Every sport has its own story or stories. For some people the story is an easy one, for others the story is one of struggle. Not every student that start out with Martial Arts (whatever discipline) advances to Black Belt level. In fact, according to the Instructors, a lot are starting off, but very few finish, or carry on after they achieved Black Belt status. Hanlie started with Taekwondo in June 2013 and at first did it just to get fit and hopefully loose some weight. In October 2013 their Instructor enrolled them into a competition just to get some competition experience. Needless to say, although Hanlie did won some medals, she did not do well. The next year she decided to take some extra Taekwondo training sessions and at the end of 2014 Hanlie became the South African Ladies 40+ Colourbelt champion. (that was despite tearing a calf muscle 8 weeks before the South African Championships) Sounds like she is doing well and everything is her way. Hanlie's performance and
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