How to Take a Punch

OK, while Her Majesty walks around Slovenia, let me express pleasure that someone wrote a great article about something many TKD practitioners widely forget in modern days. As WTF Taekwondo is (after being martial art) full-contact sport (and nonetheless important for ITF Taekwondo which approves head punches even in sport combat), taking a punch is as much important as knowing how to deploy it. Read on very interesting article until I come with more to say.

If you missed the link in above paragraph, clik here.

He is leaving after all...

Well, yesterdays' blog prognosis came to be true - Master Red Eagle really leaves us due to business matters, his flight taking off Monday. A bit sorry to leave he is, which I believe him, he must have had great time training all together. It was at least very interesting experience and he brought much interesting moments as a master from distant part of the world. He wanted to take some pictures as memories so I used an opportunity and made these shots before training session.

After training we went for couple of beers and the same we will do this evening, as I must leave for Croatia tomorrow and will not be back before Monday evening that will also be a goodbye-beer. No one in dojang is glad to know that the first (and probably the only) native American who honored our school by visiting and training with us already leaves.

As Master Red Eagle said, he is not Terminator to say "I'll be baaack", but he promised to try to visit us as soon as possible, with great possibility that his next job takes place in close countries. If not, I hope he goes for better conditions at work and of course more success. Good bye and good luck Master Red Eagle!

Red Eagle About to Fly Away???

I know, I know, who the.... is Red Eagle? In a few words, great master with high ranks in more martial arts, who came to train for some months in our school in order to prepare for his 5th Dan TKD promotion test under Master Kim's supervisory. But - that is not all. He is native American, precisely Navajo, probably the only one with high FAA certificate, commercial airline jet pilot with 24.000+ hours of flight mostly as captain, who was two (!) times in Vietnam in his young days and generally with rich and full life behind. He was hired by Adria Airways to fly regional flights on CRJ 200 and 900 jets (these guys are funny, so many planes and so few pilots).

It was tremendously interesting to talk to that guy beside couple of beers - about martial arts, Taekwondo specifically, or aviation. He is full of tricks, practical advices and knowledge. And very agile for a man of age 57.

As no one ever before gave me Navajo name, he thought out one for me: "The One Who SOUNDS Like Bruce Lee". :)

I hoped to hear and learn a lot or at least to spend much nice time in interesting talks and write something about him on this blog, but - yesterday I found out that maybe he will not return to Slovenia after taking his promotion test in November. Mabye that will not hold...