The taekwondo teacher gave me a yellow belt today after he allowed me to pass the first grading. The yellow belt definitely looks better on me as I usually looked quite dull dressing in white from top to bottom. My first class was in May 14th, 2017 and I totally felt in love with this martial art. I also felt thankful to my regular gym classes over the past few years which have tremendously improved my strength, core, and durability. My colleagues called me the gym freak. Exercise and reading books are probably my daily rituals which would make me fell restless and jaded mentally and physically if I skip them any day.
I like Neil and his teaching style. He is quite strict, passionate and sarcastic. He teaches us manner and discipline. His class is a combination of math, physics and philosophy which interest me greatly even though I don't know sometimes what he is talking about especially when I feel fatigued and I usually forget the next day, same as my piano classes. Until almost 8 lessons over 1.5 months did I manage to remember 5 skills of taekwondo which he repeats multiple times: timing, speed, technique, balance, and recovery. I really need to work on improving power of my kicks and punches. Today's class is probably the most intense since I joined, a lot of cardios, burpees and punches to pads. Now both my arms are aching and I barely could write any word properly. But i really feel good and strong :)
