Taekwondo: it’s the national sport of South Korea. It’s a favorite after school activity for little kids. Earning its black belt makes you feel invincible. It’s in the Olympics. It’s also one of the cutest videos that I’ve seen this week and it’s also probably how I’d fight someone in the alley (a.k.a. completely missing all my kicks).
I once had to help out at a TKD tournament during college and was lucky enough to be assigned as the timer for the little kiddie matches, which was equally adorable–until I realized that the fights consisted of the larger kid beating the crap out of the smaller kid, one of whom promptly burst into tears in the middle of everything. Yay for little children and martial arts!
