I've been back training for a year now and it's been a crazy life-changing year at that.

I've gone farther in my career than I ever thought realistic, I've lived in one of the biggest capital cities in Europe and I have a totally different body shape.

And one of them is solely down to taekwondo.

I wasn't very fit when I started back. I remember coughing and gasping for air during my first lesson and being totally embarrassed by it - it was only the warm up!

A year... Read More

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Talk about a rollercoaster. Training tonight started great - we did linework with much more Korean than normal which was a great challenge and a great chance to pick up some vocab that I'd not heard before.

After that we practiced kicks on pads, and got to work on some new ones. I was having a real nightmare with reverse side kick/spinning side/back kick - I have a natural tendency to over-rotate and end up all out of alignment.

But I found that reverse hook is my kick... Read More

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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

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...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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3 CHEERS for Kalynn and TKDspace.com!

There are MANY Martial Arts websites out there. Hummm which ones do we join? What are we looking for? Are some better than others?

Well, of course if you want ONLY TaeKwon-Do, then you are here!   I have found that many sites do NOT allow owners/Admins. of different websites to mention or "promote" their own website with their Profiles, Blogs and such.

WHY I always ask? Most all Martial Arts teach unity, respect, a... Read More

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