day 2719 – kukkiwon certs

January 12, 2021 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #4thdan, #blackbelt, #certificate, #closure, #kukkiwon, #lineup, #myowndestiny, #myownjourney, #official, #onestepatatime, #promotiontest, #room, #scared, #taekwondo, #uncertainties, #uncertaintimes, #vectortrainingcentre, #walloffame | Leave a comment

you know it’s official when i finally can line them up on the wall of fame. this is not news since i did the promotion test in 2019, but i didn’t get the kukkiwon certificate in my hands until recently. this acts as my closure for my time at wu’s. i can officially start my own taekwondo journey under vector. there’s a ton of uncertainties ahead of me, i’m pretty scared but i’ll take it one step at a time

day 2578 – tester and testee

August 23, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #colourbelts, #expecttheunexpected, #firsttime, #instructor, #maskon, #nervous, #new, #promotiontest, #selfie, #students, #taekwondo, #test, #testee, #tester, #tkd, #uniform, #wustaekwondo | Leave a comment

with this being the first test after covid and first time using the new syllabus, i feel my role is both the tester and testee. i walked in not knowing what to expect. there were so unexpected things, but he was more lenient than normal. overall i’m happy how all my students responded and adapted to the grandmaster’s instructions. everyone walked out of the dojo alive including myself

day 2577 – mock test

August 22, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #belt, #coach, #colourbelts, #cram, #dowhatican, #kicks, #lastminute, #mocktest, #nervous, #overtime, #promotiontest, #stress, #students, #syllabus, #taekwondo, #teach, #tkd, #work | Leave a comment

this upcoming promotion test is really raising my stress level. i can’t remember the last time i felt stressed and nervous preparing my students for a colour belt test. it’s as if i was being tested because the kicking syllabus has changed and i wasn’t made aware until five days prior the test date. for this reason, i’m working additionally to hold a mock test. i just hope that come tomorrow, my students can adapt on the spot if something out of the expected is asked

day 2389 – preschool graduates

February 16, 2020 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #coach, #colourbelts, #graduates, #hardwork, #instructor, #kids, #killarneytaekwondo, #persevere, #preschool, #promotiontest, #proud, #redbelt, #smile, #students, #taekwondo, #trophies | Leave a comment

five years ago, these two four year olds graduated from the preschool program and joined me in my children’s class. it was a steep learning curve for both of them to adapt to the regular program with much bigger kids. i’m so proud of these two for not giving up when it got hard. it can be nerve-wracking standing on competition mat alone, especially only being four feet tall. their hard work and perseverance got them their red belt today. they’ve accomplished a lot only at nine years old; i can’t wait to see them achieve more

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 2249 – testers and testees

September 29, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #award, #backhandsprings, #colourbelts, #dinner, #drills, #flightclub, #flips, #groupphoto, #lead, #opengym, #promotiontest, #spontaneous, #sundaynight, #takeowndo, #whatisweekend, #work, #workaholic, #wustaekwondo | Leave a comment

i never kept track of the number of promotion tests i’ve led, but if i had to make a guess, it would over fifty. done another colour belt tes today before heading out to flightclub. i almost didn’t make it out to open gym because i joined them for an spontaneous dinner. i still ended up going, and worked on some back handsprings drills which i found quite insightful. i stayed until the end of the open gym, i’m going to be super tired tomorrow morning

day 2248 – noodles night

September 28, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #busy, #competition, #food, #grandmaster, #instructor, #killarney, #longshift, #noodles, #poomsae, #promotiontest, #random, #situations, #stressful, #students, #taekwondo, #teaching, #term, #tkd | Leave a comment

after a long taekwondo teaching shift, went out to have noodles with parents. it’s been a real busy and stressful term, sometimes i think the grandmaster is testing me and not my students given the scenarios i’m put in. i struggle to have set teaching staff all term. some students were preparing for tomorrow’s promotion test and some are training for master cup. it’ll be longer shifts for the next couple weeks until competition day

day 2221 – dojo obliged

September 1, 2019 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #blackbelttest, #bleed, #commitment, #cuts, #dojo, #energy, #exhausted, #instructor, #notthrilled, #opengym, #poomsae, #practice, #promotiontest, #review, #scrapes, #soul, #taekwondo, #tired, #tkd, #whatisweekend, #work | Leave a comment

wasn’t too thrilled on working this quarter’s blackbelt test being well aware that i’ll be a long one. the test didn’t finish until 9:45pm and i walked out with many more cuts, scrapes and bruises from holding for all the board breaking misses. still, i headed to open gym without food because i said i would be there. i did some x-outs and reviewed some poomsaes before i called it a day. i couldn’t join the gang for late night food because i’ll need the energy for a full day ahead of me. this can’t be over soon enough; my soul needs a break

day 1657 – padding the stats

February 11, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #assists, #bet, #fatigued, #fishsticks, #form, #goal, #hockey, #icehockey, #latenight, #padthestats, #produce, #promotiontest, #rounding, #scoresheet, #sports, #sportsneverstop, #team, #workaholic | Leave a comment

third last game of the season for fishsticks so filling the scoresheet is what i needed. i did exactly that tonight, taking the lead in my bet with a one goal two assist night. i was tired heading into the game having worked from nine to eight with a two hour gap in between teaching shift and promotion test, but not so tired after such good production. i’m sure i’ll feel the fatigue even more tomorrow trying to wake up for my 7:30am shift after a late game. i’m just happy that i feel like i’m rounding into form again as playoffs are ramping up.

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