(the hot place for designs) (korea's landmark ddp) (dongdaemun design plaza, jung-gu, seoul) (74th class at the foreigner school) this is my neighbor, charles where we meet foreigners living in korea. hello! hello. it's getting hot out and it's vacation season. do you guys have any plans?
i plan on going to an island in france. i'll lie down, sip on some espresso and get a tan. where are you going, sayuri? new york. for a week. what will you do in new york? i'll go shopping there, take photos and get a sun tan.
i'm so excited! when you travel to a big city like that, you should learn some self-defense to protect yourself. our guest today... you'd feel really secure with this guy by your side. who is it? he's a martial artist.
let's bring our guest in. - come on in. / - come on in! - wow. / - wow! wow, baptiste! wow, he's french. baptiste. hello. i thought he was a korean servant. seriously... i guess they have korean servants in france too.
- he looks like a friendly guy. / - yes. my name is baptiste and i'm from france. i practice hapkido and taekkyeon. oh, it's a taekkyeon uniform. - a taekkyeon uniform. / - i see. - really? / - i've seen many foreigners... - that practice taekwondo. / - right. - but taekkyeon... / - right. i think you're the first i've met.
isn't taekkyeon the one where you go like... - is that right? / - isn't that taekkyeon? how did you first start practicing? i learned judo since i was 5 or 6. it was kind of boring, so i learned a different japanese martial art. karate. - karate. / - karate's like this... i got my first degree black belt and it got boring. so it was boring...
so i watched a lot of chinese kung fu movies. they were great, so right after university i went right to china. - you studied martial arts in china? / - yes. how long were you in china? i studied wushu for 2.5 years at beijing sport university. this guy is a true martial artist. he's done it all.
so wushu was boring too? wushu is all the same to me. so what's your style? - you get bored easily. / - there aren't that many... original and unique martial arts. so after much trial and error, he chose hapkido and taekkyeon. what degree black belt are you in hapkido? 2nd degree in hapkido and 2 dong in taekkyeon.
- it's called dong in taekkyeon? / - yes. i'm 2 dong. one thing i'm worried about is that baptiste will eventually get bored with taekkyeon too. i just know it'll happen. - i think baptiste... / - don't you think? - gets bored really easily. / - right. if you date a man like him, you'll break up in 2 years. - he gets bored easily. / - right.
right. chewing people out is what we do. i thought out of all those disciplines he trained in he found taekkyeon and hapkido to be the best. when most people see taekkyeon they think it's a dance. it's not. there's a lot of martial arts technique involved. can you show us a little hapkido and taekkyeon demonstration?
i need a person for hapkido. oh, hapkido? - go hard on him. / - i'll be very gentle. - make it hurt. / - what do i do? i'm learning how to do breakfalls. - breakfalls here... / - i have a bad back. make him do a breakfall. if you're pushed from behind, most people would do this.
- then you'd break your wrist. / - right. you should fall like this. then it won't hurt at... oops... don't do it now. start from here. land with your palms and then elbows. you look like you're at a memorial ceremony. and you can hit your nose if you face forward. so fall like this...
- can a woman do it? / - sayuri. gosh... me... grab her from behind. if someone does this... squat down... - squat... / - and lift your elbows. - like this. / - right. - start. / - so someone's grabbing you. (how nice)
she has no intention of escaping. - right, that's good. / - nice. baptiste, i want to see you do taekkyeon. you're dressed for taekkyeon right now. don't they do this in taekkyeon? by yourself? he's good! he seems like a drunk person. - isn't that what's it's like? / - isn't this it?
yeah... it's kind of similar. can you show us? the power comes from your hips. (master) (imitator) (really high) (not so great) i heard wind when he kicked. so where do you learn hapkido and taekkyeon? in jecheon, chungcheongbuk-do.
- jecheon... / - yes. where is jecheon? they have very nice water and air. they're very generous. it's right in the middle of chungcheong-do. so i think we should watch how he trains in jecheon. let's watch it together. (my neighbor, charles)
(jecheon, chungcheongbuk-do) baptiste trains in martial arts at jecheon, chungcheonbuk-do. baptiste's day... starts with teaching kids. it says hapkido. know what the ki is for? - battle cry. / - yeah. and where does that energy come from?
- from your stomach. / - your stomach. right. battle cry. gather it from your stomach, and let it out. got it? not shouting like... do it. one! very nice. just as they start the class in earnest...
sit straight. get it together. do it right. it's baptiste's master and studio owner ju ungseo. gosh, he has some sharp eyes. hold it. straighten the line. why are you in socks?
whoever has socks on, take them off. take your socks off... you can't take this class in socks. baptiste, you have to tell them to take their socks off if they don't. yes. i got it. why is he sweating? gosh, he even has his hands together. you should after bending your elbow.
you shouldn't just hit like this. martial artists hold their masters in the highest regard. looks like baptiste is the same way. every day at this hour, master ju's wife cooks lunch in the apartment upstairs from the studio. those are korean style side dishes. does baptiste eat here too? (regular home cooking)
we eat with him every day except the weekend. he didn't like fish and seafood at first. but he loves mackerel now. start, one! two! block, block! jump to dodge! prepare to do this. think of the motions.
you have plenty of time to wait, so think of the moves. stay focused. think of it. focus! two, three, four! baptiste works hard to teach the class despite his imperfect korean. but it looks like master ju
isn't pleased with something. stop! attention. bow. at ease. - good-bye. / - bye. aside from when he sleeps, baptiste is around master ju all the time. i've never seen such a polite foreigner.
- thank you for this delicious food. / - enjoy. the rest of them can start eating after master ju takes his first bite. but after taking one bite... baptiste, when you were teaching with the mitts... - there are big kids and small kids. / - yes. you can go faster for the big kids. teach the small ones more thoroughly when it's their first time.
then they can do better when they come back. if you go too fast... that's not going to work. yes, i understand. things are so tense during this meal. gosh... (quiet...) (master ju's bowl) a little more for me.
yes. (bow) - this much? / - yeah. now he can relax and eat. baptiste, you sure seem to enjoy korean food. know what this is called? i don't know. but it's delicious. that's mackerel.
- mackerel? / - mackerel. - it's the name of this fish? / - yeah. know where it's from? it's from norway. i went to jumunjin, gangneung to buy this. (go easy on me) after the tense lunch... thank you for the delicious food. baptiste hurries out somewhere.
(his second job is studio maintenance) (time to clean!) he cleans the studio every day. it's part of a master's duty. gosh, he'll digest his lunch in no time. (gets every speck of dust!) baptiste, what are you doing now? (a curious staff member) i put new tape down once a month.
if i don't tape it, the hole gets bigger. who puts this much care into cleaning? he sweeps and mops the studio like it's his own home. isn't that tiring though? done. gosh, i'm hot. a clean studio makes the students happier. and if the students are happy,
master ju and i'm happy. nice and clean. his affection for his students is quite admirable. that evening... at the squeaky clean studio... these don't look like the average students. (so many middle-aged women!) baptiste, why'd you turn the lights out? what's with these lights?
(is this a martial arts studio?) (or a dance club?) (cue the music) (fancy footwork) (his third job is a dance teacher) (jecheon's no. 1 zumba teacher) he teaches a zumba class for women. baptiste even has a license. (party time)
gosh, baptiste is the most pumped up. (a mysterious man walks in!) why's master ju here? (teach truth) master ju, i hope you're not offended by this. are you? he's really pumped up and teaching the class well. the housewives seem to be having a blast. it's nice.
but having a class like this at a martial arts studio is a bit... i feel a bit... well... i'm not super happy about it. does he understand how master ju feels? baptiste looks so happy as he dances. he is so different from when he was teaching martial arts.
no matter how late he ends work the previous day, baptiste never oversleeps. let's check the weather. yes. it sure is a lovely morning. what's he going to do now? time for some coffee. baptiste, what do you eat for breakfast? i rarely eat breakfast. i just...
french people usually have coffee and maybe some bread. if i don't have bread, i don't eat breakfast. or... i have some cookies or an adzuki bean bar. those adzuki bean bars are really good. oh, so he was talking about adzuki bean jelly. (vitamin)
there's another thing baptiste enjoys for breakfast. some sweet instant coffee and a vitamin. it's a gift from one of my zumba students. she said i needed to be healthy to teach. it was a gift. another student bought me this. ginseng. expensive stuff. (i'm red ginseng!) people that exercise for a living
are constantly sore. it's no different for baptiste. (ouch...) he applies ointment whenever he has time, but this is a little different. what's with the glove? no matter how thoroughly i wash my hands... if there's even a little left on me... i get really sweaty when i teach.
i did this once... my eyes were like this for an hour. never again. now it's time to do housework. baptiste, aren't you going to put a shirt on? are you trying to show off your muscles? do i need to have a shirt on? is this okay? - it's okay i'm not wearing a shirt? / - it's okay. no. everyone is going to see this.
they'll think french people are perverts. they won't! i am not a pervert. don't shoot this. baptiste, are you always shirtless at home? the wind cools me down. if i... i put a shirt on when i go out. it's drenched in sweat after 10 minutes.
got to wash it again. if i keep a shirt on at home, i'd have to wash like 8 t-shirts a day. look at my room. no windows. i get no wind. this is... it's broken here. so it won't swivel. it can only stay stationary.
if it hits my feet, my face gets too hot. if it hits just my face, i'll catch a cold. what am i supposed to do? that's nice. i don't feel like doing anything when i'm sitting here like this. i just like to stay here. but... i can't just stay here like this.
i'm way too busy. baptiste gets right to work on a computer. it's because of the upcoming taekkyeon tournament. he's communicating with foreign fighters on behalf of master ju. i have to send 50 messages. my head hurts... yes. he sure has a lot to do. but why come to korea
to go through all this trouble? i worked as a fire fighter in france for 7 years. my dad's been a fire fighter for... 35 years. baptiste worked as a fire fighter with his dad since he was in high school. but there was a big gas explosion during one of his rescues. 2m more to the right,
and we would've been dead. there was a big wall right next to us. i couldn't sleep for 2 days straight after that day. i kept thinking about the meaning of life. i wanted... to see other places. experience different things. he's liked eastern martial arts since he was a kid so he started to travel the world and learn. he met master ju by chance during his travels.
he was enamored by his skills and decided to live in korea 4 years ago. he's only a minute away from the studio. he should have no problem in korea with master ju right there by his side. (baptiste comes to master ju's house early) baptiste comes to master ju's house early in the morning with a stack of files. there's no such word like this.
it's his name. what did he write? dottonbaek? is that a person's name? i know it's improper korean, but that's how his name sounds. you could've just wrote it like... doseutonbaek. that's how you'd write it.
but then his name doesn't sound right. there is no s sound for this name. if you read it as i wrote it, it'll sound like his name. how do you read that? dostonbaek. this is wrong! look. if you bring this to the korean embassy they'd be like, "what is this?" - gosh... / - really?
do you know who created hangeul? - yeah. king sejong. / - korea's king sejong. you're just like king sejong, baptiste. - sejong the great. / - you created new hangeul. - okay. / - king baptiste. look at this name... (it's weird, but somehow readable...) just read it like... write it like sereubaek.
but ssarbaek. it's a hard consonant at the end. hangeul is very easy. i was like, "gosh! this is so much fun! giyeok!" it was so easy to learn. sejong the great was a brilliant man. hangeul is so well made. if i study just a little at a university, i could probably get really good at korean.
that afternoon... baptiste goes with master ju to a very remote village that's far from jecheon. we need guests... it's a foreigner. master ju has been teaching this healthy exercise class for 10 years. you're going to pat up to your shoulder. like this.
i did this in front of some young people once. - half of them couldn't do this. / - i can't do it. that means 10 out of 20 can't do this. baptiste, teach her this pose. everyone can do that. you're all so good at this. teach that lady over there. twist your arms like this. this has to bend like this.
baptiste assists master ju in his class. he seems to know what he's doing. time for shoulder massages. doesn't that sound nice? yes! thank you! baptiste, come here. so... - only those in pain. / - those in pain? who's in pain?
- me! / - me! of course everyone is in pain. look. like this. massage the shoulders. put your legs up, please. baptiste was very careful when he first started working with the elderly. he was afraid he couldn't control his own strength. that doesn't hurt at all. very nice.
- it's nice? / - yeah. tell me if i'm going too hard. yes. it doesn't hurt at all. - you're not american, right? / - no, ma'am. no? where you from then? do i look like an american? yeah. i'm sure you get that a lot. no. i'm french. - french? / - yes.
- good? / - yes. thank you. just because the class is over doesn't mean baptiste can relax. baptiste, tell them, "eat up" as you serve them. eat up, ladies. tell them, "enjoy." - enjoy. / - good. say it louder next time.
good. look at his courteous form. he's practically korean now. that's it. very good. when i went back to france, i accepted a drink with two hands. i wasn't even thinking. it was automatic. (amazing master ju)
so police officers need to know arrest techniques. that's what i'll be teaching today. come here. baptiste, stand here. as soon as his hands come to me... i quickly grab his hand here. now try to get away. he can't get away if you grab them like this.
then you move fast. one. right foot forward? okay, i got it. master ju makes it look so easy. press down and quickly subdue him. why doesn't it look quite right when baptiste does it? no... look, baptiste. again. watch. if you do this...
the most important part is moving your body like this. okay? practice this more. shake it off. look. (subdues the opponent using very little strength) gently. so your opponent goes...
baptiste, if you try to resist while you're in this joint lock you'll break something. - small power is very strong. / - i understand. he's a very good teacher. master ju is very wise. he's very skilled and he teaches like a professional. i've met very many masters in china and korea.
so many of them. but there's nobody like master ju. master ju is proficient in both hapkido and taekkyeon. after being in a foreign documentary 10 years ago, his skill became known. now he spreads his teachings on korean martial arts throughout the world. after baptiste learned judo, karate
and wushu, he settled on korean martial arts all because of master ju. (the next morning...) what's going on? baptiste is in a suit instead of his training uniform. aren't you hot in that? gosh, it's hot. it's hot in this suit. you're here.
you look great. why are you in a suit today? i don't know. master ju told me to wear one. gosh, master ju even tells him what to wear? baptiste, are you dressed nice? master ju is in a suit too. looks like something's going on today. where are they headed to? when koreans go on outings
we dress casual and wear jeans. but when visiting some kind of institution or when you consult with someone you should wear something like this. oh, i see. they go to city hall all suited up. - hello. / - what brings them here? and why did baptiste have to come along? call it a martial arts tournament.
that way hapkido fighters can participate. i think it'll be a great way to promote jecheon. baptiste, explain hapkido in france to him. explain? (umm... me?) how popular is hapkido in france? really popular or not really? last year, we made the france hapkido association.
my younger brother is the president and i'm the vice president. i bet 100 people will participate every year in the tournament. if you promote and invite people, more people will want to come. if the people like it, we at the sports promotion division can call more shots.
i think the tournament would be very helpful. baptiste isn't just good at martial arts. - good-bye. / - have a good day. - good-bye. / - good-bye. they're visiting all the public offices today. baptiste gets changed as soon as he gets to the police station. oh, the arrest technique class. they practiced the day before.
- hello. / - hello. on classes like this, the junior instructors act as master ju's opponents. what's important, is that they're always changing. we'll start the training now. this is nothing for baptiste to be happy about. the opponent... he is the culprit and i am the officer.
don't forget that. officer and culprit. culprit. do you know what happens to culprits? (beaten) (twisted) (tripped) (choked) (taken down)
gosh, baptiste... (he's going to kill that guy) but the most important thing when participating in master ju's demonstrations is this. (day before the arrest technique class) when someone's performing a move on you it may hurt a bit but don't let it show that it hurts too much. keep it to yourself,
so the other person doesn't feel bad. how can you hold in this much pain? so now you all will try. baptiste the culprit is finally released. are you okay? i bet that hurt a lot. hapkido moves only hurt when they're being done on you. i'll be fine in an hour. actually, in 5 minutes.
master ju's technique is amazing. if you don't loosen your joints it really hurts. he gets through that pain without too much fuss. it looks like it's a long and hard road to become a martial arts master. from the top... you press. make an s.
great work today! good job. that last move... gosh... i feel dizzy. i bet the bruise is gone now. it's not red anymore. then what's that? oh, that's from a finger nail. it only hurts while you're in the move.
you're fine after 5 minutes. you're used to this. it's red here? it's swollen. that was tough for you, baptiste. (my life is fine) we thought he'd be taking a break by now. why do you have so much laundry? i do hapkido, taekkyeon, zumba
and i work out. i sweat a lot. in the summer like now i do the laundry every other day. all the time... washing, drying and folding. (he's used to doing this) gosh, so much laundry... master ju bought me my washing machine.
will you be able to hang all that laundry? oh, the last spot. another one here. i'll put this here. - all full. / - done! so much. all done. now... a break? just for a bit.
hold on, baptiste. there's something on your door. i tear it off like this. then... $24 this month. yikes! i used too much water. $12 for water? why though?
probably from all the laundry i've been doing. and the showers... it's okay. it's cheap. here it is. a letter. i stick this here and give it to master ju. then he'll give me money, so i can pay the landlord.
baptiste came to korea as a student to learn martial arts. master ju provides him basic expenses, but i imagine it's uncomfortable living in korea without much money. i have a lot of rich friends in france. they just got jobs right after university. they got good jobs. i could've done that too.
but i didn't want to live like that, so i started traveling. my friends all have big houses and nice cars. yet they're not as happy as i am. i'm fine with this. i like my life now. the next day baptiste goes to an electronic appliance store.
master ju saw that baptiste's fan is old and won't swivel, so he'll buy him a new one. this one is the best seller. best seller. what does that mean? it's the most popular one. - a lot of people bought this. / - oh... i see.
- easy. / - yes, it should be easy. baptiste checks every single function thoroughly. okay, this one. we'll take this. (smiles) he checks out some other stuff while he's here. is this more expensive in france? wow. it's really cheap.
what is he looking at? oh, a robotic vacuum cleaner. you want to buy that too? my mom would love this. she always cleans at night because of work. it's hard for her to use a vacuum. she's old. baptiste, you're good at cleaning. go clean for her.
yeah, but when i'm not around... i'll clean when i'm home in france, but when i come back to korea it would be nice if my mom had this. he's satisfied today with just the new fan. he'll get to enjoy some cool breezes this summer thanks to master ju. thank you! (i got a new fan)
baptiste returns home happily. the first thing he does is... (takes out the old fan!) swivel. yeah. no swivel. just stay still. - baptiste. / - yes. i'm going to sleep. gosh, that's so cool. my feet are so cool.
no time to sleep. he resists the temptation to nap and goes to the studio again. baptiste is wearing a taekkyeon uniform this time. (rushing) hurry up! (taekkyeon class every friday) you keep your hands like this in taekkyeon. round one!
get ready! fight! a demonstration by the junior instructors. is this really a demonstration though? this is like a real fight. (wow) baptiste wins! wow, baptiste won. like that. did you all see?
you'll all be doing this. everyone, pair up and face each other. the kids start training. what should you do? master ju demonstrates on an instructor to show the proper forms. (ouch!) - got it? / - yes. if i kick with this foot and keep kicking...
(baptiste is floored in an instant!) you all try. let's do this! 1. 1! baptiste, didn't you get hit in the leg? - are you okay? / - huh? - are you okay? / - yes. this is nothing new. there are no muscles here. if i get hit by that sweep
it hurts for a while here. it really hurts if you don't dodge. master ju is so good at it. it really hurts here. push with the knee here to drop your opponent. gosh, it's hard to be a junior instructor. the sun sets. the zumba class starts again.
start... this seems a bit different. he's going to be teaching taekkyeon to his zumba class today. (i want a break today) as the class starts really getting into it... okay. then we'll... (respectful) is he a secret inspector or something?
master ju shows up at the zumba class again. (don't mind me and just keep going) is master ju pleased today? he's teaching them well. he's been doing this a while. he'll teach them well. i saw he's teaching them very well right now. making it easy to understand. (pleased)
although it's later at night... the studio is still very active. now the demonstration team is training. ready. they're practicing hard for the upcoming demonstration performance. return. but baptiste seems to be in pain. (the taekkyeon class in the morning)
his leg was sore during the morning taekkyeon class. looks like he's not fully recovered yet. baptiste makes a very noticeable mistake during the class. (another mistake!) lift your head and be light on your feet. warm up yourself up. ready!
1, 2, 3! that's it! he continues to make errors despite master ju's teaching. (the constant mistakes have made things tense...) it's the same with all spinning kicks, baptiste. you have to look over your shoulder. since you don't look over your shoulder and look down, this happens. don't look at the floor.
baptiste looks very tired. do it. take your time. don't rush it. relax your mind and straighten your shoulders. baptiste will perform a solo demonstration during the demonstration performance. he's been practicing these moves for a while. (pauses) (pauses again)
is he nervous in front of master ju? you satisfied with that, baptiste? - that was very bad. / - what? - you satisfied with that? / - no. - no, right? / - right. - you didn't practice enough. / - right. - i'm sorry. / - practice more. that's not going to cut it. if you can't do it right by next practice...
- you're in big trouble. / - yes. - got it? / - i understand. next. baptiste can't even lift his head. the training ends past midnight. he looked so exhausted that the production staff was wary to ask him anything. baptiste, that was quite a tough day today. not just today. every day.
it's always the same. it'll be tougher tomorrow. he grabs ointment before washing up. looks like he's really hurting. why didn't you say something? this is the life of a martial arts instructor. we're always sore. if you have the spirit of a martial artist you can keep training even when in pain.
my foot really hurts right now, but i still did the kicks. i can never tell master ju that i'm hurting or i'm in pain. that's not what a martial artist does. why am i french? if i was korean, i could've started learning this stuff at 7-years-old. we didn't have hapkido in france.
don't be so sad, baptiste. tomorrow will be a better day. - one week left. / - yes. if you can't do it on the day of the demonstration... (more intense training) look, look, look. you did this. mom, i'm so exhausted. you'll need an x-ray.
we should see if there's any damage to your bones. let's find out. (the day of the demonstration!) (will baptiste do his demonstration well?) (frenchman baptiste's life of a martial artist) let it out. i don't feel like doing anything.