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About Eli Kukla-Manning
Dear Master Lu,
This note is to thank and commend you and the staff of
Lu's Tae Kwon Do for the outstanding introductory
training you provided our 6 year old son Eli over the
last ten months or so. He has thrived at Lu's, learned
a great deal of technique, and more importantly, has
thoroughly enjoyed the respectful, warmly disciplined
environment you create for your classes. My wife and I
have taken Eli to many sorts of organized activities in
the past -- soccer, T-ball, floor hockey, drama, to name
a few -- with lukewarm results. Either he became bored
and disengaged from ineffective instruction, or mostly
just ran around and didn't actually learn anything. But
not so at Lu's! He really took to the dignified,
cooperative, rigorous version of learning, exercise and
fun you provide. His flexibility, strength and general
coordination have improved dramatically, and the
maturity with which he handles himself, especially in
group activities, has increased considerably as well.
It has been more than a month since we left Ottawa for
Tampa, and frankly, your dojang rather spoiled us! We
haven't managed to find another Tae Kwon Do studio that
we thought suitable for him after his experience at
Lu's. Other Tae Kwon studios seem far more interested
in the Martial than the Art, emphasizing speed over
proper technique. They also lack your emphasis on "Do"
-- mental discipline -- on explaining the theory behind
the technique, and on instilling respect for self,
fellow students, teachers, parents. and all citizens of
the world we share. Eli is now enrolled in a modest
Tang Su Do studio here in Tampa, learning a new set of
positions and patterns. As his training at Lu's was as
much about how to take instruction and learn from others
as it was about specific techniques, he is well prepared
for this and other challenges.
Your studio is very special, and we miss it. So once
again, let me thank you for the very good work of you
and the rest of the staff of Lu's Tae Kwon Do.
Sincerely and with best wishes,
--
Richard Manning
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Carleton University (on leave)
Department of Philosophy
University of South Florida
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