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In 37 hours time, I'll be training. And even though it's (literally) freezing outside, it'll be hard work and will probably hurt, I can't wait. It's been two weeks since I could get to class because I've been working all over the country. In the 14 days between times, I'll have worked 114 hours with just two days off. I'm cream crackered. My colleagues at the place I do most of my work know about my taekwondo. When I won the English champs back in March, the company newspap... Read More
And the verdict is... I passed the grading and am now a fully fledged member of the 7th kup club. Okay not a big deal to some but it felt pretty big in the 24 hours before I graded when I was racked with nerves, the 20 minutes of the actual grading and the four days of having to wait to see how I did! All three of the 'adult' yellow belts (aged 15ish to me with an 18 year-old in the middle) passed with high marks - and I got an A pass, which made me smile. As I said befo... Read More
This time yesterday I was furtively changing in a boys toilet wracked with nerves ahead of my forthcoming grading. The boys toilet thing was very accidental - it was in a hall I'd never been to before and there was no sign on the door saying men's/women's or whatever. I saw the urinals and thought maybe it was a mixed area... Turns out it wasn't but no-one saw me and I saw no-one so that was one trauma out of the way. Moments later I was called to the front desk by o... Read More
Last night was my last training session before my next grading on Saturday for my green tag (7th kup). It wasn't supposed to be: I'd been hoping to train tomorrow, but I have a work shift 200 miles away so I'll have to give it a miss. The session went well - I'm happy enough with my linework although I wish my pattern (Dan Gun) was a bit crisper, and my Korean terminology was fairly good... But now I'm starting to feel nervous. It's ridiculous, I know - physical harm is not a re... Read More
...or the class does anyway! Turn on the TV and it's financial misery this, economic meltdown that, and quite frankly it's no wonder people are more stressed and less happy than they should be. So I thought I'd share a brief tale that might raise a smile. Our regular instructor is away on his honeymoon so classes are being taken by some of the senior black belts in his absence. It's always fun training with different leaders. Different approaches lead to different... Read More
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