A DAY IN ETERNITY

INTRODUCTION
This is not the kind of in-depth study that comes from concentrated research. Rather, it is a personal impression of a country and its evolution and how the names on the Taekwondo patterns reflect the culture of that country. In writing the book I have consulted the Korean dynastic books such as Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa and a lot of books you can find in the bibliography. General Choi Hong Hi General Choi was born in 1918, in a small, rural village in what is now North Korea called Ham Kyung Buk Do, Myung. When was young, his parents were concerned because his body was frail and weak, although he was independent and very responsible. The young boy, like the future General he would one day become, was strong on the inside in mind and spirit. When he was 12 years old, he was expelled from school for being an agitator to the Japanese authorities. Japan occupied the Korean peninsula at the time. His parents enrolled him in a private school where he studied calligraphy under the renowned Mr. Han IL Dong. Coincidentally, Han also happened to be a Master of Taekyon, the Korean art of foot fighting. While General Choi was in Kyoto, Japan, he met a fellow Korean by the name of Mr. Kim Hyun Soo. Mr., Kim introduced karate to General Choi. This experience along with his knowledge of Taekyon influenced his development of the new Korean martial art of ?Taekwon-Do?.