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BaguaFoo
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 Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: Great Taekwondo English Teaching Opportunity |
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I was offered an interesting job teaching traditional Taekwondo with an English immersion program.
This would be a Taekwondo students dream. The master of the school is a 9th dan Olympic coach Master. He wants to teach his students English so that they can open up his style of Traditional Taekwondo around the world. His style is very traditional. i went to the school and they have really think boards, tiles and bricks for breaking and they have awesome kick bags that have a solid wood trunk for its filling. They even gave me a demo of his son breaking 4 thick boards. He alos speaks English very well since he has lived in the states.
The papers with the government haven't been organised yet because they want to find an English speaking person who wants to study Taekwondo seriously to join them first. I would imagine it will be up and running after a few months after they find someone.
PM me if you are interested. |
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PGF
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: |
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BaguaFoo
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:17 am Post subject: |
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Yeah incheon unfortunately my Bagua Master has gone on a trip to the US. So he has all the answers. But as far as i remember it was a short drive from Dong Incheon Station.
Area: Incheon - Dong Incheon
Pay: Is TBD but when i told them the going rate they seemed fine that may or may not include the taekwondo lessons but the kind of lessons you will be getting will be way better than what you got normally for $80 a month.
Hours: You will probably have to teach from primary school students finish school 12:30 until maybe there last class at 8:30pm. Of course they are not slave drivers so you would have breaks i would assume. You will also have to be there to learn from them so maybe before or after as well.
Note: This would be for only someone who is serious about mastering taekwondo. It may even lead to becoming an inner door student. Not sure if Taekwondo schools have those but if any do these guys would.
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| BaguaFoo wrote: |
Yeah incheon unfortunately my Bagua Master has gone on a trip to the US. So he has all the answers. But as far as i remember it was a *beep* dive from Dong Incheon Station.
Area: Incheon - Dong Incheon
Pay: Is TBD but when i told them the going rate they seemed fine that may or may not include the taekwondo lessons but the kind of lessons you will be getting will be way better than what you got normally for $80 a month.
Hours: You will probably have to teach from primary school students finish school 12:30 until maybe there last class at 8:30pm. Of course they are not slave drivers so you would have breaks i would assume. You will also have to be there to learn from them so maybe before or after as well.
Note: This would be for only someone who is serious about mastering taekwondo. It may even lead to becoming an inner door student. Not sure if Taekwondo schools have those but if any do these guys would. |
All due respect, from one former TCMA to another TKD seems like a leap down from Ba Gua. I've studied Shaolin Kung Fu under a traditional Chinese master and the closest thing I have found in Korea that would hold a candle to TCMA would be Sung Moo Do or Takgeyon.
I don't know your motivations and all but after studying Gong Fu and most recently Muay Thai in Bangkok extensively, I just couldn't justify returning to study TKD (and TKD was the first martial art I studied) seeing how there's little difference between what's here and whats in the states. If you just wanted a Black Belt certificate to hang on your wall after a year of study then I guess that would be a good reason. After all they love the paper back home and it might open some doors for you on the teaching front.
I understand that being a traditionalist and all the guy is still probably a cut above the rest but if you take it back home to the lazy westerners you're gonna either open a mcdojo like everyone else or go broke within a few months. |
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BaguaFoo
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well thats exactly how i feel hence i'm not taking up the offer. I'm happy exactly where i am, doing what i'm doing. I'm very lucky at the moment.
On the other hand there are lots of taekwondo freaks (I mean that in a nice way) so if they are here wanting to learn taekwondo and they really love it then this would be awesome for them. Getting paid to learn high level taekwondo and say "front side kick" and not have to actually teach English.
For me personally i don't want to go near taekwondo because I love studying Xing Yi, Bagua and Taiji and it would take away from those. |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| BaguaFoo wrote: |
Well thats exactly how i feel hence i'm not taking up the offer. I'm happy exactly where i am, doing what i'm doing. I'm very lucky at the moment.
On the other hand there are lots of taekwondo freaks (I mean that in a nice way) so if they are here wanting to learn taekwondo and they really love it then this would be awesome for them. Getting paid to learn high level taekwondo and say "front side kick" and not have to actually teach English.
For me personally i don't want to go near taekwondo because I love studying Xing Yi, Bagua and Taiji and it would take away from those. |
I hear ya. To be quite honest I've toyed with the idea of putting in my year and getting a TKD black belt just for the sheer marketablility factor. I will soon be a full instructor in Muay Thai and I am really close to gettng my Han Dong in Takgeyon but lets face it, worldwide TKD has pretty much taken over. Most people don't have the fortitude to practice martial arts on a really serious level and I could see myself going broke as a Thaiboxing instructor pretty fast. |
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