Slept In

I am ashamed to say that I slept in til nearly noon! I think my tiredness was a combination of things. I practiced hapkido for hours yesterday. I worked with a partner for an hour and then trained for an hour after practicing all the techniques during the day. Martial arts reminds me of learning a foreign language. As a new student, there is always something that I don't understand or that I can't visualize, that I can't get down. This bothers me with the testing coming up in October because even though I feel that I can perform correctly, what if I'm not looking in the direction of the attack, or moving my head out of the way, or worse yet, not succeeding in an effective technique. So the master said that I should work on making the techniques more fluid and rounded, like a river, to not grab, to be more patient. Last night I worked on chil rang gis, tung chi gis and 13 self defense. Need to work on proper kick position too, getting my hip over. I've learned most of the korean terms. Most of them translate literally except for 5 or so. I will have something to eat and then begin practicing the techniques. It is a beautiful spring day, a perfect day to practice on my driveway although the driveway slants a bit and throws my balance off.