taekwondo

I've been studying for approximately ten months and had a surprise today. After I was done stretching, 사부 김, Master Kim awarded me my new brown belt. I have only two lessons left before I must say goodbye, due to my holidays and the dojan holidays. I'm up to five full patterns (also called forms, pumsae 품새, teul 틀, hyeong 형) but have never executed them perfectly in sequence. For the longest time, the first pumsae would not hold in my memory. I remember studying Seikido back in London, this was also a problem. I have the first nailed now, the last two similarly without problem. The middle couple still give me problems. My training has helped me remember that a language barrier makes learning difficult for the student and keeps me in a state of constant humility. I'm going to miss time with Master Kim and hope he is aware of how thankful I am for his instruction.