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Martialarts

Again after 15yrs of nothing

I te tuhinga i muri i te 15 tau o te kore mea

Light shadowboxing

He aha tā koutou e mahi ana i te wā e pēnā ana te pēhanga?

Te whawhai i te marama

Practice after gym 😆

Whakaako i muri i te whare taonga 😆

Lost this match but got a cool pic out of it 😅

Recent Pic

I ngaro tēnei whakataetae engari i whiwhi au i tētahi whakaahua pai mai i reira 😅

Whakaahua Hou

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Hi, I practice taekwondo, I'm in a basic level but if you're interested we can talk 😁😁

Talk talk

Kia ora, ka whakaharatau au i te taekwondo, kei te taumata taketake au engari ki te hiahia koe, ka taea e tātou te kōrero 😁😁

Kōrero kōrero

Training

Whakangungu

I am finally on red belt just balck tip left then I’m a black belt it’s going to be very difficult and I’m going to have to step out of my comfort zone but it’s ok it will all be worth it once I am a black belt but that doesn’t mean I’m don’t with taekwondo

Getting my red belt

Kua tae au ki te reeti whero, kotahi te pito pango e toe ana, ka waiho au hei reeti pango. Ka tino uaua, ka hiahia au ki te puta i taku waahi pātea, engari kāore e raru, ka whai hua katoa i te wa ka waiho au hei reeti pango, engari kāore e pā ana ki te mea kāore au e mutu i te taekwondo.

Kei te tiki aku reeti whero

Perak

At my school, black belt promotions require what they call credit tests. The number of credit tests you need to promote to the next Dan level is equal to whatever your current Dan level is. As a 1st Dan myself, I need to do 1 credit test before I can go up for 2nd. My opportunity was yesterday and, for lack of a better word, I completely blew it. I started doing the first of 3 forms and completely forgot how to do it less than 4 steps in. Then I was unable to get my board break to work. Practically killed myself out there and couldnt even manage to get a check in the box. Makes me question if I even deserve to be a 1st Dan to begin with

Failed my first promotion

I taku kura, ko nga whakatairanga pooti pango e hiahia ana ki nga whakamatautau kaute e kiia ana. Ko te maha o nga whakamatautau kaute e hiahiatia ana hei whakatairanga ki te taumata Dan e pa ana ki te taumata Dan i tenei wa. I te mea he 1st Dan au, me mahi e au te 1 whakamatautau kaute i mua i te taea e au te pooti mo te 2nd. Ko taku whai waahi i te rā inanahi, ā, nā te kore e taea te kī, i tino hinga au. I tīmata au ki te mahi i te tuatahi o nga 3 āhua, ā, i tino wareware au ki te mahi i reira i raro i te 4 nga hiko. I muri mai, kāore au i taea te whakatutuki i taku pakaru papa. I te mea kāore au i taea te whakahaere i te tirohanga i te pouaka. Ka pātai au mēnā e tika ana au hei 1st Dan i te tīmatanga.

I hinga taku whakatairanga tuatahi

Taekwondo

Rotura 😊

Getting ready

Te whakarite

In a little under 2 months, I go in front of the Masters to test for 2nd Dan. And I'm terrified. I don't think I'm in good enough shape, I don't think my forms are good enough, I don't think my kicks are high enough or strong enough.

Most days I even question if I deserve to be 1st Dan at all.

Crisis of confidence

I roto i te iti iho i te 2 marama, ka tū au i mua i ngā Kaiwhakaako ki te whakamātautau mō te 2nd Dan. Ā, e tino wehi ana au. Kāore au e whakapono he pai te ahua o taku tinana, kāore au e whakapono he pai ngā āhua o aku mahi, kāore au e whakapono he teitei rawa atu, he kaha rawa atu ngā whana.

I ngā rā maha ka pātai au mēnā e tika ana au ki te noho hei 1st Dan.

Te raru o te whakapono

I've just learnt wong- yo tul. And I think I'm in love. I really enjoyed Do- San tul and got gold for it during my first tournament in Jan 💗

Favourite pattern/tul?

Kua ako au i te wong- yo tul. A, e whakaaro ana au kei te aroha au. I tino pai ahau ki te Do- San tul, ā, i riro mai i a au te koura mō tēnei i taku whakataetae tuatahi i te Hanuere 💗

Patene tino/tul?

A Boo community for meeting other Tkd enthusiasts.

Tkd Community

I te tuhinga i muri i te 15 tau o te kore mea

Te whawhai i te marama

Whakaako i muri i te whare taonga 😆

Whakaahua Hou

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Kōrero kōrero

TKD 🫣