Posted in Taekwondo, Training Diary, tagged Martial Arts, Taekwondo, training on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Everything in class is now devoted to polishing me for the cho dan confirmation. The test is close and that’s all I’ll say about that for now.
Forms and self-defense are pretty good. We have 22 one-step sparring techniques (i.e. defense against punches and kicks) and 22 self-defense techniques (i.e. defense against grabs, head locks, etc). [...]
Posted in Taekwondo, Training Diary, tagged Taekwondo, tournaments, training on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night was more tournament preparation. I worked with super student on breaking. Sabum worked with students who are going to try a form at the tourney. Then we both worked on everyone’s sparring. Sabum and a few others are sparring at this tournament. I’m sitting that part out but I am breaking and trying [...]
Posted in Opinion, Taekwondo, Training Diary, tagged breaking, fear, Martial Arts, pragmatism, realism, Taekwondo, tournaments, training on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Karate training has an article up that is related to this post.
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