Articles posted by "Master Gorino"

In its rawest form, Pil-Sung is about persisting until you win. General Choi, the founder of Tae Kwon-Do, used to say, “if you can’t beat them with your feet, use your hands. If you can’t use your hands, bite them to death. If you can’t bite them to death, will them to death.” [...]Read more

Respect is one of the most important things we teach at Master Gorino’s Tae Kwon-Do.  There are many ways we show respect for each other and for this art. The three big ones are: a very specific handshake, bowing, and addressing each other in a very specific way. [...]Read more

“But, my friends are gonna hate me,” he said.  A student once pulled me aside, faced with what he believed to be a moral dilemma. Someone from his friend group at school got their hands on a copy of the answers to a test they were about to take.  “If I look at the [...]Read more

“The Foot Fist Way.” That is literally what the phrase “Tae Kwon-Do” translates to in English.  Tae = Foot. Kwon = Hand. Do = Way Tae Kwon-Do is the official martial art of Korea, and it is an extremely young martial art, by comparison to others, like Karate. In fact there [...]Read more

A “540” is a 540-degree jumping spin kick. When I ask them to, most students never even try to do one. It’s too hard, they say.   But Mekhi is not most students. The first time I showed him the 540, he got right to work trying to learn it. He threw himself all over […]Read more

What do Muhammad Ali, Phil Mickelson, and Herschel Walker have in common? For one, they were all elite athletes at the top of their sports. Certainly in the cases of Ali and Mickelson, some would argue the greatest of all time. But, another thing that they all have in common, [...]Read more