Comments on: What makes a winner? http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/ Mark Robson author - official support site for Mark Robson, bestselling YA author. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mark Robson http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-756 Mark Robson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:02:12 +0000 http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-756 Many congrats on your A pass at Red Tag, Andy. Great result. I went running again yesterday and was pain free for the first time since the injury, so I'll be stepping the pace back up again on the training now. I've lost about three quarters of a stone so far. Still got a way to go to hit my goal, but I'm getting there. Many congrats on your A pass at Red Tag, Andy. Great result. I went running again yesterday and was pain free for the first time since the injury, so I’ll be stepping the pace back up again on the training now. I’ve lost about three quarters of a stone so far. Still got a way to go to hit my goal, but I’m getting there.

]]> By: Andy M http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-755 Andy M Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:55:36 +0000 http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-755 Hi Mark Thought I would pop your site to see how your taekwondo journey was progressing(posted on your previous thread). Well keep up the hard work as sounds like you are well on target for a good grading the end of the year. Not so great the news about the rib so i hope thats on the mend. Just recently took my Red Tag and passed with an A grade. Quite suprised really as personally did not think the grading went that well but made no mistakes and got all my theory correct so maybe that is where the A came from! Just gut feel it felt like a mediocre performance. Thankfully now have a 6 month window tell my next grading around march/april time. Keep up the good work from a fellow taekwondoian (if there is such a word!) Andy Hi Mark

Thought I would pop your site to see how your taekwondo journey was progressing(posted on your previous thread).

Well keep up the hard work as sounds like you are well on target for a good grading the end of the year. Not so great the news about the rib so i hope thats on the mend.

Just recently took my Red Tag and passed with an A grade. Quite suprised really as personally did not think the grading went that well but made no mistakes and got all my theory correct so maybe that is where the A came from! Just gut feel it felt like a mediocre performance. Thankfully now have a 6 month window tell my next grading around march/april time.

Keep up the good work from a fellow taekwondoian (if there is such a word!)

Andy

]]> By: Mark Robson http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-754 Mark Robson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:51:17 +0000 http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-754 Thanks for your message, TA. I should add that although the hospital staff assured me it would be OK to carry on running, when I went to see my doctor later in the week, she thought running in my condition was madness! With a big grin she told me that she advises all her patients that exercise is bad for you!!! (I will take this as a joke.) She gave me a severe telling off (grinning the entire time at my obvious discomfort - I think she's a sadist at heart) and told me to rest for some time to let the ribs have a chance to heal. I walked away suitably chastened. The one really good thing about this, though, is I now have another vivid experience to draw on for my writing. If I'd had suffered this injury before I wrote the scene in Imperial Spy where Shalidar breaks several of Femke's ribs, I'd have then gone on to write the early part of Imperial Assassin very differently! Thanks for your message, TA.

I should add that although the hospital staff assured me it would be OK to carry on running, when I went to see my doctor later in the week, she thought running in my condition was madness! With a big grin she told me that she advises all her patients that exercise is bad for you!!! (I will take this as a joke.) She gave me a severe telling off (grinning the entire time at my obvious discomfort – I think she’s a sadist at heart) and told me to rest for some time to let the ribs have a chance to heal. I walked away suitably chastened.

The one really good thing about this, though, is I now have another vivid experience to draw on for my writing. If I’d had suffered this injury before I wrote the scene in Imperial Spy where Shalidar breaks several of Femke’s ribs, I’d have then gone on to write the early part of Imperial Assassin very differently!

]]> By: TKD Assassin http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-750 TKD Assassin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:20:49 +0000 http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/2009/09/28/achievement-is-all-about-tenacity/#comment-750 I train Tae Kwon Do with Mark and I've got to say Mark does give it his all. TKD is a fantastic art and we are very fortunate to be taught by the great Jackson White, who we refer to as Master Jackson White as he has achieved his 7th Dan. Jackson is extremely well known in the world of TKD and has fought the best fighters around. With his wealth of sparring experience and decades of commitment and dedication to the sport Master white became World Champion in Croatia earlier this year. Further more he encourages people from our club use these skills by entering into tournaments. Otherwise how do you measure how proficient you are? Unfortunately we all get a slight injury from time to time and many people in our club are carrying injuries, however I'm willing to bet Mark you'll never get kicked in the Ribs again ?? Funny thing is in our club we love TKD and we go back for more what a great way of staying fit whether your 5 or 65 years old. I'm sure you'll be back soon getting A passes, Oh and Mark let that rib heal, take it easy and I look forward to sparring with you soon! TA I train Tae Kwon Do with Mark and I’ve got to say Mark does give it his all. TKD is a fantastic art and we are very fortunate to be taught by the great Jackson White, who we refer to as Master Jackson White as he has achieved his 7th Dan. Jackson is extremely well known in the world of TKD and has fought the best fighters around. With his wealth of sparring experience and decades of commitment and dedication to the sport Master white became World Champion in Croatia earlier this year. Further more he encourages people from our club use these skills by entering into tournaments. Otherwise how do you measure how proficient you are? Unfortunately we all get a slight injury from time to time and many people in our club are carrying injuries, however I’m willing to bet Mark you’ll never get kicked in the Ribs again ?? Funny thing is in our club we love TKD and we go back for more what a great way of staying fit whether your 5 or 65 years old. I’m sure you’ll be back soon getting A passes, Oh and Mark let that rib heal, take it easy and I look forward to sparring with you soon! TA

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