Tae Kwon Do, Take Two

In Thief River Falls, Elise and Anja had taken Tae Kwon Do.  Elise did it for one year, and lost interest last spring.  Anja started last September and was still gung ho when we moved.  Finding a TKD place here has been on my To Do list, but I hadn't looked into it too much.  Last weekend we met a woman who works at a TKD gym very near where we live, who really talked up the instructors (medals at the Olympics and World Championships) and told us about a special trial month which would cost very little.  So yesterday we headed over there and met with Master Lee to learn about how he runs things.  There was a big disappointment:  this TKD place is affiliated with a different Tae Kwon Do association, so the testing requirements are different and Anja basically has to start over as a white belt.  The good news is that the instructors are very nice, have good teaching techniques, and the two masters are from Korea (the "home" of Tae Kwon Do) so the instruction feels pretty authentic.  The bad news is that being from Korea makes the masters kind of hard to understand.  I'm sure we will find it easier to understand them as we are around them more.

Tonight was Anja's first real class and she was super excited.  Of course, things are run a little differently, and that was a challenge for her, but she was a trooper and did her best!  I'm sure there will be some bumps in the road as we get used to new instruction, but so far it seems like we have found a good place!