Blogs
Dec 10:
Saubhaumnim had students pair up and use our belts as a cross to hop and jump in a quadrant to strengthen our legs
Very fruitful for leg training
Dec 12:
Stretching! Lots of stretching: as it was raining and as saubhaumnim had previously stated: old grandmasters say that in the rain...
Nov 28:
Saubhaumnim gave a chance for the same lesson to occur:
This time: hands on the chest gear and you have to be a member of the colour that touched
Mode: Mood
This has been one of my favourite activities thusfar!
Then:
Objective: kick the chest gear of colour member with the same...
Today due to Promotion Tests on the weekend, it is Sparring Week!
Exciting as I know Saubhaum has many ways to teach skills without teaching at all
Through reaction time on ruled movements
In this class the objective:
Run around the classroom twice and face two members on the opposite team...
Nov 19
On the Sunday of the last week Saubhaum attended a workshop for kicking techniques!
Learned the basics of how to hone a triple kick!
Nov 21
Spinning back hook kick? I don't know the name, I shall have to ask Saubhaum
The 3 white belts in the class formed a triangle
The stability...
I have practiced the current pattern I need to know 100 times
Before class started
Grandmaster taught the Korean word for 1000
Had the privilege to watch first Dan preformed by 3 boojosaubhaums!!!
Their stances were crisp, powerful and commanded attention!
Personal practice to complete...
A milisecond is all you need to make the perfect move
Class today focused on Reaction time
Paired up with an orange belt that bears the name of a feminated angel
Thankfully Saubhaum went over how to hold a target properly for each kick so I wasn’t a complete loss to be paired up with!
Even target holding has a technique!
Always Find The movement of least resistance
Knowing is only thinking and until the wisdom is applied to move upon that is innate
Keep perfecting the movement
Balance
Lack of emotional control creates imbalance of central alignment
Do not fall into a spiral
As kwonjangnim affirmed: no stress
Conserve energy to maintain stance of clear mind, alert body and sacred soul
Emotional mess💩
Tried to focus but didn’t even complete kibon ee jang correctly
This may have been the class that Saubhaum share wisdom of the names of different moves in the art
Makgi
Chakgi
Chigi
Oct 22 2024
Saubhaum spoke wisdom on chumbi in the first experience of kibon ee jang
At least that was correct!
Catching errors to find corrections is the base of perfection
Sparring promotion tests!!
So more sparring techniques
I found Blue and Red Belt to partner up and before...
Thursday
Sparring promotion tests! So more kicking!
Another uneven class number
So this class
I sparred with the water stand
It wore the chest gear of the brother of a boojosauhbhaum
it felt wrong
So I kicked and stopped before even making contact
This day
Learning was the focus
Saubhaum used kibon ee jang as part of the warm up
Still needs perfecting as I have not mastered the movements slowly enough to complete that as quickly as the rest of the class
An opportunity to review my progress of self practice
Luckily, I reviewed...
This Thursday class I was paired with a Blue and Red belt who speaks the same language as my most recent pitrs
A kind woman who is full of laughter!
As for the class: a true gift:
Learning where to focus for accurate contact in the solar plexus when performing chigi in a ternary pattern of...
Oct 8 2024
The Boojosaubhaum that I had the opportunity to dwitchigido with received Sam Dan!!
The class:
Sparring
Saubhaum is so wise
The class was unevenly numbered so I had the opportunity to continue perfecting kicking with mirror work
I later learned the term dirty roundhouse kick 💩
Master Bae noticed my belt was tied incorrectly and re-tied the correct way.
Infinitely blissful the feeling of having someone to correct that that is needed to be corrected.
Sparring promotion tests in just a few weeks and black belt testing the next day:
However, my mind had a focused...
Saubahum is 100000000000000000000000 leagues above what my understanding and capability is
And then there is Kwonjangnim
Beyond words:
Though I endeavour to do so;
From the beginning
Oct 1 2024:
Received white belt
I don’t know what Dan Master Bae is!! Yet her guidance is golden...
I need to learn how to shut up and listen in class
Ability is the capacity to learn and the experience of acting on what is known.
Steady the mind
I have much to learn
And I won’t receive any teachings if my mind is full of many different directionalities
Focused attention on what the...
Not sure if that is the correct term for Taekwondo class…
Yesterday, Saubauhm made a remark:
When it rains
Old Kwangjangnim’s have a saying:
It is easier to get injured when it rains
So he made sure we had a great warm up
jogging and walking in a rhythm
The Dojang’s Kwanjangnim was...