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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So, I am going to be participating in the tournament in Anaheim over the summer, and I will be competing in the basic Poomsae's. However, I am doing both the standard and ELITE poomsae competition, as I am used to and completely able to do both. However, I am the old age of sixteen, and because My Poomsae's are decided by my age and not by my actual belt ranking, I was hit with such an unfortunate reality.

 

THE POOMSAE DILEMA!

 

So I have known Taebeck for quite some time, as I needed to know the form for a previous competition, again, because of my age. However, for the Anaheim tournament, and due to my age, there is a possibility that I could be drawn Pyung Won (I know I butchered the name) for my poomsae. This is, of course, terrifying as I have heard that the form, while it is short, is VERY demanding. I have watched this form be competed with before, and yes it looks cool, but just looks demanding, especially since another poomsae either comes right before or right after it, making it even harder to preserve your energy.

 

Anyways, there was me nerding out about Poomsae's. Imagine how the kids I teach feel when it comes to Poomsaes............

They never hear the ends from me :D

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03/16/2025