Tonight was cool. I was the only girl in the dojang. I was also the only white belt. There were 2 other male students - both black. This is going to be interesting. It worked out well - the 2 black belts paired up together and I paired with the instructor the entire class for our pairing up drills. The class is geared to the highest level (we're the adult evening class), so I'm learning cool stuff that is usually not taught at the white belt level.
I've been feeling good - working out daily. I did research and found anaerobic and aerobic activities beneficial for martial arts. The best just also happens to be my favorite exercise to do - jumprope. I'm also doing jumping jacks, plyometric jumps of varying kinds, lifting light weights with high reps, push ups and lots of sit ups. Doing all of this in circuits keeps it fun and fresh.
My Songham 2 Form is coming along great. I worked on this again tonight. I do well in all of our kicking and punching drills. I broke a brown board tonight doing a right hand strike and then also on the left!!! Class was AMAZING up until this point.
Now for humble pie: The instructor decided for some crazy reason that I could spar him tonight. Are you serious - in my 3rd class? I don't even know anything yet!!! I sucked and felt like the biggest idiot. For the first time so far, I felt like a silly, stupid, clumsy girl and it totally sucked. I can't wait until I know what I'm doing.
On a personal note, I can already see the physical and emotional effects that these couple of weeks in Tae Kwon Do is already having in my life. I feel empowered, positive, energetic and very aware of the principals of martial arts: Honor, Integrity, Self Control, Courtesy, Respect, Loyalty. Those in my life are noticing, too!!!
Kihap!
Dedie
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