Signal boost for some of the new events at Saeng Myong ( Read more... )

I've been taking a fairly active role assisting in the kid's classes this month and I'm finding it's getting a tiny bit easier in understanding how to teach them. Some of the kids are around 7 years old, some are early teens, and just a few are about 4 or 5, so I have to try to be flexible enough in my teaching style to reach all of them while also ( Read more... )

I've been participating in the Junior TKD programs as an assistant instructor recently, partly to establish 'presence' within those classes, but also to learn just *how* to teach the adorable ADD-riddled chaos spawn. (I mean that in a good way, really.) So far, the classes have been manageable; only a few waddling low belts and one or two silly ( Read more... )

I'm taking the month off from my contract at the library to focus on getting the black belt, and given that workouts and running routines are keeping me fit, I should be ready barring unforeseen circumstances. That said, today's classes focused on the tempo of the sword form to improve the slow/moderate/blast speeds at appropriate points. ( Read more... )

Didn't quite get in my 21+ forms during practice today, but I still worked up a nice sweat.


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I wanted to postpone my commentary on the weekend's test until I found some resolution to a certain event which occurred during the event that I've avoided mentioning until now. But first, let me do a quick rundown of how the 4.5 hour exam progressed.

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Where to start?

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With it being the holiday weekend, the martial art school's weekend classes were cancelled, so Beemer and I went in for a couple of hours for a comfy spot to work out. My KF uniform is in the dryer, so I don my TKD outfit and we head out.

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For a while, I decided not to blog about my KF or TKD/TSD training on this account. It seemed rather played out and cliche; another night, another fight, more training, more, ahem, "fabrication" as some have called it. Yet, I know it's part of who I am, so instead of just abandoning my posts I created another account for this purpose. wushusaru was ( Read more... )