In March we finally made our move over the Wat Lao Buddharan Temple. The learning curve is steep & it's a humbling experience going up against people who have played for so many years. A few of the newbs have managed to step up to the challenge, yet some have dropped off since we started kicking at the temple. When I started the training sessions back at MTSU in Nov. 2010 we were getting 6-8 white boys to show up & kick, now that number is down to 3-4. I want the takraw scene here to be competitive, so I suppose that it wound up weeding out a few recreational kickers & that's really fine by me. After footbagging all those years, I grew tired of those casual kickers that show up once a month.
This weekend we will be taking the plunge & competing in our first takraw tournament. It's the Lao New Year's Festival. The majority of the teams are local, but I think we've got a couple coming from Louisville, so I believe that makes 7 or 8 teams total. My only goal is to not have our team be shut out in any of the games. I've been playing takraw on/off for 4 years now - thanks to footbag. The other members of my team have only been playing for 3-6 months, so I've got to give it up to them for signing onto a tournament. I'll have plenty of pic. & video for the next post.
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