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today

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on Freedom General Iraq U . S .

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Soldiers go on patrol with the Iraqi

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National Police and korean troops get

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their kicks in Northern Iraq

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to

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thanks

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for joining us for another edition of

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Freedom General Iraq Ireland . First

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class Richard Gonzales . And here's a

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look at events making headlines in the

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region . Since taking office as Prime

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Minister , Nouri al Maliki has made

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Baghdad security one of his top

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priorities . He calls his security plan

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for the capital operation together

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forward . It aims to reduce murders ,

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kidnappings and assassinations and

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prevent sectarian violence ,

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multinational force . Iraq spokesman

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Major General Bill Caldwell spoke about

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the importance of the operation .

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Baghdad is a must win not only for the

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Prime Minister but for Al Qaeda in Iraq .

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Yeah , Without Baghdad's centralized

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excess , the power brokers Baghdad's

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large , diverse population . It's find

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out for resources the terrorist

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elements will lose here in this country .

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As part of operation together forward ,

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Iraqi and us forces took down

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terrorists in Baghdad , Wednesday night

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soldiers killed one terrorist

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entertained 10 others . After lengthy

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firefights in the city troops also

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confiscated three vehicles and several

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weapons and explosives . Us soldiers

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also prevented a terrorist attack in

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southwest Baghdad . Earlier this week .

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Multi National Division Baghdad

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soldiers caught a terrorist while he

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was setting up a roadside bomb , they

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arrested the man and seized weapons and

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explosives cache . When the Iraqi

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Interior Minister orders a company of

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National Police to move to hotspots

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around Baghdad , a special group of

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coalition soldiers moves with him Army

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Sergeant Crystal Cook introduces us to

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the bravo battery . Fourth battalion 27

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field artillery regiment Today bravo

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Battery is assisting the Iraqi National

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Police there . Training them on

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movement , tactics , operations

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planning and court on in search

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procedures . The opportunities with a

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small team of Iraqi police to discuss

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their mission . And as the last hours

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of daylight subside , the troops and

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their Iraqi counterparts are already on

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the objective conducting combined

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patrols in order to familiarize the

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locals with the Iraqi security forces .

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The operation is together forward .

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These soldiers patrol the streets of

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Baghdad talking to local citizens And

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according to the soldiers , they're

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making progress against the enemy by

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obtaining information from locals on

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suspicious activities within their

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neighborhoods dangerous high for the

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streets . So that doesn't affect their

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morale . People react differently to

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different stuff for the first time I

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was here , I lost one of my good

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buddies , lost one already . He's gonna

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take it day by day , step by step ,

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hopefully one day we'll get this , get

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this job done , get over and done with .

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Although the temperature reached well

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over 100°, the troops pushed on to

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accomplish the mission . This mission

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is crucial . Coalition forces working

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with the Iraqi counterparts gives the

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police training needed to defeat the

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enemy . It also teaches them about the

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role of a professional police force in

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the democratic system so they can serve

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all Iraqis without discrimination . As

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more capable Iraqi police come online .

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They will assume responsibility for

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more territory . Although most of these

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soldiers are on their second deployment .

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Their mission brings a raw one step

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closer to independence and US troops .

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One step closer to home .

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Army Sergeant Crystal cook

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Baghdad Iraq .

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After the break , korean

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troops get their kicks in Northern Iraq

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stay with

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welcome back . As part of the

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transition to give back more land to

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Iraq coalition forces turned over a

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forward operating base in Mosul that

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was formerly a Saddam Hussein

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presidential compound . Iraqi police

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will use the compound as their

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headquarters in the region . The new

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Iraq faces several obstacles on its

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road to independence . One of the top

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priorities is stopping the violence

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that claimed the lives of innocent

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citizens . Army Sergeant David rep

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takes us to the Syrian border where U .

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S . Marines protect the country by

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keeping out foreign fighters . Alright ,

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we're about like it's another day on

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the Syrian border , proliferate six

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marines another day of patrols .

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Another day of danger . I'm not really

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worried about getting shot at . I'm

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just worried about this .

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Corporal Jarvis Farrell has been in

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Afghanistan before and is on his first

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deployment to Iraq . He said he used to

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take things for granted putting no

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longer does you know what I mean ? Like

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little small things , but it's been

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over here , you know , it really uh

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it's a big open up . I think the daily

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patrols are the bread and butter for

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the marines to do everything they can

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to keep the streets of Iraq safe . It's

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good time when there's stuff to do and

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he is born and we're doing the same

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patrols , but it's understandable seem

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to be done . So it's not that after

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each day of work , the marines go back

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to their battle position . It's not as

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luxurious as a forward operating base

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or fog . There's no plumbing , not even

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porta johns . The marines get just one

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hot meal a day truck to them from the

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nearest bob . You're eating M . R . Es

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every day . All right , like two or

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three of them a day . And then all of a

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sudden like you got hot child coming

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like it's a summer or Rome or out there .

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I mean I ? M r isn't that bad after

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chow . The marines keep busy to make

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time pass , while Atwood plays guitar .

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Others keep busy by working out either

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with weights or by paying their buddies .

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The marines here . No , they put up

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with their living conditions for a

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reason . They have a mission to

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complete showing our presidents going

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out of town for the past year . They

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pretty much there was no presence of us .

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Coalition forces out here and we came

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out , just came out of town just struck

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the whole three cities . So it was a

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big change for them and I'm sure it was

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a big eye opener . And since then , you

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know , you could say it's been real

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peaceful people that they like our

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presence out here . So , you know , I I

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believe it was a good thing . Corporal

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David rio stays focused on his mission

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but he never forgets what he'll be

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returning to Well recently , just got

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married . So definitely holding my wife

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uh you know , I have a little bit time

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left out so definitely finishing up

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school whenever I can do to get out .

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So you know , just joined the

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summertime a little time off these

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marines are examples for us all not to

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take our living conditions for granted .

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Even the little things . Army Sergeant

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David rep who saved her rock movies and

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Tv shows portray martial arts as high

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flying aerial assaults with an emphasis

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on action and adventure , but there's

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more to martial arts and beating up bad

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guys . Army sergeant marty Collins

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shows us how korean troops are teaching

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Children in Northern Iraq . Just

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because you know how to kick and punch

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doesn't mean you have to be a bully

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Arbil Iraq is a long way from south

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Korea , you wouldn't know it by looking

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around this community

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center .

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Hi Cuando is the korean martial art of

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self defense , high meaning foot

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Kwan is hand and dough is the art .

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So it's the art of hand and foot

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fighting , General Chouhan , he of the

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south korean army founded the art and

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was given a privileged position as a

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founding member of the new south korean

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armed forces in 1945 20

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years later the south korean government

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declared taekwondo as Korea's national

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martial art if you

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haven't been around taekwondo , uh huh

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you probably think it's all about

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punching , kicking and fighting and

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that is part of it . But actually a

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very small part hearst , Lieutenant

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Duhamel kim

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by showing and teaching the local

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residents traditional martial art .

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It gives them the opportunity to see

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some of Korea's heritage and culture

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with all the punching kicking and

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fighting from rewards and positive

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changes students and confidence

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poise and self assurance . Modern day

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taekwondo traces its influence to other

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martial arts . Most importantly

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Japanese karate , Japan dominated

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Korea from 1910 until the end of World

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War two during the war lots of korean

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troops trained in Japan ironically

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during the occupation of Korea . The

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Japanese tried to erase korean culture

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including martial arts even say it is

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glad martial arts lives on .

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I have trained for one year ,

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it's good because it keeps us off the

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street and from getting into trouble .

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It also teaches us to respect each

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other and our instructors

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gaining respect , admiration and

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showing consideration of others is an

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accomplishment worth fighting for army

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sergeant marty Collins . Our Bill Iraq ,

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