Fear the Niece! And other bits of random news!

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• Just heard that the Emergency Back-Up Niece has begun taking Taekwondo lessons!


• Evidently she loves it, even the formality and rules, and has already broken a board with a kick!


• She especially likes the shouting.


• Everyone is hoping she's sticks with it, not only because the lessons are costly, because of all the positives that come out of the training and discipline.


• Me? I'm thinking the 2024 Summer Olympics


• The only martial art I ever studied was Aikido. Took a course of beginner's classes while at Fort Benning.


• Aikido is about the only martial art you can do in full infantry gear. It was very popular with infatrymen.


• Our combatives training and Aikido shared some characteristics.


• Both focused on using your opponent's energy against him to get him on the ground for a strike.


• I was transferred before I could take advantage of it, but there was an advanced class where the students wore full battle-rattle.


• Health-wise, I'm doing a bit better.


• Controlling all the lung issues, doing my best to build up endurance and strength.


• Downloaded Blender.


• I've got all this bloody free time, and I spend all day in front of the computer anyway.


• Might as well to learn to do this.


• Who knows, if I develop half-way decent skills, I might start self-publishing stuff for games.


• But that's a long way off.


• BEAT L.A.!!!!

Comments

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Tae Kwon Do when I took many years ago in college.

Funny enough, the Judoish training my brother had in basic gave him the false sense of confidence that he could finally take his older (and now shorter) brother.

The martial art I would like to pick up now is Escrima, but the all the classes I can find are mid afternoon, when I have day-jobbery. :/