Campus News

Mexico’s Taekwondo Team Trained at Keimyung University.


Mexico’s national taekwondo team visited Keimyung University for training. The Taekwondo Center of Keimyung University was asked to train the team by the Mexican government. The team has 18 male and 7 female members made up of national, provincial, city, senior, and junior members. They trained with Keimyung taekwondo students at the amphitheater and the Taekwondo Center from January 7 to 28 while staying in Myunggyo dormitory. They train about 4 hours a day in Mexico, but they trained 8 hours a day at Keimyung University.

Borice, a member of Mexican national team, said, “Keimyung University's students have strong spiritual and physical strength. I learned Korean virtues and decorum through training. The Korean mind will influence my life.” Bang Yeong-seon, coach of Mexican team said, “This training will be a big help for us.” Cho Shung-ho, leader of training said, “I hope that our students will have great pride in taekwondo and become the best leaders in the world.”

This is not the first time that a foreign national team has visited our campus for taekwondo training. Martial artists from Canada, South Africa, France, and China have also trained in the Taekwondo Center. Jang Kyung-hun, a junior from the Department of Taekwondo, said, “We have different skin color and language, but we are friends with the same goal to be the best martial artists.”