By Daemon Woods on Monday, 17 August 2026
Category: Candidate Journals

Back to the Future

Tonight, I had my first practice as a White Belt.  Expecting things to be different and actually experiencing things being different was an eye-opener.  For one, tonight we had more students than I'd ever seen in any class I've participated in.  Master Foster said that's because a lot of them have returned from summer vacation.  As a good white belt, I stood at the back line in class with one other Bocho Dan "white belt". After that is where the confusion began.  I practiced in group sessions with the one Blue Belt we had in class.  In the group session, we went through Taegeuk Oh Jung and Hapkido 1.  As a white belt, I didn't know if I was supposed to struggle like I didn't know the poomsae or the self-defense or help her with the poomsae and the self-defense.  Since it was just the two of us, I used that time as a mentoring session and helped her, rather than acting like it was all new to me.  I imagine the rest of the week will be much like this. 

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