Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Essay
(June 3, 2000)

History

I was fourteen years old when I started Tae Kwon Do. I also just started in a new school, new classes and trying to make new friends. Everything in my life was changing and nothing ever stayed the same. One of my friends in my math class would talk to me about how she was in Tae Kwon Do. She told me about the exercises, the classes, the other people in the school and what kind of relationship she had with everyone. I thought it was interesting, and was quite honestly bored with my own social life the way it was. She gave me an address and told me I should see for myself. My mother thought it would be good for me too, mainly for the physical exercise and to get me out of the house. So my mom and I went to the school, and watched a full class together. It looked hear.

I doubted if I could be able to do many of the things that the students were doing. My mother also worried about the same things I did because she had a rough idea of my limits physically, and worried about me because of this. I still tried it out, my first day being about a week later in a mixed class instead of the beginner’s class. It was hard work, hard exercise and I had fun. I met new people; made friends in the first day that I am still friends with today, and to this today I have not forgotten all that I learned. I have stayed because of the constant stream of new people that I get the chance to meet with. I love the sport, the exercise that I get with the routine training; it is something that I look forward to on my days where I do not train.

Everyone in the school is so supportive of me; they all give me encouragement when I need it, and I try to do the same in return. Without the help of everyone in school I believe I would have not come as far as I have today. There is a lot more that I will need help in later on, and I hope that my friends are still going to be there with me. The reason I started was to be with my friend and to meet new people, the reason I will continue is a whole lot more.

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