Black Belt Experience

Through my life I’ve had many special accomplishments, but the one that meant the most to me was the time when I got my second degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. I currently am a second degree black belt with 8 years of consistent training. My journey through this experience was not at all easy. In fact, I had to go through much dedication, time, and sacrifice. My training involved me going to practice 4 days a week, not including tournaments, weekend practices, and times when I went to practice when I wasn’t required to. All this training prepared me for tests that I had to earn in order to get my next belt; many people have failed, but I’ve never failed a single test. In my preparation for becoming a second degree, I’ve also had to assist

My karate journey started when I was 4 years old. My parents enrolled me in a few activities including karate, piano, and later chess to foster growth and development. But, I wouldn’t know how much of an impact karate would have on my life at that age. My parents knew that karate taught discipline, confidence, self-defense, and most important of all, kindness and respect. But then again, why IBBA? Well, there are many other schools out there, but they do not require the same perseverance and resilience needed to get a black belt like IBBA. They do not have the same sense of family and friendship that you have at IBBA, for they are run like a business, not a true dojo.

My opponent is my teacher and my ego is my enemy. During the beginning of 9th grade I had always wanted to get a membership at a gym and so happen that my cousin started working at this new gym called UFC, she invited me to check it out. Monday in the afternoon, I went to the gym and from the moment I first stepped foot in that gym I loved the vibe there. Everybody pleasantly welcomed me. I first started taking DUT (Daily Ultimate Training) classes which worked more on strength and conditioning. Then several different classes, however the one class that caught my attention the most was the Brazilian jiu-jitsu class. Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that teaches a smaller person how to defend himself against a larger adversary by using leverage and proper technique

My ultimate goal is to obtain my Black Belt to help reduce our expenses by $Yb by assigning a monatary value to our workflows and having the knowledge from the Black Belt courses and my statistic knowledge, I can determine $Xa abd $Xb that impacts $Yb. To obtain the Black Belt, I first need the Green

Failure. As the testing paper crossed my face, I saw the letters “F-A-I-L” written across. With my heart broken and my soul shattered, I quietly accepted my results and walked away. Though not my first experience with failure, the fatality was blown and I began to tremble. With my heart dropping in disappointment, I returned back to my practice in hopes of proving once again, I was worth my Black Belt.

As a member of the wrestling team, I developed the physical toughness to become a member of the U.S. armed services. There, I learned what hard work was. After running as a team for miles on end, we moved to the mats to work on individual technique. We wrestled and struggled till we couldn't move. It was more about outlasting the other guy for six minutes straight in a true match, therefore the guy most in shape won. When the coach

One might believe optimistic outcomes require years of training. However, a recent study showed that novice practitioners were fully proficient in twenty-one different moves after only twenty-nine hours of training (Burke, Protopapas, Bonato, Burke, & Landrum, 2010, p. 31).Taking into consideration a daily practice in martial arts; observation of positive outcomes can be achieved in early as one to two months after implementation. Further, by training all students, there is a potential for transfer of knowledge to younger siblings, thus further reducing the time to benefit from the implementation of the program. In general, by eliminating apprehensions over safety, distress around cost, and hesitation regarding time to benefit, there is a clear route to realizing the overall positive aspects of a martial arts

Wrestling reformed me since I discovered who am and who I wanted to be. The fundamental principles of wrestling taught me: discipline and perseverance. This has been drilled into me everyday of practice and I am fortunate to learn it. For example I am discipline because I have to follow a daily routine everyday at practice even though I loathe the exercises. Then I have perseverance in the matter that I continued to wrestle even at the times I completely hated it and had a horrible day.

Two years ago i received my black belt in taekwondo,my mother decided i was responsible enough to get a dog as a gift. I was very happy,i’ve always wanted a dog. My neighbor's dog had given birth to puppies a few months earlier, so that was perfect timing.The puppies were old enough to be away from the mother. All the puppies were brown except for two. All the dogs were female,i’ve seen them only a few times the mother was very protective of them when they were newborns.The taekwondo test lasted four hours i was extremely tired i had protective gear on which was kinda heavy and kept heat in so i was sweating a lot.

On the drive to Highland Ranch Elementary School, I started recalling how I started karate. I began in fourth grade as an afterschool program. Our small class only had five people. I remember that I was the only one able to go to the studio and test for the next rank. Thinking back, I was really glad that I was able to test because I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have continued if the teacher didn’t tell me that I could test for the next belt. Continuing karate helped

As your child's parent, you should reinforce those skills they are being taught during their martial arts classes by giving them consequences at home as well as all the praise they need when they do something you have asked them and they do it well. This will help your child's martial arts instructor with what they are trying to accomplish.

I was dedicated, I went to tournaments on the weekends and Wrestled for the school on weekdays. Between the pools of sweat and fresh scratches we were going hard in the practice room and it payed off on the mat. During my battles in school i lost my only loss of the year and that weekend i went into the tournament fired up but not knowing the person i lost the battle to was there and my first match. I stepped onto the mat with my nerves making me shake like a leaf and adrenaline rushing like a river. I take him down and we hand fight i grab his head and headlock him tak him down again and pin him and getting my hand raised felt better than anything else in the

It taught me so many things. It taught me not to procrastinate and to be on top of my schedule. My routine would be psychotic if I didn’t get to a practice. It was my priority to make it to each and every run. The long runs on Saturday mornings were especially important to get to because if we couldn’t make it to a practice then it was almost conclusive that we wouldn’t make it up at home. Well, when we didn’t make up the run we also had trouble running the upcoming runs. But, more than that TRM helped me accomplish something I couldn’t have imagined. At Prescott, we have this PE system called the Colored Trunks. Every student at Prescott starts out with the white trunks and most of the population leaves in their white trunks as well. I however, thanks to TRM managed to earn my red trunks. I was determined to earn my red trunks as soon as I entered Prescott as a 7th grader. But, eventually, I lost the hope that I would get them. Still, I remember the day that I earned them. It was a day full of recognition and happiness because I wore my red trunks all day through

Ed is a family friend who lives near my house. We became friends after meeting at a family party and having conversations about taekwondo. He has become a special person to me. Ed is always there when you need him. He helped me accomplish getting my black belt in taekwondo by training me after school during his free time. He motivated me to practice many hours and showed me videos on how to improve.

For nearly four years now, Ahmed has been volunteering to help with running the classes, working to ensure that with the growing class sizes, the students can receive the most tutelage possible. He has since continued to help out with classes and has even had the opportunity to run his own classes. During this time, he has come to know many students well and instructed them both in martial arts and as an example of what students should strive towards. Some of the students Ahmed has taught