Actor Kim Min revealed his life in an old house in Dongducheon and his work as a hapkido instructor on MBC’s ‘I Live Alone.’
How does Kim Min’s daily life continue beyond what can be explained by his occupation as an actor alone?
His life with a generator and his martial arts background, revealed on the program, showed both one person’s way of living and years of training.
3-Line Summary
1. Kim Min is a hapkido instructor
2. His martial arts experience totals 10 dan
3. Daily life and one’s profession may differ from what appears on television
Kim Min’s Day Begins in an Old House in Dongducheon
Kim Min revealed his home, where he lives alone, on the MBC variety program ‘I Live Alone,’ which aired on the 2nd. According to reports, the house is an 80~90-year-old traditional home in Dongducheon, and Kim Min explained that he is using the home of an acquaintance who was close to his family. He also stated, “I have been living alone for 28 years.”
The house was shown receiving electricity by operating a generator. After securing the front door with wire, Kim Min went up to the rooftop and turned on the machine, bringing electricity into the house. He explained that when the water pump and generator run together while he showers, the power supply becomes insufficient and the lights flicker.
What stands out in this scene is not the old house itself, but the fact that Kim Min has accepted that environment as part of his way of life. On the program, Kim Min said, “I think life has to be somewhat lacking for you to be happy. It’s fun.” Rather than describing a life that tolerates inconvenience as a special production, he presented it as part of the daily life he had chosen.
He Becomes a Hapkido Instructor When He Puts on His Uniform
After leaving home and traveling by motorcycle, Kim Min trained students at a hapkido studio. Unlike his appearance while working as an actor, he took on the role of an instructor wearing a martial arts uniform, demonstrating movements himself and checking the students’ form.
His martial arts background was introduced as a total of 10 dan. His history of training not only in hapkido but also in taekwondo, karate, and kickboxing was mentioned, and he also revealed on the program that he had competed in hapkido as a representative of Gyeonggi Province in the past. It was reported that he strictly corrected the children’s movements while also showing a gentle side at other moments.
For Kim Min, martial arts appears to be a long-standing pursuit that has continued through teaching, rather than a skill newly brought out for television. Separate from the acting career of the actor who has appeared in the dramas ‘Casino,’ ‘The Killer’s Shopping Mall,’ and ‘Four Hands,’ his role as an instructor leading students was clearly revealed at the studio.
A Screen Shaped by Two Different Histories: the Generator and 10 Dan
This episode did not show Kim Min’s life only as the glamorous daily routine of an actor. Scenes followed one another of him running a generator in an old house, teaching martial arts at the studio, and reading an English-language book while traveling. His experience studying and working in acting overseas was also mentioned on the program.
The clearest aspect of Kim Min’s daily life is that his various backgrounds do not exist separately. The inconvenience of living in an old house, teaching hapkido, and acting appear to contrast with one another, but all exist within the life he has chosen and continued. This appearance became an opportunity to show viewers who had remembered Kim Min only as characters in his works another side of him.
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