My Tae Kwon-Do Journey

I want to get my black belt because I don’t ever want to end my Tae Kwon-Do journey. Tae Kwon-Do has played a massive part in my life over the last four years and has helped me achieve things I would never dream of being able to do, for example it has helped improve my confidence greatly. I used to feel sick to the stomach at the thought of having to do anything while people were watching me however with my belt round my waist I feel powerful and that I can do anything as long as I try and don’t give up. I want to be able to help lower grades discover a side of them they didn’t think they had just as my instructors did with me.
When I started Tae Kwon-Do, January 2014, I didn’t think I would be able to accomplish this much in a relatively short space of time because when I saw everyone else at the club they looked amazing at what they were doing. I never thought I would be able to kick with my foot in the correct position and with the kick being higher than my belt. However, I soon realised that as long as you keep working on something you can do it as long as you have the drive to do so. You need to have integrity if you wish to be successful in Tae Kwon-Do because you need to understand and realise that you did something wrong in order to improve it however this is also a skill you need outside the dojang. People make mistakes in …show more content…
You can build tight connections with people of different ages. Lots of people who are at my Tae Kwon-Do club also go to school and its interesting to think that these people you talk to both at school and in the dojang wouldn’t be apart of your life if you had never taken your first Tae Kwon-Do lesson and fallen in love the sport. Another aspect of Tae Kwon-Do I really love is competitions; I have now done four and becoming a black belt will just open more doors for me in so many aspects of my