Students' Loyalty

I have been asked about my students' loyalty in a conversation with my fellow instructors/coaches as many of my students who had started university/college will stop practicing taekwondo and almost all of them will never return to taekwondo once they had stopped. Whereas they still have students who came back and continue practicing taekwondo although they are in the working force.

Actually I am not sure how is this relevance to loyalty. Our students have their own mind and when they are in college, they more or less know what they really want. This question come about as I am short-handed of instructors/coaches to help me with my classes. I do hope that my students can continue to practice taekwondo and also able to help me with my classes but they do have their own things to do, own dream to pursue and other interest too.

I do have students who further their studies oversea and never return. Some who had started working and pursuing their career. There are also those who had lost interest in taekwondo due to doing it for too long. Some who just want to get a black belt and many more....

Whatever the reason they have, we cannot determine their loyalty just because they stop practicing. I still have students came to visit me whenever they are back home, contact me through whatever mean they have, text me etc. which is good enough for me to know that they still do remember me.

I do not need all this loyalty thing, but just the thought will do me just fine.

Student's Success

Last January 2012, I've sent three of my students for the Selangor state sports championship 2012 or SUKSES for short. All were involved in the Poomsae event and they all brought back a medal each. It was one of the highest achievement that any of my students had achieved and I am proud of their success.

In any other time that any of our students achieved success in anything be it in championship or in life, we as coaches can't help but to be proud that we know them and had a hand in their success. Not to take any credit from their own hard work and efforts but we too apart of their life other than their family members, teachers and friends.

Long Time

It has been quite awhile since I last posted in here. The last time my post was on a championship that I was organizing. The championship went well and all the students gone home happy. There were two main events, namely individual fitness and individual poomsae. The events were divided into gender and age-group to be as neutral as possible.

 The championship was considered a success being the first time that I organized it by myself. Really appreciate all my adult students who came and help out in the championship.

Will plan to have a bigger one this year and hope it'll materialise.