Need for Stamina!!

After a tiring day at work on Wednesday (23 June 2010), that evening I was planning to have a slow and easy TKD session with my usual training partner. To my surperise - my TKD master Mr. Lim mentioned that he wanted to have a sparring and conditioning training instead of the usual "all level" training.

We warm-up by playing football and then we started wearing our sparring gear. I cracked jokes with the Senior Instructor that both she and me should take a photo together as we look like a great couple in sparring gear. So cool and macho!!

I was a bit playful when the sparring practice start. My first training partner was Dawn ... it was okay ... I can take it. Then the 2nd partner ... a young Korean lady ... still can take it .... then with my TKD Master Lim ... all hell broke-out ... he was kicking and chasing me all over the training area. I was totally out of stamina and sweating like a broken water tap! Then we change partner again ... this time with Stephanie (a small size lady) - I think her maximun heigh was around my shoulder level (I am standing at about 176 - 177cm). We started sparring and counter each kick - I felt like I was negative -110% out of stamina ... then change partner again ... this time it was a guy - I "tot" I am done for it this time but surprisingly he told Master Lim that he injured his leg while training with his previous sparring partner. Happily I sat down on the mat and rest. After the sparring session - Dawn came over to me and asked why all my training partners were all female while her training partners were all male? Deep inside my heart tell me that I was very lucky ... cos' it has been almost 1 year since I stop jogging or join any conditioning training ... I just focus on wieght training and lossing weight.

The next day at work - I plug into the Internet and search to article on "stamina" ... to my surprise I come across 2 articles ... (i) How to develop stamina? and another (ii) How to increase your stamina?

I will post the above article in the coming blog!

Lesson learn from this experience ... no only I need to go for weight training, control my diet, and TKD - I also need to train on my stamina and reflex!!