The specifics attached to the generalities of my last post are that I have decided I would like to become more involved with my TKD dojang. I think I'll be living in this area another few years. So I'm allowing myself to dig in a bit. It's odd because I've been "temporary" for the last couple of years - first, eight months in MO, then senior year at PHC with no idea what was coming next. In a way, I had few roots anywhere when I graduated, thus the bizarre "homeless" feeling.

So anyway, this Saturday I work the PHC graduation in the morning and early afternoon, but by 2:00 I have to be at my dojang, wearing my dobak, for Kukkiwon black belt testing. Turns out I was never officially registered at the Kukkiwon in Korea, despite the fact that I have been a first-dan black belt for six years now. I need to get that official before I can push forward to second dan.

In prep for Saturday, I need to attend class as much as I can this week. I went to two classes in a row on Monday evening, and I'm doing the same tonight. Thursday, I'll go for my regular one hour. The second classes Mon/Wed are for instructors, one of whom I hope to become. Warmups for these higher-level classes begin by doing "ten tens," meaning that everyone falls down gracefully and safely, does ten crunches, ten leg lifts, and ten pushups - then repeats the whole set of exercises ten times total, as quickly as possible. After that, we proceed to other things. ;)

Needless to say, my abs protested yesterday and this morning at the slightest use. And I'm looking forward to tonight. ;) My TKD community is a good place to invest myself in loving others, especially those who don't know my Lord and Savior.  ¶ 6:39 AM