Black Belt Autobiography

I started for my black belt when I was in kindergarten or first grade. I decided to take classes at my elementary school, Vista Grande, and I was interested in pursuing Taekwondo. I started to go to the official location for classes. I started with my white belt and worked my way up. For each belt, I had to learn a few skills and a form, which is a series of movements. When I thought I had mastered the skills and form, I had to test to earn my next belt. At each test, I was with others who were also trying to get to their next belt. I had to perform each form for the current belt I had in addition to each form from each previous belt I had earned. Most people passed their test, but some people failed. If I recall correctly, I never failed a …show more content…
Every test was finished and they started calling names for the fellow students and friends who had endured the training and the test with me. I was the first one up and waited for everyone else to get up. I noticed my father who was filming me and all of the other spectators who had wandered in to watch the spectacle. I was instructed to take off my current belt, a red belt with a black horizontal stripe that went around the whole belt. One of my favorite instructors and mentors awarded me with the belt. I had to hold my arms up like a ‘t’ while he tied the belt around my waist. I started to tear up a bit because I felt like I had accomplished very great, and I had. While my mentor wrapped the belt around my waist, he whispered to me how proud he was of me and reminded me of all of the great things I had done in order to get my black belt. After he finished, he left my side and I stood up. I bowed out to finish the test, and met with my parents where I was …show more content…
When working hard gets tough, I always persevere and finish the workout as hard as I can, similar to how I persevered during black belt training. As a citizen, I respect my family, friends and everybody that I meet, always making sure that my actions are appropriate, similar to how I treated my instructors and fellow classmates in the program. Under pressure to do the best of my ability during practice and races not only for myself, but also for my team, I always come out to perform