This is first post on the LVTKD blog. I'm Patricia, one of the students at the Mt. Charleston Taekwon-Do classes, but I started at the Whitney Ranch and then practiced at the YMCA. What's it like at Mt. Charleston? At the Mt. Charleston Taekwon-Do classes, which are on Mondays and Wednesdays, we begin the class with the Student Oath, which is followed by warm-up exercises. We then go on to practice our patterns and Free Sparring Patterns. Later, we free spar each other, or occasionally break boards.
Our do-jang? Our do-jang is out back of the Mt. Charleston lodge, our floor the wood-chip covered ground, and we do the Student Oath facing the beautiful mountain view. When it snows, we will practice inside. The class is currently small, but the students we have really enjoy the classes, enthusiastically doing side kicks on the wall and jumping off and punching, and having a blast when sparring each other. The younger children cheer when told they are going to break boards. General Choi Hong-Hi (the founder of Taekwon-Do) says: 'Anywhere Under Heaven is Do-jang,' we can train in Taekwon-Do anywhere, anytime, no matter if it's at a YMCA or at your house, in a basement or in a training hall. And this goes to show you that Taekwon-Do can be practiced anywhere, even all the way up at the amazing Mt. Charleston.
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