Shakin' All Over

S. Korea -- A skyscraper in Seoul reportedly had to be evacuated during a vigorous workout recently.

It is said that the cause for the evacuation was a group of middle-aged people doing Tae Bo (a fitness workout which combines taekwondo and boxing). Allegedly, this group exercise caused tremors, which in turn set of the need for evacuating the high rise building.

The owners of the building said the upper floors of the tower was shaking for 10 minutes, as a result of the group exercise on the 12th floor gym.

And who said that middle-aged people doing Tae Bo isn't dangerous stuff... :-)

Taekkyon

Here's a nice clip showing an old taekkyon form. It is performed by Jeong Kyong-hwa.

Some (mostly TKD people) claim taekkyon is "an old form of taekwondo".

The taekkyon practitioners on the other hand, claim that their art is anything but TKD.

Still, some similarities will be found, at least to an untrained eye as far as the forms go. The fighting/competition is quite easily distinguishable.

You can download or watch the clip here (35.40MB, asf format).

Read more about taekkyon (and other martial arts) here.