making amends
Last summer I think I only went to practice once, then the car accident happened and I didn't go back. That one practice was terrible though, Yan sensei really seemed to not like me, and I felt like I kept on messing up. It took me a month to actually show up that summer and by then my kendo had gotten pretty bad....I remember leaving practice feeling like a failure, going to the gym with my mom that next week and saying "I can't wait to go back and show them I'm not that bad" and then that thursday the accident happened and I didn't get the chance. It's been almost a year now, and tonight was my first night back at practice. I couldn't be more pleased, it was amazing.
warm ups were great, it was so funny to see how much some of the kids had grown after only a year. Yan sensei picked me as the head of one of the lines so I got a huge extra dose of practice from getting to fight every round. We had mini competitions and races and even judged matches.I got beat, beat some people, and got some really good advice. I got to see MJ and a few others that remembered me, that was cool. I just have this thing about hating doing stuff I'm bad at, I think it takes a lot of strength and character to persevere at something you're not good at to begin with...and it's not that I'm terrible at Kendo, it's just that I wasn't looking forward to going today because last time I did so poorly. But today was so much better, Yan sensei even had me fight in a couple different matches, he wouldn't let me take my men off until the beginner practice was over ^ ^ I was relaly proud to see all my hard work paying off and him taking note of it. Keiko was good too, I met an adorable mother who's son was at practice as well named Mohler, she was great. She even asked after I fought her "Are you going to nationals?" aha it was very sweet and I'd not met her before so that must have been why she said it....but even others said I put up a good fight and was doing well so I was happy to hear about my hard work paying off.
I'm super sore and reeeeeally tired so it's bedtime for me....but I'm a bit more excited about next friday now than I was about this one...tonight was a good night for kendo.
warm ups were great, it was so funny to see how much some of the kids had grown after only a year. Yan sensei picked me as the head of one of the lines so I got a huge extra dose of practice from getting to fight every round. We had mini competitions and races and even judged matches.I got beat, beat some people, and got some really good advice. I got to see MJ and a few others that remembered me, that was cool. I just have this thing about hating doing stuff I'm bad at, I think it takes a lot of strength and character to persevere at something you're not good at to begin with...and it's not that I'm terrible at Kendo, it's just that I wasn't looking forward to going today because last time I did so poorly. But today was so much better, Yan sensei even had me fight in a couple different matches, he wouldn't let me take my men off until the beginner practice was over ^ ^ I was relaly proud to see all my hard work paying off and him taking note of it. Keiko was good too, I met an adorable mother who's son was at practice as well named Mohler, she was great. She even asked after I fought her "Are you going to nationals?" aha it was very sweet and I'd not met her before so that must have been why she said it....but even others said I put up a good fight and was doing well so I was happy to hear about my hard work paying off.
I'm super sore and reeeeeally tired so it's bedtime for me....but I'm a bit more excited about next friday now than I was about this one...tonight was a good night for kendo.