Karate was a lot of hard work for a child, but it paid off. I learned a lot of valuable lessons that would help me in the long run. Karate taught me self-defense, dependability, focus, leadership skills, goal setting, and physical fitness. Karate taught me the importance of being dependable. My classmates depended on me to show up time. If someone was late we were all required to do pushups. For example, I was late to class once, and because of that everyone had to do forty pushups. Making everyone do forty pushups is a quick way to make enemies, so I did not want to be late again. Similarly, it taught me to always try my best. If I, or anyone in class, was caught slacking everyone was required to do pushup. Furthermore, I learned to do …show more content…
Karate helped me focus on achieving goals. When I was younger in karate we had a point system for doing well in class and after I received enough points I could go to the karate store and by a gift I wanted. Doing this gave me a goal to strive for, and therefore, helped me stay focused. As I got older there were other goals I had, such as joining the Extreme Performance Team (XPT). XPT got to go to different festivals and do karate demos to show what karate is all about. Being in XPT was an honor because people looked up to the team members and it was a great deal of fun. However, my biggest goal in karate was to get my black belt and it took me six years to achieve that …show more content…
It was drilled into me that karate was for self-defense only. In fact, if a karate instructor heard that I used karate for anything else they would kick me out of class. I learned a lot of self-defense techniques that could save my life. Some of the thing I learned were how to get out of different kinds of choke holds, knife disarms, stick disarms and much more. I am lucky enough that I have never had to use any of these techniques; no one had better mess with me. As I child I did not realize all the life lessons karate was teaching me. I just thought it was a lot of fun. Later on I realized that karate taught me lots of valuable life lessons that I was blessed to learn at a young age. I learned the importance of being dependable, how to focus, how to be a leader, the hard work required for reaching my goals, how to get physically fit, and most importantly how to defend myself. I am really glad I learned these
There are many aspects of Japanese culture and society that make it one of the most well-liked countries in the world today, at least according to the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index. The technological innovations stemming from the country and the reputation of companies such as Honda, Toyota, Nintendo, and Sony make for an international focus on Japan’s industrial prowess. Added to that is the ever-rising popularity of manga and anime, and altogether, they form a strong nationalist feeling in Japan, yet entirely different from the nationalism of the wartime period. However, there is another facet of Japanese culture rooted in historical significance that evokes an alternate sense of pride within the population: martial arts. It is important not only to look at the physical aspects of these martial arts tradition, but the mental ones as well. Through the historical background of types of Japanese martial arts such as karate-do, jujutsu, aikido, and kenjutsu, the progression of the arts and a break from their origins, and eventually their place in Japanese sports and society today (karate, judo, kendo, and sumo), we will see how Japanese martial arts shifted back and forth between military and physical philosophy, and pacifist and Zen-like philosophy.
teaches a lesson. It shows that just because you might be small doesn't mean you can't do everything everyone else does. Even if
I was able to apply these concepts in real life when I also started working with children. I was a student aide at a child care center for infants and toddlers and volunteered and shadowed OTs at a karate clinic for children with disabilities. This further put my abilities to the test to interact with children since it was on an ongoing basis. Seeing children progress through each developmental stage of life felt meaningful on a greater level. It was a wonderful accomplishment when an infant would learn to crawl, a toddler would have a bowel movement successfully in the toilet, or when an adolescent would execute a strong and skillful kata (structured pattern of movements and techniques) during his or her karate belt test. On a bigger scale, the daily interactions I had with the children at a young age helped lay the foundation for their future development, and I was happy to have served as a teacher and role model. These experiences and challenges validated that I enjoyed connecting with people and seeing them grow in emotional, physical, cognitive, and social development. Watching others accomplish their own developmental milestones made me feel like I had a
It was in my freshman year of high school when I discovered my potential to accomplish great things and the ability to prove myself through determination and endurance. I discovered this when I earned my Black Belt in karate. The journey to the Black Belt commences at the White Belt stage. From there you rank up through a series of tests, proving your skills of martial arts until the level of "High Red Belt." As a high red belt, you start training for your Black Belt test which is separate from all the other belt tests. When I became a High Red Belt training for the Black Belt test promptly began. First I received a personal trainer to
It taught me how to be more social and talk to the people around me. I was usually the shy kid in the group until I realized that one major focus while playing basketball was communication. Communication is a major key while on the hardwood because you always got to keep an eye open for your teammates and they’ll do the same. Another skill I developed was my jumping ability. My vertical increased as I got older. For example; as a freshman in high school I could touch the rim on a regulation sized hoop. As a sophomore, I had my first dunk but, it was with a volleyball not a basketball. The summer going into junior year, I had worked on a lot of plyometric workouts which increased my vertical. Junior year, I had my first dunk in an actual basketball game. My teammates and I will never forget that moment. Nobody in my team knew that I could dunk until I showed them. As a senior now. I am going to try and get my ball handling skills more
It is no secret that parents always want the best for their children, and wish to see them excel in various aspects of life. Of course this also means that parents will push their children into joining activities and clubs regardless of what the child says. This so happened to be my case with Martial arts. At a very young age I was pushed into martial arts by my father, since then Martial arts has been a part of who I am, and can be seen in the way I interact with people.
karate dojo in 1946, headed what became the most sizably voluminous international karate federation in history, and trained many of America's top karate competitors. He was by turns fatherly, arrogant, outgoing and secretive, and had associated himself at one time or another with virtually every consequential karate master in Japan. Corroborating sources for much of his personal history are fragmentary (as with much of the history of karate in general) and his daughter, Dr. Roberta Trias-Kelley, a superb martial artist to whom he bequeathed leadership of the system upon his death in 1989, perpetuates to edify Shuri-ryu karate and sell her father’s publications from her headquarters dojo, Trias Karate, in Phoenix, Arizona.
My father taught me to fight. He took to Camp Lejeune with him and had me watch the Marines training for hand to hand combat. He taught me how to fight with a knife, to shoot a gun and to find the weakness in any opponent I might have. The skills I learned helped me defend myself and my friends from the perils that awaited us.
“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.” I still remember this quote from Within I Rise by T.F. Hodge because this specific quote has helped me through my long and winding journey toward the black-belt. It started with my friend in fifth grade showing me what he learned in karate class the day before, and me asking my mother if I could join. My brother and I went to our first class and I instantly fell in love with the sparring, grappling, fighting combinations, self-defense, and of course, learning to use nunchucks. It was not long before I had my eye on the black-belt, but there were many obstacles ahead. Less than one percent of all students at my karate school end up getting to
I’ve been involved with sports since I was 2 years old, participating in these taught me more than the sports themselves; they taught me who I am. I put in countless hours of gymnastics practice, so many that the majority of kids couldn’t imagine the dedication needed to become a state and national champion. It taught me a few of the most vital lessons that I will ever learn; to contribute 100 percent in everything I do and to balance various aspects of my life. Gymnastics also taught me perseverance, how to work harder to achieve a goal, no matter how difficult.
I love the practicing art of Taekwondo and it has literally made my life more interesting. The fighting and self-defense aspect has taught me many life skills such as self-control, self-discipline, respect and commitment. I have learnt so much and I still have much more to learn.
Martial arts classes and training consist of lessons and drills to improve strength, speed, cardio, footwork, and flexibility. The first martial art I ever learned was Taekwondo. Taekwondo strikes primarily include kicks, but also contain punches and chops. Learning Taekwondo increases speed, cardio, footwork and flexibility. Taekwondo is considered one of the more brutal mixed martial arts, it...
Individuals that choose to join Martial Arts can help relieve stress while at the same time help other individuals choose their actions and life choices cautiously. Martial Arts can help any type of individuals hopefully only good but bad as well in critical situations that unfortunately happens at uncalled wrong or right times. For instance, many individuals join martial arts due to bullying or wanting to learn how to defend and attack against enemies for their own desire or even to learn how to find balance in their lives. There are many types of individuals that want to join Martial Arts because of movies based off actors that end up being the winner of a fight. Others go for winning the female hero’s heart as if something great had just occurred unexpectedly at a staged time and place thanks to the help of Martial Arts. These as well as movies where the individuals that seek vengeance and revenge by Martial Arts or critical injury just to put off what they may think are right at the moment in time. More or less individuals join Ma...
It taught me to encourage others and that positive reinforcement will always work better than punishment. It showed me that being a leader isn’t about being the person with all of the ideas or the most vocal person, but being the person that inspires others to be creative and help share their thoughts and to lead them in the right direction. Like many people, my personal experiences have shaped who I am. As a future educator, I want my students to respect me as a teacher, but understand that I will be there for every one of them, whenever they need me. I will not judge them; I will only encourage them to do their best.
When I was the age of four years old, I started to watch the anime, Dragonball Z, I know this may not be an example of a lesson, but if it is, it is a big lesson because I learned countless of things from the anime. It taught me about friendship, relationships with people and family, love, honor, honesty, and to live life to the fullest. I learned that mentorship is important, mentors come in many forms. There are some that teach you authentic skills