Congratulations on your black Amethyst22! I'm wondering if you'll concur with me in that it seemed like such a feat to become a black belt/sash but now I'm here, I feel like there's a whole world of things I still have yet to learn.

I agree! Now that I'm a Cho Dan, I feel like a white belt again. So much to learn; the possibilities are endless!! When I first got my belt, I felt so uncomfortable moreso than when I was a white belt. LOL

I agree with you, once you finally get to black its such a change. Its like starting all over again, having to instruct when you hardly feel like you earned the belt to start out with is difficult, but you just have to keep telling yourself I earned it or else they wouldnt have given it to me. Now comes the struggle of getting remotivated after more than a year to decide if I want to start training for 2nd degree. Keep training!!!!! You can achieve it if you believe it!!!!

I was 12, and it was 1981.

I started at age 33 and hope to get my black belt before I turn 40, will probably be 40 and one month though <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I recommend it to anyone, I wanted to exercise and new aerobics/gym would get boring to me so this keeps me interested.
Osu

I took Tae Kwon Do in college and really loved it. I have MS and at the time had some residual coordination problems. My mom wanted me to tell the instructor this so he would take it easy on me if I have any trouble, but I wanted to be pushed as hard as anyone else. It really helped me completely recover. It trained my brain and body to make new connections to bypass the damaged ones. I would recommend any type of martial arts or yoga to anyone (even if you don't think you can).

<img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> At the young age of 54 in 2005!