Saturday, May 19, 2012

Punched by Coincidence - Worlds Apart

Last night Sanch, Boki, John and I were sitting on the balcony of our hotel, simply soaking in the rush from our first day.  Suddenly, two guys from Jordan came in and sat on the balcony as well.  The first guy, slender and bald, was shy at first but eventually began to speak to us; he said that his name was Muhammad.  His friend, however, was not shy at all - said that his name was Khalil.  As Khalil sat with us, he began telling us his quite intriguing life story.  He explained that he was a Taekwondo master.  This, I believe, was him being modest as he was actually # 2 in the entire world a few years ago and # 1 in Asia for 6 years! Khalil said "I used to train for 9 hours everyday and had gotten so effective that I would know the opponents move before he'd even strike."  As he traveled to America, he became chosen to become the coach of USA's Taekwondo team (which eventually became number two in the world.) and also had trained the SWAT team for some time.  Though he is a living human weapon, he was one of the most humorous and kindest guys that one could meet.  Oh yeah, THIS WAS JUST DAY 1!!!

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