I am just back from Taekwondo training, conducted by myself.
When I reached the NTU, I saw no one, so I thought training was cancelled. As I was wandering around, pondering whether I should do my own training, I saw a member. Actually after talking to him, I realised that he's not an NTU student. He's only in Secondary 4. Wow, so young already have chance to train with us in NTU, good for him.
He asked me, "Got training?"
I was thinking, "What the heck, since I am already here, why not? Since only 2 person (including myself), why not make use of the time to improve on some skills." Lesson #1: I learnt that I am responsible for my time here...Good for me.
As we were completing the warm up, 3 more came in. So I improvised my initial training program to sparring. Sparring didn't went the way I wanted, for me. My kicking range was off, and when I sparred with JH, it was even more frustrating. I was tensed and was playing into his game and rhythm, which is not usual for me. Got a feedback that I didn't made full use of the opportunity to give a clear cut score...My interpretation, I need to train to sharpen my kicks. Thanks for the feedback JH.
Lesson #2: I learnt that I loose my cool when things don't happened as expected. Hmmm...This leads to lesson I learnt recently, Letting Go. Is this how I react in life..I wonder...
Anyway, I calmed down and did a debrief on what I wanted the trainees to achieve. Lesson #3: I felt pissed off when I was sharing/talking, someone just butt in. Can't they wait? If it was 3 years ago, I would have jut shut up and let the smart" *ss do all the talking he wants. But this time round, I just put to my point forth before letting him have the spot light. Felt like competing for energy/attention though. Next time have to be more revocable!
The debrief went on well because all of us raised up good points and the trainees learnt a little on self reflection, visualisation and modelling. Hope they will remember the lesson, and hope the enjoyed the session. Also hope they will find the lessons useful in their lives in future.
Though I was not very happy with my performance today, I have a better idea now which area to focus on, in my next trainings.
Now, how can I transfer these lessons to improve my life?
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Kok Leong,
Steady man. This post has inspired me to learn from every situation.
Any happening around me can lead me to a lesson and reflection for myself.
Thank you for this post.
Thanks for the ackowledgement and encouragement! I think that the more I learn about myself, the more I can improve...There's a chinese saying, zhi ji zhi bi, pai zhan pai sheng...or something like that. Al the best!
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