u/KwonKid

I know it sounds silly but lately I’ve come to terms that on my journey to black belt in taekwondo, I’m losing motivation and interest. Why? The lack of sparring and sparring drills. It’s been nothing but patterns and although I love the conditioning that comes with patterns I want to be able to fight. So current idea is if taekwondo isn’t going to just focus on patterns then maybe to keep motivated I should take up kickboxing,Muay Thai or mma. I’ve been coming up with excuses not to go to class. I originally got into taekwondo (itf) for the combat/sparring aspect. Without it, I feel like I’m just “dancing” then fighting. And yes I know martial arts is about self growth, it’s why I refuse to quit taekwondo has helped me both with my physical and mental health a ton, but I have to accept that doing just patterns isn’t what I signed up for. What’s your take on the situation?