martialartess on July 14th, 2009

Yup, that’s right. I’m giving away a copy of Jennifer Lawler’s Tae Kwon Do for Women. All you need to enter is leave me a comment between now and July 31st. On August 1st, I’ll have Dynamo draw a name at random. Click the link above to see the book and get more information about [...]

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martialartess on June 5th, 2009

For years, I’ve dreamed of competing in forms. Truthfully, though, it’s been one of those “someday” dreams — you know, the ones that begin “Someday, I’m going to …” Until now. I’ve signed up to compete in poomse at the North Carolina State Games in two weeks and I’m really nervous about it. So far, [...]

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martialartess on May 19th, 2009

President’s Challenge Update – Two weeks down, for a total of 3425 pts. I barely scraped in five days last week, thanks to the fact that housework counts as activity. Dynamo was down with a cold and kept changing his mind on whether he was staying with his dad or me, which meant my schedule [...]

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martialartess on May 12th, 2009

Presidental Fitness Challenge: One week later and so far, so good. I finished last week with six days of exercise for a total of 1924 points. One week down, five more to go. Rank Testing: In my Integrity post, I’d written that I planned to test for my next belt rank on 18 April. I [...]

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martialartess on April 28th, 2009

Thanks to Michele of Just a Thought for letting us know about this Do you remember the Presidential Physical Fitness awards? I always hated those days in PE. I was never a great athlete growing up; I couldn’t climb the rope, my arms always wore out in the first few seconds of the chin-up, and [...]

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