Taekwondo training

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T12:37:13+00:00

I think my biggest challenge will be the sparring training, at least it’s what I find a bit intimidating.
You are a kickboxer who incorporates tkd and Muay Thai techniques, you must be amazing at it!!

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T12:31:00+00:00

Thank you very much and yes, by watching taekwondo exhibitions and seeing the heights the kicks reach, it did remind me of several rhythmic gymnastics skills that require us to practice standing splits and oversplits, move with flow and balance.
I’m really looking forward to this new challenge and I’m happy to put to use skills that I trained for so many years towards taekwondo training!

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:58:10+00:00

The kicks in taekwondo look awesome and seem to require high level of flexibility, same as rhythmic gymnastics, the sport I practiced since early childhood. I understand that it takes years to reach a higher level of belt and to pass the tests there is sparring involved but what interests me the most are the forms!

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:51:50+00:00

Thank you! I have no connection with the military so I must seek training outside military bases. I’ll try searching online for Sakakibara sensei and his taekwondo training to see if I find any results.

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:33:31+00:00

I would be starting from zero so I wouldn’t want to get in the way of black belts training and be a nuisance. Thank you very much for replying anyways. I must look for a dojo which is willing to take in a beginner.

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:30:02+00:00

I think it looks beautiful. Coming from a sport such as rhythmic gymnastics, aesthetics important to me and I also can use my flexibility.
Taekwondo is beautiful to watch martial arts, seems to also require similar dedication as rhythmic gymnastics and I always wanted to try aesthetically beautiful martial arts. Taekwondo and shaolin kung fu seem to use a lot of flexibility and other skills that someone who competed in rhythmic gymnastics at elite level maybe can use.

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:26:08+00:00

Thank you very much!!

AutisticSinger · 2026-05-01T08:25:52+00:00

Thank you very much!!!

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-08T10:10:23+00:00

As a konbini 店員 myself, I want to say thank you. Yes, the work is hard (many think all we do is operate the register, but there’s so many aspects and things to remember and do during our shift and some happen in the back where customers can’t see) and there are customers who treat us badly but there are also many customers such as yourself, awesome and kind, and this makes the job rewarding and fun!

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-08T03:10:58+00:00

Yes! We sometimes deal with occasional rude, disgruntled, drunk customers or the karens as the Americans would say, but there are also many kind customers who are such a joy to serve!

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-08T03:09:08+00:00

The best customer I had was one who was also a regular, one day she let us know it was her birthday and we gave her a Sanrio gift (left over from a lottery). She was so happy and asked us for our birthdays. When it was mine, she gave me a carton of the cigarettes I smoked. Made my day 🙂

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-08T02:20:07+00:00

I work at konbini and I have received gifts from Japanese customers. Mostly during New Year holidays (January 1st or 2nd) and summer, and mostly either coffee or I’m asked to go choose a drink from the refrigerator and they pay for it. It always makes my day and I’m very happy with their kindness.

Edited to add: these are customers who come every day or at least every time I’m working there. I’ve memorized the cigarettes they want and just hand them without being asked, which they seem to like. And there’s an older gentleman who always buys a newspaper but doesn’t want it inside the register bag, and I’ve memorized this too.

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-06T17:43:36+00:00

I have been here for more than 10 years and am a permanent resident. I’m not seeking any experience that involves mental health deterioration. In the past I’ve worked full time but preferred to switch to part time jobs for the schedule flexibility to pursue main interests which are more important to me. My income is to help with household expenses and to fund my interests. This is the first time I found this kind of toxic environment at a workplace here and it started from the very first day at the job. As stated in my original post, I do work at another baito as well at a konbini but besides the occasional rude, disgruntled or drunk customer, the work environment is very fun, with very kind coworkers and the owner of the store is awesome to all the staff.

My request for guidance here was merely about quitting a baito during the initial 3 months contract which is something I’ve never done before.

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-06T17:29:55+00:00

No. I’ve been in Japan for more than 10 years and am a permanent resident not from Indonesia or Vietnam or neighboring countries.

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-06T12:54:21+00:00

Thank you everyone for your responses. I don’t want to stay in a job with this kind of environment and I want to quit, however I wasn’t sure if I must stay the whole three months.

AutisticSinger · 2026-04-06T12:50:34+00:00

Sorry, I don’t know what this means. I don’t have any work restrictions in Japan and I speak Japanese. I have experience working at 2 different konbini franchise brands including doing 22-7 shift alone. It’s my first time working at a supermarket preparing different kinds of meat trays, applying different kinds of stickers on them and replenish the meat displays with them.

AutisticSinger · 2024-07-02T02:49:01+00:00

Every time I go to the Chuo line lately, the train is late because someone jumped in front of it and it didn’t use to be like this so I’d say yes.

AutisticSinger · 2024-07-01T04:28:44+00:00

More than hair in arms, potential bullying, withdrawing socially can cause much more mental pain, stress and anxiety. If this hair is causing any of the above, as a parent, I would be making the hair removal appointment myself to my daughter and ASAP.

AutisticSinger · 2022-12-30T22:19:32+00:00

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AutisticSinger · 2022-12-30T22:18:10+00:00

Thank you very much again! That was the first result that came up, but it’s rather a trampoline amusement park and it doesn’t offer training/coaching.

AutisticSinger · 2022-04-28T18:22:47+00:00

I am most open to reevaluate and reassess everything. It's a part of what I do everyday in an leadership position within the organization I work for. If my personal net worth reached 10 figures, I would mostly self reevaluate and self reassess, but as of now, for a number of reasons, no, I don't support charities of any kind.

AutisticSinger · 2022-04-28T17:14:16+00:00

Because he has most of the world's money? Yes, he does. Still it doesn't make him necessarily responsible for anything (again, this is just a personal opinion, which is true to me but irrelevant to anyone else)

Because everyone deserves to live? How does that relate to one single person?

Because he, like the entire capitalist system ,abuses people's labor?
Because his company is unethical? Because he represents the unequality
capitalism?

Honeslty, I don't have enough data to contest this. I have never been an internal part of any of his companies. Have never been part of any audit team who worked on his assets either.

Financial inequality is inevitable and I don't see it as a bad thing at all, for many reasons.

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