Hello from Korea!

[AirNick]

I am in an internet cafe in Seoul and thought I would put a quick post on here to say hello. It has been a great trip, going home tomorrow.

The tournament and especially the demo were awesome. Saw some great stuff and have a few bruises to show for it.

Let me know what you want to know about it and I will fill you in!

[Tetsujin]

Are there anu kok sool won instructor here in the phils.?

[davefly76]

how jealous am i? i'd love to be there. i hope you did well in the competition psbn. are you going to the birmingham tournament, competeing or otherwise?

:)

[KSW_123]

I'd like to hear more about the demo. Who did what, etc...

[JSun]

AirNick is an international player. WORLDWIDE! Congrats. Hope all went well.

[AirNick]

At the airport now with nothing to do, my bag is a bit heavier on the way back as I got a few medals ;)

I got gold in forms, silver in sparring (nearly got my head taken off!), bronzes in techniques and sword.

Demo was awesome, it was a mixture of us, the Koreans and the USA guys. Lots of different stuff to watch. Would recommend the DVD to anyone when it comes out even if it's just to see me land on my face during the falling demo (very embarrassing!).

Will write more and post pics and clips when I get back

P.S. Davefly, yeah I will be at Birmingham with my normal crew, competing as well. I presume I have loads of tournament entry forms in my letterbox to enter in

[baubin2]

When is the birmingham tournament?

[KSWDragon]

Congrats on the medals PSBN - good job!

I'm definitley going to Korea next year.....that full contact sparring sounds fun :)

[davefly76]

When is the birmingham tournament?

i *think* it's 25th and 26th november although i can't be sure.

i'll be there is some form of other. i don't think i'll be competing, my competion is on the friday but i should be there to judge on saturday.

i'd like to be part of the evening demo but i suppose they'll be doing demo practise on friday, when i'm not there. bugger!

congratulations on your medal haul psbn

:)

[ember]

It was the demo that never ends ;). One of the singers was quite late.

The good news was that we got to see a lot more. KJN and YKJN did their sword sparring routine as part of the stall for time.

I saw the toss a board / spin kick it break - was that AirNick? Unfortunately I didn't get pictures or video of any of the breaks. I did get a lot of others though.

One of the Korean masters and his team did an archery demo. Spear-sparring. I think it was Master Lee who did Jung Geum Hyung and then continued into something I had *never* seen before.

I'd like to hear more about the demo. Who did what, etc...

[AirNick]

It was all really manic 'backstage' when the singer didn't turn up, I had to make up a nak bub routine at the last minute which turned out very messy! Yeah, that was me doing the throw break, missed it first time dammit!

Here's the demo the best I can remember (not in order):-

Main Demo
Ducker Family (UK) demo with Ulsan Masters on drums
Korean Kids demo
KJN Sung Jin - Woon Hahk Hyung
KJN Alex - Baek Pahl Gi Hyung
KJN Jack Harvey - Comedy self defence
KJN Daniel Jolly - Comedy self defence
SBN Dewain Perry - Comedy self defence
KJN Ives and Roper - Kyuk Pah Hyung
Korean Masters - Spear Form
KJN's Harmon and others (including me!) - Spear & Sword Sparring
KJN Sung Jin & Alex - Keun Dae Ryuhn
New Masters - Too ki
International people - Techniques
Female Masters - Self defence
Women - Jung Guhm Hyung
Korean Masters - Yuhk Gum Hyung
Korean Master - 2nd spear form
Weapons Demo - KJN Alex (Juhn Guhm Hyung), YKJN Harmon (Sahng Dang Guhm Hyung), KJN Harmon (Sahng Jang Guhm Hyung), KJN Sung Jin (Yuhk Guhm Hyung into 2nd straight sword form)
Archery Demo
UK Breaking
Korean Breaking

Extra Demo
KJN's Harmon - Sword Sparring
Nak Bub
KJN Sung Jin - Self Defence
KJN Jae Koo Kim - Self Defence
Korean Master - Self Defence and blindfold break
CKJN In Joo Suh - Self Defence

[Wolf]

Wow! What a demo! I want to see one like that. The master's demos at regular tournaments aren't bad, but they're NOTHING like that!

[KSWDragon]

i was thinkning the same thing. looking forward to the dvd when it comes out!

[ember]

I can't think of any way anyone would have noticed me, I didn't stand out a whole lot to the group. But my hubby decided to rescue Emerald KSN at the second "formal"... and for the rest of the trip, the Korean masters were pointing him out, and either doing the hand motions or saying "YMCA".

SBN Terry tells us it's likely to follow him to KJN and beyond, even if we don't make it back to Korea for 20 years.

It was all really manic 'backstage' when the singer didn't turn up, I had to make up a nak bub routine at the last minute which turned out very messy! Yeah, that was me doing the throw break, missed it first time dammit!

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[JKN-Taylor]

I can't think of any way anyone would have noticed me, I didn't stand out a whole lot to the group. But my hubby decided to rescue Emerald KSN at the second "formal"... and for the rest of the trip, the Korean masters were pointing him out, and either doing the hand motions or saying "YMCA".

SBN Terry tells us it's likely to follow him to KJN and beyond, even if we don't make it back to Korea for 20 years.

ahhhhh hahahahah

It takes Guts to Kareoke to YMCA :rolleyes:

[PopeCoyote]

ahhhhh hahahahah

It takes Guts to Kareoke to YMCA :rolleyes:


Yeah-especially considering I hadn't practiced it at all- As Ember said, SBN told me that would now be following me until I'm KJN. But in hindsight, I probably would have done that again-it was a lot of fun, and somehow i don't believe that being known to the Korean Masters rather than being just another face is a bad thing.

[JKN-Taylor]

good point =P