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November 21, 2021 I got my blackbelt on Saturday! I don’t have the actual belt yet, but I am still a black belt. My new belt will have my name on it and one yellow stripe for first degree black belt. It will be a half black, half red Poom belt until I turn 16,Continue reading “Black Belt!!!”

November 12, 2021 Sparring is a TKD essential. It’s basically fighting, but in a controlled environment with rules and protective gear. You’ll wear chest gear, arm gear, leg gear, a helmet, and mouthguard. The rules are simple. Kick or punch the opponent’s chest gear -or helmet if you are allowed to do headshots (we areContinue reading “Sparring”

November 1, 2021 Black belt seminars are one of the things I am doing to get my black belt. In a seminar we have to do kicks, push-ups, squats, burpees, speed jump roping, running, and more. In the seminar, you talk about your black belt project and you go over what you have done soContinue reading “Black Belt Seminars”

I’ve just started leadership team, and it is very fun. We learn about how to teach other students, and we will be able to help out with the low belt classes later. I haven’t been doing it for long, but I am learning how to teach forms, lead the warm up, and how to beContinue reading “Leadership Team”

Oct 3, 2021 This past week was my last week in the parking deck. Today, we’re going to a Dojang! We’ve been in the parking deck because of covid-19, and we could not be indoors. I’m very exited because we’ve been in the parking deck for a little over a year! I’ve learned so muchContinue reading “The “New” Elite Fire Taekwondo”

Sept 19, 2012 Part of TKD is the testing, where you get a new belt. In a testing you do forms, sparring, kicks, and fitness. Depending on what belt you are testing for you do different forms kicks and fitness. The sparring is always the same. For example, if you are going to test forContinue reading “Belt Testing”

Sept 26, 2021 There are many, many forms to learn in TKD. My personal favorite is taeguek Chill-jang, and the form that I have learned the most recently is Koryo. There are 17 total forms, and 1-8 are taeguek. A form is a series of blocks, kicks, stances, and techniques all put into a coordinatedContinue reading “Forms”