Tang Leo Do Research Paper

Tang Soo Do may only look like a simple martial arts class that teaches you how to defend yourself from any danger that you may encounter in your life even as you grow up. I believe that Tang Soo Do represents more than just defense, to me it represents the knowledge and strength of achieving a high goal to reach which is Black Belt and learning the techniques as to why they are so special in a combat experience. When I first started Tang Soo Do at the age of 4, it was something new for me and fun because at the end of each class that I had we would play Freeze Tag, Simon says and many more silly games. As time progressed and I began to achieve a higher rank, the realization of what it takes to achieve a Black Belt slowly became clearer. Like …show more content…
Even know as a Cho Dan Bo, the assessments I did felt like I was taking the literal exam even though it wasn’t. To be honest when I first had my Blue belt I did not believe that it was important to me whether I received my black belt or not. To me it felt just like being only promoted to another rank. Although when I learned what is required to be a Black Belt and the exams I needed to test for in order to receive it, not only that, I knew how important it meant to me, my father and mother as well since they encouraged me to join Tang Soo Do, me and my dad’s favorite Martial arts movie was “Legend of The Dragon”. To both of us we knew that Bruce Lee was a great Martial Artist and that most of his moves are not stunt double actions but he himself does the moves, of course the moves he does are a mix of different types of martial arts. These are the two reasons why I wanted to do Tang Soo Do in the beginning because I wanted to be like Bruce Lee and many other Martial Artists when I was young even until now I still want to still be like …show more content…
Though there is one thing that I have also remembered Master West saying when someone in our dojo received a Black Belt, he said that’s this is only the beginning of a new journey to reach greater heights and that await furthermore and more. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any more exams to reach the higher rank of black belt, no there will always be exams every time to know if you were prepared and know everything you need to know to pass to the other rank. Now reaching a Grandmaster Rank would take a long time but it means something special because that shows you that you put all your effort and never stopped at being a Black Belt. To me my instructor Master Patrick West has meant much to me because without his help and guidance of reaching to the point of testing for Black Belt I would not take it and would still be a Cho Dan Bo. When I first met him he seemed a bit serious and strict which kind of scared me but really, he was a funny, happy, and strict master and that was fine with me because Tang Soo Do is a fun and serious training to show us how to defend ourselves from danger. In conclusion, I believe that Tang