My greatest fear in martial arts, as it always has been, is not giving it the attention and respect it deserves. To me, it is the art of optimization. It's a form of self-defense, of self-awareness. It's not something you only train in, but in fact live. It's lifestyle that teaches mastery over the mind and body, and thus mastery over oneself.
When the time comes for me to clock out at work, to say goodbye to my fellow volunteers, or turn in a big project, I don't get nearly the same satisfaction I do as when I train here, at Aim High. This test, out of all of my current undertakings, has my greatest respect, and it's about time I started posting on here to show it.
Wednesday night last week, I broke two boards (one with a round house, one with a tornado kick). I'll be honest, seeing as I've never actually broken a board with those kicks, the power I threw into them was a bit out of control. The goal that time was to just make sure my roundhouse could break them, and I really have no doubt of that anymore! Almost took off John's jaw in the process...
The phase 1 test is almost a week away, so to all my fellow tester's, let's make sure we give the time and attention necessary to showing mastery and discipline where it needs to be showed. I look forward to testing with you all!
-Alexander Mason
I was really excited to see a black belt test from the coaching perspective. And thus far, it has not been disappointing. It has been an honor to be involved and has kept my training on a good continuous path. I think that I am learning more from Alex Mason than I could ever teach him. So to all the testers: an old and wise tae kwon do master once said to me "be confident with the belt rank that you are in. You are there for a reason" Melissa Harris
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