I hurt today.

My taekwondo studio got a new instructor back in October. At first, all the adult students loved the fresh face and new attitude. He’s 24, fun, personable, agile and a fourth degree black belt.

Until he started the extreme martial arts shit. XMA is amazing to watch and is generally done by kids/teens. It involves a LOT of jumps, spin kicks, jumping spin kicks, flips, etc. Mr. Hwang has won countless awards for his work in his other schools -- with the teens. He is a specialist in teaching XMA.

Adults don’t do XMA. And there’s a reason.

Last night he decided we should do drop shoulder rolls. “Lean down, drop onto your shoulder, push your legs over and jump up,” he instructs us.

Right.

I am 49 years old and wear a size 14 pants. My ass at no point should be going over my head. I also haven’t done flips or somersaults or anything of that nature in well over 40 years. Therefore, I see no reason to start again now.

Except that I kinda had to. Oh, and if drop shoulder rolls in and of themself weren’t enough fun, then we had to do them from a standing position. “Take a stop forward and then drop . . .” “No, Mrs. Torres, do not use your forearm to support yourself. Land on your shoulder first.”

This morning, my right shoulder IS FUCKING SCREAMING AT ME. Me, who cannot take ibuprofen. Me, who has 2 Tylenol Arthritis pain formula in me just to maintain. I don’t think my dear instructor has noticed that the adults are dropping off like flies. Most of us with injuries. Our old instructor never, ever had us do extreme work; he understood our physical limitations.


I hurt and need sympathy. :haha: