Tae Kwon Do

Some of you may be amused to hear that I, Emily, have been learning Tae Kwon Do for the past 3 months. Tae Kwon Do is a Korean Martial Art, Korea's national sport. Although I will never, ever enter the ring for a fight because of my wimpy attitude towards pain, I am enjoying the experience.

For some of you that knew me during my school years this will be even more amusing because you know my attitude towards sports and 'keeping fit' - lets just say I was never, EVER keen to get involved in these sorts of activities. ha ha ha. But now I am at the old age of 22 my body seems to be telling me I need to do some kind of exercise, any exercise, and eat less which is just as difficult as doing the exercise because I am a lover of food (mmmmmm......food, I am a bit of a Homer Simpson unfortunately) OH!! the stresses of growing up are far too great! ;)

My work has Tae Kwon Do as an after school activity for the children and my boss decided to offer it as a class to the staff for free! So obviously I jumped at the chance to get a bit of fitness in :) We do 3 hours every Monday after work - I'm exhausted and my muscles all want a hot bath (only we don't have a bath tub, only a big bucket) after every class.

Here are a couple of photos of me in my highly attractive outfit after a 3 hour class. In the second photo I am proudly holding up my certificate because a few weeks ago I passes my white belt exam with a B+!!! I am very proud of myself, only one person got an A (she is awesome at it) and everyone else B's and C's. We are all very proud.