GRE gets Taekwondo PE

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Dan Mor­gan, who recently received his 5th Degree Black Belt from Taek­wondo Amer­ica, teaches at Perdue’s Sun­bury Taek­wondo. But Mor­gan recently stepped out of the stu­dio to spend eight days teach­ing Taek­wondo dur­ing Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion classes at Gen­eral Rose­crans Ele­men­tary School.

Mor­gan said he taught two full rota­tions with each class­room of stu­dents com­ing in one time every four days.

“We prac­ticed basic White Belt moves, blocks and punches,” Mor­gan said. “With older kids we worked on the fun­da­men­tals of self-defense and how to get loose from a grab.”

GRE Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion teacher Jody Grieger said the stu­dents enjoyed the Taek­wondo ses­sions because, for most of them, they were learn­ing some­thing new.

“They enjoyed the dif­fer­ent vari­a­tions of moves and tech­niques that were taught,” Grieger said. “The stu­dents also enjoyed ask­ing Mr. Mor­gan ques­tions about the his­tory of Taekwondo.”

Grieger also said that Taek­wondo is not just exer­cise, but brings value to phys­i­cal edu­ca­tion classes by pro­mot­ing self-responsibility, self-control and spa­tial awareness.

“These are all skills that stu­dents can use through­out their life­times,” Grieger said.

Perdue’s Sun­bury Taek­wondo is located at 130 Bur­rer Drive in Sunbury.

For addi­tional infor­ma­tion about Perdue’s Sun­bury Taek­wondo log on to Perdue’s West­er­ville & Sun­bury Taek­wondo web­site at < mrduetkd.com >, or call 740–971-9334.

Perdue’s Sun­bury Taek­wondo can also be found on Face­book by search­ing for Perdue’s Sun­bury Taekwondo.

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