Success!!

I successfully practiced Pyung Ahn Oh Dan again this morning! I'm getting better, especially putting in the minor "tweaks" that make it unique to BTK. I like it. I have to learn the reasons behind it and need to be able to explain it should Master G ask me WHY I'm doing something. For instance, with the two fist low, you're blocking an ap chagi (that's a front kick), but then you chamber back and block a potential spear to the head with a high 'X' block (Ssang Soo Sang Dan Mahk Kee). At USMA, we would then do a kind of a twist at the wrist, then do a knife hand with the left hand and punch with the right. At BTK, you pull back with the left hand, then do a "3 Stooges" poke to the eyes (Ee Chi Kwan Soo) with the left, then punch with the right. Then it's a turning punch, 3-point check (yes, DB, I listened!!), right hammer-fist, reach out with the left hand to grab someone by the neck, then an outside/inside kick (Phakeso Ahn Uro Cha Ki), bringing the ahp kup (ball of the foot) to your hand. Then you jump, landing in a kind of a crouch, with a two fist low block. (Note: this is not the entire form, nor is it as long as it would appear when it's written out. This is an abbreviated part of the form.)

That was part of what kept messing me up--trying to remember WHERE that went. I spent time texting DB and trying what he was replying with and it finally went on that "hey! I CAN do this!!" Yes, there is a bit that I need to remember, but I'm getting there.

I will miss class this week...I have a Scout meeting on Tuesday and Thursday, Amanda's got a "Tailgate Concert" that she is required to attend for school. If I go, I can actually see her perform! I have yet to see more than last year's Christmas concert at the Freshman Center! I want to go see this!