dc.contributor.author | Hacker, Randi | |
dc.contributor.author | Tsutsui, William | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-22T19:42:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-22T19:42:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-04-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13728 | |
dc.description | This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia. | |
dc.description.abstract | Broadcast Transcript: What could be dearer to a grandmother's heart than her grandchild's smile? Well, for several septuagenarian South Korean grandmas, smashing wooden tiles with their heads comes close. These grandmas are studying taekwondo and many of them have already earned high level black belts. Taekwondo is a martial art from Korea characterized by fast, high and spinning kicks. Many young men have to learn it as part of their military service. Presumably these grandmas have the equivalent of a 4F classification, so they're taking it for other reasons: their health and happiness. Except for sometimes forgetting the moves an hour after they learn them, the women are having a blast. "Coming here is much better than going to the hospital," says one high-kicking granny. Better outfits, too. #ceas #hacker #SouthKorea #tsutsui | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Postcards from Asia;0023 | |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://audioboom.com/posts/824003-0023-fighting-old-folks | |
dc.subject | South Korea | |
dc.subject | Grandmothers | |
dc.subject | Taekwondo | |
dc.subject | Martial Arts | |
dc.title | Fighting Old Folks | |
dc.type | Recording, oral | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |