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:
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:
Sunday, September 23, 2007
The Chicago Star is a symbol with real universal meaning. A star rises in the night to become a guiding light. A star is a source of inspiration, a diamond glistening in the sky. In Ancient Greece, where the Olympic Games were founded 2000 years ago, the stars shaped mythic constellations of heroes. Stars literally guided the explorers who shaped the modern map of our world. Throughout time, stars have been a symbol of hope to mankind.
We aspire for this logo to become a great symbol of hope for our city and our nation — as we humbly seek the right to host the Olympic Games and welcome the world to Chicago in 2016.
For us, the Chicago Star also symbolizes our plan to put the athletes at the center of the Games — since they're the real stars.
Like a compass pointing in all directions, this logo reaches out to the world. The bands of color radiating up and down from the star reflect both the dynamic architecture of our city and the beautiful character of our parks and lakes — but they also symbolize our desire to reach out to the world and offer many paths to the Games.
Most importantly, the Chicago Star is designed to carry a message to our children, to help teach the next generation about the ideals and values found in the Olympic Games. The six-point design of the Chicago Star is unique and each point on this star represents values and ideals that the Olympic Movement and Chicago share: The top point represents Hope, the next point, Respect, then Harmony, Friendship, Excellence and Celebration. (Taken from )
I myself liked the original logo a little better, however, the rules of the IOC state that a bid city cannot have certain olympic imagery (Torch, Rings, etc.) in their Logo. Since Chicago's had the olympic torch in their logo, it needed a new one. I do like it : )
In Korea there are four seasons. It is pretty much the same as here in the United States. Korea has continental weather just like Chicago. The great thing about Korea is that, even though it is a small country, travel a couple hours and the weather can change quickly. Go to the mountains (which are everywhere) and you can go skiing or snowboarding. Then go to Seoul or Jeju-Do and go water skiing or wind surfing. There is even a time in the year where the water between an Island and land gets so shallow,that many people walk across and enjoy a stroll. They call this the Moses Miracle : ) Here are few words and phrases about the seasons and weather:
Here is a special demo with some of the Yong-In Univ. students as "Secrete Service". They are demonstrating mainly Hap ki do techniques. The Second is one I thru in of myself.....; ) JK!
I joined my Martial arts school's Demonstration Team the other day. A Demo team is a group of students or just martial artist who go around to different events and demonstrate Martial art techniques to people that maybe never seen before. We may do forms or breaking or demo kicks or self defense skills. When you join a demo team you need to work harder than the other normal students because more is expected of you. Also, teamwork is heavily emphasised because part of the demonstration is how we work in complete unison. Sometimes it works against us though, like, if I mess up or forget a step of the form, everyone gets push-ups or whatever the punishment is. Another nice perk is we get cool new uniforms......which I'll be taking pictures of and posting on here soon so you can see. I also want to find and show you a video clip of a professional demo team so you can get a visual idea of what I mean, so keep looking for that. All in all I think joining the team will help me to greatly increase my skill level in Tae Kwon Do : )
Well, at the end of the week, I will be stepping down as an Instructor in Taekwondo(태권도). My new job will be with my uncle, Israel Fuentes, as his Intern/helper.....the title "Assistant" comes with time and experience. I will learn many important topics such as Real Estate, Business, and Finances. For anyone who doesn't know my uncle, He is a real good real estate agent who works with RE/MAX(notice big balloon) and is ranked in the top 5% of realtors in Chicago, and with 10,000 realtors that is pretty good. Since I work for him now, I thought I'd do some free advertising for him. ; ) His website is http://www.masteryourinvestment.com so if you ever need a realtor in Chicago he's your man.
Nobody think that just because I like Asian culture that I don't love my own country. I think it's the best country in the world and I am proud to be American. Let the world think what it will of it, The United States is a great land and I wish it a Happy Birthday.
Here's me being patriotic. Notice shirt. It was very hot.
Hello everyone, sorry for not posting anything new in a while. Our internet was down so you have to forgive me, But it is up now so expect some belated and new posts. I'll try to post what I was planning to do when my internet went down. So don't mark this as a dead blog or anything. : )
I really love Dragons. I was Born in 1988, the year of the Dragon in the Chinese (or Lunar, as they say in Korea) Calendar, and.......well that is really it, but I love Dragons.
