Spring 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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Weapons given to a ten year old

Hello guys. Today, as you might have guessed from the title, I will be talking about weapons and my full thoughts on them. To start things off, I'm going to talk about sticks. I like the stick forms because of the strikes and, for the stick forms I know, they're repetitive and fun to do. Sinuales on the other hand, while they're still fun, everything starts to blend in. My hands get tired and my mind wonders. They're just not one of my strong skills. The staff forms are a whole new level of complicated and fun. Staff form one is a sweet spot - think of it as gum inside a jaw breaker. It's a short form and it introduces you to a lot of basics. And then staff form 2 is like you're in 2nd grade and then the teacher moves you up to 7th grade - not knowing anything except your addition facts. Staff form 2 has a ton of twisty hand placements and is overall pretty scary, but I love it as I've explained in another journal (link in the description). I don't know what it is, but staff form 2 has a majestic feel to it and I love practicing it. Now on to the machete, or as Tae Kwon Doers say, the bolo. This form is kinda like stick, but now you have a pointy thing in your hand. Yea! It's a repetitive form similar to stick form but it feels cool to swing the bolo. For example, poke, poke, thrust or abanico. I won't talk about nunchucks because we're not being tested on that weapon. Enjoy the last hour and 32 minutes of your day!

Feb 27
2/27 - #32