I snuck out of the cave last night to take my final club level exam at Tae Kwon Do. Assuming I passed, I will be entitled to wear a ‘black tag’ belt from now on. I aim to take my full black belt in Bristol in the Autumn. My examiner for the evening was Master Don Atkins, eighth dan black belt and National Secretary of the TAGB (Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain) – scary!
In earlier gradings the theory side of the test was conducted by our club black belts, but for this belt the questions were asked by the senior examiner. Master Atkins also took time to comment on our performance and to offer tips for the black belt grading later in the year. I faced him after the practical part of the exam confident that I had done well up to that point. Master Atkins was kind enough to confirm this before beginning my grilling on Korean terms and history. I knew the answers to all his questions, so I think it fair to assume that I passed. I just have to await my grade now.
For anyone interested in martial arts, I can very much recommend Tae Kwon Do as a great way of learning a powerful self defence system, while getting fit and having fun at the same time. My local club is run by Master Jackson White. If you live in the Midlands, why not come along and join us? Who knows – if I get good enough I might even be able to fight my way out of here!
20/02/2010 at 11:41 am Permalink
You are our lethal weapon! Get us outta here!
Although I see the effects of the monsters’ human/cat splicing experiment are still affecting your leg… where’s its head?
20/02/2010 at 1:06 pm Permalink
You don’t want to know where they spliced the head, Andy! :-0
I do find it a real nuisance having half a cat attached to my left leg. It’s taken a while to adjust my balance to compensate, but I think I’m getting the hang of it now.
20/02/2010 at 4:43 pm Permalink
it ould be a good thing, if u train it to bite when u kik a monster, they will never know wot hit them