Masterclass and Grading – Victoria, Dec 2011

Over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of December we had the pleasure of hosting Master Daher to deliver Masterclasses & Gradings for our Victorian based clubs.  The weekend saw 57 participants across two days (a record number of attendees for Victoria).  A big thank you to Mr Dave Proctor, Mr John Dwight, Mr Steve Harper, Mrs Michelle Harper and Charles Sammut for their assistance across the weekend.  

The Masterclass covered a mix of sparring techniques and drills and also self defence from a seated position on the floor.  I had the personal experience of being on the other end of Master Daher demonstrating the techiques which was a lot of fun!  Spending the weekend with Master Daher was a highlight for me personally as we discussed what is in store for Il Shim for 2012 and beyond.  Very excited to part of the next phase of the journey of Il Shim.

Here are some notes from our senior belts:

 Sunday 11th December 2011, the day commenced at 9.00am as IL Shim Melbourne and Latrobe Valley members started arriving at the Fairhills High School,  with a Masterclass starting at 9.30 am, followed by a grading at around 11.00am. 42 students lined up ready to start the day with a general warm up.

Master Daher commenced the masterclass with a talk on respect for one’s self, followed by sparring drills (attack and counter attack with kicking combinations), followed by self defence in the seated position – defending and restraining the attacker. With a short break after the masterclass, the grading commenced with approximately 30 students grading. Performances were generally okay but I feel we all need to work on our technique along with an endeavour to maintain and or improve the levels required.

 A few words of thought :-

Respect yourself and others will respect you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Therefore be true to one’s self and success will come to you in many ways.

 Taekwon,