Tae Kwon Do Woes

Tonight I learned that I might not be able to test at the end of June for my third decided black belt rank. This is not because I am not ready or because I am underqualified because believe me I work my tail off once I step foot in my Dojang. Tae Kwon Do is one of the few things in my life that I do not half ass. The reason I might not be able to test is because we might not be having a testing in June this year, because of financial problems with the camp site where we usually have it at. We need a minimum of seventy-five people signed up for the week of Summer Camp at which we have a black belt only testing at the end of the week. Right now we only have fifty people signed up for the camp, of which I am not one. I cannot go to camp because I am taking Summer Government for three weeks, one week is the week of Summer Camp. It cost $350 to go to Summer Camp and I am not going to pay that to not go and then go for the Saturday and test. So I am only paying for the day that I can go so am only counting for a third of a person because he is making me pay more than just for one day. If we do not get more people to go then we will not have Summer Camp and more importantly, we will not have testing =(.

This brings me to another point, if I do not test in June this year I may not be eligible for testing in 2012 for my 4th Dan. Normally we are supposed to have three years inbetween the 3rd Dan testing and 4th Dan testing but in the past he has let about one-fifth of the people who applied to test early, go ahead and do so. So it looks like I may not be able to test in San Antonio in 2012, since the only other black belt testing this year is in Minneapolis in September. If I don't test in 2012 I will have to test in 2015 which adds three additional years onto my testing cycle, it will now take me six years in between my 3rd dan testing and my 4th dan testing whereas it normally should only take three to four depending upon the year that a person tests in.

So for now I'm just chilling, working out four nights a week and hoping for the best, and I guess some things in life all we can do is let fate take its course and decide what is best for us.