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My name is Mason.

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Uh,

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my name is Mason Mines,

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and I am the demo team captain

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of the taekwondo team

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here at UNC.

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A lot of people that do taekwondo

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know nothing about demo.

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I was in that boat.

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You have

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normal taekwondo.

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Like two sections,

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right?

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You have

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your kuma,

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which is like the forms,

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and then you have your sparring,

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which is like fighting and it's intense.

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But

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there's also a third thing that's a lot less well known,

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and it's the performance part of taekwondo.

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Oh my gosh,

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how did I get into demo?

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I have been doing taekwondo since I was like 3.

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So I was in very much the category of taekwondo is like kunte and sparring,

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and that's it.

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It's very individual.

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Um,

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I was getting a little burnt out.

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I wanted to find something new and that's when

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um

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some college students

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were putting together a demonstration team

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to show off a bit more difficult kicks.

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Um,

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but yeah,

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and it was like,

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very new.

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And I was like,

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oh my gosh,

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this is so much fun.

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Especially when we got to perform.

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Coming into Carolina Taekwondo,

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I knew I wanted to be a part of a team.

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When there wasn't,

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I

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remember begging Katie,

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who is our president.

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Uh,

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I remember asking her

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if I could create a team or if someone else was interested.

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And she was like,

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there's been so much interest,

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but we just haven't had anyone to like buckle down and create a team

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because it is a lot of work,

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which it is.

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The demo team

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environment.

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It is amazing.

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And it's amazing very intentionally because

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um

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it's a team sport inherently.

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Like taekwondo

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as a whole is very individual and there's nothing wrong with it being individual.

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I actually think that's a fantastic thing about taekwondo.

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But

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um,

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The team environment,

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um,

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becomes a lot more well defined,

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and it requires a lot of trust.

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It requires a lot of practice,

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and there's just a lot of teamwork involved,

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um,

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which

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you need to have a solid,

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like kind of team environment for that,

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which I think we do,

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which is really,

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really fun.

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It's like coming to practice and trying things with your friends

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is the best way I could describe the feeling of like

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practicing together.

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It's like a team sport.

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You're practicing every day with like your friends,

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and you're doing really cool things that you get to show

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other people.

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And they're like,

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wow,

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how'd you do that?

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And I'm like,

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yeah,

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we're so cool like that.

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And it's so great.