I have never used JSK for martial arts instruction, but I have benefited greatly from their services and character. Specifically, in the emergency that befell Flemington in Hurricane Ida.
We were en route to a family wedding near Doylestown, PA, and arrived at the US202S-South Main Street intersection the evening of September 1, 2021 as Ida's flash flooding hit Flemington.
The rescues reported in the media were extraordinary. Once they had plucked an endangered soul from the raging intersection, and had "deposited" him or her on high ground (many on the Point Mall knoll at 245 US202S), they returned to the floodwaters to save others.
But what became of the numerous soaked, cold people they deposited? There was immediate need, but no care services (like Red Cross) were available because road access for hand-off care providers was non-existent.
We can tell you what DID become of about 30-35 stranded souls from about 7:30 PM to midnight: the JSK Taekwondo studio unhesitatingly stepped up and opened its doors to all comers. JSK's on-duty staffer was a model practitioner of The Golden Rule. Not only did he provide a safe, warm place out of the storm for the terrified people on his doorstep, he offered what food and warm clothes he could. And not incidentally, he also made bathrooms available, not only to the refugees under his roof, but also to those who had driven to high ground in the Mall and parked outside the studio for 4-6 hours. All of this came at great personal cost ro the staffer, having to re-clean the studio from his dripping and dirty charges, before endeavoring to make the long trip home himself to Basking Ridge. Given the road closures that night, I suspect that he may have ended up sleeping overnight at the studio.
I'm sure that JSK's extraordinary kindness is reflected equally capably in its instruction, and I hope this review encourages many locals to seek out
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