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Tae Kwon Do is considered
a hard art because its fundamental principle is that one force can be defeated
by another force.
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Mike Remsey started Tae Kwon Do when he was 12 because he liked the kicking
and punching. Now he is Olympic recognized, which is a Korean diploma granting
him permission to participate in the Olympic games. Remsey said Tae Kwon
Do and Judo are the only two Eastern martial arts recognized by the Olympic
bureau. The other martial art that is recognized in the Olympic games is
wrestling.
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It means "the way of the hand," said Remsey.
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It also has a connotative meaning based on the International Tae Kwon Do
Council's principle: courtesy, integrity, perseverance an self-control.
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Thirteen years after he started, Remsey is now an instructor and teaches
Tae Kwon Do at the North Valley Tae Kwon Do Academy.
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"The best thing about Tae Kwon Do is teaching respect and teaching people
how to protect themselves," he said. "I don't call it fighting, I call
it protecting yourself."
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With its 300 moves, Remsey said it's really not hard to learn the way of
the hands combat. But memorizing all the forms is hard, he said, because
a person has to know the names of each move and what they are for.
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So if people want to protect themselves using Tae Kwon Do techniques, they
must have a good memory and they must know their high kicks performed after
a take-off.
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And if you are thinking that to learn Tae Kwon Do you must be overly disciplined,
you are wrong.
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"I have my fun. I don't drink too much. I don't eat that healthy," Remsey
said after confessing that he tells his students to do the opposite.
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