day 1753 – korean consulate

May 19, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #branch, #chocopie, #coach, #competition, #hardwork, #improvements, #killarney, #koreanconamsulatecup, #longwait, #mats, #pocky, #poomsae, #proud, #richmond, #sparring, #students, #tenhourshift, #tkd, #unorganized | Leave a comment

if i didn’t give some random reason, my shift would have been way longer than the eight to six i had. the competition was unorganized from the beginning when they failed to setup the ticket table. it was so draining, i mainly had pockys and chocopies for lunch. nonetheless, it went well for most of my students. i’m very pleased with the hard work they put into this competition and making the improvements they did. stepping out onto the mats for the first time is daunting, i know far too well. seeing all my students improve makes itch to get back into competition myself, but somehow i held my ground

day 1750 – suspending

May 16, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #brokenbody, #calisthenics, #coach, #competitionteam, #competitor, #different, #glasses, #injuries, #nomore, #portland, #realization, #redeyedrive, #rings, #storyofmylife, #taekwondo, #tkd, #waybackwednesday | Leave a comment

that time playing on friend’s rings trying calisthenic moves while waiting for our carpool. i still remember we met up at midnight to do a red eye drive down to portland competition. the good old times when i am still active in the competition world, training and coaching at the same time. those days are gone and i no longer have the same competition goals anymore; maybe i finally realize it’s time to let go so my broken body won’t get anymore broken

day 1634 – coachella

January 20, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bcchamp, #coach, #competitionteam, #earlymorning, #feelsgood, #fishsticks, #goodtobeback, #icehockey, #mornings, #obligation, #onetimer, #saturday, #taekwondolife, #tkd, #vachl, #volunteer | Leave a comment

wasn’t intending on coaching this one but here i am early saturday morning. nine straight hours of taekwondo isn’t what i called for but at least i got to fit a hockey game in to close off the night. i was mad at myself for missing the net on the one timer off a nice feed. it was a good game overall and what matters is i’m having fun and hand is feeling just fine. i’ve never bounced off a guy to the point where i was knocked momentarily off the ice. this body will be very tired tomorrow after being physically tired for nineteen hours

day 1322 – transformation

March 14, 2017 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bcchamp, #capilanocollege, #coach, #commitment, #competition, #competitor, #goodolddays, #grow, #happytwelve, #memyselfandi, #miss, #provincial, #raw, #role, #sifu, #taekwondo, #transformationtuesday | Leave a comment

this is not a throwback thursday, but a random photo sifu sent me today and i thought it was funny but fitting. to a raw competitor of six years ago, when i also sparred at bc champ. i can’t keep track of how many competitions i have been to since then; it’s probably a good sign when i don’t. i miss the good old days when i had coaches to turn to, but now i, myself, have taken on that role and can only rely. on myself. still trying to grow into someone i could rely on. it’s a special day for lomo, but no time to celebrate

day 1312 – team competitors

March 5, 2017 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bronze, #coach, #competition, #experience, #gold, #hardware, #medal, #oregonconventioncentre, #portland, #pyongwon, #repping, #shipjin, #sportpoomsae, #taekwondo, #teambc, #teamphoto, #usworldopen, #worldclasspoomsae | Leave a comment

competition day in portland came really quickly. i had low expectations going in because of what happened recently and the luck of poomsae draw didn’t help either. practice was sparse cause of the lack of time and the timing of injuries. i admit at times i didn’t try to make time to practice and even wanted to withdraw so i won’t disappoint anyone. i pulled together a gutsy performance today and took a gold and a satisfying bronze. i’m glad i was there to prove myself

day 1199 – coaching team

November 11, 2016 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #coach, #coachingteam, #dehydrated, #grandmaster, #hilton, #lacticacid, #muscletightness, #piperolling, #poomsae, #pvc, #refresher, #seminar, #soretomax, #sportpoomsae, #tkd, #training | Leave a comment

the two grandmasters and the coaching team at yet another grandmaster yoon sport poomsae seminar. it’s great opportunity to pick his brain from his wealth of knowledge; no wonder he’s one of the best coach in california state. a good poomsae refresher for me but a bad headache kept my home in the evening, probably from dehydration or something. i feel fatigued and much discomfort so all i can do is lie down and roll out on my pvc

day 1066 – annual award

July 1, 2016 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #annualaward, #awardceremony, #canadacup, #coach, #competitor, #grandchampion, #nothingcomeseasy, #poomsaecompetition, #referee, #selfdoubt, #success, #taekwondo, #trophy | Leave a comment

another busy season of taekwondo comes to an end with the passing of canada cup. through this season, i have found much success further developing my own competition game as well as training my students. it hasn’t been easy at all, there has been lots of struggles and self doubts along the way, but i got the job done at the end of the day. here’s to another grand champion trophy to add to my collection. i don’t know how many more competitions i have in me; i am hoping won’t end just yet

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