Walther is a yellow belt at Wu Dao
My tournament was a little bit of a disappointment , which is probably why it's taken so long to blog about it.
I competed in three events: beginner forms for kung fu, beginner forms for tai chi, and push hands. The first two, I was able to perform decently. For my short xiao hong quan, I tipped over a couple of times (a combination of carpet and nerves), but I felt I did the best I could considering my training up to that point.
Where I surprised myself was in push hands. I became pretty upset after I lost the one round I competed in (there was only one other participant). I think that going against a competitor in a match really brought out my competitive juices, and I also was very frustrated by my inability to cope with his tactics. Literally being pushed around can be quite aggravating.
So, where to go from here? One half of the solution is to simply get better. As Shifu mentioned after the tournament, one of the goals in training is to become good enough that there is no doubt who is the best. The other half is to accept that losing can be good: it exposed my weaknesses, knocked down my ego, and provided a great motivation for training.
I'm looking forward to the next tournament!
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