KCC KICKS OFF FAMILY MONTH WITH TAEKWONDO WORKSHOP
Learning Taekwondo as a family brings everyone together and helps develop a stronger familial bond from the wonderful memories created. That’s why in honor of the Family Month, the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS)’s Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) held 준비: Taekwondo Family Workshop for children and their parents to experience and learn Taekwondo from Teacher Kim Hyo Jun, the president of Korea Taekwondo Association in the Philippines, and his students. Ten pairs of children and their parents selected from an online draw were able to learn about the history of Taekwondo and its different attack and defense techniques.
It was really a family celebration in KCC because while the workshop intended for children to learn together with only one adult, it didn’t stop them from bringing both of their parents, grandparents and even siblings to the workshop. Children ages 6 to 13 were able to try out their skills in Taekwondo by breaking wooden boards and hitting kick pads with the help of Teacher Kim and his students as the parents cheer them on from the sides. They were also able to learn basic self-defense, and 품새 (Poomsae), which is a performance of sequence or patterns of martial art techniques and forms. There was also a child-parent interaction wherein the parents were the ones who held the wooden boards and the kick pads for their children to hit.
Aside from the free workshop, the families were able to receive free Taekwondo shirts to commemorate their experience and to constantly remind them that they can do anything with their family supporting them.
KCC currently offers free Korean Language classes and in line with its goal of culture collaboration between Korea and the Philippines, it is planning to open Korean Culture-related classes such as Taekwondo, Korean Cooking Class, K-Pop Dance, Korean Traditional Dance, and Korean painting. For two years, it has been offering classes online, and준비: Taekwondo Family Workshop is among its first offline workshops. It is planning to conduct more onsite classes and workshops in the future. For more information and updates of KCC’s newest events and projects, you may visit its official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts @KCCPhil, and its website phi.korean-culture.org.#