'Golden hat-trick' of Nghe An boy at National Jujitsu Tournament
(Baonghean.vn) - Although it was his first time trying Jujitsu, Nguyen Tat Loc (born in 1999 in Thuong Son commune, Do Luong district) created a miracle at the "2023 National Jujitsu Championship" when he excellently won 3 prestigious Gold Medals.
The achievements of a multi-talented athlete
Tại National Jujitsu Championship 2023Taking place in early September, the name Nguyen Tat Loc shone when he brought Nghe An 3 Gold Medals at the same time in 3 categories: No-gi, Fighting and Full contact.
Tuy nhiên, ít ai biết rằng, đây là lần thi đấu đầu tiên của Lộc đối với bộ môn này. Và trước Jujitsu, Lộc được biết đến là “chàng trai vàng” trong 2 bộ môn khác là Wushu và Đô vật.
Nguyễn Tất Lộc cho biết, mình sinh ra tại mảnh đất Thượng Sơn, huyện Đô Lương, trong một gia đình có 4 anh, chị em. Những năm trung học cơ sở, Lộc tham gia nhiều trận bóng đã tại Hội khỏe Phù Đổng cấp trường và lọt vào mắt xanh của một số cán bộ của Trung tâm Văn hóa huyện Đô Lương.
Cho tới hè năm lớp 9, Trung tâm Văn hóa huyện đã giới thiệu Lộc tới một số huấn luyện viên tại Trung tâm Đào tạo, huấn luyện thể dục, thể thao Nghệ An (nay là Trung tâm Huấn luyện và thi đấu thể dục thể thao Nghệ An) để tham gia thi tuyển vào bộ môn Wushu.
Qua các bài kiểm tra thể lực khắt khe như chạy 100m, 200m, 400m, bật xa, chống đẩy, xà đơn…, Lộc đã được tuyển, chính thức rời mảnh đất Thượng Sơn (Đô Lương) nơi mình sinh ra để xuống thành phố Vinh, gắn bó thanh xuân của mình với Trung tâm Huấn luyện thể dục, thể thao Nghệ An.
Bất ngờ đầu tiên mà Lộc mang đến cho mọi người đó là tấm Huy chương Vàng môn Wushu tại Giải Wushu trẻ toàn quốc năm 2015. Thời điểm đó, Lộc mới chỉ bước vào con đường luyện tập chuyên nghiệp được hơn 1 năm.
When asked "What motivation has helped you make such "rapid progress" in conquering this sport?", Loc said that compared to other athletes, he entered the professional training path much later, so he always forced himself to work twice or three times harder.
"There were times when I wanted to give up because I couldn't escape the constant dizziness and nausea during practice. Along with that, my two ear cartilages were swollen due to injuries during sparring practice, which meant that for a long time I could only maintain one sleeping position. Daily activities were also extremely difficult with many bruises on my body," Nguyen Tat Loc shared.
However, with the encouragement of his coach, friends and relatives, Loc overcame everything. And the Gold Medal is the clearest proof of Loc's efforts and talent.
In 2016, Nguyen Tat Loc continued to try his hand at Wrestling. After more than 1 year of training, Loc won a Silver Medal at the 2017 National Classical and Freestyle Wrestling Championship held in Thai Nguyen. In 2019, Loc won 2 Silver Medals at the 2019 Southeast Asian Youth Wrestling Championship. It can be said that this was the first big turning point for Loc when he successfully tried his hand at international competitions.
After this event, Nguyen Tat Loc continued to reap many prestigious awards at major arenas, such as Gold Medal at the 2021 National Classical Freestyle Wrestling Championship; Silver Medal at the 2022 National Sports Congress in Traditional Wrestling; Gold Medal at the 2023 National Beach Wrestling Championship...
And also in 2023, Nguyen Tat Loc won 3 Gold Medals at the "2023 National Jujitsu Championship", marking a successful competition process after more than 8 years of not being afraid to test his limits in new disciplines.
Valuable experiences
To get the gold medal, Nguyen Tat Loc also suffered many failures. One of the failures that Loc will always remember was in 2018, when he participated in a traditional wrestling tournament held in his hometown of Nghe An.
In the qualifying round of the tournament, he played very well and became a strong candidate for the Gold Medal. Confident that he would win, Loc was somewhat subjective. In the final round, Loc faced an opponent he had defeated in the qualifying round. However, beyond Loc's calculations, his opponent took full advantage of his weaknesses and won convincingly.
Receiving the Bronze Medal, Loc felt extremely remorseful. It was also a valuable lesson that he received to remind himself not to be subjective in front of any opponent.
At the recent “2023 National Jujitsu Championship”, in the first competition, Nguyen Tat Loc was completely defeated by his opponents without receiving any medals. That opening difficulty more or less brought a small disappointment to him and his colleagues.
But then, in the next 3 events, Nguyen Tat Loc defeated his opponents to win 3 Gold Medals overall.
After all the joys and sorrows, what Nguyen Tat Loc cherishes the most is the coach who has followed him closely from the first day of training until now - Mr. Doan Xuan Luyen.
Loc shared that if there was no care, companionship and sharing from the coaches and teachers at Nghe An Sports Training and Competition Center, he probably would not have been able to reach out and touch the glory in his career. And that is also the motivation for Loc to strive to become the best version of himself in the present and the future!