Narrative Essay

My last tournament

I have been practicing tae kwon do for seven years, this is a martial art and an olimpic sport
that came from Korea, practicing this kind of discipline is very good for the body and mind
because improve the physical condition and mental agility.
I have participated in several tournaments but the this one was very interesting because my
Contender in this tournamentdefeated me in the last time that we fought in a competition
I felt exited because I would have my revenge.
It occurred last year in la villa olimpica. It happened exactly one month after JUDUCA, the
Whole taekwondo team of the UPN participated in this tournament, there were a lot of
Participants from several schools of tae kwon do, they came of several cities of Honduras .
One particularthing happened; it was the participation of the president Pepe Lobo as a special
guest, he delivered little speech of motivation to the participants.
I remember at the beginning of the tournament I did not feel nervous or with anxiety like
another occasions somehow I felt so secure and confident , I always though I could do a good
fight. Minutes before of the drawing, our master took my hand, atthe same time he took the
hand of my partner of team too, then our master told words to encourage us, he said: ¨you
are my boys and I know you are going to give your best effort and just enjoy this experience”.
His words made me feel so exited, then I was called to the drawing but I didn’t participate in
The drawing because we were only two participants in the category of 54 kg. Me and myteam
partner.
Minutes before the match started I made a little prayer to God and I began with exercises of
Warming, minutes later the fight started, in the first round from the beginning I was very
concentrated, I remember I attacked my contender very well, and I kicked his face and it
counted as two points, also my defensive movements were very effective.

The round finished and I had alittle conversation with my coach, I asked him how I was
fighting and he replied me ¨you are doing very well, don’t loss your concentration you should
trust in your own strategy and try to be more ¨explosive”· of this way you are going the
winner brother” The next round I continued fighting fine and I got three points more than my
contender. He felt in desperation and that played against himbecause he did not care his
guard and could give more attacks, the second round was very fast, I could see the marker and
I noticed that I was winning because I had more points than him, while my opponent only had
got two points The two first rounds I was wonderful, during the break I talked with my coach
again and he said to me:¨Donnie hold on this rhythm and enjoy this last round,in thismoment
I smiled and closed my eyes then I took my breath away and I tried to relax my self. In this
Particular moment I closed my ears too and I just started to explore my interior, my mind and
my spirit it was very comfortable.
During the third round I listened from the stage one song from los heroes del silencio this song
made me feel more excitement and I jumped to the tatami withmore energy, even the last
round I didn’t fell weariness.
At the beginning of the third round my strategy was just wait for attacks of my contender
and then to counterattack with sure hits so finish with my rival at once When we were
fighting my opponent suffered a lesion on his knee and he could not continue
with the match. The referee decided to stop the fight and he declared me the winnerand I got
the medal of gold.
I made an excellent match because I left all my effort on the tatami and put in practice my
knowledge that I acquired from my training. I got my revenge, took out my thorn and I felt
very happy, when I stood up to the podium it was a special moment in my life. After all my
partners and my master congratulated me for my job. In that moment I thought we...