A happy taekwondo Thanksgiving to all my readers! Here is a wonderful thanks to you for your support and enjoyment of this blog. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours.
This post is going to be shorter and more scattered then usual. After all, I’m needing to set up for Thanksgiving too! The stuffing won’t make itself!
In all seriousness, Taekwondo Tutors is very thankful for all the support from everyone. It’s turned out to be something that is quite entertaining to write. Hopefully it’s been something entertaining to read too!
So what is this blog post supposed to be about? That is an excellent question. I truly don’t know. It’s very difficult to figure out how one can make a taekwondo related Thanksgiving post. With Christmas it’s fairly easy; gift list! With new years? New Year’s resolutions! Even Halloween has its own taekwondo themed content!
But Thanksgiving? It’s hard to pick.
Thanksgiving is a distinctly American holiday. It has some dubious history behind it. It is not really related to taekwondo, sport, or exercise at all. Although…
It does certainly have some connection with community. As any frequent reader knows, I write a lot about community. I mean, a lot. Perhaps too much. But isn’t that what Thanksgiving is about? Bringing people together? When you think about it, Thanksgiving, both historically and in modernity, is all about community. We gather friends and family together. Taekwondo is all about gathering people together and bringing in a sense of community!
Yeah… I suppose that’s what I’m doing today. Comparing taekwondo to thanksgiving. So let’s get started!
Community
Like I said earlier, taekwondo is all about gathering together. Just like thanksgiving. This creates a sense of community among fellow taekwondo students. The “taekwondo family” if you will. Especially when you grow up doing taekwondo, the sense of community is something that many taekwondo schools strive to create. Thanksgiving is certainly an opportunity to acknowledge the community in which you train!
Sharing
Thanksgiving is, inherently, about sharing. Sharing food, sharing time, and sharing an experience with your friends and family. Taekwondo is also all about sharing. In class you’re sharing knowledge. In competitions your sharing an experience. At testing, you’re sharing the stress with your fellow examinees (and examiners… we stress too!). Sharing, whether you’re sharing a meal or sharing knowledge, is something we should all be thankful for.
Food!
Ok, so maybe this isn’t a similarity, but a (very distinct) difference. One involves food, while the other doesn’t. Well, usually. Sometimes I’d get food with my instructor and fellow examiners after a long day of testing. But thanksgiving is all about the meal. Sharing the meal, particularly. Unless if you’re that one relative who doesn’t know how to cook. Then it’s your opportunity to come up with a reason not to cook. The best one so far has been “my pet ate the butter I needed for the recipe”. Plausible, yet also obscure.
Alright, now I must leave and prepare myself for my own thanksgiving dinner. A Happy Thanksgiving for all your support!
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