I’m losing my voice!

January 25th, 2007 at 23:16 · Filed Under Days in My Life, Karate 

Yesterday, I was teaching at a secondary school at the fringe of the city. It was situated 20 minutes away from my home. There were 33 students including the GPK Koku teacher. The hall was occupied by a seminar so we had to use the canteen. The environment was a little noisy so I had to speak a little louder when explaining.

This afternoon, I was teaching at another secondary school near my home. There were more than 80 students and the training was held in the school’s hall. The hall was huge. I had to speak a lot louder and when I commanded the training, I had to shout a lot louder. Towards the end of the training, I was beginning to lose my voice!

Shouting and speaking loudly in a big hall were not fun. When the training began, it was hard to get the attention of the new boys and girls. They were really noisy and I had to control the situation. No choice, I commanded “Ritsurei!” or bow from a standing position. My voice echoed loudly in the huge hall. The entire hall immediately became silence. They were looking at me with some kind of shock wondering how my voice could be so loud and clear.

I continued to explained the tradition of karate-do training followed by some kihon renshu (basic training). I taught them how to hold their fists and also taught them shomen tzuki and renzuko chudan tzuki. They learned fast and I managed to bring up their spirit with loud and clear commands and they responded with loud and clear “Hai” and counting.

This afternoon was an awesome experience for me for the first time to break my record of 50+ students in SMK Munshi Abdullah 20 years ago. I wish the number will retain or at least will not fall below 60. Many signed up with membership registration and Gi orders. I look forward to having more registration and Gi ordering next week.

Oh yeah! Which schools? I am not revealing the name of the school for confidentiality. When the students have improved on their tracks, I will reveal the name of the schools. This is to prevent some unethical and jealous morons who will try to sabotage my classes, if any.

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