Believe in yourself and your coach

Man is not physically disabled, but mentally disabled. Being mentally handicapped is hazardous. In my previous article, you got to know about the storm in life. Today I have brought something new for you. This time it is something humorous which happened while giving kick boxing training at Dharavi Sports Complex .There is a lesson to be learnt as well. After the practice at  the Sports Complex, some kids asked me to show a demo for back kick. I was a bit tired as we had a lot of practice. In order to not dishearten them, I told them softly that I will do it in the next class. But,the students were very persistent so I granted their request. I asked two kids to stand as markers in order to show  perfection and focus while hitting the target with a back kick. I was about to kick the gloves which were placed on the heads of the students standing as markers on my left side, as I mentioned .The student stood quietly and calmly. The other was standing on three feet. I told both of them to stand  without moving. They both dealt with their fears as they chose to embark on their play activities.Then a senior student of mine was trying to scare him by making a specific gesture behind me. As a result, the mind of the student standing on the right side got distracted, and at that moment his faith in his coach was shaken, for this reason, you can see that his hand was automatically going to his mouth. Learning anything requires unwavering faith in your instructor. It is important to stand firm even if you are scared or distracted at that time. I often test children in such cases. That's how much patience the kids have. But not all roots are same. Another pleasant experience I had in a karate class was, some students were strictly following the discipline in the class. This time my student Anuprita, who owns black belt,was told to stand up, and she also stood in front of me without fear. The children sitting in front were also asked to sit quietly, this time it was not using gloves as there were no gloves available in the class. I then demonstrated the kick. After the kick, all the children responded with applause. It is this enthusiasm and response of the children that compels me to learn something new every day. From this , I want to conclude that something big or small  happens in everyone life in one way or another, but it is up to us how we deal with those things or what we learnt from it. It has always been my opinion that good things should be encouraged and bad things should be ignored.