Oneonta Taekwon-do

Thank you Jenny my wife, Matt Goodrich and John Buck for generously making the trip down to New York City to support me for my test.
Thanks also to my sisters Kathy and Trish for embracing the Soju experience. Of course, I am eternally grateful to Grandmaster Suk Jun Kim for his teaching and support.
Rather than focus on videos, I would like to emphasize here the oath we take and renew as blackbelts. Links to videos are below.

Taekwondo International Black

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Congratulations to Alex Lusins and Matt Goodrich on their promotion.  Thank you to Brian Davis for the yummy pizza.

I’m very grateful to Matt, Kristian, John and Mr. Davis for dedicating  a day to coming to NYC for class and lunch with Grandmaster Kim.

After class, Grandmaster Kim mentioned two questions he asked his students recently.  He asked for the students to write “just a couple of sentences” and extended the question to the Oneonta Taekwondo students.

1)  Why do you like practicing Taekwondo?

2)  What is the purpose?

He explained that he knows we practice Taekwondo because it makes us happy.  He said “I’m pretty sure it doesn’t make you miserable.”   All…

Thank you John Buck

John – thanks for noticing that Grandmaster Kim’s website now features videos of him performing Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, and Do-San.  Please take a moment and watch the Grandmaster in action on the SJKim Taekwondo Website Patterns Page.

Next Test
Saturday, February 21st at 10am

We anticipate that Alex Lusins, David Howard, and Owen McCabe will be eligible to test. Please come out to support them and cheer them on. We will have class at 9am and begin the test when the students are ready.  If you are…