The Patriotic Earthling - I had my fourth taekwon-do class today.

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19 March 2009 @ 01:17 am

I had my fourth taekwon-do class today.

And it totally kicked my butt--again--but not as badly as Monday did. I dunno, maybe I'm getting better at this whole exercising thing. Or maybe the warm-up wasn't as grueling. *shrugs*

The other day I was looking for TKD icons so I could have one for posts that were mostly TKD-related, and of course I couldn't find a picture of a white-belt who was older than TEN. *scowl* So, I made my own, though there aren't any adult white-belts in those either. One of these days I'm gonna have to ask Michelle to take a picture of me in my TKD uniform and make a just-for-me icon of that. With a caption of "never too late" or something...

Ideas?

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Tags: exercise, icons, tae kwon do, weight issues

Current Location: Fort Wainwright, Alaska

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sleepy

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fizzylizard on March 19th, 2009 10:09 am (UTC)

Your body's getting used to it, that's all.

I had a shot at taekwondo when I was a little tacker. Didn't keep it up for more than a year or two, but I liked it.

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orbitaldiamonds on March 19th, 2009 10:12 am (UTC)

I think that's what it is, and that gives me hope for losing the weight I need to lose and getting in shape healthily. XD

I'm really enjoying it, though I'm dreading sparring. I'm concentrating so hard on remembering how to do the moves and positions right, and none of my punches or kicks have much power. (Yet.)

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fizzylizard on March 19th, 2009 10:19 am (UTC)

Have you got a full-length mirror at home?

If you've got one that shows most of your body, try shadow-sparring in front of that. Throw punches or kicks, and then block them as quickly as you can. Practice dodging. Fight yourself until you're comfortable with the movements. If you can get to a point where you don't need to concentrate on the details of what you're doing, then - by the time you take on someone else - you can look at them instead.

It's the same as anything else. If you make the movements often enough, your brain won't need to remember them. All those muscles will eventually learn to do it for you.

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orbitaldiamonds on March 19th, 2009 11:45 pm (UTC)

Ooh, good idea!

And we did "wax on, wax off" in class yesterday. Much stress on repetition so you get the moves in muscle memory. :)

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thecuriomuseum on March 19th, 2009 07:32 pm (UTC)

I think it's awesome that you've taken up TKD! What a way to improve your energy. I'm such a lazy ass. I should get up and do something!

I love your icon - I wish it was a little slower though - It took me like 8 cycles of reading bits and trying to piece them together to get the whole story! Can you make it a little slower? My head is spinning! :)

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orbitaldiamonds on March 19th, 2009 10:48 pm (UTC)

It's improved my energy, but it's got me sleeping longer than I used to. I really need to pick a sleep schedule and stick to it. Alas.

I had that problem with the icon too--I ganked it from someone else (with permission). I don't know how to create or alter animaged .GIFs, or I would slow it down. :)

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thecuriomuseum on March 20th, 2009 01:48 am (UTC)

Ya, exercise is great for sleep! The other thing I do is - whenever I start exercising I start eating like twice as much food. Haha!

Oh! We need to get you making animated Gifs! Just think of the icons! :D

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orbitaldiamonds on March 20th, 2009 01:53 am (UTC)

Oh, I know! I just need to know how! D:

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thecuriomuseum on March 20th, 2009 01:59 am (UTC)

Google it!

I did one once, and I can't for the life of me figure out what program it was on my computer or how I did it. Is that bizarre? o_O

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orbitaldiamonds on March 20th, 2009 02:01 am (UTC)

I made one using Paint Shop Pro 7 in high school, but I don't have that program and I don't know how to do it otherwise. :(

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thecuriomuseum on March 20th, 2009 03:30 am (UTC)

They should have a little animated gif maker online. It would be possible, I think.

I'm seeing double - time for bed here!

You're living in the past in Alaska. It's still early! :)

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orbitaldiamonds on March 20th, 2009 06:01 am (UTC)

Durr. I guess I should "just fucking Google it." :)

Sleep well. It's still "yesterday" here.

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