DAVIS IS OFF TO KOREA

Well July 8th is finally here and Davis begins his 10-day trip to Korea.

What a handsome young man.  I'm sure he'll do us proud.

Ken sent this information.  Most interesting.

Just a little background on this trip of Davis that I found. 

Davis is going to compete in the World Championships Haidong Gumdo competition being held in Seoul Korea this year. In case you're wondering about Haidong Gumdo (not Gumbo, but pronounced like Hey-dong-Gum-doh), here is a brief bit about it:

Haidong Gumdo is a martial art that originates from an ancient Korean kingdom called Koguryo. The true principle of Haidong Gumdo is to execute justice with the sword light that is obtained at the break of day from majestic and brilliant sunlight that glows over the East Sea. Haidong Gumdo is based on war techniques in which one warrior has to fight several opponents. Currently, Haidong Gumdo is one of the world's fastest growing martial arts with 1.5 million practitioners and over 1,600 training centers in 50 countries.

This year is the 6th Haidong Gumdo World Championship. Davis' will be part of the US contingent going to the Championships. They have the opportunity of showcasing their talents in the opening ceremonies and I believe I heard that they are the only US team that will be doing this. It has quite the schedule (see page two of the PDF attached) including visiting Dong-Hak Temple, a lot of training and some pretty fun trips. They'll visit a few locations in Korea. We're excited for him and hope this will be one amazing trip with hopefully a lot of updates (right Davis!!).

In any case, we're excited for him and hope that the blog has the chance to put a couple of stories if Davis is willing to contribute. 

I, Grandma, am looking forward to getting those reports from Davis.

I "captured" this schedule. I couldn't get it all in, but it will give you an idea of what he will be doing.