It's Getting Hot In Here!!!!

So a little bird told me it was about 5 degrees celsius in Wellington tonight....

It's sitting on an average of about 24 degrees here, and is only just getting started.....

Would go to the beach but it doesn't "open" until July (as in the life guards aren't on duty and no-one will swim without them), although that doesn't worry some people..... might have to go to the pool again tomorrow....

Instructing at Buam Taekwon-Do Academy again tonight..... approx 80 students spread over 5 classes from 2:30pm - 10:00pm.... lots of English, lots of recreational stuff, and lots of basics....

The students LOVE soccer here, and before class grab one of the balls and play ... by the time class comes around they're dripping in sweat and it takes a fair amount to get them motivated to work hard.

Remember that these students train every day. This is like another school subject to them... they get up in the morning, depending on their parents they might have a private tutor session or extra class before school, then the day at school, then study either at home, in groups, private tutoring or additional "classes" after school.... Taekwon-Do is just another after school subject to them....

Also remember that if it wasn't Taekwon-Do it would be Hapkido, or Gumdo, or Judo or another martial art - pretty much everyone does one up to early adulthood. Then they do their 2 years compulsory military service where they do more martial arts as part of their training, and then they start real life.... Uni might have started before the military service, or after, or not at all.... From what I gather, unless you're going to make your living running a Martial Arts School, many of the adults here do not continue their Martial Arts training......

So of the 5 classes that I taught tonight, 3 were primary school students, 1 was middle school and the last was high school.....

There's a lot of demonstrating involved and a lot of energy expended keeping the students motivated and doing the correct techniques.... and with the heat and humidity - I'm in a sweat too.....

Not that I'm complaining.... I've experienced the same thing as Mr Brown and Mr Doogan and have dropped some weight - nothing like great food, hot weather and plenty of excercise to increase the fitness levels!!!

Anyway - it's 10 o'clock, time to head back to Gimhae!

Signing off!!!