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| Judo mates |
Judo mates. They're a bunch of awesome people. Even though I didn't talk much, I think.
Joining judo is the best decision I've made so far. Still can remember the first judo scene vividly.
13/12/2011.
Can't remember what happened, but I paid for the course before even getting to know about it first. Haha! I think that's the deciding factor. I walked into a room full of strangers and not forgetting a room of GUYS. They were throwing each other around. That's when I start to reconsider my decision.
But as you know, it's too late for any regrets. HAHA.
I got really nervous when I stepped into the room. It felt really foreign to me. And at that moment I was thinking to myself, "You must be mad, Yilian. You must be mad" But anyway, I'm glad SiokBin sensei was there. You can't believe how glad I was when I finally see a female. And she seems friendly and trustable to a frightened small me. So YEAH. I'm in.
From then on, step by step, I start to break new barriers. I became a different me.
From the martial art itself, to meeting new people.
So that's why people say we should always learn new things!
It's when learning new things, stepping out of our comfort zone and putting ourselves into a totally foreign place that we really grow as a human being.
I've been learning judo for 1 year and 6 months already.
Just like how I've been learning piano for 6 years, violin for 5 years. Time really flies!
So today, I had my grading for blue belt. It was totally a nerve-racking experience. I think I passed? Haha! YAY It's all thanks to all my judo mates. If not for them, I would have failed it! Just before grading, Kianyu was still teaching me the 6 escaping techniques. We reached only the 4th technique when SiokBin sensei called me. So yeah, have to start my grading. When sensei ask me to show her the 6technique, I stopped at the 4th one and was looking around desperately for help. Lucky for me, they helped me alittle...haha! Shiai part, one word from me, WOW.
Never so tired before as compared to previous trainings. Randori is always the scary part for me. Like fighting with people and applying what I learnt at the right time. So I'm always hesitant during randori. But during this grading, sensei Siokbin said two things in particular to me.
"If you continue to laugh, you will fail this grading immediately."
She said it so sternly that immediately I got serious.
"Continue to attack! Show more fighting spirit!"
Because of that, I stop hesitating and just fight.
SO YEAH. See the power of my sensei uh? Haha!
Judo, so far the best decision of my life.
