Kominn upp í 4. Dan
Á fimmtudaginn, Janúar 31, 2020, Stórmeistarinn Pat Weseman kom mér upp í 4. Dan í Taekwondo á Advanced Class. Þegar ég byrjaði í kennslu hjá Weseman stórmeistara og manni hennar Art, Ég sá ekki fyrir mér að ná þessum áfanga.
Ég byrjaði upphaflega á námskeiðum hjá Jim frænda mínum í vor 1995. Eftir að hafa gift sig í 1996, I stopped taking classes for several years until coming back to class with my daughter Caitlin during July 2000.
Grandmaster Weseman awarding me my 4th Dan on January 31, 2020.
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, og Green Rank í 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. Í gegnum árin, 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. Þó, 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. Þó, 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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