WAJADIRI NASIONAL 2014; silat cekak hanafi

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

This semester i'm taking an elective course, Sport Psychology. it is kind of interesting to know what sport psychology is. and interestingly since i am also involved in sport particularly in martial art, i am very eager to know how can I contribute back to my team and to the club (Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Hanafi IIUM). Furthermore, i am also entitled as one of the coaches to teach this martial art to the students.

So far, what i have been learning in class, which one of them is motivation aspect, i think it was somehow very important to the martial artist, especially to those who always involved in competition and tournament, and not to forget to those who always be in the demonstration or performance team.

reminiscing back my experience when i involved in national tournament this year in University Terengganu Malaysia and years before (UTP and others), there were so much aspects that made me realized how important it is to work hard, put your heart into it, have a great team and partner as well as supporting coaches. even though this year tournament was not my first time, however, i still have the biggest butterfly in my stomach during the tournament.

i think the most puzzled thing for me was every time i entered a tournament, my performance during my training time was 2 times or in fact three times better than in the actual day tournament.

the feeling when u don't even think that there were people in your surrounding.

i guess it may be due to much anxiety or maybe i don't have the appropriate level of anxiety (or not being anxious at all) that i should have before i start my 'fight'.

that made me think that you should have at least a bit of anxiety and not be overly confident (i'm not being overconfident though) so that you can always be an a'bid (Allah's servant) whom always looks up for HIM to grant you wishes and greatly hoping that He would give you the best outcome. Of course after you have been implemented the 'ikhtiar', the efforts, du'a and lastly being tawakkal. i strongly believe in that.

what happened was when i felt nervous during the competition, i know that everything would be okay. when i felt nervous, i gain my confidence. i guess by being nervous it helps me to have a positive self thought due to my past experiences. based on previous experiences, i realized that, if i have the appropriate level of nervousness and anxiety then usually the outcome will be good compared to when i didnt feel nervous. however, it was bit dangerous if at that moment i cant control my anxiety where later the outcome will be different.

and Alhamdulillah, me and my partner were able to bring back Gold Medal this year for our university. even though we were not able to get IIUM to be the best university in the tournament, but we are still thankful enough.

one of the best days of my life, i was was also received the award of the Best Martial Artist of Silat Cekak Hanafi in National Level (Women), somehow like that. i was given the award of Pesilat Harapan Wanita Negara (IPT). 

i was not even the closest expected candidate to won the award since there were too many people from other teams of other universities that are more worth it and deserve the award. not too look far, there are even better people in my team. it may be just my luck to being chosen.

thousand of thanks especially to my partner (kak Izzati Kamaruddin, also a Psychology major). she was the best among the best and i think without her i won't be able to get this opportunity. i was always think that the medal is for her.

major factor that may contribute to my confidence level and motivation undergo consistent training was the fact that i have a really wonderful training partner. Kak Izzati always made me think that i am capable to do what we supposed to do for the competition. before this, i always thought that i am not good at all compared to the others teammates. our trainings was never felt like a 'hell' , neither i'm regretting or whining about it even though you could see all the bruises all over our bodies. during the period before the tournament, i always looked up when is the next training schedule with her.

the happiness that was shared together. that was the sweetest moment.

i was also being called as 'kain buruk'  by our coaches due to our severe trainings.. kain buruk yg dilipat-lipat, dicampak-campak, diputar-putar macam kain buruk. luckily we never had head injury or break any parts of the body (exaggerating, of course). also, luckily we have never stabbed each other with the knife since we are using the knife as the weapon in the tournament. weapon?? lol.. haha.

it was so much excitement when thinking about it again since it will be my last tournament as i will be graduating soon. now focusing on being the coach and transfer the little knowledge that i have. I also hope that i can implement what ever i have been learning in the Sport Psychology courses to the martial art classes.

cant wait for the next Sport psyc class. and prepare some tissues cuz Dr Hari likes to make us cry.. haha. just kidding. (^_^).

Here are some of the pictures during the few last tournaments. 

acara papan sekeping

the bonding that we have, the joy that we shared, the happiness that everyone felt.