Tae Kwon Do is Dangerous

I'm not even talking about sparring. We LOVE sparring! The combination of legally hitting someone, the adrenilane rush of being hit, and the extreme fatigue at the end of it creates an amazing high!

No, right now, I'm talking about forms. This morning, I decided that we needed to practice our forms. So, we headed down to the patio behind the hotel. As a side note, I had to explain to Dominic (6) what a patio was. That was hilarious to me, considering the vocabulary the kid has. Anyway, we went to practice our forms. These are best done barefoot, so we headed out sans shoes.

Everything was going great, when we decided to practice as a group. Xavier was beside me, unfortunately. If it had been Dominic, all would have been fine, or he might have ended up with a black eye. Anyway, Xavier got mixed up with which form we were doing and turned the wrong direction just as I punched. Fortunately, we were far enough apart that I only barely touched him. Unfortunately, it was a mid-section punch, so he got a fat lip.

Never mind the peanut butter beside his mouth.

Then, toward the end of our workout, I realized that my feet were, shall we say, hot. That's right, I burned the bottom of my feet. In fact, I burned my big toe bad enough to get a blister. Yuck.

Oh, so maybe it's not Tae Kwon Do that's dangerous, so much as it's not using your brain that's dangerous. Maybe we should head out earlier, tomorrow!