Class Week-In-Review June 30, 2014

Black belts supervising our forms

Forms were looking good this week. In general, we all needed some improvement, however. Kudos to Angel for showing a 100% improvement in stances and kihap. We are very proud of everyone's success. Practice your forms with power and deliberate speed (not fast). The more repetitions you do, the easier the form becomes.

Master Jhoon Rhee

Taekwondo Master John Chung created what are probably the best videos of how to perform the katas/forms/hyung as instructed by our late Sensei Zachary Bradley. You can purchase these videos in the "Achieving Taekwondo Excellence" series. They are not cheap in any sense of the word. However, they will lead you toward excellence and that is priceless when it comes to performing these traditional Korean forms.

Master John Chung

The books by Master Jhoon Rhee (Master John Chung's teacher), are also excellent resources.

It is critical that you practice all of your forms at least once daily. They make excellent exercise and the benefits of practice are beyond description. Successful martial artists practice their forms, they exercise often and they take initiative with their studies inside of and outside of the martial arts classroom/dojo/dojang/kwoon. 

Special condolences to Khalin's grandmother, who passed away this weekend after a tough illness.On a lighter note, we were privileged to have a visit from Sensei Alex Pitner. Congratulations to him for his new job in Pennsylvania. Come back to visit again, sir!