What Taekwondo Means to Me

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When I started taekwondo it was couple of years ago maybe about 8 years ago. I didn't know why I did it. I was just doing what my mom told me to do that time of age. During the time at the taekwondo institute I learned how to be patient and to have courage. I had to leave taekwondo for a couple of years. Now I had come back again last year. I started taekwondo because I wanted to lose weight even though I'm still chubby right now. I also wanted to be cool and say that I knew martial arts. I learned how to defend myself at any given moment. At first I was just going through the motion of things. Then I realized that taekwondo meaned more than just losing weight and saying I'm cool. I learned that taekwondo teaches us how to be confident in life, respect to everything, and to stand up for what I believe in. Taekwondo changed my view on life. I thought life was just a simple story from a kids book but, Master Kim taught me that life isn't a story book but, that life is full of obstacle that we have to overcome. Taekwondo taught me how to overcome obstacle with patience and the confident to move on. Taekwondo is now part of my life not just an after school activity. Technically, taekwondo means the "way of the foot and fist". Its difficult to say what it means to me. At the beginning as I said before I wanted to lose weight but, that wasn't all I wanted to do. I also wanted to learn how to defend myself from others, but as time went on it became a lifestyle. I learned that I had to respect everyone. That is why we always say "yes, ma'ma" or "yes, sir". I learned that we should to be honest about everything and not to lie. I learned that I have to keep going through all the hardships in life. I had to never give up on what I believed in. I have to be in control of my own body and not have someone control me. This is what practicing taekwondo helps us learn when to

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