I got my bodan today (deputy black belt.) This is the last belt before black, but I'll be working a year on refining the knowledge and getting physically stronger (I'm still missing the ability to pass my 1.5 mile run and my standing long jump ( Read more... )

Been a little busy with the trip to Pittsburgh to help my mom buy a car and then Black Ships ( Read more... )

I tested for the next belt today. It wasn't that great, I messed up on some stupid things, but no biggie.

During my board break, I broke the board into three pieces and the third flew towards a parent and thankfully missed, but hit the wall. I also hurt my foot a little, so I limped for a moment while turning back to bow.

( boring pictures of wood )

I didn't make testing this belt, which I think was because I had a brain-o when reviewing my first stripe stuff, but my master doesn't give that great feed back unless you ask, so I don't know for sure ( Read more... )

Taekwondo is still awesome, though I might get a little stuck on this belt because my shoulder doesn't like the front falling technique. Surprisingly, however, my shoulder is doing better with it than I thought, so instead of testing by falling from my knees (which my Master was going to be fine with if it seemed like my shoulder wasn't going to ( Read more... )

I love that my Taekwondo master is so understanding of personal injuries and such. By being understanding of my knees, back and wrists, they've gotten so much better. Next on the docket, my shoulder. We're doing a front falling technique and he's letting me start from my knees until we know my shoulder can take it.

At my Taekwondo place, there is a visiting master who, when ever she led class, I would feel horribly sick and not be able to make it through the whole class. This left me crying, feeling horrible physically and hating myself mentally. I hated it ( Read more... )

Just some highlights ( Read more... )

I'm stuck in TKD which isn't bad in theory, but it's feeding into my "I'm not good at anything" script ( Read more... )

I've been called too nice a lot during my life ( Read more... )