Sa Bom Nim (Colette) got ahold of me last night and started going over the paperwork with me. There is a disturbingly large amount, and I was fairly overwhelmed right away. I have to turn in several forms and then an open book test (I think). Copies of old certs and masses of questions to address. The complexity added comes from me being a Tang Soo Do transfer. Ugh. Nothing fits in the right box.
Colette asked me all sorts of questions and definitely hit a lot of my weak spots. I'd made flash cards on a lot of areas but hadn't studied them in months. So it's back to that and more. Thankfully she's given me all sorts of materials to help deal with it all, but it sure does create a lot of tension in me. If I do a tiny bit each day, it's a bit easier to deal with.
One of the recently belted guys in the school, Bill, has reached out and offered to work with me once he's on his feet. I hope sooner than later because I need to get as much one-on-one help with some things as I can. Many the wrist grabs and locks (ho shin sul) because I do them so rarely and don't have a frame of reference. Hopefully Keith can send me some notes.
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Today I ran through Bassai for a half hour and continued to work on refinements. Even Keith said that he's nit-picking, but I don't mind. I love getting into the nitty gritty that shows the judging panel that I've got that level of nuance.
The second half of the class was dedicated to ho shin sul. I've only got the first two of 14 memorized. I can do the others if I'm prompted or shown. About four of them I needed to completely be retaught because I simply do know them well enough. Definitely a weak spot.
Next week will be focused on Il so sik. I can kind of practice those on my own, but I need my cheat sheets to help me with the order. To that end I was trying to learn to count in Sino-korean while did my warmup laps. I need to know them so I can announce correctly. I'm getting there.
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