Starting to Train at Home...Again.

For the last six years I've been training in Taekwondo and I've loved every minute of it. I go twice a week and am due to test for my 1st Dan (1st degree black belt) at the end of this year. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get motivated to really train - by that I mean that I mean training outside of the training center.

Now, I have tried a few times to get into it and train everyday at home and at the center; but I very quickly fall out of the habit. It's also winter where I am right now and temperatures are dropping into the negatives frequently.The cold weather makes it difficult to do most anything now but with the end of the year just 4 or 5 months out; I'm not really sure I get much of a choice in the matter.

A grading is typically divided up as follows: form, weapons, sparring, self defense and a fitness test. The first four sections of the grading we prep for in the training center that's no problem but my fitness and flexibility....who am I kidding my fitness levels in general are buried at the earth's core. While the weapons work worries me, it's the fitness test that has me all twitchy-eyed.

My endurance and flexibility are limited and my core strength sucks so starting tomorrow - Monday, July 29, 2019 - I'm going to start again. Not sure how this is going to work out but...baby steps.