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I made it through my first class! wooohoooo! OK, I was super nervous, to the point I was shaking. But thats me, extremely nervous person. As I was waiting for the beginning of class another lady came up to me who also takes tae kwan do. She gave me a great pep talk! She told me that as adults we worry we will look really stupid in class and make tons of mistakes and everyone will notice. But she said she has never had anyone laugh at her or point out what she did wrong. They will correct you if you are doing something wrong but not in a judgemental way. On to class.
the warmup nearly killed me. Running and doing pushups. I was huffing and puffing. Then stretches. Which I was really surprised at how well I did stretching. I can stretch alot further than I thought. The horse riding stance we did though, I had a grimace on face the whole time. What are those muscles called in your thighs on the top? Yeah, they were screaming.
Then it was time to do our forms. I thought Master Reynolds would come over and instruct me on how to do it. LOL No such luck, he knows I already know it from practicing with Kota. However, there was another grand master there. In the middle of my form I saw him walking towards me. I thought oh lord, what have I done? He only had to correct the way I held my fist. I had it turned the wrong way. whew!
And at the end of class Master Reynolds had them all clap for me. He said I did really good for my first class and gave me a high five. Hubby said he was impressed with my kicks, that I was kicking really high. Who knew I had it in me? Ok, everyone knew I had it in me but me!
Now I have 3 days to recuperate and I see much pain in my future for tomorrow. But I will make sure that over the weekend I do my stretches and some practicing! I feel great! Really proud that I pushed myself to do this. Not only the physical part, but the social part of being in a class of people and having people watching the class also. But everyone was encouraging and helpful. I love tae kwan do!
I think I must have sweated off at least 5 pounds. My uniform top was soaked! Thanks to everyone for encouraging me to try this. And to my friend Lynnie who knew I could do it all along!
My son would say...You're getting old Mama.
I know I would be. Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the festivities.
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