 My name is Jungsuk Moon. I'm a medical laboratory specialist, and I've been in the army for about two and a half years. I'm a Taekwondo athlete, a fourth-dan black belt. I got into Taekwondo when I was about five, six years old, and I thought it looked really interesting, but my parents posed the idea of it because they were afraid that I was going to get hurt. They were tired of hearing me, you know, beg them so they finally put me in classes and I've been in love with it ever since. I moved to the States in 2004, and the reason why I fell in love with it there was because it gave me a sense of community while I was there because when I first got to the States, I didn't speak any English and I didn't know the culture. I didn't get along with anybody, but Taekwondo was, you know, when I got to the Taekwondo school, that's the one place that I fit in with everybody else and I knew what was going on. Honestly, I didn't have an affinity for medicine before. My mom always told me to become a doctor. Doctors make a lot of money, you know, whatever, but I've never really been interested in it. But now that I've been exposed to it, I guess I was just ignorant to how incredible it is and how much of a support role that you provide to many families and to individuals. I think the reason why I like Korea so much, except for the fact that it's my home nation, it's the perfect blend of new and old. And, you know, you can go to some areas where it's like brand new buildings and brand new facilities and then you can go to another area that is very, very traditional. I haven't met a leader yet in my general command that hasn't been supportive of me doing Taekwondo. They're always very interested to know what I do and how I do it. You always have to train as you fight and when you lose at tournaments, you just got to lose like a winner and win like a winner. And that's been my mindset since the beginning is when I lose, I don't let my emotions take over me. I always, you know, keep calm and collected. If I don't succeed in this sport, I'm letting down a lot of people. I don't want to make that happen, so that's definitely one of my motivators for continuing to compete. I always believe that you're always in the fight until the time runs out and if the time runs out and you've lost then oh well, better luck next time.