Fall 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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Tight Gastrocnemius

Yep, been studying the muscle diagram. My left calf, also known as the gastrocnemius, was so tight today. It loosened up on the second half of my run, but then after working for a while (sitting), it tightened right back up. It's just paying the price from the 10 jump rope rounds on Saturday! I'm dreading the 10 page Pre-Korea History essay. The past 15 years, I've been training to read 10 pages of text and make a single, summary PowerPoint page using visuals vs words. Its all about being concise in my world. So writing 10 pages where being concise only lengthens the task is not something I'm looking forward to.
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