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I am Lin Huimin @Sanda Lin Huimin, a post-90s Fujianese native. I have many labels on my body, I am a national team athlete (retired) international athlete, and the first women's wushu sanda double world champion in Fujian Province.
Behind the honor is the unimaginable hardship of ordinary people, I was tired to run away three times during the training process, and it is common to be beaten all over my body, but the moment the national anthem was finally sung, all the sweat and pain were given the most important meaning.
(I'm Lin Huimin)
Without that tryout, I might have been like a normal girl, studying in the township, graduating, finding a job, getting married, having children, and living a dull and simple life.
I was 13 years old that year, just in the first year of junior high school, and one day a few strange teachers suddenly came to the school, led by Coach Yang Dale of Minqing Major Sports School.
I heard from the principal that they were going to come to our town to organize a tryout competition for more than 200 people, conduct some physical tests such as running and frog jumping, and the selected students would go to the county town to study and learn Chinese martial arts.
I was able to run and jump, and with the promotion of my teachers and classmates, I signed up for this activity. I was successfully selected. Since then, the trajectory of my life has been completely changed.
(Won a lot of medals)
I transferred from the township school to Chengguan Middle School, a boarding school in the county seat, attended school during the day, and reported to the junior sports school at 7 p.m. to practice for an hour and a half. I also train on weekends and holidays, and I can only spend the 7 days of New Year holidays with my family.
Before each training, the coach will first let us do the preparation activities of the waist, hip, knee, ankle and leg muscles, because the stretch of ligaments is related to the temperature of the muscles. By preparing for activities, you can raise the temperature of the muscles, reduce the viscosity inside the muscles, and increase the flexibility of the legs.
After the preparation activities, the coach asked us to press the legs, that is, to pull the ligaments. Stretching ligaments can reduce the probability of injury and improve the level of competition.
We stand in front of a column of about 3 meters, stand with our legs together, then slowly raise our left leg and place our heels on the lowest height rib (an aid for physical fitness exercises), with our toes hooked, our ankles flexed, and our hands resting on the knees of our left legs.
(Explosive Training)
At first, I thought the practice would be that simple, but I quickly set up my pose, and when I turned my head to see the other students frowning and their eyes blinded, I was secretly happy in my heart.
Who knew that the teacher suddenly came over, straightened my waist, pressed my left leg straight, and in an instant my leg was as if I had been stabbed by a long needle, tears flowed out loudly, and my throat was choked so that I couldn't speak.
For the first time, I felt that an hour and a half of training would take that long. Back in the dormitory, my feet were no longer obedient.
(I was often injured and the doctor treated me)
My life was polarized, from being a happy little girl at school during the day, and at night, like a poor person in pain. The hardest things are weekends and holidays, I have to train all day.
Training leg press: positive pressure, side pressure, back pressure, front pressure, step pressure, vertical fork and cross fork, to practice until the hamstring is a little "tension" or "sore", the movement should be slow and standard, to avoid strains or falls.
After the leg press is practiced, it is also necessary to practice flexibility training such as horizontal bar overhang, full-body stretching, balance training such as standing on one foot and walking balance beam, strength training such as push-ups, sit-up turns, and tiptoe jumping, endurance training such as long-distance running and weight-bearing cross-country, and coordinated pace training such as skipping rope and jumping grids.
(Training every day, injuries are commonplace)
But this is only the most basic training in physical training. Later, the coach felt that I was more resistant to striking and let me develop in the direction of sanda.
Sanda is a confrontational project where two people fight each other. I was often beaten with a blue nose and a swollen face, and my body was either this or that pain.
As a girl, there are always uncomfortable days every month, but the coach will not open up to me because I am not feeling well, but the intensity of exercise will slowly increase.
The length of training increased from 1.5 hours at age 13 to 3.5 hours at age 14 to 5 hours at age 16.
With such high-intensity training, I finally couldn't stand it and had the idea of running away for the first time. I hailed a taxi and stayed in a park for a few hours. When I think of this, I am very proud and admire myself, because I have done many things that my classmates dare not do.
(Sanda is a confrontational project)
However, as the sun slowly went down, I became scared that I had nowhere to go except home and school. So I hid in the house in ashes, and my mother saw me come back, quickly ran over and hugged me, crying and laughing at me: "Where have you been?" Mom and dad and coaches are looking for you. ”
I put on a bitter melon face, only promised, cried and said to her: "Mom, I beg you, don't tell the coach that I'm back, okay?" ”
Mom nodded again and again and called the coach to tell me I hadn't come back yet. As a result, he sent me to school the next day, and he kept encouraging me to persevere and only by suffering hard can I be a good person.
(Simulation Competition)
However, I still couldn't stand it, and the second time I ran home, my parents kept persuading me to persevere, I couldn't stand their soft and hard bubbles, and finally agreed to go back to school, this time the coach personally drove me back.
After practicing for a while, I ran away again, this time my parents took turns as lobbyists and told me about the benefits of being an athlete:
When an athlete can not only add points to his studies, if the results are good, you can also go to the competition, maybe get a trophy back, what a glorious thing, think about it, others are still in high school at the age of 18, but you can already win glory for the country.
But this time, no matter what my parents said, I was determined not to go back. Unexpectedly, a car came to the door the next day, and it was the coach and the classmates who trained with me who came to my house.
(How many days and nights of sweat to succeed)
The students recalled the pictures when we were training, crying and laughing together, which made me particularly moved, and with the promotion and encouragement of the people around me, I decided to persevere.
Since sanda is a confrontational project, it is easy to threaten your own safety, and how to better protect yourself is an important skill to learn sanda. In the beginning, I was in a group of two with my classmates, either I fell or he fell, and I was dropped dozens of times a day.
However, whether it is the losing side or the winning side, the momentum must not be lost. Every time we make a move, the coach wants us to shout, shouting can increase momentum, but also increase explosiveness, so that each move and every style exerts its maximum power.
(Screaming helps increase explosiveness)
Fast forward to 18 years old, through the selection, I was selected into the Fujian Wushu Sports Management Center, became a female sanda athlete, and officially registered as a provincial team athlete.
The head coach is Liu Xianwei, and Zhao Xiaorui is the coach of the women's team. I received more professional training in the provincial sports team, and my sanda skills have improved significantly.
In the same year, I participated in the 48kg class of the National Women's Wushu Sanda Championship and finished 5th. I still remember the scene at that time, when the referee announced "Lin Huimin wins" in the ring, the audience cheered.
At this point, I became the focus of the flash, and the sense of honor was born, which is indescribable, but I like this state.
(During target training)
In the past, learning sanda required the push of people around me, and without their encouragement, I would have given up a long time ago. But from this moment on, sanda became my passion, and the sense of achievement and joy gained from winning the ring became my motivation to learn.
After returning to the team, I practiced harder and spent the rest of the time repeating training except for classes.
In 2012, I participated in the 52kg class of the Shikoku Boxing Championship, and as soon as the referee's whistle sounded, the opponent attacked me, causing me to retreat. I was nervous at first, almost overwhelmed by her onslaught. The coach shouted from the audience: "You go to the side, distance yourself from her!" ”
(When I won the 2018 World Cup, the referee raised my hand and declared me victorious)
I hurriedly bypassed, observed her moves, and found that her center of gravity was unstable. So I used the strategy of defending first and then counterattacking, first using a side kick to prevent her movements, and then using a throwing technique to knock her to the ground.
This time I won the championship and all the hard work paid off in this moment.
In 2013, I entered the national sanda team training camp with Zhang Genxue. When I came to the national team, I found that every teammate here is very strong, they are the best of the provincial team, and I am a lot worse than them.
Later, I set a goal for myself at each stage, and whenever I was tired and almost couldn't hold on, I told myself not to give up, and then grit my teeth and persevere, and I will definitely be able to do what others can do.
(Set goals for yourself every day and practice hard)
After the training camp of the national team, a match will be played, and the first place in the competition will represent the country in the World Cup tournament. But that time I only finished third.
After returning to the provincial team, I constantly reflected on my shortcomings, talked to the coach, and with the coach's encouragement, I regrouped and set myself a goal: to participate in the World Cup and win the prize. Since then, I've trained a few hours more than others a day, sometimes until my whole body gets wet.
Because sanda is a confrontational sport, I used to practice against women and couldn't improve my level. Boys, both in strength and speed, are better than girls in all aspects, so I applied to the coach to play against boys to improve my ability.
(Every year I donate blood for free)
The coach saw my determination and agreed to my request. However, although my ability improved at that time, the frequency of injuries also increased, and every day my legs were blue and purple, and I became a frequent visitor to the infirmary.
Once in the confrontation, the other party punched over, my nose was broken and broken, the doctor gave my nose anesthetic, the moment it was reset, it was so painful that it was better to live than to die.
But I didn't make a sound, biting my lip, closing my eyes and trying to stop the tears. That night I was so sore that I couldn't sleep, and I couldn't breathe in my nose for a week, so I had to replace it with my mouth.
(The left and right feet were kicked blue and purple)
After a few days off, I went back to training and trained every day for fitness, target shooting, endurance, explosiveness, sandbags, and mock competitions.
I have to say that in the world competition, Western players are relatively more powerful and tall, and Chinese are petite, so when training, we must take advantage of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and their playing style should be more flexible.
In addition, you must learn to adjust your mentality, in the game will inevitably encounter opponents who are equal to or stronger than themselves, at this time you must face calmly, accurately analyze the characteristics of the opponent, and learn from your strengths to play your strengths.
In 2017, I finally represented my country in the world competition, the 14th World Wushu Sanda Championships in Kazan, Russia, in the women's 56kg category.
The first match was 16 to 8, and the opponents were uneven. The opponent I met, he just came on the field and made a very non-standard move, I was quick to subdue her and enter the second match.
(My foot hurt, the doctor treated me with acupuncture)
The second game was 8 to 4, the opponent had longer hands and feet, and attacked me all the time, and I couldn't attack her, I had to distance myself from him. Then find an opportunity to attack her lower plate, take the opportunity to hug her closely, and throw her to the ground.
After that, I managed to enter the third 4-2 half-match and used the same moves as the players in the second game, and I still used the same strategy to knock my opponent down.
After reaching the finals, I met Vietnamese players who were my peers, and I had a sense of crisis for the first time. She was burly and powerful enough to carry a person easily, and I couldn't knock her out with wrestling techniques.
During the game, we observed each other and predicted each other's next move, and neither of us dared to act rashly. The back of my palms was sweating, my eyes were glued to her, and with every move she made, I quickly used the corresponding move to fight, and finally narrowly won.
When the referee raised my hand high and shouted the name "Lin Huimin" in the audience, I wanted to share my joy with my family, classmates and coaches for the first time.
(Winning the championship in 2017, I cried with excitement and came down to hug the coach)
I stood in first place, holding the trophy symbolizing the champion and kissing it with tears in my eyes. After stepping off the stage, I immediately hugged Coach Zhang Genxue.
After I won the championship, I had to prepare for the women's 56kg competition in the 9th World Cup in wushu sanda in 2018. Everyone around me thought that I would definitely win the championship again, and they all congratulated me in advance, which gave me a lot of pressure.
In addition to eating and sleeping, I have been intensifying training the rest of the time, but I often practice and I can't do enough, and my temper has become moody. Then I was about to break down and called the coach.
The coach said to me, "Whatever the outcome, you're already working hard. If you care about them all the time, it will only add more stress to you. Winning the championship is certainly the icing on the cake, if you don't get it, it doesn't matter, just relax your mind and do your best to do your own thing. ”
(I, as the referee, declare the winning side in the ring)
This call calmed my mind a lot, and then I watched the video of the Vietnamese player, observed her moves, and then went to training in a targeted manner.
Fast forward to 2018, I met the last Vietnamese player in the finals, she used the previous move in the first round, I accurately predicted what move she would make next, and restrained and defeated her with the corresponding method.
In the second round, she switched moves, I tripped over her, I quickly stood up and beat her with another move.
In the end, I defeated Vietnam 2-0 and won the championship again, becoming the first women's double world champion in Fujian Province. Standing in first place again, my mentality changed, no longer excited, but normal.
(Teach the techniques of sanda to more students)
I've been playing sanda for more than 10 years, and my body is already scarred, and whenever it rains, the old wounds will be faintly painful.
After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to leave my favorite stage, and in 2019 I chose to retire and go to a vocational college, where I taught students competitive sports such as boxing, boxing, and sanda.
I also participated in the training of martial arts sanda referees in Fujian Province, passed the examination and became a first-class referee, and returned to the ring as a referee.
When I used to train, I didn't have time to do my own thing, I didn't fall in love, and I wanted to taste the sweetness and bitterness of love. But every time I went on a blind date, I talked quite well at first, but when the other party knew that I was a sanda athlete, I immediately fled, afraid that I would abuse him.
I somehow felt ridiculous and helpless. Although I am a sanda athlete, I am also a girl and have a gentle side, I like baking, motorcycles, and selfies. Why is it so hard to fall in love? Maybe fate has not yet arrived, and I can only wait quietly for my fate.
(I also have a gentle side)
The stage that belongs to me is over, and there are other paths waiting for me in the future. No matter what I do in the future, I can face it calmly, and the sportsmanship of perseverance and unyielding is my greatest treasure.
I hope my experience inspires those who want to give up, don't give up, persevere, and the rainbow after the rain will be waiting for you ahead.
【Oral description: Lin Huimin】
【Editor: Silver】
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