In October, I had my first taekwondo class in almost 20 years.
Luke has been taking taekwondo now for a couple years. He takes the summer off
and recently took a 9 month break. He is back in and tested for his purple
belt. Watching all his classes, I have always had the urge to join him and jump back in. I have always
enjoyed taekwondo and the exercise. Since we finished harvest I
thought that would free life up a bit and I could make it work. Luke was very
excited and anxious for me to start. The instructor Master Phillips was all for
it and told me I could wear my green belt. I felt a little awkward and silly
jumping in with a group that has been doing it for so long and being a higher
belt. There are mostly kids and a few adults. Even more bizarre was my co-worker
from FDAH and his kids are in the class. Kevin worked in the lab and while
working I visited with him daily. He was always a very nice guy and I enjoyed
working with him. Now I get to take class with his 14 year old daughter
and 5 year old son. I
recalled the formalities and everything came back easily. I did realize how my college days and Master Pak, the Korean ISU
instructor, were much more hard core and disciplined. There, we had to learn everything in Korean language and technique was
perfected. This group is relaxed and kid oriented. I wanted to participate mostly for exercise and to do something together with Luke. The kicks and moves were easy for me
and I can still kick very high. For the last 15 minutes of
class the upper rank belts stay to spar.
2 months into the class, I am feeling less sore, more fit, healthier, and improving my skills. I am enjoying the class. One night Jake had my phone during class and took some pictures. I could not believe that was me in the photo jumping for a jump side kick. I kind of impressed myself. Mama can jump. Luke is doing great in his taekwondo and it has been fun to see him improve.
2 months into the class, I am feeling less sore, more fit, healthier, and improving my skills. I am enjoying the class. One night Jake had my phone during class and took some pictures. I could not believe that was me in the photo jumping for a jump side kick. I kind of impressed myself. Mama can jump. Luke is doing great in his taekwondo and it has been fun to see him improve.
Friday got up to 80 degrees and was very windy. The boys had Spanish class and Mark worked cattle. He and Tony worked them all by themselves. That is a lot of cattle to sort, push through chutes, and vaccinate, implant, etc.
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