" Tae Kwon Dough "

" Tae Kwon Dough "

There is a 0% chance that I take up TaeKwonDo.

0.

My family- my friends- my immediate network of acquaintances; we live in a TaeKwonDo – less world.

When a child rebukes the idea of “ golf “ it should be considered along the same lines as other complex motor skills that find themselves cloaked within its own sub culture of rituals- etiquettes- customs – and traditions.

But what about “ Tae Kwon Dough “ ?!

Oh, yes , Ill definitely play that !

But what is it ?

“Tae Kwon Dough” is a game …….. more like an event……. more like a sequence of games held together by a group of people steadfast in their belief for the underlying importance of the entire premise.

Even more , in this case - a way to conceptualize and administer the essence of Taekwondo.

So what is it ? EXACTLY?

“ Tae Kwon Dough “ is crazy.

It takes the best thing about Taekwondo ; smashing bricks ! and it lets you do it over – and over. But these bricks are different , their vibrant colors and foam constitution excites the mind and body for showcasing ones “ Taekwondough-ness” .

It gets better.

You have choices ! Not all bricks are created equal – some take precise knocks – other only respond to blunt trauma. Better yet their VALUE is abstracted into money $$ dominations , as well as their properties as engineering elements within ANOTHER game loop.

It gets better.

Your BEST FRIEND IS HERE ! And shoot ! shes earning money – smashing bricks – all while drying up critical resources pools that make you question your initial strategy .

Icing on the “ better yet” cake is your collective plot lines weaving amongst ( seemingly ) to life size Korean pagodas that adorn the scene. These artifacts are more than just FLOW – bait they are representations of YOUR – THEIR decisions , your impending confrontation ! and inevitability of an epic conclusion.

Tae Kwon Dough is DiscoverGolf.

And DiscoverGolf is respect.

Respect for the child.

By not heavy handedly foisting the values of TaeKwonDo on to the child, but rather yet focusing on meeting THEM – WHERE THEY ARE – NOW.

It is also respect, no, REVERENCE, for TaeKwonDo.

We are enlisting game design – social science – how humans make emotionally charged decisions and then “ rationally” explain them later - how human beings are arrested by PLAY ; transformed at a cellular level by its power- a consciousness around the cultural moment , AS A TOKEN of love, for the mothership – the muse – the reason for all of this in the first place- TaeKwonDo.

Richard Franklin

Richard Franklin is a play scholar , the Founder of DiscoverGolf , and Director of Junior Golf at The Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, AZ.

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