The middle of my week has turned out to be exceptionally busy, which makes any kind of blogging difficult.
Classes went well. On Wednesday night I tried out a session of Tae Kwon Do at a gym not too far from here. Some of the other teachers have been going for quite some time, and since I'd like to get back in shape, I thought I'd give it a try. It wasn't nearly as difficult as I expected, but Dan told me that the lesson was a lot lighter than normal. (And no, Mom, my surgery didn't bother me at all. ;-) Another option I'm looking at is SanDa (sp?--Chinese kickboxing), which one of the other teachers does. That looks a little more intense, but Tae Kwon Do seems to have much better stretching.
Decision, decisions, decisions . . .
Last night I went to an international fellowship with one of my co-teachers. Meeting new people is always a bit difficult for me, but I did have some fun. Since I don't have classes today, I'm planning on meeting a couple of British guys from last night to do some hiking. They don't live very far from me, and I think I know how to find the one's apartment.
Posted by at February 27, 2004 7:31 AM"whoa."
i got to go to a kickboxing class once. and i got to go to a tae kwon do program once ("program" as in the demonstration kind of program where non-in-shape people like me get to sit and watch all the cool people kick and whirl).
think of it like a great, powerful dance. seems to me there's a lot of similarities -- and as far as eye hand coordination, if you can do a caeli reel, i'll bet you can grapple with tae kwon do.
Posted by: joy at February 26, 2004 10:02 PMActually, I was thinking the very same thing at the practice session the other night: "This is just like dancing!" Since I don't have much dancing experience, the footwork was a little bit frustrating for me. But like the caelis last summer, I think once I got the basics down, it'd be a lot of fun.
Posted by: Jonathan at February 27, 2004 1:24 AM