Monroe County Community College will offer a women’s self-defense seminar and three tae kwon do courses beginning this month. via Monroe Evening News/Monroe Sunday News

“The adults get just as excited about it as the kids.”

Tae kwon do students will break 2,000 boards as they try to raise thousands of dollars to support the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“We have some good speakers coming and there’s a lot about preventing an asthma attack.”

Jordan Tran, 11, of Marshfield stretches with a kick Wednesday afternoon at the beginning of his tae kwon do class at Derrico’s Black Belt School in Marshfield. via Marshfield News-Herald

“Theoretically, it’s against the rules, but most countries accept it”

There’s a report that a temporary decision handed down by the International Taekwondo Federation rules “wearing the Muslim veil while practicing the sport is ‘neither dangerous nor unfair.’ ” Our friends over … via National Post

There is an art to finding your place in this world. In this case, that art needed a kick-start from tae kwon do. via Daily Herald