day 2179 – killarney demo team

July 21, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #boardbreaking, #concordpacific, #debate, #demoteam, #earlymorning, #eyeopener, #firsttime, #kids, #killarney, #perform, #poomsae, #proudmoment, #represent, #stage, #students, #success, #taekwondo, #tkd, #uniform, #wwtd | Leave a comment

after long debate, this is the group i brought to walk with the dragon to represent the branch. it is also the first year that killarney students will have their own program separate from the main school. i opted to not wear my uniform to avoid the need to appear on stage. luckily for us, our grandmaster was out of town so we can run this show with a little less stress. it was more of an eye-opener for most as it’s their first time stepping on stage to do any taekwondo demonstration. proud of these kids for having the courage to do so and completing it

day 2074 – killarney class

April 6, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #belttest, #civilwar, #hectic, #instructing, #job, #killarney, #needabreak, #nonstop, #ritual, #saturday, #sports, #students, #taekwondo, #teaching, #tiresome, #tkd, #whatisweekend, #workaholic, #workweek | Leave a comment

my weekly saturday ritual is all about teaching at killarney and the new civil war season that just started up again. it was a crazy hectic shift. the first class of the term is always busier, but also had to worry about preparing students for the belt test while teaching with two fewer instructors. i enjoy teaching, for that reason, my work week doesn’t end on friday, and sometimes doesn’t even end on sunday. sometimes i could use a weekend off

day 2060 – floor tucks

March 23, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #allin, #amazing, #backtuck, #commit, #doitformyself, #feelinggood, #firsttime, #headoverheels, #jump, #killarney, #longtimecoming, #nowornever, #ridingonhigh, #shaking, #solid, #stoked, #success, #surprised, #taekwondomat, #thefeels, #urged, #wanted | Leave a comment

i’m beyond stoked that i just landed my first ever back tuck on unsprung floor. with the successful reps i had this week, i was encouraged to try it on taekwondo mats. i stretched and warmed up on four separate occasions but stopped short and almost wanted to back out because i felt pressured when there were too many students and parents around. i waited until the last hour of teaching before i decided it’s now or never. i committed to the tuck with everything i got, and to my amazement, i landed on my feet. i did it a second time because i couldn’t believe it. every part of me was shaking well after, but all i felt was the craziness of succeeding on something i’ve been longing for

2042 – killarney kids

March 4, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #allsmiles, #bcchamp, #coach, #colourbelts, #competition, #comradery, #group, #grow, #improve, #killarney, #killarneytaekwondo, #poomsae, #poomsaetraining, #provincial, #ready, #richmond, #taekwondo, #team, #vancouver | Leave a comment

this is the end of our poomsae training sessions before saturday’s bc championship. this is one of the largest killarney team we’ll have at a provincial competition. through the past several weeks of training, they’ve work really hard and improved a lot. i want to keep growing killarney’s competition team and create the comradery that we’ve never had before. hopefully this will lead to something good like taking some of them to bigger stages

day 1991 – killarney rings

January 12, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #business, #classes, #dojo, #dowhatilove, #empty, #enrolment, #grow, #happy, #instructor, #keepgoing, #killarney, #martialarts, #mats, #reflect, #registration, #sport, #spreadthelove, #success, #taekwondo, #teach, #term, #thoughts | Leave a comment

another term of killarney started today. like any start of a new term, the first day is always busy tending to new students and registrations. i sit in the empty dojo after everyone filed out and reflected on the day. i’m happy that the enrolment has grown this term; the number of registrants across saturday class is more than any previous terms since my instructor days began. i’m very happy that my taekwondo class has reached more people than ever before and looking to continue growing this sport and business as a whole

day 1914 – courtside mastercup

October 27, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bcitburnaby, #coach, #colourbelts, #competition, #courage, #exhausted, #freestyle, #friends, #improve, #killarney, #longday, #mastercup, #parents, #passedout, #podium, #poomsae, #proud, #provincial, #students, #taekwondo | Leave a comment

it’s showtime for my students who’s going to compete in this year’s master cup. to all those stepping on the mat at provincial stage, i’m proud of all of them to have the courage to compete. to all my competitors, i’m happy to see the improvements in each and every one of you. this is the first time friends outside of taekwondo world came out and it was quite fun. the freestyle poomsaes is what i had to stay for, even if it meant i would be late for teaching. i’m super exhausted after the long day of coaching and teaching. i cleaned up to pass out before ten thirty

day 1879 – teaching shifts

September 22, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #beginners, #crazy, #cry, #frustrated, #gongshow, #hungry, #instructor, #kids, #killarney, #peanutbuttertoast, #situations, #sorethroat, #students, #taekwondo, #teaching, #tkd, #uncooperative, #whitebelt | Leave a comment

two teaching shifts after lots of jamming isn’t ideal. not the best day of teaching at taekwondo having to deal with a number of difficult students. the first hour had a handful of uncooperative students while managing a class of thirty two very beginner class. one kid wouldn’t follow instructions, one wouldn’t stop complaining, and one wouldn’t move and kept crying. i couldn’t attend to at the same time, but i did the best i could out of the gongshow situation. survived the day on two peanut butter toasts and a sore throat

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