Holy smokes I didn't realize I was away from here since before the new year!! How has six months gone by that quickly?! :whaa:
Firstly - thank you everyone for the congrats about the belt upgrade and the happy new year's as well!! You are so lovely and I hope this first half of 2023 has been...
Been insanely busy through the month of November with both jobs; winter gearing up here aka shoveling galore; my kiddo's school + extracurricular activities + therapies; my own jits training and various other appointments; AND I decided to just finish doing my upgrading - only English 12 left...
Oh my word @TopNotch this is an excellent description of what my body needs to be doing. That feels totally different to what I was trying to make my body do and weirdly cranking my knee in the process just a bit. So despite the on 'paper' aspect of it, it makes sense and I don't think I've...
17.10 (Mon) to 20.10.2022 (Thurs) [cont.]
~ I started as the assistant instructor for the self-defense classes at the club this week and I am INCREDIBLY excited about it! The focus for these classes is defending against different types of punches/kicks, protecting your neck against chokes...
17.10 (Mon) to 20.10.2022 (Thurs)
Alright so, just gonna do a bulk update for the last few days.
On Monday I played catch up for Sat and Sun in regards to the daily challenges and that put me back on track with them for the rest of the week/month. I picked up the Hard Reset programs between Mon...
Competitions are not a requirement, though you can learn a lot from doing them!
As @Heniek said most belt ranking up in each discipline does require a test and typically with a higher ranked belt when you do it.
I'm certainly late to this party a bit with my two cents, though slightly biased...
16.10.2022 (Sun)
~ I disappeared and opted to pause both programs + lifting, and literally any other form of tech entertainment, while I got the stone patio job done.
I was too overwhelmed with the two jobs, 2 programs + weight lifting, BJJ training again three days a week and my kiddo starting...