#tkdiary2018

Hey guys!

So it’s finally come time to sorta let you know what happened.

In late July I got sick with pneumonia. It was very aggressive and resistant to antibiotics. Spent a couple nights in the ER trying to breathe. Pneumonia lasted 7 weeks but afterwards I fractured two ribs on my right side and suffer from atelectasis in my right lung.

I’ve never had a great immune system. Those of you that know me can confirm that I get sick at least twice a month, usually with a simple cold. This recovery will be painfully slow so bear with me a little while longer.

Daedo sensor socks (foot guards)!

They are the way points register in a taekwondo match. It’s an electronic system. Essentially our chest protector that we wear in high performance sparring have magnets in them. These protectors have magnets too! When you hit the chest protector with one of these, it breaks the magnetic field, registering a hit, the psi of the hit, and a point (or points) goes up.

There’s another system called KPNP that I highly dislike, but essentially the same concept.

First off, I’d like to apologize to you guys for being inactive and absent from the account. The last few weeks have been really difficult for me and I needed to take some time.

It’s now that I have to let you guys know that I will not be training or competing for the next few months. I have gotten really, really sick and have had some severe complications regarding my lungs. I will not be able to do sports for quite some time, let alone go on a treadmill or walk up stairs.

I know a lot of you followed me because of my taekwondo posts, and for that I am truly, really sorry that I have not met your expectations. I’ll still be around to answer questions and talk with you guys, that brings me a lot of joy. I appreciate you guys hanging around and all the get well wishes from those who know what’s going on. It means a lot to me.