As a Wuxia novel fan and someone who is generally good at sports, I’ve always wanted to try out Taekwondo. However, due to the myth (or fact? idk) that stretching your legs too much as a kid will damage the growth in terms of height, my mom never let me learn it.
When I first got to college, since my body growth had already become stagnant, I went to a training of the Taekwondo club in my school to get a taste of it, and boy was I impressed. The staggering physique of the black belters hitting a pad at high speed with their foot and the loud and crisp sound accompanying it is just so damn shocking, and I immediately fell in love with it.
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