A lot has been happening in my personal life recently, so I tend to forget to update this.

I'm definitely going to stick with family members not always going together. They don't always work well together, and I find myself rotating out of my pair to split brothers up when they start squabbling. Not great for my learning, really.

Something I'm finding hard to get over, and something I think a lot people would have a hard time getting over, is mastering any form of flying jumping kicks. There's a mental blockage there, and I can't seem to overcome it. I'll run, I'll speed up, I'll go to jump and kick, but something will have me hesitate and as such not achieve anything. The kicks never hit the pad properly. Maybe it's embarrassment at people watching, or the idea of hurting yourself, or maybe just plain ol' lack of self esteem and self belief. I lack both of those with flying kicks.

My kicks, or rather, when my legs snap out at the end of a kick, are getting quicker. The snapping of the dobok (uniform) is fun to listen to. I still need to work on height and I wish to be faster yet. I guess this will come with time.

I felt ill yesterday and didn't go training, and today I'm not sure if I will. I know, I know, perserverence being one one of the tenets (courtesy, integrity, perserverence, self control, indomitable spirit and (for our dojang) loyalty), but I'm bleeding like a freshly slaughtered pig, and am still in pain. I'll figure it out by tonight.

Only a short update today, might update a longer one later.