I started to practice TKD when I was about 14. I remember that my second day the old instructor put me in a sparring match against some green belt guy and I was beaten badly in front of everyone lol... so I thought I wasnt good and quit. A month from then I decided to come back and the green belt wasnt there, so I just practiced for some months until he came back one day. We sparred again and the match was pretty even, so that encouraged me a lot and since then Ive been giving the best of me.