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I'm just curious did anyone else have any fears when they first signed up for classes at their respective dojangs? I was worried about doing board breaks and kicks since they were foreign at the time. The first class you have to break a board to get over those fears(side-step kick) and on my first attempt I stepped on the back my pans and ripped up my leg after 6 attempts I finally got through the board. thankfully I went from "sweet shin music" to "sweet chin music"
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I was afraid i was going to hurt someone in sparring. Thats about it, i wasnt woriied about anything else.
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| POSTED BY: Paff on 06/20/2008 03:38:57 |
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Similarly I was concerned about hurting someone else in sparring
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| POSTED BY: doughboy on 06/20/2008 06:00:32 |
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i don't really remember. i was 4 yr old, and many have told me that i sparred the first day and got knocked out. that may explain all the symptoms of drain bamage i display from time to time.
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My biggest fear was looking like a total idiot! Indeed I did look like a dancing elephant w/ my feet tied up but I did not let my fear stop me.
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Old enough to know better; Dumb enough to keep going!
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since i started with my son i think my fear was for him, is he going to do okay or not, now my fear is for myself, will i throw up today or will sabumnim yell at me AGAIN!!!! ohwell what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!!!
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| POSTED BY: ShelleyK on 06/22/2008 21:06:30 |
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Im like Sarge...I was scared to death of looking like a moron!
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"Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Have faith in your ability" Bruce Lee
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i was a bit scared everyone including the instructor were going to be just like the baddies from the the first karate kid movie. i couldn't have been more wrong and it was a sad day when the original instructor moved to america and left us with his right hand man who eventually drove the club into the ground.
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My first experience was at the age of seven with Thomkins Karate, which is Tang soo do, and then with Jhoon Rhee. I signed up because I literally did not want to be bothered by the gang of bullies comprised of kids two to four years older than my little brother and our friends, so I went in with the intent of coming out as a bad ass. I didn't really have any fears about the class. In fact, I went in with the idea that it was going to be great. I was suprised to find that it was better than I had expected it to be. I trained into the late eighties, then quit due to money: mom and dad stopped paying when I was eighteen and by this point, I had real expenses and a job with Radio Shack. When I came back to taekwondo at the age of forty, my biggest concern, though not a fear, was with my flexibility. I was never super flexible as kid or a young man. But at forty one, after a year of pushing hard, I have surpassed my age-20 flexibility.  Daniel
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교사 Yidan kumdo, Ildan taekwondo
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CelticTiger wrote:
When I came back to taekwondo at the age of forty, my biggest concern, though not a fear, was with my flexibility. I was never super flexible as kid or a young man. But at forty one, after a year of pushing hard, I have surpassed my age-20 flexibility.
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I had concerns about my flexibility and weight, I was conerned I was going to be too fat to TKD but that was quickly changed, yesterday during my weekly weight-in after class I hit the 300 mark (35 lbs left till my goal) but my muscle mass has increased by 15 percent with in the last 6 months which is good meaning I'm trading fat for muscle.
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