River and Sage had a Tae Kwon Do grading yesterday morning. Somehow 9:00am seems too early on a Sunday morning to get anywhere, but we made it only a few minutes late. Unfortunately, our local Starbucks doesn’t have the big boxes of coffee, so we had to make do with individual cups. [...]
One Christmas gift River was quite excited about was her sparring gear. Now that she has the kit officially certified by the Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain, she is allowed to spar during class. Watch out for that sidekick!
Sage has been doing quite well at TKD as well. She graded for her [...]
Molly recently got back from a Tae Kwon Do workshop. It sounds like she had a great time. The workshop was in a beautiful spot on the southern coast of Spain. There was plenty of time to enjoy the water and the sun in between workouts.
Apparently, they did some TKD outside of the workshop as [...]
The kids had their grading for Tae Kwon Do yesterday. Sage was going for her yellow tag, which is the next belt after the initial white belt.
River is going for her green tag, the step after yellow belt.
Here is a video of River doing her form called Dan-Gun Tul, which is named after [...]
Molly got official word yesterday that she passed her black belt examination!
Congratulations, we are all so proud of you!
Capoeira can be described as a conversation or a dialogue between two people, asking questions and giving answers. Most of the time, like a good conversation, it flows back and forth in a complimentary way, but there is another important aspect known as malicia. Players often try to trick and outwit each other, [...]
Molly had her black belt grading today in Bristol. She’s been working hard preparing for today for quite a while. Apparently, it went alright, but she won’t know her results until later in the week.
I realized, though, that I’ve be remiss in reporting other TKD news. Molly competed in a tournament recently, [...]
I’ve spent much of the last weekend playing capoeira at the Cordao De Ouro batizado in Nottingham. It was a great experience; it was inspiring to watch the Mestres play and it was great to get a chance to play with so many new people.
The event started on Friday night, continued most of [...]
Molly and Sage have both been quite ill with a vicious flu this week. River and I haven’t succumbed yet; hopefully the worst of that affliction is past. In the midst of her febrile state, Molly managed to pass the pre-grading test for her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She has [...]
I got a berimbau at capoeira this week. The berimbau is a wooden bow, about 4 to 5 feet long, tightly strung with a steel string, which is traditionally pulled from the inside of an automobile tire. A dried, hollow, gourd is attached to the lower portion of the bow acting as a [...]
