When I was around five years old I used to take a fighting class it was called taekwondo. It had been a year since I started I was for the time a yellow belt. My brother was told there was going to be a tournament and that he should join he was told there was a fighting one and another one where you perform a variety of moves. In order to compete you were needed to be a green belt. I decided to train my heart out so the teacher would let me go I put all my effort in. At the end the teacher allowed me to go, he let me borrow a green belt to wear for the tournament so I could compete with others. For the time being I had not truly practiced with anyone by what I mean is that I had yet to spared/ fought with anyone. But even do I had not yet practice with anybody, I was confident I could do it I could beat a green belt. Some time had …show more content…
past and the announcer called me up to the arena I was told to wear blue. We both politely bowed at each other and began I was giving it the best I could and I had to be winning I thought to myself I was absolutely positive I was winning. But at the half point I looked over at the scoreboard and I ended up seeing that the other kid had more points, These points at the start suprised me because I had yet to feel any of his hits land and some of the times that I had hit he almost fell from the hit. At the end he scored the most points, he had won and I had lost but that didn't stop me from coming the next year.
I knew I had just lost but I was proud of that lost he was one rank higher so I just took it as a sign that I could win. We turned back and returned to our teachers as I went back I saw him smiling he was proud of how well I did even do I had lost. A couple weeks had past and my test had come he tested us all and he gave us our new belts everyone in there rank went at the same time and received their belts the teacher then presented me with the green belt I was surprised and everyone else there was to since no one just passed to green belt but I did I was the first one who had accomplished that there he told be that in the tournament I had showed what it meant to be a green belt he had seen my passion and the dedication I had in me at that time I took my new belt as proud as I could be and marched back with a giant smile in my face. Every other kid only received a stripe and looked at me with envy in there eyes but I could care less because I knew I had earned that belt. I was so happy that day I hat thought me something
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First I got my white belt in the other side I was kind of nervous because everyone their are strangers to me. The first thing I did was breaking boards with a front kick. And I thought that was easy. I started taekwondo when I was 9 years. Why wanted to be a blackbelt you ask here's your answer to protect myself. Taekwondo made me focus on my education more. My journey to black belt did not start with me walking by the academy and enrolling as is the experience of many students. I was told to either put in a 110 percent effort in it, or to have a seat. Basically, my mom told not to make any arguments. I decided to push myself more than I can ever imagine to being the
Then, high school came along and I received a rude awakening that I was no longer top dog on the wrestling team. I lost more matches that first year of highschool wrestling then I had my whole junior high career combined. I was devastated that year I thought that I would never want to wrestle again. However, when wrestling rolled around that next year I was the first in line to show
Going to class everyday without fail, reviewing and completely perfecting the five years of curriculum I had so carefully worked through, to the point where everything was completely automatic, and preparing for the fifty push-up requirement, were not enough. The black-belt test requires creativity through my creation of a personal kata and a self-defense to every attack I had learned. Beyond this, physical endurance and stamina are required in order to spar for ten minutes straight at the end of the four hour test, with a fresh opponent every minute. The black-belt test was the most physically grueling challenge I had ever faced and was much more mentally exhausting than any academic
He asked me, “Do you want to join the varsity team for the playoffs?” Without hesitation I said, “Of course coach.” I started practicing with them and couldn’t wait for this great opportunity to play on varsity in eighth grade. There are a total of five rounds in a high school playoff and the fifth round of course being the state championship, and to win a series you have to win two out of three games. Coach said, “You’re being called up to be a pitch runner for the pitcher and catcher during the games if they reached base.” I said, “Sounds good coach, thanks for the opportunity.” The first three rounds were pretty easy and then we had to play Mars Hill and they were really good. They had two great pitchers, one was going to Alabama and the other was going to Mississippi State. We won the first game and ended up winning the second game on a walk-off homerun to send us to the state championship game. I could not believe that this was happening. I have been dreaming of this ever since I was a little
By the time he finished his story he had all of us in tears. We had never felt so close to a coach and we were glad we was going to consider us as family. Practices were really fun after that every one worked hard but still had fun. The games went really well we only lost one game and won districts so now we get to go to
When I was a kid I saw Princess Bride and I formed a strong love for sword play. I was eight years old and in the living room when I first saw this dramatic, entertaining, and beautiful film. After I saw this I tried very hard to learn how to fence but it was not easy to learn because I had no one to teach me or train with me. Then a college that was in my hometown opened a fencing club when I was fifteen. However, when I got there everything was very different then I imagined.
A few days later I got signed up for t-ball because once I saw how my brother team played I felt like playing and I had a dream. My dream was to it was to be good as them. When I was playing t-ball the coaches had to teach me a lot because on the first day of practice I had know idea what was going on. So each practice, I come out and I heard “Jacob come in” coach said then I heard for the same coach “Put on your helmet and grab a bat, so I listen and then there was a tee on the side and I took the first swing and I miss the whole tee so the coach help me how to hit the ball and said keep
After our victory, we head over for pictures to be taken. My eyes start to burn from all of the flashes as if I had stared at the sun for too long. We raise our hands to the sky to honor Mr. Leeder and his family. I know he would have wanted to witness our victory, and a part of me thinks he did. The trophy has so much shine I can see my reflection in it. The happiness I feel is incredible. I have never felt anything like it before. I begin to get a big smile on my face, jump around, and hug my teammates. I know it is just a game, but it is a great way to draw a close to our senior year.
But, never did I think about my dream. I started training and soon began to enjoy learning Taekwondo. Since then I commenced going to Taekwondo to become the best student, and to make friends. I started training hard, and in eighteen months I achievedblue belt. One day masterannouncedthat, “A tournament is coming soon.” I was so excited, because it was my first competition ever.
The only ones who believed in me were my coaches because on how fast I was learning JV. When we went to our first duel we faced two teams and we beat both of them. I lost my first match but I won my other two matches. Later in the season the Varsity Coach asked for me and he took me up in varsity and I was supposed to be just a practice partner
Going green in the workplace is a new trend in business. In choosing to go green in the workplace you may be challenged by an elevated initial start-up costs, however savings earned from this investment will more than pay for those initial costs in the future. Many people see this as a controversial issue, and granted it does have its own unique set of pro and cons, but if a business makes careful choices going green can prove to be very rewarding. Companies are doing this to save money on energy expenses as well as deploying it as a means to help reduce the carbon foot-print they are leaving behind.
I was hungry, competitive in nature. I went to school until 2:45, then I went straight to the golf course, practicing. Here I would spend the rest of the day and evening, practicing until it turned dark and couldn’t see the ball anymore. I wanted to be a better golfer, but more importantly, I wanted to play in the invitational meets for the JV golf team. I, along with nine others, was fighting for a spot on the invitational golf team. The top three selected were able to get out of school, and go spend their day playing in a golf tournament. The invitational team could change with every tournament that came, you got to play on the team when you performed good, and when you weren’t playing good you went back and played with JV. The first invitational was coming
At last we had brought all our practicing skills into work at the final stages. After working hard for three solid months it all paid off, the competing mat was beneath our feet. It was as if I could almost hear the girl?s hearts thumping before we walked onto the mat. I couldn?t stop smiling, I had the biggest grin on my face as if I were the cat who just ate the canary. Only when I thought that was enough, my facial expressions were amazing, all the nights I spent in front of the mirror or watching my self through the reflection of the glass door in my kitchen. It?s hard to go first because watching all the other teams compete makes you think, how did I do?
So one day after school my older brother took me to the gym. After I changed into my gym clothes in the locker room, I sat nervous on the patted mat by the rock climbing tower/boulder waiting for the instructor to walk in and other students to show up. After a few minutes the instructor walked in. She smiled really big, so big that I saw t...