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“Why can’t it be a gym even though it’s Taekwondo?”

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– On the 4th, on the social network, so-called’Mom-chan’ posted a large number of photos with a signpost or phrases saying, “I urge a policy with’effectiveness’ and’equity’. It was a picket campaign against the policy to ban indoor sports facilities, which is part of the government’s social distancing policy. The Instagram id yeony_pila commented, “I understand the extension of the unavoidable spreading trend, but please stop the damage that is tilted to one side.”

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– Oh Seong-young, president of the National Health Club Supervisory Association, opened the door to the health club in dissatisfaction with the government’s prohibition policy.

On the 2nd, the government extended the 2.5th step for social distancing in the metropolitan area and the second step for the non-metropolitan area until the 17th. Some industries have lifted regulations. Ski resorts, snow sledding grounds, and ice rink are allowed to limit the number of people to one-third, as long as there are no more than 9 people at a time. However, there is also a controversy over equity as gymnasiums, indoor golf driving ranges, and billiards do not open locked doors.

Since the end of last year, there has been a strong backlash against the ban policy. Screen golf course owners, who were banned from operating during the peak season, held a rally in front of the National Assembly on December 30 last year, saying, “I can’t stand it,” and “please allow even less than two people per room.”

On the same day, the Federation of Pilates and Fitness Businesses in the Cheongwonran of the Blue House said, “From the first distance business restriction policy to sports facilities only, it is classified as a group restriction business. He said, “Please promote effective policies.” As of 1 pm on the 4th, more than 160,000 people agreed.

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The petitioner cited Big Data, a small business owner of Korea Credit Data, saying, “As of November 2020, sales of small businesses compared to the same period last year were only 21% in the sports industry and 14% in indoor sports facilities.” On the same day, 153 members of the federation filed a lawsuit against the government for damages of 5 million won per person for a total of 766 million won.

The death of A, the director of a health club in his 50s, found dead in Daegu on the first day of the year seems to have affected the backlash against the ban on sports facilities. The police estimated that Mr. A made an extreme choice. Another member who runs a fitness club in Daegu told the Internet community, “It was difficult after two months because of Shincheonji, but it was difficult (again banned), and the music industry sounds like a song.” wrote.

Due to the ban, the sales of self-employed people of about 150 billion won per month will disappear at 5,000 screen golf courses in the metropolitan area. There are about 3,000 indoor practice areas in the metropolitan area. Jang Mo, who runs an indoor practice center in Yongsan, Seoul, said, “It is an eight-week business ban, but it is difficult to endure a deficit of more than 10 million won per month.”

Trainers and coaches are often not registered as businesses and are not eligible for subsidies, which is a bigger problem. Kim Mo, who runs an indoor practice center in Bangbae-dong, said, “I heard that there was an accident while delivering food on a motorcycle that an unemployed lesson pro could not ride.”

In the online second-hand market, there is a message stating that membership rights related to exercise such as gym and pilates are transferred. In the golf industry, “if you don’t go to the driving range for a long time, you tend to forget the habit of exercising. It will take some time to restore the number of members.”

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– The owners and trainers said, “If you have to close it for quarantine, you will follow it even if it is difficult, but there is no principle. I am angry because of the government’s arbitrary guidelines.” Ballet and Taekwondo academies and restaurants do not know why, but other sports facilities are not.

Mr. Hwang Mo, who runs a screen golf course in Ilsan, said, “Please make a reasonable evaluation according to the number of people per area, compliance with the quarantine guidelines, and whether an unspecified number of people gather.”

The Blue House petition stated, “According to a recent study, if the number of recipients is limited to 20%, infections can be reduced by more than 80% compared to 100% open, and the actual number of visitors can be maintained at 58%. “There is a way to reduce and continue quarantine (there is).”

Hojun Sung Golf Reporter
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