It was 2.30pm and the 10 aspiring archers were hyped up for the retreat. They threw around jokes and teased each other in bus 147 en route to Potong Pasir CC. Azhar n his ol' mates were reminiscing the times of Sega Saturns and Tetrises. Danish n Fairul were flippin' thru the latest gaming magazine while Matin fiddled with his thumbs, prolly already fantasizing having a bow on his hands :p The level of excitement among these youths were obvious.
The trainer, Bro. Ja'far went through the manuals and instructions. Paling best was when he unveiled the 10 very very important steps of archery. " U need to have the stance, the aim, the blala but one thing archers always forget is to relax.. remember, u need to relax!" . We learnt that archery is about focus, steadyness and continous practice. si abg khai all the while set his eyes on the arrows n bow. sabar jii..
Then it was time for them to try out n put the theories into action. Ada yg tersasar jauh.ada yg tangan menggigil. ada yang menang gaya. but most of them adapted well thru the instructions n the bullseyes eventually came. bravooo! the highlight of the day was Bro. Haikal's technique. his arrows actually dipped on air (its really like cristiano ronaldo's rockets!) we joked that if he is to arrow enemies, they wun b able to dodge!
Everyone had fun n at the end of the day n gave a few gd poses for the cam (do check out the pics!). A debrief was done to remind them dat at e end of e day, its not only abt the fun but is also abt reliving back the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. Sedikit sebanyak we haf a picture of how the battles like Badr, Uhud & Khandaq were at that time. The Muslims must be very gd archers. everyone agreed to haf a follow up and who knoes, a mini archery tournament for all?
So those who missed this retreat, gear up and wait for Go Legolas! Part 2 ok? aha. thank u for reading Arrijalians.
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