon Do school "Yong-In Martial Arts" is named after this University, as many times a master will name his school after the one he came from. Our main school is located in Chicago, this is the school that I currently attend. We also have a 2nd location near the Town of Lagrange. We currently have four masters from Yong-In University at our school: Master Jeon You-Jeong, Master Han, Master Park, and Master Han (2 of our masters have the same last name. : ) In addition to the Masters, we also have a head Instructor, Misael, a Black Belt from Mexico. I myself am an Assistant Instructor. I also have some good friends there. Here is the logo for our school:

London 2012 Summer Olympics

Above is the Official Logo of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Well, actually, they are all not together as 1 Logo, but rather interchangable Logos. This will be the first time that the Olympics and Para-Olympics will share the same Logo. The design is meant to be somewhat of a stylized "2012", with the Olympic Rings in the center of the "0". I am not sure yet what the design that replaces the Rings in the first Logo is.....interesting. This design was chosen as an attempt to promote the Olympics more with young people, although many in the UK do not like it very much. Come to think of it, I don't much care for it myself, oh well not every Logo's a absolute winner. As for the Logo London used for it's bidding, please look below:

Martial Art Profile: Taekkyeon (택견)

As everyone knows, I practice Tae Kwon Do (태권도). I have studied it for a little over 3 yrs. and have since became a 1st Degree Black Belt (1 단). I just wanted to show you a Martial Art that has indirectly inflenced modern Tae Kwon Do. This Martial Art is Taekkyeon. This is the Martial Art that was practiced in Korea long ago and has sinced evolved into Tae Kwon Do (Although it is still practiced as it's own Martial Art. It reminds me of a Korean version of Kung-Fu. It looks a little like dancing to me, however, it is a very graceful Martial Art that can still be dangerous. Here is a link to a little more reading on Taekkyeon: