Life Success and Taekwando
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everyone wants
some sort of success and fulfillment in
their lives
it can and will come to you if you
believe
but if it’s truly worth it it may not
come easy
the price of success is hard work
dedication to job at hand and
determination
that whatever the task may be at hand
we will give the best of ourselves we
may win or we may lose
it doesn’t matter hello ladies and
gentlemen
i am tarashiyaman and i am radhma anand
yes we’re sisters
and we are fortunate to understand the
meaning of
life and success in our journey to
become black belts in taekwondo
sports is a hobby for most until the
routine grows on you
and becomes a part of your working and
functioning
so it was for us taekwondo is a korean
martial art
i as a nine-year-old and she as a
teenager
took it up to prove ourselves as victors
or else remain vanquished forever
it is an experience that made us
resilient
and fiercely disciplined little did we
realize
that it was going to shape the way we
were
to govern our lives it is said that life
is the best teacher but for us it was
taekwondo
so let’s move on to our journey of this
martial art
and unravel the invaluable treasures
that
we gained as a result lesson number one
you save yourself or you remain unsaved
as a fifth grader my parents tried to
save me
from the harsh realities of life
i but i could not escape from hearing
the gory stories of brutality against
women
i used to wonder why why women can’t
protect themselves
what change is needed when i share these
thoughts with my mother
she encouraged me to join taekwondo
classes
when a woman is able to protect herself
she feels that freedom i was no longer a
dark boy
i had grown wings that could take me to
the garden of my choice
possessing a skill and practicing it
regularly
gave me the confidence it made me
empowered
20 rounds of jogging and 10 rounds of
frog jump
and duck walk seemed like a lot it was a
monumental task
but what matters is the consistency
that we should lesson number two
challenges and mistakes
are what create opportunities to put
positive momentum
growth and success in place
unlike others i was not in shape an
ideal taekwondo student would be in
i was accustomed to eating junk and
watching cartoons
anyone who even talked about going out
in the sun
met with a lot of resistance from my end
but one fine day my family decided
to channelize it into something
constructive
and consequently i was also enrolled
in these evening taekwondo classes
attending classes thrice a week was not
any less than a challenge to top it
waking up at crack of the dawn on
sundays while others were resting
seemed so unjust
but gradually i won over my lazy side
that was pulling me back ever since that
day
i’ve worked hard and taekwondo became my
life
my initial days were full of struggle
since i was a complete amateur
and flying kicks were something i used
to run away from
rising for a half a millimeter for a
split second
was enough flying for me but soon it hit
me
that being light weighted is a necessity
for this spot
it wasn’t an easy transformation i
remember
being asked to become a hurdle which
would be used up
as a block from which other students
would jump over
instead of getting disheartened i used
to take pride in it
that not everyone has the power to
remain steady
while others take your support to jump
and soon i realized that i
didn’t need to listen to these things
anymore
there were days when i heard giggles
from behind as i tried to perfect my
kicks
but it didn’t bog me down instead
encouraged me
to be where i am right now
lesson number three nothing great comes
easy
and nothing easy can be equated to
greatness
don’t try to find the easy way out
because if you seek
easy you won’t be able to polish
yourself into a sparkling gem
that you can be in order to gain some
you have to give some in our case
we gave our altar to the taekwondo
there was no sleep and no comfort
holidays and pleasures
were for others but we we had to focus
on the game
and we had to restraint our desires
there were days
when we couldn’t even walk there were
days when we didn’t feel like going to
the training at
all but what mattered is that we did not
give up
that’s what made us today strong
resilient unbashed and stoic
lesson number four without great mentors
people can never reach their maximum
capabilities
a coach is someone who helps you find
hope in yourself
i cannot emphasize more on the
importance of a great mentor
and we were blessed to have won
throughout our journey
with each punch that he landed on our
stomachs our course
got stronger and more enduring he was
never lenient
and always used to bring his a-game
during the fight
after getting defeated by him
innumerable times
if there comes a movement when one of
your moves
did catch him off guard it would make
you happy
but believe me it made him a hundred
times happier
his dedication to his art made us
practice it with even more
zeal i always remember him saying
that keep doing until you have no energy
left
to do it anymore and when you reach your
saturation point
do it just one more time
and that’s where magic happens
we bore the fruit by following his path
when the grand master of india dr
rajendra balan
appreciated me after vigorous hours of
black belt test
and this turned into celebration when he
awarded tarushi
at delhi state tournament this brings us
to our last lesson if you have the zeal
to
persist you will definitely reach the
zenith of success
for us the path to earning the black
belt was definitely not a straight one
but what matters is that one last try
that one last kick and that one last
switch to break
that made all the difference and
it was all worth it when you stand at
the podium
with a medal around your neck and you
see the pride in the eyes of your
parents
and the admiration from the crowd
struggle brings progress whether you
succeed
or fail you either advance or learn from
it
if you learn from it remember that
mistakes
are a proof that you are trying you
are working on growth don’t be afraid to
face the challenges
for it is such encounters that actually
tells you the potential
that you have so unleash your inner
strength
to realize the real magic that is
you if we can do it you can do it too
thank you