day 2521 – term one

June 27, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #coach, #connect, #entertainment, #fun, #funny, #goofs, #groupclass, #instructor, #kids, #killarney, #killarneytaekwondo, #personal, #postcovid, #privatelessons, #random, #reveal, #stress, #students, #taekwondo, #teaching, #termone | Leave a comment

post covid term one classes come to an end this weekend. it’s been really fun teaching these students in a smaller group setting. i prefer these over the large ones killarney has been accustomed to. through the past six weeks, i’ve gotten to know these kids on a more personal level, and a few of them have revealed more of their inner self. i’m looking forward to further connecting with them in the next terms to come

day 2416 – student teacher

March 14, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #activities, #belttying, #citywide, #continue, #coronavirus, #disinfect, #halt, #health, #killarney, #living, #quarantine, #student, #surprise, #taekwondo, #teach, #vancouverparksboard, #virus, #worried | Leave a comment

taekwondo classes continue despite the coronavirus warnings across the city. i’m surprised vancouver parks board hasn’t cancelled the classes while everything else has been put to a halt. with all my teams and leagues cancelled or postponed, i’m praying that neither my lifting gym nor my tricking gym closes too. i’m more worried that i won’t have any of my activities and will die of boredom if quarantine ever takes place

day 2409 – taegeuk practice

March 7, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #coaching, #competitor, #exhausting, #extra, #improvement, #instructor, #killarney, #longdays, #peaceofmind, #poomsae, #rough, #saturday, #students, #taeguek, #taekwondo, #tired, #training, #workhard | Leave a comment

third and last scheduled poomsae for all the bc championship competitors. i must admit these seven hours shifts with the extra training is one of the roughest saturdays. all the competitors have improved a lot since the first training, but i’m still feeling uneasy about a few. this was suppose to be the last session, but i think i’ll need to hold one more for my own peace of mind

day 2407 – brainstorming

March 5, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #actions, #brainstorm, #business, #certificateofinsurance, #classes, #frustrated, #grandmaster, #instructor, #killarney, #owner, #panic, #problems, #rollercoaster, #school, #solve, #sportinsurance, #taekwondo, #time, #urgency | Leave a comment

the thirty six hour whirlwind of text messages, calls and emails is finally over. i got the all important document that salvaged killarney classes for this weekend. even though it’s fixed in the nick of time, it doesn’t change the fact the business owner didn’t own up to his school and left me out on this insurance roller coaster. if i hadn’t personally reached out, none of the problem would never have been resolved. i’m learning as i go, but i’m also learning how much the grandmaster is willing to do for killarney. maybe it’s really time i start my own thing

day 2388 – killarney session

February 15, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #backtuck, #coach, #demonstrate, #drills, #flightclub, #flip, #fronttuck, #fun, #instructor, #jump, #kfc, #killarney, #learning, #listen, #private, #students, #taekwondo, #takingnextstep, #teaching, #tricking | Leave a comment

no taekwondo at killarney but a group of my students had their first session of tricking. most of the session was spent mainly working on front tuck and back tuck. they all did very well listening and learning new things. looks like they all enjoyed jumping around and doing the drills. i wanted to be in action as well, but my ankle wasn’t feeling too good last two days so i stayed back a bit. i did demonstrate one back tuck at the end which was pretty satisfying too

day 2325 – term end

December 14, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #assistantinstructors, #cards, #chocolate, #christmas, #credit, #gifts, #growing, #honing, #instructors, #killarney, #killarneytaekwondo, #lastday, #responsibilities, #skillset, #sweets, #teaching, #term, #training, #young

christmas cards and gifts from my sweet students because it’s on the last day of the term. it’s been a really stressful and hectic term teaching without a vice head instructor. i now have a very fresh and young group of teaching assistants, but it’s good to see them work so hard and improve their skillset. i’d like to take all the credit for honing them into the junior instructors that they are, but they’re all taking the initiative to as learn and grow to become role models

day 2319 – woojin workshop

December 8, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #ankleproblems, #anxiety, #basics, #benefits, #drills, #flightclub, #highperformance, #kicks, #kids, #killarney, #killarneytaekwondo, #koreans, #practice, #private, #spinkicks, #students, #taekwondo, #tricks, #woojin, #workshop | Leave a comment

my killarney kids had a private session taught by woojin and his teammates. he went through a bunch of drills for basic kicks. it was a good to get an idea how koreans train their basics and a good indication of why their basics are so good. my kids could also benefit with more of this training if they want to improve in high performance. honestly i get anxiety because i really wish i could start practicing my spinning kicks again, but i also get anxiety because i’m not sure if my ankle will be ready for all that

day 2304 – lesson plan

November 23, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #belt, #busy, #classes, #colourbelts, #cramming, #dojo, #hectic, #instructor, #killarney, #nonstop, #overdue, #practice, #promotiontest, #saturday, #stressed, #students, #taekwondo, #teach, #workhard | Leave a comment

ever so busy getting students ready for tomorrow. i have about two dozen students taking this month’s promotion test. since it’s the last test of the calendar year, i’m cramming a few more who’s well overdue. i think as an instructor, i’m more concerned and nervous than the students who’s taking the test. i worked them all pretty hard today, keeping all after class longer than usual. hopefully their hard work pays off at the test

day 2297 – obligated instructor

November 16, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bronchitis, #dizzy, #duties, #everything, #ill, #instructor, #killarney, #notfeelingwell, #obligations, #passout, #peaceofmind, #promotiontest, #restisinorder, #sick, #students, #taekwondo, #teach, #tkd, #weak | Leave a comment

it was critical for me to be at taekwondo even just hanging onto the half a life i had left. i was feeling weak and dizzy while losing my voice but still felt the need to be there to make sure the students who’s getting ready for promotion got the proper stuff down. i stayed as long as i could last and helped the many i saw before i could no longer. at least i went home with the peace of mind that i gave it everything i had and supported my students in ways possible. now i’m just going to pass out early and rest this bronchitis

day 2289 – wu’s stripes

November 8, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #blackbelt, #collection, #dowhatittakes, #earn, #embroidery, #fourthdan, #goals, #hardwork, #instructor, #journey, #killarney, #lifelessons, #proud, #stripes, #students, #taekwondo, #tkd, #wus | Leave a comment

picked up the wu’s four striped black belt from the main school along with my students’. one more belt to add to my collection and keep it going. i’m proud of my fourth degree, but i’m more proud of the three first degrees i’ve trained and nurtured from the very beginning of their white belt journey. they’ve all worked very hard to earn their first stripe. i hope to get them more stripes and get more students to earn theirs

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