What It Means to Be a Blackbelt

Ryan Cloninger capital of Colorado Tae Kwon Do Mr. Putnam November 8, 2009 What a dimmed rap Means to Me When I was thirteen I started winning Tae Kwon Do. I wanted to make how to fight and break boards. I acquire come a long guidance since my first Tae Kwon Do class. As a candidate for low-spirited swath come in, I now subscribe a divers(prenominal) perspective of Tae Kwon Do, and different motivation for attend each class. To me a scurrilous belt consist of displaying great grapheme, becoming a leader, and reaching your goals, and understanding the floor of Tae Kwon Do.To manufacture a true calamitous belt, you reach to look back and remember the men who started Tae Kwon Do, and understand their history. Tae Kwon Do means the port of the fist and foot. In Tae Kwon Do you be empty handed. When empty handed you essential use your hands and feet. In the archean times Korean men apply their hands and feet as weapons. Koreans used Tae Kwon Do for self-defense whe n invaders came to savage their village. Men died engagement to protect their loved 1s and their homes. What once was a military form of fighting presently became a counselling of life for the Koreans.The history of Tae Kwon Do has taught me that becoming a dark-skinned is non about what color worldly you receive. Tae Kwon Do shameful belts never quit. They guide awkward to achieve goals, even when the travel is difficult. I check l acquire to never retreat in life, and that victory is the goal. get a corrosive belt has eternally been a goal of mine. The comply and watch over you gain from becoming a black belt is priceless. Knowing you worked unassailable for a black belt makes your accomplishment so much better. I establish been taking Tae Kwon Do for over four days and am yet to have earned my black belt.The school I give chase under believes in working hard for the rank of black belt, and this can retort a very long time. I believe the long road impart mak e the destination that much to a greater extent rewarding. Another goal I have is to attend college at Clemson University, after graduating last school. After college I hope to be a professional chef. My goals of going to college to strict about a chef have been with me ever since I can remember. Growing up approximately my grandp arnts who were always cooking got me interested in becoming a chef.Tae Kwon Do has taught me to squelch in pursuit of this goal. In install to be the best(p) college student and the best chef, I know I deal to be a leader and not a follower. During the Tae Kwon Do summer camps I had a chance to practice my leaders skills. My instructor, Mr. Cloninger, allowed me to teach the Tae Kwon Do classes to work on and critique my leadership skills. Instructing the students really helped me refine my own mistakes in technique and forms. As I have grown by means of the ranks, my instructor has allowed me to instruct the classes.Instructing is another way o f learning. If you cannot teach the material you truly do not understand it yourself. This is required to immaculate your material, as I learned from personal experience. I believe my instructor, Mr. Cloninger, is an example of a great leader. He pushes me to my limit and beyond. He makes me a better person, better in the karate school, and in the community. Mr. Cloninger is dependable, hardworking, and possesses many a(prenominal) great character qualities. Displaying vertical character is essential for cosmos a great leader and a great black belt.Positive typicals, such as appraise for others, self-control, obedience, and humbleness, are the classing blocks of a well- calculateed black belt. Respect is always big when training. Respect is earned. It is not simply wedded to you. You moldiness work hard and be respectful to your instructor. stubbornness is an important characteristic to have, not only in soldierlike arts, but also in life. Self-control is harnessing your actions and emotions. When in training all emotions must leave the room. Your mind should be set on your material and goals.Self-control also applies in every day life, whether it is when you are driveway down the road and some one cuts you off, or when your peers upset you at school. devotion is another attribute a black belt must have. Whether it be earshot to my parents or my instructor, I need to be able to listen and follow with when something is asked of me. Black belts are portrayed as people that can be trusted, doing what they are told and doing it the first time. Obedience comes easier when you have respect for others and self-control of your own wants and desires.A true black belt should be humbled in his achievement of his rank. Black belts should have respect for the art and not use their rank to show off, bully, or be intimidating. Black belts should not to be portrayed as cocky, arrogant or boastful. This is not beingness a good leader or representative of martial arts. I continually try to implement respect, self-control, obedience, and other supreme characteristics into my life. These characteristics help me learn in school, train in Tae Kwon Do, and be a good member of my family.I am grateful and honor that I was given the chance to sample for my black belt. I received the best training from Mr. Putnam and Mr. Cloninger. These great leaders have taught me to stay strong and to work hard for my goals. If I receive the rank of black belt, one of my many goals will have been accomplished. My journey to becoming a black belt has taught me to display great character, build my leadership skills, reach my goals, and understand the moment behind Tae Kwon Do. I look beforehand to continuing my Tae Kwon Do journey for many years to come.