佚名/Anonymous
On31stJanuary2005, twostudentsfrommymartialartsschooltookteststogainimportantqualificationsinthemodernmartialartofChoikwangdo.
Choikwangdoisamartialartwhichconcentratesonself-defence, healthandsuccessingeneral.Itwasfoundedin1987byGrandmasterKwangJoChoiwholivesinAtlanta, Georgia.
MickwastestingforblackbeltandNickywastestingforseconddegreeblackbelt.
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Thestandardmartialartsescalatorofreachingonebeltafteranotherisapowerfulandsystematicmotivator.
BothMickandNickywererolemodelstoeveryoneinthewaytheyachievedtheirgoals.
AfterChristmastheysteppeduptheirtrainingtothepointwheretheywereobliviousofallelseexceptwhattheyneededtoknowforthebigtest.
, John, spenthoursteachingandhelpingthemboth.
MickandNickybothshowedaquietbutunstoppabledeterminationintheactualtest.
AtonepointMickhitoneofthefocusmittsorpadswhichareusedasatargetwiththeweakerpartofhishandanddislocatedhislittlefinger.
, heldouthishandandsaid,
"Goforit."
IwasasstunnedasanyoneelsebythedislocationbutundertheinfluenceofhisconfidencethatIcouldputthingsright, grabbedhishandandyankedhislittlefingerawayfromtherestofhishandforaboutaquarterofaninch(inthedirectionitwasnowpointing) andthenrelaxedmygrip.
Mercifully, .
BothMickandNickywereexhaustedbytheendofthegradingbuttheirdeterminationanddesiretoachievetheirgoalscarriedthemthrough.
Theirfriendsintheclassgavethemcontinuousencouragementaswellandastandingovationwhentheyachievedtheirfirstandseconddegreeblackbelts.
ThefirstlineofthepledgeinChoikwangdois:"Tosetpositivegoalsandstrivetoachievethem."
