Diving is one sport I painfully love. Most of its charm to me derives from its cruelty. Jumping into the water is a matter of one second. One damned second you strive for years to make a blessed one. If you mess it up, there's neither room or time to recover. It's just splash. That reminds me of Poomsae competitions, where no second round or KO by headshot can save you from one fatal mistake. Speaking of diving, however, airborne breakings someway reverse the idea. A human springboard projects you skyward as you attempt to reach and break a wooden board showing your best stunt in the process. It's diving into the air. It's an ascension bearing the risk of an Icarus' fall. So, in spite of their poor real fight application, these techniques make for a sublime metaphor of the taekwondo lifestyle. Dream big. Run fast. Jump high. Hit hard. Mind the fall. Get up right away.
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