 re: 8LS' Hapkido Log
Wow, so much for keeping up with this training log...lol.
Anyway, over the last couple of months I've learned a lot. We've gone over several jointlocks, breakfalling, and strikes.
I still like MT style striking better, but I've finally gotten the mechanics of the Hapkido kick down. Once you get used to doing things one way, its difficult to just up and switch it.
Yesterday I passed my belt test for my yellow stripe (basically a white belt with a thin stripe of yellow down the middle of the entire belt) and that felt very satisfying. My instructor brought his two instructors down to judge. We covered the basic strikes, breakfalls and softfalls as well as a few jointlocks and some terminology/history.
After we were awarded our yellow stripes we had the pleasure of seeing a demo from my instructors two instructors. I also had the pleasure of being "volunteered" to have a few techniques performed on me. All I can say is I'm looking forward to being that good one day, and I'm even more excited about getting into the throws in Hapkido.
Things to work on in the future:
-Work on flexibility
-Have my partner resist more during jointlocks
-Take my partner all the way to the mat when working on jointlocks
-Work on eliminating space and smaller circles  |