It’s the middle of April already.  Are your taxes filed?  Due to a holiday in Washington, DC, you are not late.  Yet.  Congratulations-you have until Monday.

I took a look back over some recent posts, and noticed that the post frequency has declined.  Also, the content has changed.  I think these both are a result of me finally adjusting to the training (after almost two years).  I don’t complain about strange tube drills, jumps, and how they make me see dead relatives.  Although, we did have a couple of really hard training classes this past week, and I still have a hard time with some of the drills.  Just not as bad as before.  And, I recover a lot faster.

I still have problems with my feet and left ankle.  The foot problem isn’t on the bottom any more-it hurts on top.  Both feet.  They are the worst when I’ve been still-sitting-for a while.  Once I get up and start moving, I’m a lot better.  Kicking drills where I have to make contact make them hurt too.  Nothing is broken, just irritated.  I think it’s still the faciitis, so I have started doing some of the stretches again.  They worked for the heel pain, hopefully they’ll work for the insteps too.  All in all, though, it;s not so bad that it keeps me away from training.

I feel like I’m making some progress in Hoijeon Moosool too.  I’m a yellow belt now, and I think I can most of the time figure out my right foot from my left.  This is slow going, and it’s not being helped by my attendance.  I didn’t make it at all this past week, and probably won’t make it to any classes next week either.  I can practice some of the techniques on my own, but I still need instructor help to make sure I’m not practicing the wrong things.  My son doesn’t really like it when I practice the wrist grabs and releases on him.

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