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Maybe Not Foiled and Splits

12/06/06

Permalink 11:28:16 pm, by admin Email , 221 words   English (US)
Categories: ...and Takes On, Korea, Tae Kwon Do

Maybe Not Foiled and Splits

After Master had taken the time to type out my training schedule (even though he hates to type and had already written it out) on his calendar stationary, complete with "아만다 1월 태권도 계획" splashed across the top, he found someone fairly close to me, a friend of his Haan Dong friend. I'll go to the studio Friday night. If I go there, it will be only 1 hour a night, a quarter more expensive, and sport a larger population of middle school, high school, and university students (whoa).

I was all set to work out on my own, but I'll check it out and see what I think of the class. It will only be for six weeks, and then maybe for another four in the summer. I know, that's a fifth of the year, but what can I do about it? Nothing.

At any rate, in three weeks (and that includes a week of doing nothing due to injury), my splits have gone from 69 to 71 inches. I'm standing and lowering myself into the splits, and Master lets me lean forward onto my hands, which tilts the hips and makes it possible to go lower. I'm sticking neon green duct tape to the floor with the dates on it. It feels good to see the new tape; it makes 2 inches seem bigger than it is.

3 comments

Comment from: Wanda in AR [Visitor] Email
I feel pain just thinking about trying to do the splits. I missed the post (and can't seem to find it). Why is Master's studio going to be closed for 6 weeks.
12/07/06 @ 06:40
Comment from: admin [Member] Email
No, it's not closing for six weeks. He's switching to a "winter camp" schedule to accommodate the kids' school schedule change. Class will be earlier and only an hour long instead of two, and one or two days they're going skiing or something. Many hogwans (private learning institutes that teach everything from English to math to test prep to sports) change their summer and winter break schedules for the school children. This summer, in fact, he changed his summer schedule by a half an hour so I could come those four weeks. The winter break is six weeks long and there's just no way I can get there living where I am now.

So he came up with the idea of me temporarily training with someone else closer to me.
12/07/06 @ 09:40
Comment from: Mom [Visitor] Email · http://www.mypassiondiva.com
That's great! It's always good to get another perspective. And you can still train on your own. I wish I could see you doing the splits!
12/07/06 @ 13:37

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An American educator moves to Korea, presumably to teach English. Instead she discovers that learning Korean one taekwondo class at a time is a more captivating activity.

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