My Journey into the art of Songahm Tae Kwon Do through the American Tae Kwon Do Association
My wife of 8 years and mother of our three kids. She started TKD after the birth of Odie, our third child.
Our seven-year-old daughter. She was originally supposed to be a spectator to Cowboy, but jumped in and has proven to have an incredible talent for the martial arts.
Our six-year-old son. He is small for his age, so starting him in TKD is what got us into this mess. He is very close to our Chief Instructor, and his spirit is twice as big as he is.
Our youngest son, born in April of 2006. By the time he is old enough to start, we should all be Black Belts.
| CHALLENGE STATUS PUSHUP: +129 SITUPS: +0 MILES: -3.0 FORMS: -13 SPARRING: -28 RAOK: -28 JOURNAL: -9 I'm nervous now. Last night I went through my form during class, and all by myself, kiaped on the first move of SA#2. Felt like a complete idiot. The confidence I had before is dwindling as the test (the easiest one I will take) approaches. It doesn't help that I'm going to be doing it alone in front of my class. |
posted by Chris at 1:49 PM
Comments on "Nerves"
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Unknown said ... (8:41 PM) :
post a commentDon't be so hard on yourself. Tonight was a practice, right? You still have time. My testing/graduation is on Tuesday, so I know how you feel, as I can barely remember when the kihaps are in my form! Just do your best, and don't worry about doing it perfectly, because compared to how you will be able to do this same form when you are higher up, your technique will improve, and you will realize that ALL white and orange belts make mistakes, even at testing. Just do your best, and you'll probably still pass. You'd really have to super mess up to not pass. Trust me-- I've been through a few cycles now, and I've seen the best and the worst. I'm sure you'll be fine. ;-) Go for it!