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poet011822
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Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:54 am Post subject: good taekwondo/other martial arts places near yonsei? |
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hey everyone,
im in shinchon near ehwa/yonsei and lookin for a good dojang. i was thinkin taekwondo, but a good place/good people are more important to me than choosing a specific martial art. does anyone have any recs? what days/prices/were there adult classes/etc?
thanks!
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Ryst Helmut
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Location: In search of the elusive signature...
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 2:45 am Post subject: Re: good taekwondo/other martial arts places near yonsei? |
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| poet011822 wrote: |
hey everyone,
im in shinchon near ehwa/yonsei and lookin for a good dojang. i was thinkin taekwondo, but a good place/good people are more important to me than choosing a specific martial art. does anyone have any recs? what days/prices/were there adult classes/etc?
thanks!
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Poet,
Here's what I've found to be standard in Korean TKD schools. There is only a FEW schools that'll cater to adults, the other 99.9% only have kiddies.
To find these schools, you'll need to search in the imediate vicinity of a university, and usually not around 2 year colleges or female only univ. Why? Well, the only 'adults' that'll attend TKD classes (except for the 15 schools that have ajumma classes) are college kids. Most will be ROTC kids (which I can't imagine they'd exist in 2 year schools), or police admin. students. Others may be Army scholarship holders. Basically, all of these students must get at least a 1st degree black belt for whatever prereq. their program has (before graduation). Of course, you could probably attend the TKD club on the univ. campus, but they usually bite, and are not organised....let alone workout in cheeky conditions.
Costs, well, they're at (an average) of 75,000 won nowadays....
Times, usually after 7 pm (for an hour and change), as that is when the children finish their classes, and univ. students have time. Classes are usually 4 days a week at a standard time, and Friday is usually early (as univ. students go home). Some of these schools also have (at least mine, and one other I know of) have Sunday classes....for 3 hours.
No, I do not live in Seoul, so not sure of your area.
Shoosh,
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kimcheeking
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| Ewha subway station exit 5 walk about 5 minutes to the lights.. cross the street in the building next to the health club is a hapkido place for 80,000 per month. The instructor speaks some English, but if you insist on Korean he will speak Korean with you as well. |
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poet011822
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject: thanks.... |
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| i understand enuf korean to take a martial arts class in korean, so i guess that opens more options for me... and, i'm not *too* far away from being a college kid (right? haha) so that is no problem either.... great advice kck,rys!... but if anyone else out there has any recommendations, please keep the advice coming, i'd luv to hear it. hardcore korean (language,people,practice) dojang recommendations are welcomed... ;) |
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