The Eui-Jeong Martial Arts Hall was set to open in Nosan County of Henan Province.

To Cheong, the name carried an ill omen. Nosan? Again with Nosan? Yet, though the county bore the name Nosan, there was no actual mountain named as such. Instead, the majestic Baegun Mountain loomed over the area—a Nosan County without an actual Nosan.

The reason the hall was nestled deep within Baegun Mountain's steep slopes, rather than somewhere more convenient like Kaifeng, was simple: there was a mountain, so they used it. It was a mentality akin to that of climbers.

For growing martial artists, …