my timesThe Korea Times

Fighter pulls no punches raising daughter

Listen

Choo Sa-rang cries after stumbling on the ground during a runnning race against Yuto. / Screen capture from YouTube

For mixed martial arts fighter and TV personality Choo Sung-hoon, rearing his three-year-old daughter is no different from training an infant son regimentally.

In reality TV show "Superman Returns" on KBS Sunday -- where four celebrity fathers spend time with their young children -- Choo, 39, made his daughter, Sa-rang, go through an obstacle course, including climbing a wooden ladder and crawling through a rope-woven tunnel, with her friend, Yuto.

At the end of the course, Choo told the two to race each other in running. He promised to give candy to the winner. Sa-rang lost twice, each time sobbing and begging her father not to give the candy to Yuto.

“I want to teach Sa-rang that anything can happen,” Choo said during the program. “When she stumbles on the ground and gets hurt, I just say, ‘That’s fine.’”