Proper trainings are divided into groups, each group was led by instructor (IV. Dan+) and supervised by master Hwang. Training under other trainer or instructor is great experience and one of easy ways how to stay motivated after many years of practice. It is not question of better skills, but different skills, experiences and attitude. One than practice same pattern again and again million times, but with new approach it is a bit different practice with new goal, new view. The most useful part of camp trainings (for me) is possibility to practice with people from different schools and even countries. I meet people that are above my skills every year – motivation comes automatically.
Black belt tests I. –VI. Dan. ended the camp on Sunday. It was nice to see that higher belt = higher skills – as it should be. I would anticipate I. Dan applicants to be more compact, different techniques and disciplines had different quality even in one person. Master Hwang tested them from theory for a long time to see if their mistakes in techniques are based on lack of knowledge or practice. II. Dan applicants showed good and compact skills, thing I missed in I. Dan testing. I have passed my III. Dan grading that day, so it is not my job to talk about it, ask Ondra who came as international instructor of Sonkal. I hope that my appearance was no dishonor to Sonkal despite of problematic targeting in dolmyo techniques ;o)
Michal Opuszynski (Il-dong Ostrava) and his perfect IV. Dan grading was celebration of taekwondo for me, great to watch and another motivation. I have no problem with saying that his and mine skills cannot be compared nowadays. My respect also goes to Mr. Rostislav Kaňka, who passed VI. Dan exams as first person in Czech taekwondo history. It was pleasure to see one of Czech taekwon-do pioneers practicing in such a high quality (I have to quote „Where is a will, there is a way“.)
It’s time to end my artless try of honoring the camp. The most important thing is that I had same sad feeling in me after returning from camp as I had 10+ years ago returning from children’s camp that I really loved. And it is ultimate praise :o) So I encourage Sonkal taekwondoists to come next year with open mind to extract the best from the camp. In my opinion it’s one of the easiest ways how to keep motivated, not conservative only in home dojang (and then after few years don’t know what to do during free training, because it is still the „same“).
Taekwon!
Svíťa (Martin Svitek)
PS: I was not the only one from Sonkal. Lenka Dvořáková stayed, practiced and enjoyed whole camp.
I thank to Jirka Teslík and Zbyněk Bartoš for photos.
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