Olympics
I love watching the games every four years. It's amazing to me every time a world record gets broken. I always end up asking: Just how much better can you possible become?!
As far as TKD: The games this year had me question how I feel about the art as a sport. I saw a lot of calls I thought were way off. Many no points, and a lot of kicks to the back that ended up being scored. I was dissapointed to see Peru not medal.
I'll go ahead and say I'm not the biggest fan of the Lopez family (I know they are a topic of division). I was surprised to see Steven lose in the quaterfinals. South Korea sweeping was of course not a big surprise.
Health & Fitness
The past few weeks, I haven't gotten as much sleep as I would have liked. However, it hasn't hampered my training too much.
I've been constnatly breaking my 2 mile time. Being conservative, my time is now 13:45. Of course, I know people who can easily destroy that number. However, I'm quite happy with the progress. To be honest, two years ago, I would have had a hard time thinking I could ever get below 14:30.
While I've been doing my improvised functional strength training, I've also been working on ocassional weekend workouts. I plan on mixing up HIIT with some strength training exercises in between.
Martial Arts
I passed my test for purple stripe. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. The test was one of my best ever. Looking back, I think it was a tad easy. I think my instructor trusted me a lot and didn't worry about me. I still pushed myself pretty hard. I had a 1/2 second brain freeze after the second side kick on Won Hyo. Besides that, the test was perfect. My breaks included a 1 inch cinder break, which was easy, but my finger got cut up when a fairly large chunk landed on it. I also did a speed side knife break and a double board hopping side kick. I took time to concentrate on my form for the side kick, which paid off big time.
My schedule has been busy, so I haven't done much BJJ training lately. I've written down what I've learned, so I'm able to practice a little, but know it's not the same. Things should get back to normal in a couple of weeks, since I'll be out of town next week.
I've only had one MMA class so far. I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to train with those guys. My goal is to train 2-3 times a week for taekwondo, at least once a week for BJJ, and at least once every other week for MMA.
Favorite Quote of The Week
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill
Favorite Song of The Week
"Closing Time" - Semisonic
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