Taekwondo

skating rink. Sometimes, the athletes will miss their classes, go the rink, and practice their skating routines. We also talked about the latest Olympic coverage. Lisa said that she was proud when she watched a South Korean athlete participate in the taekwondo event, because it is South Korea's traditional sport. This led to a conversation about sportsmanship…

Joan and Sanford I. Weill Cornell Medical College’s Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) is a catalyst in achieving my personal goals. After speaking to previous participants of the program, I was determined to join and excel first-handed. One of the reasons that those I spoke to discussed the program with pride was because of its atmosphere. Motivated and knowledgeable, Weill Cornell medical students truly set standards of professionalism. I hope to uncover the processes…

When I went on a tour of Virginia Military Institute, I knew that my future career would be combining a Military lifestyle with a computer or civil engineering. My desire to attend VMI started the day I visited the open house trip with my family. After I got home, I remembered how Captain John E. Riester immediately made me feel at home for his shorts introduction to Civil engineering. The school is different and unique with an outstanding reputation for its high-quality education in the…

China. SahDoh Musool was later developed and made widespread by voluntary militias composed of common citizens who wished to defend their homes. Traditional athletic activities such as Taekkyon, Ssireum, and many techniques in the Olympic sport of TaeKwonDo originated from SahDoh MuSool. Buddhist martial arts (BoolKyo MuSool), which was developed mainly by both Buddhist monks, but with contributions from other martial artists as well. BoolKyo MuSool…

This country is well now as the surrealist place where nothing never happens; And we don’t mean “this is a boring place full of donkeys and cactus and zarapes” we mean “Is there a massacre? Ignore it.” “Someone needs help? Look to the other side” But the phrase which irritates me the most is “We are fine, we could be like the Venezuela but we aren’t, you should considerate yourself lucky.” WHY are we supposed to be that conformist? Can someone tell why is so wrong to want something better? Why…

I remember a time when my mom and I were nice to someone. We were at the damascus parade. I was just starting to walk back with some of my friends from taekwondo because I was walking with them that year. I was picking candy up off the street. There was music and lots of people. When we got back we decided that we wanted to get something from Jimmie Cone. Also my mom figured out Jimmie Cone had a pizza truck there for the night. I was saving our spot in line while my mom got the pizza.…

reading, and playing the card game magic the gathering. He considers these his hobbies. Aside from these hobbies James does other things as well, and has proud accomplishments. A few things he is proud of is, for one, he has earned a black belt from taekwondo, and he has also graduated from high school. But James isn’t finished yet, he has goals. James wants to graduate from a four year university, and become either a general for the military, or a congressman. Tyler is the third in our group.…

My core values include honor, family, service to others, responsibility, openness, courtesy, compassion, leadership, self-discipline, ambition, perseverance and a commitment to understanding others and making the world a better place. I hold these ideals close to my heart and strive to practice them every single day. If I am accepted, the school can expect to benefit from my desire to be true to these values. I was born an only child where I grew up mostly under the influence of my parents. My…

“Pay attention!” is snapped at the 8th grade boy in Montana, the young taekwondo student in Korea, the inattentive boyfriend in Brazil, the crime investigator in France. This phrase can be utilized and interpreted in a myriad of ways, so how can one know what is truly meant by the word attention? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, attention can be broken into two actions of cognition – focusing and monitoring. The former targets the mind’s ability to focus on a single idea, emotion, or phenomenon…

experiences with others, so we all can succeed. In addition, I’ve been active within my community in many ways throughout the years, I’ve volunteered in elementary classrooms, as well as working with younger children in activities such as, wrestling and Taekwondo. When I was in seventh grade, my brother was having difficulty in fourth grade, and I would come into his class to volunteer along with assisting his teacher, it helped my brother do better in school, and it made me feel proud to know…