Orientation - Taekwondo



 One of the many awesome things that orientation gave us the opportunity to try was taekwondo! They had some black belts come in 2 days of the week to give us a lesson on the basics. We all go to wear the uniform and try punches and kicks on the practice gloves. At the end, they gave us a board on which we wrote a goal which we wanted to achieve in the next year. Then we got to punch and break the board! I wrote, "I want to learn Korean language and culture," on mine and I broke it on the first shot!





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