That's great to hear, and understandable about the students concentrating on their tests.
Hapkido is a great art that I wouldn't mind exploring if the opportunity arose. That and escrima. Probably the top two on my list aside from TKD and boxing, which I'm already involved in.
As for the sadness, that's only natural. The upside is... perhaps there are things you can do to stay in touch with your friends, since the internet has certainly done its part in making this world just a little smaller. I recently reestablished contact with my original instructor, some 24 years after I'd last seen him, thanks to the internet, and met you and the other great folks here at TKDSpace and a bunch of people on the ATA's unofficial forum.
I watched your sparring video... that was some nice ring work and good aggressiveness.
Yeah, I really enjoy learning Hap Ki Do, I find it very practical in terms of self defense, but I would also like to try Kumdo and boxing.
I hope to stay in contact with my Korean friends, probably through Facebook.
Thank you for the compliment on my sparring! I'm also welcome to criticism, always looking to improve. I hope to train more during the summer and compete in the fall. I have to choose my tournaments carefully though, they get expensive! There is one that I like to go to because the tournament has a special competition for black belts called "Instructors forms" where you draw a number and do that form. It doesn't cost extra, so I like to do that tournament to get more for my money.
Thank you kindly ma'am! How are things going with your efforts to instructor your friends that are teaching you Korean?
The instructing is going OK, the students are busy with tests in their class as we are fast approaching finals week, so most of them haven't been able to come. One student is teaching me Hap Ki Do, which I enjoy very much. I'm a little sad that they will all be leaving after finals.
