When I started my master used the proper Korean terms for everything. It was super difficult and very embarrassing. I messed up a-lot, fell down a-lot, but I was eager to prove myself.
They may laugh at you now, work hard, stay dedicated, and prove yourself. Give them nothing to laugh about.
I surprised your master didn't call out the students laughing. You NEVER laugh at another student. Especially on the first day. It's just rude and childish.
Don't fret over it, you will get better and you are NOT "young and too clumsy to function"! You make it sound as if you've given up on yourself. You seem to expect a-lot of yourself which is a good and bad thing. You just started lol!
No worries, stick with it.
What do you want to get out of Taekwondoe? To be good at dancing? Because thats all schools filled with kids teach, pretty looking choreographed kicks that aren't useful for anything practical. Not dissing on the art, just a lot of the schools that teach TKD teach a VERY watered down version of it. So keep trying at it if u want to look like u can do cool moves. If u want something practical look for schools that at least divide the classes of teenagers/ adults to kids. I was actually in a similar situation as u, i took TKD, my first martial art at a friends suggestion. I was only 13 yet nearly the oldest guys in the class. I spent two years there and a lot of my parents money before i started seeing it for what it was. I would quit if i were u and find a self defence oriented school.
It was your first day. Relax and keep at it. You will eventually get better. You are being too uptight about it. Relax, learn and have fun.
You're lucky. My mother laughed in my face when I told her about my instructor backhanded me across the face because I circling too much in sparring. After the head ringer, he said "Never be a slave to any pattern."
I'm not sure if I want to continue Taekwondo practice. It was my first day today and I just go to practice during Saturdays. The room was filled with mostly kids younger than me and just a handful were about my age or older. We were divided into two,white belts on the right (where I was) and colored belts on the left. I was the oldest among the white-belts and that made me feel uneasy. Then there came the super weird exercises. I've done so horribly that I receive stares and laughs when it's my lane's turn. I'm also so slow even though I'm underweight and kids younger than me were so far ahead. I looked so pathetic and stupid at each exercise I suck too much even for a beginner. Then there came this stance practice which I fell, we were just going back and forth, change of foot and I freaking fell. Then laughter ensues which is very embarrassing. The instructor also called on my attention several times since I always get left behind. Pretty much everyone knows my name because of that and infamous for being "The girl who can't do anything right". I really feel bad about myself. Even my mom made fun of me after that. I told my mom I don't want to do it anymore but she complained about the expenses she already paid for. I don't know what I should do anymore.
