To be a Chinese kungfu expert is every Chinese' wonderful dream...ok, actually, it's only for children. Because after you know how hard wushu training will be, how hard to found a good shifu and make shifu accept you, you will never want to be a hero like Bruce Lee or Jacky Chen unless you can make a life-threatening decision to live your life for wushu. So I just went to study taekwondo. Although it's a more popular and easier martial art, I learned much from it.
In the summer holiday of 2008, I stared to study taekwondo in a training center named Jiaxing Jidu Fitness Club.It's not as interesting as I ever thought. On the contrary, it's hard.
Coach Jin was very strict; he used to keep us holding a difficult movement for long time such as lie on the floor and keep your leg extended straightly with 30°incline to the air for 2 minute or keep doing turning kick 60 times. But we all know he is a good coach, not only his hard but necessary training, but the indomitable spirit of taekwondo he taught us.
It was the hottest time in summer with 38℃ and no air-condition. Every time after class, our long sleeve uniforms all seems just over washing.
May be some time went to training center was quite a trial to me, but nobody gave up, how could I? I just insisted and gradually knew-that was the price I must pay for success. So I persevered in Coach Jin's training everyday, no absenteeism; finally, I past the exam.
But the exam wasn't the most important. As the spirit of taekwondo, from the insisting, I learned courage and perseverance; from Coach Jin's coaching and senior apprentices' help, I learned courtesy, humility and respect; from the hard training, I learned there is no easy art in the world; every art needs hard working and serious attitude.
My essay to UIUC.Please leave your suggestion.Thank you!
In the summer holiday of 2008, I stared to study taekwondo in a training center named Jiaxing Jidu Fitness Club.It's not as interesting as I ever thought. On the contrary, it's hard.
Coach Jin was very strict; he used to keep us holding a difficult movement for long time such as lie on the floor and keep your leg extended straightly with 30°incline to the air for 2 minute or keep doing turning kick 60 times. But we all know he is a good coach, not only his hard but necessary training, but the indomitable spirit of taekwondo he taught us.
It was the hottest time in summer with 38℃ and no air-condition. Every time after class, our long sleeve uniforms all seems just over washing.
May be some time went to training center was quite a trial to me, but nobody gave up, how could I? I just insisted and gradually knew-that was the price I must pay for success. So I persevered in Coach Jin's training everyday, no absenteeism; finally, I past the exam.
But the exam wasn't the most important. As the spirit of taekwondo, from the insisting, I learned courage and perseverance; from Coach Jin's coaching and senior apprentices' help, I learned courtesy, humility and respect; from the hard training, I learned there is no easy art in the world; every art needs hard working and serious attitude.
My essay to UIUC.Please leave your suggestion.Thank you!