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i'm back!

okay was back since more than 24 hours ago .___.

anyway my reflections on sparex are; while most people are talking about how fun / informative it was... all i can remember is my sad experience >< [ok joking haha]

almost everybody earned a lovely blister or 2 on day one kicking barefooted on the scorching ground; before jetting off to the ominous sounding shifu training. which was rather hiong la imo; or maybe it's just me who doesn't have the psychomoto coordination to do turning kicks while running backwards.

then it was the nanyang heights thingy which wasn't really as bad as it sounded because it literally felt like just climbing stairs. but maybe it's cause it was only 2 rounds; 1 round short of the usual and that there were more people than usual so it was too crowded to do anything of impact.

Saturday was about various workshops on sparring including Mental Strength Training; aka MST. which was quite a different experience cause you learn things you never learn before like courtcraft; taking advantage of your surroundings ( like running behind referees to avoid ... things for instance lol)

sunday was a painful memory cause my much anticipated match ended in me getting dq-ed cause i kept kicking some guy below belt level (ie; READ : HIS GROIN). i can make a million excuses like muscle aches and lack of sleep but it still boils down to my inability in the very end and i know i let quite alot of people down ):

on hindsight, i felt like i really didn't do my best and my match was like some inbetweenmatches joker filler match. while others can talk about how they have improved/ applied techniques they have learnt before/during the camp, i don't really recall myself really applying anything at all, even to the extent of not applying what the coach advised ):

my most vivid memory of them match was more like the referee's stern face telling me "one more time and you are out"
and then the second round came; i was getting sort of spammed and i dared not raise my legs for fear of getting DQ-ed.
cheers were getting louder for the other guy cause i wasn't really doing anything productive and then like what jackie said its like some bu shaung feeling like "eh not like i cannot kick right?"
then... WHAM.
ouch for him.
dq for me.

still, i can't believe i lost to some nua looking rather oscar-ish guy whom i was sure i don't kick that hard and i didn't really hit that part much + there was the almighty groin guard to fall back on.

it only goes to show i have alot to train up on the most basic of all kicks; and start by raising my knee-- if i still want to remain relevant in sparring.

oh and the nights were ._. fun; in an interesting manner

edit: i read something about smashing hearts. no, not hearts as in the hearts game we played 2/3 nights ago where i got 2 lovely queen mamas but the real heart. which made me remember a lyric of my current favourite song! why do we like to hurt so much? i felt that way too; im sorry you did. haha but at least alls well now and everyone is (((: never again; that mistake.

tag replies soon, but some questions just need no answer (:
or the answer will come in due time; and i thought i was rather blatant. ._.
photos for now, interact meeting + GEM tml leaves me with like ??? hours left to study for bio mock. go me!

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