Taekwondo

From day one I have been an Ox described by the Chinese zodiac as a person who can make a clear distinction between right and wrong. Similar to the ox, I am cautious, industrious, patient and honest. Additionally, I would characterize myself as someone who has integrity, persistence, and diligence. As a child who grew up in a small neighborhood to a middle class family, I always strived to help people just as my parents who served as my role models. My hard working parents were brought up in…

In high school, I’ve participated in Taekwondo classes, Honors classes, tutoring others, and debate. I’ve gotten Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. Currently, a red belt in Taekwondo, I’ve been training for 4 years. As a Rhode Island Taekwondo Leadership Team member, I teach lower-ranking students their forms and self defense, help them improve, and encourage them to do their best. The same power and attentiveness I put towards achieving each belt, I put into completing my school work. In Honors…

My Sports Frenzy Have you ever been in sports or thought about it? Well I sure have, in fact I have done several sports, four sports exactly. Now let me tell you something, sports are the absolute best! I mean sports have fun activities and they keep you in shape, what’s better than that, I mean the only real hard part is finding what sport fits your style best. Now there are so many that I have participated in and I’m glad to share those times with you. First sport I can remember doing…

and is very enjoyable. The second thing we learned about James are his accomplishments. James proudest accomplishments are Graduating from High school in 2014, and earning his black belt in taekwondo. James has been practicing taekwondo on and off for the past 11 years, the reasons he likes doing taekwondo is because you’re getting a great work out while learning self-defense, and he believes it’s a great confidence booster. The final thing we learned about James are his goals, his goals are to…

have stopped participating have claimed they do not have time or have simply become too busy. While on the other hand students lose interest and discourage themselves from continuing. This school is paid off of people 's extra money since learning taekwondo is not a necessity like food, shelter, and transportation are. So in other words this school is not an obligation, but a choice. It is not always easy to understand what each student uses to personally motivate themselves, but often times it…

unaware about the endeavor I was about to take the moment my foot touched that mat. I finally decided to walk on, like they had taught me by bowing, it was the first of a near million times I was going to do this. I was a white belt, at the best taekwondo centers in the area. All the kids, stood to the side eerily silent, waiting for instructions. After a couple of classes I began to learn more and more about how the center worked, and I began to see the lessons that the instructors were…

cheerleading,another day I would want to do gymnastics, then ice skating, and sports. Though through all those years martial arts stayed in mind, to keep me busy I did all the sports at the rec center I possibly could. On August 25th I decided to go to taekwondo before trying out for the school play. After we stretched and did warm ups it was time to practice and learn a variety of kicks. One type of kick is the jumping air kicks,…

Although things may not go exactly as I have planned them to go or I may change careers, I have a general idea of who I want to be. I am excited to finish High School and go on to a college that is nearby allowing me to continue my passion of teaching TaeKwonDo. I also aspire to continue to work hard throughout my life in order to achieve things that better the community as a whole. I believe it is important to not only dream for yourself but for others as…

It has been about a year since I found out I had cancer. Having cancer affected my school work, my taekwondo training, and my emotional and physical self. In November of 2014, after being sick for months, my father brought me to the doctor to see what was going wrong with me. After being examined by the doctor, she told me I had strep throat and my neck was swollen because of it. She told me that if the swelling in my neck didn't go down in a few months I was to make another appointment to see…

As an only child growing up in a middle class family, I learned the value of helping others through my parents. My hard working parents were brought up in Bangladesh, a third-world country in South Asia with devastating poverty. Moreover, my parents are very strict and disciplining individuals; they both loved to help others regardless of their physical endurance, mental health, or economic stability. As role models, they reared me in the belief that my goals in life should include lending a…