Tuesday, January 09, 2007

I guess I'm free now to address & air some of my views & thoughts on some matters... This is going to be long... Haha anyways...

Taekwondo - I guess this 2007 I really want to shut up le & only scold when REALLY BLOODY necessary. But I still will bitch abt it in my blog... Haha so if you find it weird why I don't say anything else... Look here. Haha Like I said so many times...

Training is only twice per week, unless it's competition time. 1 training lasts an average of 2 hours... so in 1 week 4 hours of training isn't gonna get anyone anywhere as near as they hoped... Everyone wants to get stronger... So to me 4 hours definitely isn't enough... In 1 training, most of the time is spent with me sharing knowledge (useful / useless up to you to decide), or me scolding everyone... Well... if everyone will devote that 2 hours to train real hard & perservere even with injuries (not talking abt life threatening ones...), I believe everyone will sure benefit, learn & improve tremendously.

Why are some clubs so strong? I told everyone le... They take training damn seriously... & that's on top of their own studies... Which to me are like more packed than poly... So it's like 11+ then they will reach home also... But they still go on & on & train even with some injuries... Jokes are bound to come out, but I see that they understand that everyone can talk & joke later. You all are YOUNG ADULTS, so pls... I assure you that by doing just this you will see improvements gradually. It's a progressive thing. BUT you must learn to take it more seriously!

Pain is part & parcel of Taekwondo, much so for LIFE as well... So... we should be friends with it. Pain tells us that maybe we are not using the proper technique, not doing it well/properly, or that their peer's methods are inaccurate. For me, I try not to shun pain. Instead I just try to understand why I encounter pain. Learn from it!

On winning... Let's just put it this way... If you train hard enough & properly, I can say if you take part in competitions you will be assured of your chance to win. Even if you do not win, don't despair! Some winners are winners because they were once losers. To me, only a loser will learn from their mistakes & perservere on to win. Winners have not much to fall back on to reflect. So yeah. Your chance will come, provided you want that & you do the right things. Don't just be so critical about how this system is ineffective etc etc just because you lost. Humans err. Everyone isn't perfect.

As a black belt, I think I'm more concerned with passing on my knowledge to everyone else. Perhaps because I originated as a white belt from NP, I felt that all the more it's my moral obligation to share what I know with the members. Kinda like a pure blood. Haha I'm bossy, arrogant to the point of being irritating. But it's happening because everyone just doesn't seem to wake up their ideas. Taekwondo isn't just a sport. It's also a martial art. The way things are now is because NPTKD is also a school club. So there are 2 sets of rules governing the club. No performance = No budget = No anything! We are also following STF's & SSC's directives & vision to promote it as a sport. Simple as that! So think in our shoes (as comm members, pres/vp, instructor) why I'm so bloody annoying than your mother. =)

Nowadays I just go around training cuz I must also move with times le. So I must learn more to share more with others. I'm still fanatical with improving NPTKD. I'm also fanatical with improving anyone who wants to learn TKD. So yeah. Power to me is nothing. NP doesn't pay me. So yeah. There you go. I only assert my right as a 2nd Dan black belt if I see anyone who tries to be funny. I still learn from everyone. But I only learn what's practical. I don't see anyone on the streets doing a 540 back hook to defend himself, or in competitions. I only see it on Youtube videos. & I also see them in hospitals with ligament problems, lamenting on how normal training has done things to their bodies when it's themselves who brought such misfortune upon themselves. =D

There... there are a lot more on my mind... But this is gonna be bloody long...

Labels: Some thoughts on TKD

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