Comments on: Acknowledging sources of wealth

By: Roy Khoh

Roy Khoh — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:27:39 +0000

Thanks goes to Jason Caird for finding this article, reading it and calling me to inform me of my first instructor.

Originally, I wrote “… in Kardinya with Frank (I don’t remember his last name now) …”
I have since corrected the article to be correct with “… Frank Williams … “

By: Roy Khoh

Roy Khoh — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:38:47 +0000

As a developing instructor myself, I have learned that the wise and experienced instructors take the development of each and every one of their students very seriously and want the best for them.

Another lesson I learned was that the instructor not only imparts knowledge but tries to develop their students to be better than themselves and only then can the art of taekwondo get better each time, the continuous cycle goes on forever ie. from one instructor to the student and when the student becomes the instructor it gets passed on to his students and so on.

By: Kim Seng

Kim Seng — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:27:15 +0000

It is important to remember where you started your Taekwondo journey. You may move on to other instructors in times of need, and you will always be part of that “root” (where you came from) system. Each instructor you have will train you and coach you to your potential and the style imprint they pass onto you will form your eventual “style”. There is a part of each instructors “style” within each student member. Eventually you develop your own particular style, and each of your instructors had something to do with it.

The instructor will shape it for you in accordance to your individual strengths. So we must always remember our roots and how we progress and learn all the good things about Taekwondo along the way. We are fortunate we have such great instructors in the ATA who have been involved in Taekwondo since the early 1970’s, and are still very active in the martial art and sport of Taekwondo.