Ups:
I tested for and earned my red belt.
I broke my board the week before with my 7 year old (who broke her board at the same time)
Both my children earned their assistant leadership
My 10 year old broke her board on the first try with a beautiful looking kick
Downs:
I tried to break at the test with [...]
I decided to watch some Tae Kwon Do footage from the Beijing Olympics. Given that it is the art I practice it should be interesting, no?
Forgive me, but I found it dead boring. It’s not much of a spectator sport. When each round is 2 minutes long and all the two opponents [...]
After several choice words and a disconnect in the middle of uploading I have the video…with sound!
There is a smidge of background noise (fans) and the color looks hideous because the floor and the three walls without mirrors are GREEN! But here I am doing Tae Guk Yuk Jang (my brown belt poomsae).
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If I can get it to upload to YouTube. And I might not have sound on it. The only computer on the house that I can transfer movies to (from my camera) is a middle aged laptop. Let’s hope I can figure it out.
My belt test this month that is. It’s on the 23rd and if all goes well I’ll get my red belt. I’m starting to internally freak out about how much more is being demanded of me. I kind of knew this would happen, but living in denial is so much easier. Now that I’m an [...]
