KOREAN TIGERS
ROAR IN INDIA
Taekwondo
is a way of living for Master Singh and he went back to India for 2nd
Black Belt World Instructor Training Seminar after almost two years in order to
motivate and encourage his students to keep Taekwondo as their way of living.
Ten years ago he had a vision of a Taekwondo School in India at a scale from
where the students would graduate not only with a degree in Taekwondo but they
would move on at a higher level of consciousness in life. His vision is on its
verge of coming true with the help and support of his students and Grandmaster
Jun Lee.
Grandmaster
Jun Lee, Founder of Black Belt World USA went for the first time with a mission
of establishing Black Belt World India. Together the Masters gathered Black
Belts throughout India and trained them intensively with Black Belt World
curriculum. Training camp lasted for two days. They also identified potential
BBW member instructors and set windows for on going communication, appointed
National and Regional Directors.
Indo-Korean Sports & Cultural Festival, Nov. 11 to Nov.
16, 2005 was a remarkable event to celebrate 32 years of treaty of amity between
India-Korea. Especially cooperation between two countries has been increased
through extended economic
interchange in recent years. However, interchange of culture, society, arts,
sports and tourism is still premature compared to economic interchange. Needless
to say, development of future partnership with mutual trust must be based on
mutual understanding and respect for culture, and mentality of each other.
Therefore, Korean Culture Day has been planned for friendship between Korea and
India. Through this event, a wide range of Korean culture, including traditional
music and Taekwondo will be introduced. In addition there will be a lot of long
running events to show past, present and future of Indian culture through
diverse media to show India, experiencing constant change. This event is not
only an event of cultural interchange, but also a bridgehead for cooperation of
both countries in diverse fields such as politics, and economy.
Program for Korean Tigers
Taekwondo Demonstration Team (about 60 min.)
- Dance of three nations: 30 performers (about 5 min.)
A piece that
describes three nations in ancient Korea, Koryo, Baekje and Shila.
2.
Koryo Poomse: 9 performers (about 5 min.)
A
piece to show the true image of powerful yet soft Taekwondo.
3.
Dueling: 2 performers (about 10 min.)
A piece performed by two persons presenting various motions in
Taekwondo
4.
Dance of Four Gods: 5 performers (about 5 min.)
A piece that describes Taekwondo
inspired by motions of four Gods in ancient oriental legend, white tiger, blue
dragon, red phoenix, and a turtle.
5.
Rhythm Nation: 22 performers (about 10 min.)
6.
Crushing: 30 performers (about 10 min.)
A piece presenting crushing and
breaking boards sequence in the air, crushing with obstacles, crushing with
extreme power, and crushing in the air.
India and Korea are coming closer fast. What an interesting coincidence
that both countries have been celebrating their respective independence on the
same day, viz. 15th August every year.
South Korea has become the largest foreign investor in Asia’s second
emerging giant, India. The Korean giant Posco is setting up an integrated steel
plant in Orissa at a cost of $12 billion! South Korean firms like LG, Samsung
and Hyundai etc. have already become household names in India supplying most of
the consumer durables to Indian families.
It was only in the year 1973 that two countries had full fledged
Ambassador level bilateral relationship. But very soon both the nations came
close. When Indian Parliament was attacked in December 2001, the President Kim
Dae-jung came out against the attack and stated that the International community
must severely condemn this inhuman and brutal incident, and fully support the
strong determination and efforts of the Indian government to root out terrorism.
Indo-Korean cultural relationship dates back to ancient times. According
to a Korean history book, a princess from Ayodhya, Queen Hur went to Korea and
married King Suro Kim of the ancient Korean kingdom of Kaya (present Kimhae
city) in 48 AD.
This relationship went wide spread in 372AD, when Buddhism
was introduced to Korea. Koreans have perceived India as a holy and pure land of
Amitabh Sakyamuni Buddha, one of the five original centers of world civilization
and as a repository of enduring human values and ideals.
In 1929, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem about Korea’s glorious past
and bright future: “In the golden age of Asia/Korea was one of its lamp
bearers/ And that lamp is waiting/ To be lighted once again/ For the
illumination of the East.”
Through Indo-Korean Sports and Cultural Festival we aim at making a small
contribution to bringing the peoples of the two great nations together
culturally.
A special attraction of the festival was the demonstration
of Martial Arts skill by Korean Tigers Team. Taekwondo, a way of living, the
national sport and pastime of Korea is popular throughout the world and was
chosen to debut as an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney,
Australia.
The special occasion was set for closing on Nov 16, 2005 at Talkatora
Stadium , New Delhi, India under the banner of Black Belt World India. The
closing ceremony began with the performance of an Indian traditional custom of
lighting ceremony, which was followed by Salutations to the Flags and National
Anthems of Korea, India, and U.S.A. The Plaques, Awards and Graduation
Certificates were presented. After VIP Speeches, group photos were taken.
Everybody bid each other goodbye with a wish to see again in Nov 2006.
Special Thanks To:
From U.S.A.:
Master Abhai Singh Rathore & Grandmaster Jun Lee
From South Korea:
Master Youn Mi & Grandmaster Hak Sun An
Dr.
Sang Chae and Sang Hee Sung & Korean Embassy
From
India: Mahant S. Nath & Anil
Thakur
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