Judo is a form of martial arts and combat sport in created in Japan. I am a Judako who practices Judo which is also known as a Judo Student. I enjoyed attending training lesson and I believe training regularly can cultivate disciplinary abilities. The first time I joined this martial art club at Nanyang Polytechnic was in the year 2006. I really enjoyed the training with the coach in Nanyang Polytechnic in my last year of my study where I was awarded a Brown Belt. The teacher has decided to migrate to Australia with his children. I was so depressed that he had to leave. He is a good coach to have. Hence, the school found a replacement for the class. I expect the new coach, Mr Seah, to be as good as the previous one. It didn’t meet my expectation that I expect.
Mr Seah changed the duration of session from 120 minutes to 130 minutes. A general Judo session should last about 120 minutes instead of 130 minutes. The duration of the session is also very important. Long duration is redundant and can lead the students to be tired. In this way, I will not like to attend. My aim to attend the training session is for pure exercise. I do not attend to be a sportsman but just merely for exercising. Mr Seah makes the training resembling an army training. Hence, the training session should be divided into three stages: warm up, main session and cool down. Each of these stages can be further divided according to the purpose of the session.
I noticed Mr Seah did not bother helping the new students the right way of wearing their judogi which is known as the judo uniform. I noticed the new students wear improperly. I think a coach should not act this way! Coaches are to educate beginner students in wearing the proper way of wear the judogi. In this tactic, Mr Seah can cultivate the interaction bond between new students and himself.
Before the main session commences, warming up should start in the beginning of the training. It is vital as it loosen muscle stiffness to prevent from injuries. There are two kinds of warming up exercise that should be conducted in class. The warming exercise should be light. Mr Seah’s exercise is too heavy. The warming up exercise should comprise a 5-minutes jog and stretching. Instead he comprises a 10 minutes jog and drilling exercises that practice in the army. Before the main session begins, all my fellow classmates are too exhausted continue the training.
Ukemi is one of the key elements of the Judo martial arts. Mr Seah thinks that Ukemi is either about falling down or how to fall down or being thrown. Well, he did not educate the Judokas into the right track. Ukemi is actually the art of falling and is essential part of learning judo. He did not teach the new students the very basic way in falling from a sitting position, then to a squatting position, and then gradually to a standing position. He just went in the standing position. This is way the new students will not able to learn the correct and proper way. Mr Seah should encourage the students to be the one being thrown as this is the most effective method to ripen a good breakfalls. He did not encourage us to that. He does not like Ukemi as one of his training. He thinks that breakfalls are just merely a rule of the martial art. There are actually three methods of falling that Mr Seah should educate us. Even though I am well versed in doing this exercise, I strongly believe I should practice these techniques every single training. Mr Seah thinks is a waste of time. The best way to learn is to go straight in learning the technique. He always tends to skip this part of training for those who had been training for more than six months. After teaching the basics of the various falling techniques, Mr Seah have to constantly observe our skills and not thinking it is a way of time. This part of exercise should constantly practice in every single training.
The main session can be divided into minor steps. Judokas can practice a technique, where we should executes the technique and the students can learn. The coach has to educate Judo speed, accuracy, strength, endurance, and more.
The next training that Mr Seah should impart is the building of pulling strength. He should group the student into pairs and start pulling up each other uniform with at least about 100 times. The correct way of leading this exercise is to allow students to cultivate a strong grip and the footwork. The footwork is the fundamental of executing a throwing technique. Mr Seah did not really emphasis more on the strong grip. Unlike the previous coach who taught us to have strong gripping and the footwork that methods this part of training.
In this part of time, every single student is very tired. Mr Seah’s training is a killer! He did not make us stop to rest or catch a glimpse of air. By giving water breaks also important after much warm up and strength exercise. After the intensive exercise, breaks aids in cooling down by taking a slip of water. Providing water breaks can let the students know that Judo is not just a tough and challenging. This can attract more students to come to train! Mr Seah believes water breaks does not make sense in the training.
The next set of training is to train Kata which is known as forms in groundwork and grappling techniques. There are pre-arranged styles of attack and defense, which is to be practice with a partner. This can showcase the purposes of explaining the basic principles of judo and demonstrating the correct execution of a technique. Mr Seah should preserve ancient techniques that are historically important but are no longer used in Judo presently. This will brighten up the training by teaching us the specialty of judo. Instead of just teaching the technique that is could be used in the competition. Mr Seah should teach us how to forecast in reacting to circumstances not only in Judo but in the industry too. Instead of just doing learning the technique and not knowing anything about it.
The most important part of the main stage is to conduct Randori session, where the Judokas are attacking and defending against different opponents. The Randori is the only way to improve the student’s Judo skills. The other reason is to get feedback from us. Mr Seah is able to check the students’ whether they had learnt for the past hour or so. During the real competition, the students are competing against genders. Despite this, Mr Seah should implement different gender for practices instead of the same gender. This can benefit us to conform and interact with different shapes and sizes. This can help also help us gain experience before entering the actual competition.
The last part of the training is the cooling down exercise. It is the most crucial pillar of after the training workouts as the warm muscle will react best at stretching. At the end of the training, our blood tends to accumulate in our lower body. That is why Mr Seah should give us light intense workout instead of having the heavy intense workout. He makes us group into pairs and piggy back each other. At this point of time, we are even tired. There wasn’t any breaks in between. This even made us even more tired in the training. Some newcomers felt giddy during this part of exercise.
I believe Mr Seah did not lead us the correct way in the training. I strongly believe that he should have more patience. He just simply go straight to the main exercise without teaching the basic steps. He makes the training session so dull and a place for like training a group of National Service Man. I really wish Mr Seah can change his style of training to a meaningful method instead of intensive. After three months, Mr Seah’s training gradually has lesser attendance. Every student couldn’t take the pressure in his training. The school had to close the club and I was so depressed. I believe a good coach is the one who can maintain the club and bring atmosphere to the training session.
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