Interview with ITF RADIX (Roy Rolstad)

On 8 July 2020, Instructor Roy Rolstad did an interview with me on Instagram Live for his ITF Radix Talk series. I announced it on my Instagram account (@sooshimkwan) and posted the recording on my Facebook account, but forgot to also share it here on the Soo Shim Kwan blog.

Instructor Roy and I spoke about my martial arts journey, my life in Korea, and of course, the martial arts. We also reminisced about the time he and his family visited Korea a few years ago.

This ITF Radix Talk is just under an hour long; however, we actually had a 30 minute conversation prior to this recording, but there was a drop in the connection so we missed the first 30 minutes. Nevertheless, I think our discussion was still lots of fun and I'm sure will be informative to listeners. 

On the ITF Radix Instagram account you can also watch Instructor Roy's ITF Radix Talks with other notable ITF practitioners from around the world.

Interview with Whistle Kick Martial Arts Radio

 

In April last year (2020), I did an interview with Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio. I forgot to upload it here on the Soo Shim Kwan blog.

This hour long conversation covers some of my early years of coming to Korea and how my early training in other martial arts (Hapkido and Taekkyeon) informed and influenced my ITF Taekwon-Do training, as well as how a better understanding of Korean and Korean culture affected my Taekwon-Do practice. 

I really enjoyed the conversation with host Jeremy Lesniak and we might even do a follow up discussion in the future. 

You can hear the interview, as well as read a transcript of the interview on the Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio website: Episode 490.