My students and I had the distinct honor and privilege of hosting GM PARK, Hae
Man for a Poomsae Seminar on Tuesday, 10/14.
GM Park started the Seminar off with a review of Kibons 1-3. He then lectured
on stances and weight distribution.
We then started off and performed the entire Taeguek series with GM Park taking
us through each poomsae by the count and then at our own pace. He would point
out areas which we needed to concentrate on in each poomsae.
GM Park's seminar was fast-paced. We took only 1 short break at the 1.5 hour
mark and GM Park kept cajoling us to work harder, to focus more intently, and to
be our best. He was instructive in his lecture style, humorous in his
demonstrations, and patient while we tried to perform each motion with proper
stance, balance, weight distribution, speed, focus, and timing.
We were honored in having some special guests who joined us for the Seminar. GM
Ronald Rose, one of GM Park's senior students, participated and helped correct
students. Master Steven Shinn from Okomos, MI came, trained, and helped translate. Master Nathan
Doggett from Grand Rapids brought several of his black belts. It was wonderful
spending the evening training with these fine instructors.
At the end of the seminar, GM Park patiently posed with students for pictures
and presented several of my black belts with their Chung Do Kwan certificates.
