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Black Belt!





















I've done it! Saturday, July 5
I successfully passed the examination for black belt and now I am a 1st Dan Taekwondo. That lust, I desired that first goal I can not describe in words the emotions I felt that day.

But it all started at noon with a scooter when I picked up the ravine Cardoso (another story black belt, great David!) In Freedom Square, and we left for the appointment of Peretola with Maestro Domenico. Final Destination: San Lazzaro (Bo) was held in the afternoon where the 2008 summer session for black belts, in collaboration with the Regional E-Romagna.
Cardoso, noto alle cronache per la sua ansia da prestazione, era in ottima forma e stranamente tranquillo, cioè riusciva a controllare bene il nervosismo ed il meteorismo che ne deriva. Un buon inizio di giornata, ho pensato, l’energia è quella buona. Ed avevo ragione, il viaggio è filato tranquillo insieme a Domenico e Davide il Moro ( per differenziarlo da David Cardoso), abbiamo rivisto un po’ di video delle Forme sull’I-Phone di Dommy e condiviso esperienze e pareri sugli argomenti più vari.

Ad essere sincero, man mano che ci avvicinavamo alla meta aumentavano le farfalle nello stomaco, ma la tensione era di quelle che ti motivano.

In perfetto orario raggiungiamo la gym, and together with another dirty dozen athletes Tuscany and Emilia begin heating and stretching. A small note: the space used by prairie of our Gymnasium Stadium, giving the lie to the examination of black in a narrow space of just over 100 square meters was a shock, without changing either showers! Anyway thanks for the hospitality Com Reg E-Romagna, I know that sports is not easy to organize meetings in suitable environments, but armed with burning patience, we are sure that in the near future, even our discipline will win a place in the most appropriate Italian sports ... landscape

During my heat I had a wonderful surprise: Lorenzo, Manu and the Debby have entered the door of the gym! They came to Bologna to support me, armed with trumpets and banners from the stadium! All warp deception, because in the days before they told me that all 3 could not come to see me because they would go by boat for the weekend, the guys are just a few days ago ... Ganzi was talking with a friend and friendship I told you that true friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand ... as I said I thought of you, really! Thank you for sharing with me this beautiful day, we will honor when you too will be an examination of black and you do a new Debby batezado de Capoeira with Mestre Fabio.

But back to examine bomb, me and David were very concentrated and we did a good question, I personally I have to improve in the forms because I like a lot but I got only 6 in the final vote of the committee. Much better than I did and techniques in combat, and in this respect I want to thank the polyglot Cardoso because it was a good sparring .... Oh

Grandmaster Domenico, you are high praise for having made possible this first major milestone, our goal is to always improve, but I am particularly happy because we have paid tribute Saturday to the school and you, me and David because we had the best grades of the examinees Tuscany, for the curious clik here:

http://www.tkdtoscana.it/tkd/index.php?option=com_content&task = view & id = 26 & Itemid = 42

finished the examination and made the "shower" in the bathroom sink of the gym, we had a few 'of artistic photos and then I, Dommy, Debby, Pajano, Bitta and the Moro David went in the center of Bologna to take a walk and we also drank more than one drink in a nice little place in the shadow of two towers. We did a lot 'of mess with the orders of the pub and the boys have given us a spritz as a sign of sympathy and universal harmony. By Dommy we talked about that in future we would like to go with him to go trekking in extreme Aspromonte, a beautiful natural experience ... we will also be, sure!

Cardoso is instead allocated to Florence Florence to other taekwondo other gyms, including a mestissimo Niccolo, who has not passed the exam and was understandably sad, the secret is to learn good form and control the emotions, Nicco will be for next time, do not let go in December and certainly earn your belt.

am returned to Florence in the evening with the Qashqai of Debby, great car and great driver, after one hour and a half we were still on the outskirts of Bologna, then Lore Pajano with an excuse like "Debby, you try me, I've never driven Such machines, I want to feel the emotion, can I drive your SUV right now? "took command of the machine and the other from a chat we arrived in Florence. Debby I know because I was going slowly, when we all have fun together too much and you just wanted to prolong the pleasure, oh great!

However arrived in Florence I had my two women who were expecting me to the gardens of the Champ de Mars, the Queer e la Stellina erano ansiose di sapere tutto sull’esame. A loro va il mio ringraziamento più grande perché senza la loro pazienza non mi sarei potuto preparare per bene all’esame e più di una volta hanno scosso preoccupate la testa quando mi guardavano fare le forme in mutande appena svegliato oppure steppare/fintare in cucina mentre rosolavo l’arista, ma che dire….se non son grulli non si vogliono…

Alla prossima!!

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Taekwondo Championships in Rome - April 12, 2008

Saturday, April 12 we had a really busy day in Rome, where the Palalottomatica took place at the European Championships of Taekwondo.

A representative group of TKD Florence, led by Grand Master Domenico Mazzocca Saschall they would meet in the early morning to meet other athletes from Tuscany and from the time of the eternal city by bus. The likeable driver will return later.

The trip has flown by, entertained by the stories of Master Adam Doyukai of Florence that the microphone we talked about the history of TKD and its past competitions.

must have been nice to his opponents face a beast of Ivorian 2 meters x 2 meters (basically a square of muscles ...), many of them now painting pictures with his mouth or try the gold in the Amazon, still wearing the dobok who had that day.

Paiano and I have played guitar and sang for a Oretta, creating nausea and anxiety in passengers except one, which is my immense gratitude: the master of Montecatini Palukas John, who asked us to record a cassette of ns. starlings. I think we're kidding, however, the tape record it to him anyway.

Dominic has been with us in the final stretch of the journey Rome talking about the introduction of the new combat vest and updated electronically on the results of the previous days.

Palalottomatica At the time we did not lose and we enjoyed a bit 'of meetings from the stands, packed with fans came from all over Italy. See a live combat Taekwondo is a really exciting experience, you gasa to capacity, you are really want to wear dobok and guards and down on the table to study the opponent, to understand the weaknesses and gaps in energy and hit the bodice to reveal the results on the board the coveted point! 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1 Victory! However

to 13.00 the fighting have been suspended for lunch ... and here it is consumed the Caporetto of our staff. Maestro Domenico. The group of TKD Florence (Robert, Elisa, Lorenzo P., David, Andrea, and Francesco Pedrito, with the addition of Lorenzo's Florence Doyukai) left the Palalottomatica 13.05 promising to Dominic, who remained on site with executives in the event, which was 14.30 before returning to watch matches more interesting (the ns. Basile in the first place). Domenico, a proud group of fighters that he grew up, hailed as did the Caesars with the Legionnaires of the toughest battles (something like the way my wild the infierno ...). The harsh reality is that at 14.30 Francesco Domenico phoned to ask where was the group of lions, the answer was a chorus of drunken "but that we care, but c'emporta ...." Our attack was a plate of matriciana in a nice guesthouse in the center of the Capital, and nothing would persuade them from leaving it in the steaming dish to follow the meeting of Basile.

Dommy, you will always be faithful and continue on the path you traced, but on Saturday you have to forgive ... Rome was really beautiful, the sun was shining and a west wind has kept us very roguish over due on the comfortable chairs of the restaurant.

After lunch we also went to the Coliseum to take the usual photos and then, after the burp of indigestion, we returned to the indoor stadium.

We were able to see Claudio Nolasco, who was defeated with honor - I personally am not entirely convinced of the BC Electronic as "referee" of the meeting, but let's still time to perfect this technological innovation.

Then we followed all the final and conclusive ... impressive performances of the athletes of the Korean Kukkiwon with spectacular jumps, breaks in flight of blocks and kicks of all kinds, great!

At the end of the day we said goodbye Domenico che ci ha promesso una settimana di fuoco, con allenamenti massacranti per farci pentire della matriciana, ha ragione lui, invece che da cinture nere di Tkd ci siamo comportati da cinture nere di antipasto misto…non lo faremo più.

Il ritorno è stato rilassante, siamo partiti in ritardo di 1 ora (alle 21) perché non riuscivamo a trovare il ns. pulmann nel piazzale di fronte al Palasport. Chissà dove era andato l’autista, personaggio unico che ha parlato ininterrottamente per le 4 ore che ci hanno diviso da Firenze. I suoi argomenti spaziavano dall’imbrocco di entreneuse a pago nei night di Montecatini a veloci chupa chups (così li chiama lui e vi lascio immaginare a cosa si riferisce) consumati nelle toilette di loschi bar di periferia. Un vero lord, che non si era accorto che mentre lui sciorinava senza sosta le sue imprese (!?) sessuali, nei sedili dietro di lui erano sedute nell’ordine: una allibita signora di mezza età e le due ns. ragazze del Tkd Firenze ( Roberta ed Elisa), che facevano finta di dormire, ma che in realtà piangevano in silenzio pensando che anche lui il giorno dopo avrebbe votato per eleggere il nuovo governo del Paese.

Alla Prossima!!

Francesco