24th Foreigner Instructor Training Seminar - Day 3

Day 3 is the last day of the seminar. The actual duration of the seminar if to be taken in Korea will be 5 days and because they were here in Malaysia to cater to our limited time, hence it was being squeezed into 3 days which is also stressful in our part. There will be a test at the end of the seminar to certified us as qualified instructors. If we failed then we are not a qualified instructor form Kukkiwon. The test comprised of theory and practical, theory test were from the theory session and practical is of any two poomsae that was taught. The grandmasters can evaluate our basic motion from the poomsae.

Before the test, we continue with our seminar at 8.30 am with roll call followed by senior poomsae training of  higher DAN, Chukwon and Hansoo. These were new to me as I had never learned these poomsae before so I struggled quite a bit. However, at the end of the session I know the poomsae but was not able to master it yet since there were new to me. So more practice is required.

After the poomsae session we had the theory session of courtesy and practices in Taekwondo such as how one should be wearing the uniform, the appropriate practice in the dojang and etc. I did learn new things from the class.

After lunch we continue with sparring practice. Today we worked with partner on application of the footwork and kicking techniques. It was a session that everybody really into.

After that we were ready for the test starting with the theory test. As for the practical test, we were lined up according to our seniority five-by-five. The junior will do the test first and after they finished they need to go out of the hall so by the time the master-level (6 & 7th DAN) turn, only they were in the hall.

Upon completion of the test, all the participants gather for the closing ceremony of the seminar. There were speeches by the President of the Kukkiwon and the organizing chairman.