Word: kwon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South Korea's ruling party, vilified for stealthily passing a controversial labor law that threatens workers' job security, offered up an apology Thursday for the nature of its passage -- but not for its content. Angry union leaders were not buying. "It is not even worth consideration at all," said Kwon Young-gil, head of an illegal labor federation spearheading the strikes. The conflict continues to heat up. Twice in the past five days, protesting strikers have clashed with police, hurling chunks of cement and brandishing pipes as riot squads lobbed canisters of tear gas. Prosecutors hinted Wednesday that they would...
Hoping to dodge his devils, Devlin pursues a second skill. He is a Tae Kwon Do adept, and though he is white, middle aged and middle class, he opens a gym to teach this Korean martial art in Baltimore's black ghetto. This is both inspiration and folly, redoubled because he encourages his 17-year-old daughter, who also knows Tae Kwon Do, to help out. The neighborhood's young black drug dealers are pragmatists, eager to learn the fighting discipline for self-protection when they are sent to prison. Devlin, an idealist trying shakily not to unravel, commits...
Techniques found in an art like Aikido can stop attacks without permanently harming the opponent; Tae Kwon Do contains debilitating counterattacks. Styles such as Jujitsu (old) and Kenpo (newer) show examples of both kicks and "throws." (Practitioners, please pardon my very general definitions!) I am no expert and continue in my own understanding, but I hope those involved in the martial arts might keep the many components in mind as they progress in their studies. --A. J. Liuba Boston...