I had my first taekwondo lesson tonight. It was pretty awesome. The grandmaster knows some English and seems like a good and patient teacher. One of the three masters knows a little less English but he's better than the other two. I'd say their level of English and my level of Korean are about the same. Even so I think it isn't hard to learn from them.
After class the kids (middle and high schoolers) went home but three masters sat down and shared ricecakes with me. I am looking forward to going back on Friday.
Master Y told me tonight, "To learn taekwondo is not easy. But also, it is not that hard."
I think I know what he means.
