Shaderon
Master of Arts
This isn't a usual Seminar so I'm not posting it in Seminars, but I've just come back from my pre-grading Seminar.
I've been there all day because my daughter went this morning, it was her first Seminar and as her first grading is next week she was really nervous. She was scared she was not going to be as good as anyone else and they'd make fun of her. I told her, "I feel that way too the difference is you are 5 and I'm in my late 30's" but this didn't console her.
Ok I'll be honest, what I did say to her was "If we never do anyting because we are nervous and afraid of showing ourselves up we'll never do anything". She understood this so agreed to go. Good job she did too because she had loads of fun and in the competition at the end won the Bronze medal for her pattern! That's my girl
I had loads of fun too, I was the only 7th kup there and had to share my teacher with a 10th kup, but we learned from each other, I learned from teaching him some stuff and he learned from everything Plus it made me a little more aware of my basics when I had to do his stuff too.
Anyway the comp.
I was totally confused because I couldn't hear what was going on, my tinitus was playing up a bit, the first time I did my pattern I kept thinking "no I should have done it like that" and got nervous but I won the first round, the second time I did it, 5 moves in I went blank, I just didn't know what to do next so I apologised and asked to start again, then again 4 moves in I did a wrong move, in an instant I thought "I can't start again I've got to go on" so I did, I was so upset because my instructor was in the judging and I felt I had let him down. Anyway I completed and remembered a little of what I'd been over with my seminar teacher and finished with a bounce and a confident Tul name. I won that bout! I was gobsmacked! I stood there and blinked and my eyes went wide and I just stood there and one of the judges smiled at me so I went to sit down.
The third time I was a little unsure that I was supposed to be there and my head was in pieces but I did it again and it went to the other person on a decision (3/2). My instructor told me my stances were too short and if I'd got them right I'd have got gold, I wasn't up to my usual standard.
Anyway I GOT SILVER!
go me!
Grading next week Watch this space I'll be a 6th kup in just over a weeks time.
Save me a drink in Lisa's lounge, I'll need it.
Oh yea and my foot hurt a bit but it's really improving.
I've been there all day because my daughter went this morning, it was her first Seminar and as her first grading is next week she was really nervous. She was scared she was not going to be as good as anyone else and they'd make fun of her. I told her, "I feel that way too the difference is you are 5 and I'm in my late 30's" but this didn't console her.
Ok I'll be honest, what I did say to her was "If we never do anyting because we are nervous and afraid of showing ourselves up we'll never do anything". She understood this so agreed to go. Good job she did too because she had loads of fun and in the competition at the end won the Bronze medal for her pattern! That's my girl
I had loads of fun too, I was the only 7th kup there and had to share my teacher with a 10th kup, but we learned from each other, I learned from teaching him some stuff and he learned from everything
Plus it made me a little more aware of my basics when I had to do his stuff too.Anyway the comp.
I was totally confused because I couldn't hear what was going on, my tinitus was playing up a bit, the first time I did my pattern I kept thinking "no I should have done it like that" and got nervous but I won the first round, the second time I did it, 5 moves in I went blank, I just didn't know what to do next so I apologised and asked to start again, then again 4 moves in I did a wrong move, in an instant I thought "I can't start again I've got to go on" so I did, I was so upset because my instructor was in the judging and I felt I had let him down. Anyway I completed and remembered a little of what I'd been over with my seminar teacher and finished with a bounce and a confident Tul name. I won that bout! I was gobsmacked! I stood there and blinked and my eyes went wide and I just stood there and one of the judges smiled at me so I went to sit down.
The third time I was a little unsure that I was supposed to be there and my head was in pieces but I did it again and it went to the other person on a decision (3/2). My instructor told me my stances were too short and if I'd got them right I'd have got gold, I wasn't up to my usual standard.
Anyway I GOT SILVER!
go me!
Grading next week
Watch this space I'll be a 6th kup in just over a weeks time.Save me a drink in Lisa's lounge, I'll need it.
Oh yea and my foot hurt a bit but it's really improving.
