College Admissions Essay: Taekwondo In Young Girls

The guys were stronger than me, and they weren't used to a girl practicing with them. However one thing they did that I really appreciated was that they never treated me as an outsider. We practiced every day of the week after school for 3 hours straight and even on school breaks. I did every workout the guys did without complaint.

When I joined the Upper Bucks YMCA gymnastics team my freshmen year, I did not realize how much of my life would have changed. I took gymnastics classes ever since I was six, and even though the coaches would pester me about joining the team, I never felt the need to participate in gymnastics competitively. It wasn’t until I began to practice with the team girls that I realized how much I was missing out, and I never regret the day that I became a member of the Upper Bucks gymnastics team. Not only was it a place where I challenged my gymnast abilities, where I learned what it meant to be healthy, and where I discovered the thrills of competition, but it is a place that I call my second home. I met girls of all ages coming from different

Wednesday, April 7th, 1994 started out like any other day, I was attending Jr. hHigh sSchool, in St. George Utah. As a I was a young 12 year old girl that was obsessed with gymnastics, I breathed it, studied it, and lioved it. Gymnastics was my Life.! I daydreamed about competing in front of hundreds of people, lights dimmed down, the spotlight right on me as I performed each skill I worked so hard at perfecting each day at practice. I would picture myself going over my routines, every step, every pose, each body positions, how I’d present myself, f . . . . everything. I wanted to be a college gymnast.

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 black belt will help me fulfill this goal as it will give me a reason to stick to my goal. In karate class, the instructors over there didn’t wanted perfection, they wanted us to try our best. It will remind me not to give up. The black belt represents a level of appreciation, humanity, trust, life, love, courage, strength, knowledge, self-discipline, coordination, friendship, and willingness to do what is right. These character traits will help me to understand my patient and guide them with the right advice.

Girl Scouts is a program and community for young girls. The Girl, in Girl Scouts, stands for Go-getter, Innovative, Risk-taker, Leader™. I believe in all of these things. I think Girl Scouts is a great opportunity for girls to become confident with themselves, learn to be kind and selfless and learn to be a leader. I have been a Girl Scout for a long time now, and am working on my silver award. I feel that all girls should have the ability to be a Girl Scout and learn how to make the world a better place.

Half a dozen guys were in the BJJ room grappling, the view was astonishing as I stood outside the foggy glass observing. I knew this was something I wanted to do. My fears, insecurities, sadness, and anger Jiu Jitsu would reach inside and rip them out. Weiss Sakhizada was the coach he looked young and invigorating , he treated me with such kindness and was so cheery to know that I was

The first time I ever fought was with Shayla and she is the only one who has ever made me cry in karate. For my first fighting class, my dad had bought me a helmet shield, afraid that I would get hurt. Ironically, the helmet shield hurt me more than it did protect me. When I fought with Shayla, she had punched me in the head and my helmet shield became loose hitting me in the chest every time she punched me. It hurt so much. I cried and got bruises all over my chest. This made me afraid of fighting. A few years later when I was a blue belt, my dad had accidentally signed me up for fighting at the tournament. Since he had already paid for it, he made me go fight. This was my first tournament, my first time fighting in since Shayla fought me, and I was terrified. As I sat down around the ring waiting for my turn, I saw one girl was beating everyone in the division. She had the fanciest kicks and the fastest movements. She even made three girls cry and I was knew I didn't want fight her, but ultimately I was chosen to be her last competitor. I was actually surprised at how well I did, but without Sensei Jose's help, I wouldn't have been able to beat her. For the first few minutes, I was kicked in the face a couple of times but then someway, somehow I scored a point by side kicking her, nothing fancy. I did that a couple of times, and then all of a sudden I was in the lead. I was winning.

I was a competitive athlete in all around gymnastics, until I had a traumatic brain injury, which resulted in an end to my career. My plan was to compete at the collegiate level as I study at a college of my choice, but due to an injury my plans quickly changed. As being a gymnast in my past, it has created me to be who I am by the way I act and the qualities I have as a person. I have great communication skills by being able to talk with anyone about anything that they need too. I am always willing to learn new things by others and I am not afraid to have them teach me something that I don’t already know. I have great leadership skills with having a lot of experience with a group of people. I will never give up on anyone no matter the circumstances, I will go through whatever it is to make sure all of the people that I know are happy. I have and almost always keep a positive attitude towards things and other people, and will push them to their limits to make sure they are the best that they can be. I am very enthusiastic and hope to

The blistering heat glistened on my face as I stepped out the car door. It was June and I was preparing to test for my 2nd degree brown belt, a belt only two other people around my same age had tested for. My father encouraged me by saying, “You’re on track to becoming one the youngest black belts in your school!” I felt the pressure building up inside of me, the fear of failing this test was evolving. I stepped through the door of the karate school, which was still packed with younger students who just finished testing for their first belt. I walked to the back to take off my sandals, greet the others testing, and wait. Fifteen anxious minutes later, we were called out to stretch on the mats.

When I found fencing in my freshman year of high school I knew I had found a sport that was and is very meaningful to me in a variety of ways.  I knew absolutely nothing of it. But I took to the sport quickly. Whenever I put on the mask, it gives me an immense feeling of strength and confidence.  Fencing created a sense and desire in me to be my best as a fencer but also pervaded other aspects of my life as well. It became important to me to develop my fencing skills to the best of my ability so that when I was able to fence at the individual state championship I would be able to secure myself a top spot in the competition. When I arrived at the tournament and began the bout, I realized that  I was woefully under prepared, losing in my first

I chose the book called Verbal Judo by George J. Thompson and Jerry B. Jenkins because this book talks about the training among the author who is a former police officer and how his experience is serve as an example for other cops to learn from. This book express on how certain cops can handle certain situation if they are presented in their daily work and George J. Thompson who is a former instructor who use martial arts and his knowledge of being a professor to use those experiences to create a better human interaction. Another source that I will be including is the life of another former police officer called Steve Osborne, I will be talking about his life and work of being an officer in NYC and how he can inspire future officers to carry his work to the field.

I used to do a martial art called So Bahk Do. I used to have fun, feeling proud and strong when I was doing it. It had gradually evolved into a task I participated in reluctantly rather than a hobby I looked forward to. As I walked up to the studio, which had been like a second home to me for seven years, I realized that I was frustrated and angry. Angry that I needed to give so much time and effort for something I had no desire to do. I could feel the constant weight of always going to So Bahk pushing down on my shoulders. I felt that it was finally time to lift that weight. I marched in through the front door, confident and resolute. Every component that my senses encountered- the voices, the starched white uniforms, the laughter, the familiarity -chipped away at my anger storm. When I saw my teacher, my emotions were suddenly hammered back into me. I was so familiar with her smile, her eagerness, and her air of peaceful confidence that I lost my train of thought.

Karate has changed the way I view everything and everyone around me. The total amount of years I’ve been there is 3 years because of an

Several years ago, when I was five years-old, I watched the movie The Karate Kid (1984) starring Ralph Macchio as the bullied teen who comes out of his shell, having mastered a form of martial arts. At that tender age, I was impressed by the fact that such a mousy adolescent came out of his shell in such an impacting way. Mr. Miyagi (played by Pat Morita) was especially impressive with his quiet demeanor and extraordinary martial arts skills. The movie was a bit old-fashioned, but I loved it! Although I was never bullied, I knew that I wanted to be just like Daniel Larusso, the character that Ralph Macchio played: strong and disciplined. So when the chance came along to join a martial arts class came along, I grabbed it. I started taking classes