TS #14 - Brad Charlassier

For my 14th session I met with Dojun over Skype. I first asked him if he knew about how the South Korean archers did at the Rio Olympics. He laughed and nodded saying that he knew they took home all the gold medals for the archery events. I was really surprised when I had learned that South Korea was so dominant in archery. I asked Dojun why they are so good and he said it's because of their intense training. I asked what he specifically meant by "intense training". Dojun said that when they practice their archery, they put a snake around their neck. This blew my mind. I asked him if they were poisonous snakes or if they would ever bite the archers. He said he's sure they were not poisonous but he isn't completely sure if they would bite them or not. He said the Korean archers would use this technique in order to stay focused even when under intense pressure. All I could think was if that were to be done in America, either PETA would be all over that or a lawsuit could come out of it. It also reminded me of the great American classic Dodgeball. I told him the most famous quote from the movie "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!" Additionally, I mentioned to him how the training they did with wrenches made them better at dodgeball and how I could see using snakes would make you better at archery.