DISCERN and Evolve!

<p>Jack said he’d lost track of how many towns he’d lived in over his 16 years of life. However, he knew it was 5. His dad was career Navy, and since his last transfer, found himself off the ships and serving as a Hospital Corpsman in South Korea.</p> <p>Seoul South Korea? Enough was enough. Jack had spent the last 4 years of his life studying HAPKIDO, a Korean self defense system, and His Kwanjang (school owner) had actually trained in Kuri-Shi, not too far from where he was staying.</p> <p>Jack’s dad was pulling a double shift, so he hoped a subway, stumbled through signs, mostly in English, and read the Hangul (Korean writing). Kuri-shi, that’s it! That’s the small town inside Seoul that his Kwanjang said his master’s Dojang (dojo) was located.</p> <p>It was getting late and as Jack left the subway station he was immediately met by a group of tough looking boys about 17 or 18 years of age. There was 3 of them, and they immediately walked up, and greeted him, “Hi, my name is Han!” What’s your name? He answered back, “I’m Jack.” As the subway train pulled away Jack DISCERNED he was alone, and something told him he shouldn’t be there.</p> <p>All at once he was shoved from behind, and then a hard push to his shoulder threw him off balance. Jack knew he had only one chance…As he stumbled sideways the one called Han threw a really fast roundhouse kick to his ribs. He DISCERNED right away these guys were up to no good, he was in trouble, and Han was a Taekwondo fighter!</p> <p>Immediately Jack blocked the kick, caught his leg, painfully aware how powerful this guy kicked, and pushed him backward on the cement. Just as quickly he saw the taller one throw a huge axe kick coming straight down towards his head, Jack stepped slightly in came up under his fully extended leg and thew him backwards almost off the loading area.</p> <p>The third one sort of froze saying, “ani, ani, ani-yo!” which ends “no” in Korean. Just then the next train was pulling up on the other side of the platform, and Jack hurriedly stepped aboard. H