my hc wushu
Remembering my first Wushu training ever at HC, it was as exciting as it can be. On the red carpets bursting with activities, seniors and juniors braved through tough physical training with excitment and sincere care for each other. Shouts of 'Jiayou', 'fei a fei a' and ' chen xia qu' came one after another. If not for these, and Joseph who did the last lap of frog jump with me, I really couldn't have accomplished my first physical training. For this love and friendship within the team, i gave up dance which I totally adored to enter the realm of wu lin.I must admit that during my term in Wushu, there was a period of time when I was really depressed. Some of my teammates were saying that I had mood swings suring trainings. Being new to Wushu, I had felt rather helpless initially when it came to conducting training as the trainer of the team. The confidence that I set out with when i ran the election was quickly dashed when i was told that the position was given to me on the account that I am a girl, but not that my teammates supported me. When I stood in front of my teammates, many of whom experienced in wushu, I felt vulnerable and humbled. This came in the way of me giving confident instructions to lead the team. And I must appologise to Brent, my partner, for not being a great help at times, as I was ignorant of many things. ( still remembered the 'wai bai lian' episode) Many times, i was really disappointed with myself for not being able to do a lot of things and a lot of demonstrations. ( and the gao xiao episode when i fell down while trying to demonstrate a back kick thingy) I had also questioned myself about what i could offer to the team and whether it was a mistake for me to become a trainer at all. When the competition and performances neared, I saw how Jia Tian, Jia Ying, Yin Chu, Brent, Eng Ming and so many others went about to help our teammates in their tao lu and hated myself for not being able to do the same. I was, insteaded, struggling with my own tao lu as one person after another came to me to tell me that I was not suitable for it. In a way, I felt that I was tuo lei-ing the team. It might do them much better if they were under another trainer, a trainer who was at least more experienced than me.
Well, that was the downtime I had in wushu and I am glad that I walked through it, not without the help of many people though. Eric, who talked to me about the art of being a trainer and leadership; Jia Ying, Jia Tian and Janet who gave me tremendous support all the way (especially when I was rather uncertain about myself and when I was giving new stretching exercises modified from dance); Jia Tian, KC, Eng Meng, Yin Chu, Aaron, Kelvin Lee and many others who gave me pointers in sword; Quan Lun who patiently taught me si duan qiang and ting sheng who helped me polish it; Yin Chu, who taught me how to get people moving my counting 1,2,3...; Yi Hui, Xiao Ye, Hao Ran, Zhen Chong, Bryan, Ming Han, Yu Ming, Ying Tang, Yan Zhi, Zhi Peng, Li Qian, Ting Fu, Sheldon, Guang Hao, Yong Ming and others who offered friendship and created unforgetable memory.
I love hc wushu. The memorable performances we had, the trainings we toughed through ( especially the intense one week training for MAF when we made hui suo our second home) the scary / challenging / exhilarating competition, the naughty investures and the fun outtings. As I step into J3 and become the grandsenior who is no longer a hc wushu member ( ex now) i totally miss the time I had there and wished that I had treasured it more. Many learn to appreciate what they have only after they have lost it, may my juniors treasure their days more than I did.
posted by jingzhi @ 1:18 PM
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