Work Hard

To experience a good training session, you should relax and have fun, but you still must train very hard. Always put one hundred percent of your concentration and effort into every class. When the mental and physical aspects come together, you will feel great and have a sense of achievement. If you are sick or injured, do not go to class. Stay home and get well, so you may train at one-hundred percent when well. If you are merely feeling "down' or out of sorts, you may find that as the class progresses you will feel better and be able to perform at full intensity. At the end of each training session, if you have put forth maximum effort, you will be exhausted. As your fitness level improves, you will have to do more and more to reach exhaustion. It may become convenient to not exert yourself physically or mentally, so that you may stay comfortable. However, if you only do what you can comfortably do, you will not progress. Progress comes from doing more than you thought you could do. A class session in which you have mentally and physically challenged yourself will always be a good class.

Take Time-off

Do not be afraid to take a couple of days off occasionally. Just as muscle needs time to heal, the mind needs time to refresh itself. After taking a short time off, you may return to class refreshed and full of enthusiasm. Taekwondo should be fun, not drudgery. Try not to take more than two consecutive days off at a time.

Perseverance

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. -Confucius

Without perseverance, you will not learn that technique that is giving you a problem, learn that new pattern, or learn how to improve your sparring. Without perseverance, you will probably not even come to class! Statistics show that fewer than five percent of students who join as a white belt actually make it to black belt. Why? it is because they do not have the perseverance to give themselves a chance to achieve black belt. There are many demands on your time and the study of Taekwondo will compete with these demands. If you enjoy Taekwondo, then commit to it and persevere. If you try, and you travail, you will triumph!

Practice Alone Sometimes

Practicing alone at times gives one an opportunity to practice patterns and techniques without the pressure of being watched. It allows you to concentrate on the meaning and reason for every move. Using a mirror to watch yourself will improve your patterns and techniques.

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