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park jimin's experience in martial arts is a better video. he has a black belt in taekwondo.

Jimin is the most versatile and attractive artist in whole K-pop industry.

Please check out "Park Jimin's Experience in Martial Arts", is a nice complement to this video 🤗

Jimin isn't ambitious and always let others win. Its in his kind and emphatic nature. The newest discovered talent of Jimin is voice acting. All bts members were given voice acting roles but Jimin shone the most. He is so good that the Hollywood movie studio invited him to work for them.

❤️Jimin, since age 11 studied, performed, & competed (winning every competition) in hip hop, popping (excels), & street dance, attending the renowned Busan Just Dance Academy, while also attending middle school, where being quite athletic, joined football team, excelled in track, awesome basketball player, great at billiards as well!! He then started studying & ultimately performing contemporary. The media even called Jimin 'The rising star of Busan', after seeing a performance! Jimin, while attending Busan High School of the Arts, aside from studying contemporary dance, also studied ballet and even traditional Korean dance!! Jimin even had an offer to dance overseas, which he turned down because he wanted to be a singer as well since the 2nd grade!! To the dismay of one of his dance instructors, who said, "The world of dance was going to lose a great artist"!! So Jimin auditioned for BigHit and ultimately was last member to join BTS, only having just a few months being a trainee, as opposed to all other member who were there already for 2-3 yrs!! Even so Jimin still received the official title of Main Dance & Lead Vocalist!!! Jimin now has also won the title King of Kpop as well as Best #1 Top Dancer in Kpop, both for 2 years in a row!!! His stage presence is incomparable, so mesmerizingly spectacular. Jimin even earned the name Stage Commander'!! Jimin is even called the 'Rookie's Bible'! Other idols look up and try to emulate & learn from him. He's looked up to by many Kpop idols who he's quite popular with!! As well as other renowned artists and celebs worldwide. Jimin, since a quite young age, for 8 yrs also trained in various forms of martial arts: Taekwondo (Blackbelt), Hapkido, Kumdo (Korean form of Kendo), & Chinese martial arts which all gave him his amazing inner core strength as well as his phenomenal flexibility, which Jimin applies to all his gravity defying dance moves! Jimin has found a way to incorporate all his various dancing style abilities as well as his vast knowledge of martial arts into his own unique absolutely so amazingly spectacular dancing abilities.

Jimin has a black belt in taekwondo

i think a better compilation would be ‘Park Jimins experience in martial arts’ it shows and gives you a lot more of what he can do :) love the reaction as always 👍

Jimin is good at everything too!! My boy!!

JIMIN'S TALENT EXPLOSION MOMENTS by sweet Jimin is actually a better compilation then this one. Hopefully you guys get a chance to react to that as well!!

💜 You guys are right! Jimin’s nature are not competitive & you can see he hate confrontation. Charlie has described Jimin perfectly. “Do it not to win but do it as best as he can!” But Jimin has working hard, especially if he think it is important, he would try again & again & push himself to the limits to make sure he did everything he can to mastered it & still work hard to improve it more. At 2013 right after their debut, Jimin wrote his life motto on their self introductory papers, “Try your best over & over again until you cannot do it anymore!” & he was only 17 years old. Ever since then, he has followed his motto with his actions & BTS members are the witnesses & told us many times. According to Jin, at the beginning Jimin slept 3-4 hours & kept practicing these hard core dance movements & singing while still attending school & maintaining a good grades(but often end up with nose bleeding), Jin often told Jimin “Jimin-ah, if you keep pushing yourself like this, you are going to die. Pls, rest & eat something...”

the game shows are mostly from RUN BTS.. There are more than 100 eps and are still going. You guys can watch them at weverse or vlive.. Most of the older eps can be found at vlive

'Probably using that hug strength' lol! You aren't wrong! 😄

A lot of Korean idols are actually really athletic. Their daily routines and lifestyles are that of an Olympic athlete really: literally hours of dance training/practice, vocal lessons, strict dietary regiments, recording sessions, etc. What makes Jimin so special in my opinion is his mental control over his muscles and body along with his great dancing musicality. Thanks for the reaction :D

I still can’t picture how you guys are shorter than Jimin. I think it’s the result of always seeing Jimin surrounded by people that are taller than him... that my sense of height is skewed now. 😅

Not appreciating Jimin??? Lol Chalfant is totally a Jimin bias!

I will be looking forward to when you guys react to ❤️BTS JIMIN BEST LIVE HIGH NOTES & RASPY VOCALS COMPILATION (UPDATED) by Jem. Link in reply. Shows Jimin's breathtakingly amazing vocal abilities, his full range including his lower registry as well as his high notes, since BTS debuted in 2013 til recent 2020 performances, even acoustic & accapela!! There's a reason why Jimin was given not just the official title of Main Dancer but Lead Vocalist since BTS debuted! Jimin has also now won the prestigious title 2 yrs in a row for both, KING OF KPOP, & BEST DANCER IN KPOP!

The video fell short with Park Jimin's martial arts experience!... He doesn't look like it, but he's a teacher! 😁💜

Here's the more extensive Jimin Bio, since some wanted the fuller version: ❤️JIMIN, at age 11 started studying, performing, & competing (winning every competition), in hip hop, popping (excelled), & street dancing, while attending the renowned Just Dance Academy in Busan where he's from! He was so good that an instructor even had the high tuition fee waived at one point! This was while also attending middle school, where he loved sports, being quite athletic, joined the football team, excellent at track, great at basketball, & billiards! Jimin also, all throughout his schooling, was known as a top scholar, achieving perfect scores, especially in math & science which just always came easy to him! Jimin was even class president for 9 yrs in a row! Jimin, all throughout his schooling, was also quite good in art class, as well as calligraphy. Jimin, then also took up contemporary dance. The media, after seeing a performance of Jimin's performing at a huge Busan Festival Event, called Jimin "The rising star of Busan"!! JIMIN also studied ballet & traditional Korean dance while attending Busan High School of the Arts. Jimin still went to Just Dance Academy to take hip hop classes whenever he could because his first love has always been hip hop, even though he was now majoring in contemporary! JIMIN even had an offer to dance overseas, but declined because he also wanted to become a singer since the 2nd grade, to the dismay of one of his dance instructors who said "The world of dance was going to lose a great artist"!! So Jimin then went and auditioned for BigHit Entertainment, (company BTS is signed with), being the very last member to join, being a trainee for only a few months (which is unheard of for most Kpop idols), as opposed to the 2-3 yrs of being a trainee the other members had! But Jimin was so good that he was assigned the official title of one of the two Main Dancers, as well as Lead Vocalist. Jimin was even assigned most of the high notes since the very beginning, because even without all that training in the beginning, he was that good, a natural born singer who, just like his dancing makes you feel every emotion and feeling he's trying to convey! JIMIN, also, for 8 yrs, since a quite young boy, trained in various forms (4), of martial arts: Taekwondo (Blackbelt), Hapkido, Kumdo (Korean form of Kendo), & Chinese martial arts. He even won a scholarship, the only student to do so, to study more extensively in China for awhile! All the martial arts training has given JIMIN his phenomenal inner core strength, as well as his amazing flexibility, which has enabled Jimin to achieve all those breathtakingly spectacular gravity defying dance moves! JIMIN has found a way to incorporate all his various dance disciplines, as well as his extensive training in martial arts into his unique, ever so special, outstandingly amazing dancing abilities!! JIMIN, has been called 'Stage Commander', known for his amazing, so mesmerizing stage presence. Each dance move is executed flawlessly, his extensions all the way to the fingertips, his lines so clean, his fluidity, his poise & elegance, his ever so graceful moves, but yet, sharp, quick & deliberate when required! He focuses on every detail! Known for his work ethics and being a perfectionist to a fault, spending hours in the practice room, will study every move, even focusing on hands to fingertips. Even his facial expressions, or the look in his eyes! Every single detail he focuses on. Jimin tends to take in the music and interprets all the emotion & feelings, whatever it's trying to convey through his body movements as well as his vocals. JIMIN has won the prestigious titles for 2 yrs in a row for KING OF KPOP, as well as also winning BEST TOP #1 DANCER IN KPOP, 2 yrs in a row, as well!! JIMIN is also referred to as "Rookie's Bible" because all rookie idols, try to emulate & study every move he makes, trying to learn from him! Aside from all that Jimin has won other countless award, broken many records. His 4 solos have broken charting records worldwide, as well as being top seller, plus most listened to. Also breaking records for being #1 branding marketing idol, a feat never achieved before, and still ongoing! So much more as well but will stop here.

Bang Si-Hyuk, (The father of BTS) discovered 7 young boys from different places in Korea with different backgrounds and created a machine. Jimin, Jhope and Jkook are very good with their bodies about dances and sports. Suga was a good Basket´player, too. Apart of this, Jimin went during his school days, elected president of his class. I knew he was good at math and He is a Black belt. He can ballet pretty well. In the MAMA2019 and "Black Swan"MV are showed his best performance. Even when my bies is Suga, I feel admiration for each BTS boys. They are all pure talent!!!! and it a Congrats to Bang Si-hyuk, too! GOOD REACTION, GUYS!!! from Bs As

Wooow... Jimiiin😲... he is fantastic👏👏👏🤩💖!!!!! Thanks guys!!!!!

지민이는 사랑 그자체예요 매력덩어리 못하는거없는 천재아이돌 진짜 사랑해 지민아💛👍

That was from their own TV show RUN BTS and the one you saw is episode 42, they have 122 episodes so far

Jimin is perfect beauty and brain with many talents and skills .He was name as God of Mathematics a valedictorian and most of all he has a down to earth behavior....Watch Jimin Effect and Jimin can steal your man ,Jimin high voice these are all interesting to watch

I do recommend for you guys to see both JIMIN TALENT EXPLOSION MOMENTS by sweet Jimin, as well as PARK JIMIN'S EXPERIENCE IN MARTIAL ARTS by manikas-whims.

i really like your guys' friendship and I would love to see your reaction to vmin's (taehyung and jimin) friendship. bts and they themselves call them soulmates. they even have a song together called "friends" which is about their friendship that jimin helped write and produce.

Watch the introduction of Jimin 2022 or 2024 and know more about his beauty and brain talents and about him

I appreciate y'all responding to the critique about Jm. At the same time, know that there are also "solo stans" out there who are super sensitive about their favored member... Those people should just be ignored. Jimin & Tae tend to have the most solo stans, but I've seen them for almost all the members.

Once you Jim in you can't Jim out💜

Jimin is a person of contrast. One one hand, he's been a kendo, taewondo , marital arts student since young, and he excelled in school in Maths & Sciences - the hard stuff. On the other hand, he can also look androgynous (masculine and feminine whichever way like in "filter" he sings) through attire and make-up. Being a contemporary dancer means he also acquires the soft side. Not many people can have such contrast.

Check Jimin's floor slide at 0:13 in this MNet Anpanman performance. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orWWZJmLtqqolHk.html I have seen Jimin do a choreo perfectly in practice, and then mess it up in a rehearsal, to make another BTS member who's in the same piece look better in front of the other members. That ain't all. I seen him do a bunch of very generous and caring things embedded in a performance. Like assist somebody who's flagging, or get a piece of debris off the floor, or help moving a piece of stage furniture, things like that. He doesn't have a big boundary between performance and living. He's always caring.

He is competitive like evert member. Those games they are playing is shown in their show RUN BTS, where they play various games. U can see how competitive they can all get just to get a ramyeon or a gift certificate.

The show you asked at 8:30 is "Run BTS! Ep 42". Run BTS! is their reality show and has over 100 ep now. They played games in the shows usually.

All members are unique and talented in their own way. I like all members equaly. Have fun finding out who each member is.

울지민이예뻐해주셔서감사합니다🙇‍♀️😊

Hello FRIENDS,JIMIN IS THE BEST OF THE BEST, I'M A FAN OF JIMIN 9 YEARS ❤

Jimin♥️♥️♥️♥️

Run BTS, Run Trale!!

Just ignore those scary ARMY!! Chill~ We all love you!

You know how it works for sure. Not everyone will appreciate how you react on some scenes on the videos you're watching. But of course there will always be the majority of us who appreciates you both as you dig deeper into knowing the guys not only music-wise but also their personalities. Thank you!

Perfect~

So glad you're looking at just how special each of the guys are aside from their being musical geniuses. They are all so talented and brilliant in so many different ways. Our Jiminie is actually able to kill someone with his bare hands, yet he does it simply by his smile and being his cute Mochi self. That said... Don't make him mad, he gets scary! 🤣 Can't wait to see you do this for each guy, their depth is that of the sea! 💜

The show where they were going through the obstetrical course and jumping is RUN BTS you can watch it for free on vlive and weverse but many people have also uploaded it to youtube....the older episodes are not on weverse because they started it on vlive and after weverse started they continues it on vlive but also started uploading them to weverse.

Oh Lord, you have to watch RUN BTS series. This is where you get to really know them. Their behaviour and personalities are very constant. That's how you know how genuine they are. They're hilarious... and naughty lol. Kind and respectful. Brave... and not brave = Jin, J-Hope and Suga (how can the 3 oldest and 2 of them being rappers be such scaredy cats). To be honest, I really like it when they scream. And I'm very fond of Jimin's frustrated ARRRGH growl when he loses. Also their Bon Voyage series is great as well. Yeah JK is highly competitive. HIGHLY!!! Physically Jimin and then V are the next ones to give JK a run for his money. The boys are great entertainers at just being themselves. It's a big part of why they endear themselves to me.

This is just to check out for further self-education about BTS, with a Jimin focus. Jimin - dance athleticism - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJipnMKTrcyuj40.html BTS - learning choreo - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7xyrKSftLCnYJc.html Jimin - martial arts athleticism - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbuTe8qZv7fcmas.html BTS - working on hard choreo for a 2018 KBS show - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMCGZKaGnpvWfaM.html BTS - basketball before one of the awards shows - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mN-pjc6CuZ3eiok.html

Don't take it to heart when you get criticism. That's the way it is in all Kpop fandoms. People get really invested -- sometimes in only one member. I adore Jimin, but only someone familiar with dance would notice the little details of what he does. That's why, with dance practices, armys usually watch it several times to check out each member. Amazingly, though they look like they are all doing the same thing at the same time, there are always variations and differences between each member. For example, I never noticed that Jimin did the splits in Fake Love until my 2nd or 3rd time watching the dance practice. How could I have been so blind?!! And most recently in MAMA, RM and Jin were doing a different wave-type move in the background of the dynamite dance practice. Nowadays I always expect that Jimin will shine. What blew me away in the choreography of the MMA Black Swan performance was not just the members (RM and Jin again!), but the backup dancers.

Hello from Cody Wyoming! You guys are awesome, I'm late but...😊

Can't believe no one has told you about Run yet. Okay. so BTS, since they aren't usually invited to variety shows before, created their own... When I say they document everything. I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING. You can watch most of this from these apps called Vlive and Weverse. RUN BTS (now has more than 100 episodes)... It's usually the boys doing things like gaming, cooking, sports, etc. usually competing against each other or vs. the staff.. Prizes are usually food coupons (which they would kill for eventhough they are millionaires 😬)! They are very competitive and they betray each other a lot. 😂 Another BTS show u might like is their travel show called Bon Voyage. It has 4 seasons now. This is when the staff determines a destination (another country), gives them money and then leaves the boys to fend for themselves (sometimes with tiny missions).. They do everything for themselves from packing to boarding flights to cooking, camping, getting drunk etc.. 💜💜💜 They have other series like bring the soul and break the silence, both of which has accompanying movies (I believe you've got a glimpse of this from the earlier vids). This is when they go on tour and we see the behind the scenes of the said tour. It's enlightening and gives us a better view on what goes on after performances. Their newest one is called "In the soop" (in the forest), shot during quarantine. They rented this place in the middle of nowhere and stuffed it with different activities and groceries... It's seven days of the boys doing what they wanna do (that they couldn't do before because of work), usually trying out different food, karaoke, painting, reading etc. They have other movie-like shows where we get a glimpse of the boys' work and when they're out of the country.. Like summer and winter packages where they document when they go to a certain countries and what their days consist of. There are some other things to add but this is too long already. Am sure other ARMYs will fill you in.. P.S. i just started watching you guys yesterday and i binged the BTS content you guys put out. i believe i'm somewhere on your 20th BTS video or something. 😂😂😂 Edit: nevermind. am on your 39th 😂

Thanks for reacting to Jimin videos.. please don't mind those hate messages you might be getting for appreciating him coz he is truly a nice person.. stand on what is right and disregard those negative people.. keep it up guys!

Jimin and Jhope have "Bodily/kinesthetic intelligences" in accordance to psychologist Howard Gardner. Maybe Jungkook too. (Because Jungkook is good everythings). But Kinesthetic Intelligence is the ability to have a well-coordinated body, something found in athletes and dancers. In my country, the players Maradona (in the past), Messi (football), Julio Bocca (Ballet), Manu Ginóbili (Basket), have this intelligence. But JIMIN AND JHOPE, can create with his bodies dance and teach another. And they produce admiration in others with their movements. Jimin was a black belt. I know Suga was a red belt and one of the best player in basket during his seconday School. But in my personal opinion, SUGA has "Linguistic intelligence" because he has the ability to use language in special and creative ways, which is given in, writers, editors, and interpreters. But after "Daechwita", even "seesaw" live performance, I strongly believe he is a perfect actor, as V and Jin are, too. And I dont have doubts, RM has "Interpersonal intelligence". The ability to be able to work well with people, which is strong in Piliticians, teachers and leaders of groups. Maybe, he has as Suga Linguistic intelligence, too. Suga bought a lot of books to read when he was in Primary School. He wanted to learn and speak better as people on TV. (He said). And he started to write songs when he was 13. RM was writing when he was 11. He got prizes in his School. Well, he has a IQ of 148. Of course, All of them have Musical intelligence. (for a teachers is very important to study Multiple intelligences on the work of Gardner). Sorry my English. From Argentina

Jimin was offered a scholarship to study martial arts in China.... he chose dance.

Run BTS u can watch all over the yt, with subtatles

The show is Run BTS. Weekly episodes are released that too if they are not concerting or something.

The show is bts RUN.

brothers.. i am early 😍 here always watching these videos with you. even i already watched the videos 100x.. enjoyed it like its my first time. borahae💜

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Jimin is very physical in an affectionate way with the guys, he is always hugging, and touching and even slapping them (all in good fun, well, 97% of the time🤔😂. He has been known to get mad and will slap an arm or hand when he gets mad, but usually catches himself). He is very affectionate and loves to cuddle with the members. You have to realize, they have been together for 10 years, and are very sheltered. Not much freedom in their social interactions, and they are usually accompanied by managers and bodyguards. And they have to be so careful of every single thing they do, because they are always under the microscope. Everything they do and say, every expression on their faces are, analyzed, scrutinized, criticized, and publicized. So they are very close with each other and feel safe when with them. Sorry, bunny trail.....😂. Jimin is teased mercilessly by the guys, and is the butt of many jokes and memes because of his size. He is somewhere between 5’6 3/4”- 5’8 1/2”, depending on the source you used. But we do KNOW he is the shortest in the group and has tiny hands. There is a video of them hanging outside at James Corden’s studio, killing time. Tae was casually shooting baskets, with Jimin and JK watching him. Jimin says , let’s go play with him. JK just kept watching and says, he’s really good. Jimin got up to walk over and tried to convince Jk to play too. He said no, he can beat me. I don’t play with people who are better than me. I laughed so hard at seeing that crack in Kookie’s armor. We see how competitive he really is. We know he hates to loose, but never saw the lengthens he would go to to keep from loosing.😂😂🤣🤣. Our poor baby bunny, we still love you. Great reaction guys !

Pls checkout Park Jimin's background in martial arts titled- "Park Jimin's experience in martial arts".

Hey guys... don't go by what others say...just do what you feel like... People appreciate that too...😊 And of course you appreciate each member, and you're only starting so understandable... It's ok... P.S. Trale we're waiting for your channel...💜

Hey its okay I think it's just because things have been a bit shakey with how people treat jimin so they probably notices that

Hey guys, good content. (Apart from being an Army)

Please don't mind those kind of comments... It's what I noticed sometimes... Some and not limited to only armys but non stans as well,,, people who does, support and/or follow certain things or people,,, they at times assume you (newbies in general) to know or notice certain things that only/mostly more knowledgeable people do... And go like "you should have known" ; "you should have noticed" ; "why didn't you notice/know?" smh... It's okay to not notice or know things at first. It's normal in the process of gaining knowledge 😌😌

Those episodes are from the 'run BTS' in Vlive. You guys can download vlive app either computer or cell phone and follow the BTS. The contents are free to watch. So many BTS memes are from that show.

JKM

That was BTS RUN EPISODES

Happy New Year, everyone.

Aw, no DMs on Twitter? But the enriched experience! The floods of memes and pics! Missed opportunities, man...😜

Its bts run ep..they play diffrent kind of game there.. Anyway, jimmin is master in kendo too plss react for that.

There's a better video for this. Its called Park Jimin's Experience in Martial Arts

8:28 Run BTS (it's their own show)

U should react to oli london the guy who went to plastic surgery to look like Jimin

I THINK U GUYS APPRECIATE ALL SEVEN OF THEM

BTS have variety show its run BTS If you watching is very funny

in my opinion this video is a little bit messy in the way it's edited. there's a video called "jimin talent explosion moment" which breaks down some of his talents. There are some moments of this video in the other one, but it also has other things and it is overall more organized :) there's another one called "Park Jimin's Experience in Martial Arts" which is more specific to his martial arts skills

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did you guys attend the YE concert?

Your reactions are enjoyable. Please don’t get impacted by criticisms.

Their show RUN BTS is highly entertaining - mostly funny. Haha as if you did not have enough BTS videos to watch already. However, the Run BTS variety shows just give a different breed of entertainment and for me are great antidotes for gloomy days.

There are some scary ARMY out there who are a tad overprotective so don't apologise for every little thing or that is all you will be doing! We can see you are really cool BTS fans and know you can't learn 10 years of history in a few months. "You nice, keep going". (A Jimin meme in case you don't know!)✌💜

Hi guys, please react to BTS dance practice 💜

Hey guys, I hope that you don't stop uploading videos, I like hearing your opinions about different topics🥰🥰🥰 You need to check out "the underrated intelligence of bts park jimin" video. You nice keep going 👌

This show v live run bts,so fanny🤣🔥🔥💜

Run bts. İt's they're free variety show. Where they play games and compete against each other. Armys call it the place where the bts bond is often and always betrayed especially when there is a spy/mafia. You never know who is the betrayer 😭

RUN BTS/GAYO BTS....IN VLIVE APP...HAVE FUN!!!

I love your friendship its so great!!! Some fan compilations are good and some aren't depending on context, if they added it. Yiu can see alot of their friendship, their talents and genuineness from vlives, their variety shows and live performances and interviews. Or if you do check out fan compilations, check my channel for the good ones. I have a playlist for that too 💜😄 Happy new year!!!

Plis react to stray kids

BTS run episodes there's over 100 they do games cooking learning new skills. There funny entertaining and very easy to watch!! I live for my weekly run episode haja

Can you maybe react to ATEEZ

please react to change - wale ft RM 😊

JIMIN'S HEIGHT IS 5'8

Please have a reaction to KIM TAEHYUNG THE MULTI TALENTED KING pt1

Just in case anyone wanted to see one relay race in which BTS are the underdogs...it’s kinda exciting (English sub available): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8lla9Fm18CqgIU.html

Since you guys are friends, why don't react to video about Jimin-V close friendship. There are some videos about them that was really good.

Guys - does this mean you'll do 6 more vids to properly appriciate each member's uniqueness? Or would it take a bloody coup?!?! Speak now so we can suggest vids to watch!

K waaay too many flips lol

SUGA is made up of the first syllables of the 2 words Shooting Guard, the position he favoured as a basket ball player.

Pleaseee react to Run BTS episodes as a new series on this channel!! There are 122 episodes so lots of content. It's the best place to see BTS' personalities and I die from laughter every episode!!

Chalfant you have blood on your hand I think? I couldn't tell properly

Were you guys Breathing the entire Video? I haven't been this offended since my father got my name wrong in 4th grade.

Pleeeease what is the name of your music intro!!