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 Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:56 pm
The fruits of teaching indeed! I've been helping out in classes since I graduated from white belt at my chief instructor's request, and have been teaching seriously for something like six months.
It hasn't been very long, I know but . . . there really is nothing better than seeing your students beam with (self-worth) confidence, and when they do well at testing . . . and when they thank you afterwards, and ask you to sign their old belt. . . ;__;
I love helping my students improve, and the looks on their little faces when I demonstrate something as simple as a roundhouse kick. The feeling I have when they imitate me, and execute their own roundhouse kick just right . . . Oh gosh, I can't wait 'till I have my own dojang, and can spread the art of Taekwondo even more.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:53 pm
There's this one karateka in my old dojo who was just faboulous at kicks, I wanted to seriously cry with happiness. When he first started, I couldn't help but praise him so much he was so good. He's now an orange belt (or perhaps he's graduated to a green belt. He's pretty darn good). Last time I saw him when I visited home, he was beaming and just saying how well he was doing. I was so proud. I hope he continues with it and doesn't end up in the bad stuff later, which seems to happen a lot with our kids. **Sighs**
Then there's another one of our little boys. Small, but man, he's improved so much, it's fabulous. I remember when I used to be good friends with his sister. I can't believe how much he's grown and how great he's gotten. His kata is great for his age (I believe he's eight or nine now), and he can do a Kumite with kids who are twice his size, in amazingly as well.
Here's not to say that the other children don't try their darndest (well, most), but there's just a certain spark and drive that I don't see in other kids. Is that a possibility?
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