This morning I woke up to a bit of stiffness and soreness from yesterday’s workout. It feels good on one hand because I “feel” the muscles got a good workout. On the other hand, moving a bit slow and feeling like I’m 949 years old.
When I run across things that inspire me, I would like to share them with you all. Today’s inspiration came from a fortune cookie I got several years ago. I didn’t know exactly where this would come in handy, but today is the day. I sometimes wonder if in today’s pandemic impacted reality, that people are more driven by focusing on negativity. Chief Master Hoover would tell us “What you think is what you say, what you say is what you do, and what you do defines who you become.” When I think about this, and looking at the fortune cookie image, I am choosing whenever possible to dream about the possible, rather than dwell on why something might be impossible. A final thought here is from Eternal Grandmaster H.U. Lee. “Today impossible, tomorrow possible”. Pushing out the negative thoughts and replacing with positive thoughts makes this all work in my opinion.
Today, my workout is a little abbreviated, as I was teaching tonight.
Songahm 1-5 one time each
Extra focus on rotation at the end of each technique
Today, I’m feeling a bit tired, but excited to workout. Here’s today’s workout.
2 mile run/walk (25:49)
20 push-ups
20 front kicks with each leg
20 push-ups
20 side kicks with each leg
20 push-ups
20 round kicks with each leg
20 push-ups
20 hook kicks with each leg
20 push-ups
20 crescent kicks with each leg
Songahm 1-5 one time each
Training elements
Stances
Starting Position
Direction
Rotation
Ending Position
15 minutes of stretching
Daily Dozen 1-5
20 minutes in quiet reflection
Personal accountability moment – With the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, I didn’t hold myself accountable for maintaining my cardio, and boy, does it show up. Time to kick myself in the butt and get it back.
Someone gave me the idea to log and track my journey. In class, we talk about goal setting, and as part of that conversation, we encourage students to share their goals with others. It creates a network of support, encouragement and accountability. Today, I share my goal to become a master in Songahm Taekwondo. I’m planning to share a bit each day with you all on how I’m feeling, things on my mind and my training logs.
SO…. Here we go. I’m not really sure how I’m feeling right now. I think back to my first day on the mats in Duluth, MN at UMD as a freshman in college. I knew I wanted to do martial arts since I was 12, but didn’t know what to expect. I think I am in that same boat now. At the school, for each color belt, we have a “superpower”… for white belts, that is Courage. I think I’m going to draw upon that one today.
As part of my requirements, there are expectations to train on your own 3x/week. Tomorrow will be the first of these workouts this week.
Today, while I was teaching, here are a few of the things we worked on.
Songahm 1-5
Several rounds of sparring with leadership students, brown-black belts, and adult color belts
I don’t know how to end a post, so I’ll just say, “see ya tomorrow”
