Talents and Fumbles in Tae Kwon Do

Last night wasn't my most stellar in Tae Kwon Do class. I'm still mentally wincing over a couple parts. If the class winds up being big (greater than 12), for warm up we play dodge ball. I really like this game and I basically turn into a 5 year old playing. The reason why the game is cool, there are only 4 balls and headshots are forbidden. Take that you hyper-protective parents who outlawed the game from schools! I have a bizarre talent for the game. I suck at actually hitting people but I last a really long time. Basically, if I'm left the other team has an automatic win.

After best of 3 games, we made two lines. Each line was a team and each person competed with the person opposite. Whoever is best wins a point for the team. We were competing on forms. I've only been taught the yellow belt form, Il Jang, once. I hoped I could fake my way through. But I was so nervous getting up in front of everyone, I blanked after the fifth step and stopped apologizing, "I forget the rest, sir." 1 point for the other team. I paid attention to everyone after me doing the form so I could brush up. We won that round and the other team had to do 5 mountain climbers. I HATE those things. What you do is you jump up in the air, get down in push-up position and then repeat as fast as you can.

Luckily, we did a second round. I got all the way through with some minor fumblings but my competitor was more solid and confident. 1 point for the other team. I'm glad I got a second chance and showed that I had learned! My team lost this round and as we were doing mountain climbers I somehow tipped forward onto my shoulder/head getting up from the first mountain climber. It was at that point when I realized that the class was cursed for me. While still in teams, we competed doing 5 reverse punches in horse stance and 4 back kicks. I screwed that part up too because I didn't count my kicks correctly. Durrr! We ended the night with a mind over matter test: all of us got in a push-up position and stayed there as long as possible. I was the first person to crack because I was embracing my suckage by that point.