Hello everyone! This is Venkatesh Balaji writing from the subway in Korea! Today is October the 15th and it has been an awesome day.
We started it off with a tour of Gyeong Bok Gung Palace. It was an amazing experience that taught us a lot about traditional Korean culture. We learned that it was painted in four major colors that represented the four elements: earth, water, air and fire. Then, we were shown where the king would stay. There were 24 pillars, 12 of which represented the 12 months of the year and 12 of which represented heaven, earth, and man.
It is apparent that the ancient Koreans who built this beautiful palace did so with meaning behind their work. The pillars were not built just to support the structure but as symbols. This is similar to what we learn at Jung SuWon. Breaking a board isn't a display of strength, but a symbol of conquering a fear or achieving a goal.
After the tour, we stopped by a restaurant where I tried a traditional Korean dish called shabu shabu. It was basically a piece of chicken in soup that also had some rice and noodles. It tasted really good!
Then, it was finally time for the demo. It was a relatively small crowd of about 60 people, but it was a very distinguished group of people. They were all young CEOs of established companies that were said to be the future of Korea with their innovative technology.
They attended to be inspired by our Great Grandmaster so that they would be able to succeed like her. Dr. Kim started with her lecture and even though I couldn't understand the language, I could still see how involved the crowd was. They were very responsive and showed a lot of emotion throughout the lecture. They were also very enthusiastic when Great Grandmaster called four of the CEOs up to demonstrate the "Can Do" spirit with breakings.
Overall, I could tell that the audience was very inspired by Dr. Kim's "He Can Do, She Can Do, Why Not Me" spirit!
Jung Su!
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