Bevorder tot 4de Dan

On Thursday, Januarie 31, 2020, Grootmeester Pat Weseman het my bevorder tot 4de Dan in Taekwondo by die Gevorderde Klas. Toe ek by grootmeester Weseman en haar man Art, Ek het nie voorsien om hierdie mylpaal te bereik nie.

Ek het oorspronklik in die lente by my neef Jim begin klasse neem 1995. Nadat jy getroud is in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several years until coming back to class with my daughter Caitlin during July 2000.

Over the next twenty years, all three of my children and fourteen nieces and nephews would train with me. I have also had two great nephews take classes.

Besides Taekwondo, I earned a Brown Belt in Judo, and a Green Rank in Goju Shorei Weapons Systems. I have also studied other martial arts.

As part of earning my 4th Dan, I recorded instructional videos for all the below black belt forms. We shot all twenty-one forms from three different angles with instructions.

I will have to come up with new goals for 5th Dan. Oor die jare, I have set out on new missions and took on new projects.

At one time, I created a system of self-defense that I was going to teach separately from Taekwondo. Egter, I decided to just incorporate this instruction into the Willow self-defense program.

I also thought that my sons would take over from me one day. Egter, as they are on their own mission in life and I do not plan to slow down any time soon.

Things are always changing. What is true today may not be true tomorrow, so we have to adapt on our own journeys.

I achieved a major goal tonight but tomorrow I take the first step on my next five year journey. Who knows where that path will take me.

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