Hot off the press from my writing session yesterday!

I wanted to see if I could write a believable and engaging fight scene as I develop the character of KyungSun. [X] has yet to be named, so if you have suggestions for a good tough-guy Korean name, 💪🏽😅 let me know.

What do you think?

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~ OSH 📖☀️❤️

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“Oi, sae-gi, you son of a b*tch, now that we have you without Lee-seongsaengnim’s protection, let’s see what you can do!” [X] was one of Lee’s other minions, who felt jilted by KyungSun having joined the faction and clearly becoming Lee’s favorite. [X] had been a loyal follower of Lee’s for years and was touted to be grooming for leadership in the gang – that was until his position had been thwarted.

“You think you can waltz in here, show off some taekwondo moves, kiss Lee’s ass and then everyone is going to follow, don’t you? Well, you’re going to have to get through me as I’m the one you will be groveling to when Lee is gone.”

Seeing a glint of metal flicker in the night light, KyungSun knew that he was going to have to do more than prove himself. For the past few months he had been deflecting the various rumors that [X] was challenging him to a fight in Dosan National Park to try to put him in his place. Even Lee-nim had heard the threats and told KyungSun to ignore [X] as he was a fool, but when [X] had whispered that he knew about his secret rendezvouses when they last met at Lee Construction, he knew that he was going to have to take a definitive action to prevent the fool from endangering not only what he and Lee had been working on, but also ChoHee and her family. 

“Why don’t you just accept that you lack in every way, [X] ? You’d be a lot happier if you would just know your place. You’ve failed to prove yourself to Lee, that’s on you, not me!” 

“If it hadn’t been for you and your distraction of Lee’s attention, then I could have succeeded in getting the Suga Corporation contract.”

“Don’t kid yourself! You have no vision for Lee Construction as a major player in the reconstruction of the country. Your contribution capability is to shovel the manure needed to make the soil fertile.”

“How dare you, you shi-bol-nom!” With that, [X] pulled the knife from his back pant waistline and signaled for KyungSun to approach with his empty hand.

KyungSun preferred not to use weapons. His training focused on disarming and neutralizing any violent threats. Knowing that this was an important fight for his life, position and safety, he closed his eyes visualizing where [X] was standing and inhaled. As he slowly exhaled, he opened his eyes and locked on to [X] ignoring the knife being wielded and zig zagged through the air to distract and scare.

Waiting for the pre-engagement dance to begin, KyungSun simply stood breathing slowly in and out without ever losing focus on [X] ’s throat, which was his target. In contrast, [X] rotated his knife like a baton, weaving it back and forth as he stepped closer and closer to the distance needed for him to do the damage he desperately wanted to apply.  Once the gap was closed, the dance began. Watching [X] ’s shoulders, KyungSun moved in the opposite direction to evade any potential knife swings. 

With the impatience expected to be shown, [X] took a wild swing to force KyungSun to engage. Instead, KyungSun simply slid to the side until he was on [X] ’s right and then with swift movements, twisted to his left keeping his right arm taut so that contact with [X] ’s knife arm caused him to drop the weapon from the strength of the impact. 

Now both weaponless, KyungSun wasted no time to then give a quick kick with his left foot to send [X] back to his starting point and groaning more from surprise than pain since KyungSun had not put his full energy into it. He half-hoped that he could convince [X] to give up with a couple of pushes. That was quickly pushed aside when [X] came charging toward him with a second knife raised up next to his chin with nothing but animalistic rage in his eyes.

Immediately regaining his stance, KyungSun steadied himself calmly waiting until just the right moment as [X] ever so slightly pulled back the knife to cock it for stabbing, and then KyungSun very swiftly stepped to his left, and roundhouse kicked [X] in the back so that his forward momentum caused him to fall dropping the knife and face-planting into the ground with the wind knocked out of him. 

KyungSun could see that [X] was defeated for now. Without a word, he picked up the knives and his jacket. Covering the weapons from anyone who might pass and see them in his hand, he walked away into the darkness knowing that it would likely not be the last fight he and [X] would have. At least for now, he had proven that he was not to be underestimated.