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Let me tell you a little myself. My interest in the martial arts started when I was a child. My martial arts hero was and still is Bruce Lee. I wanted to be Bruce Lee. I had never seen a Bruce Lee Movie, but I did see the previews. I read everything I could find with Bruce Lee's picture on it, actual I just looked at the pictures. Kung Fu and Karate was my world.
I started my martial arts training at the age of 9 with JUDO. Because I didn't understand the Martial Arts or knew what the martial arts were really about, I didn't like JUDO. I want to kick and punch like Bruce Lee.
The first day, my Judo Instructor said, "..the first thing we are going to teach you is how to fall." My friend, who was taking judo with me said, "I already know how to fall I want to learn how to keep from falling." This was my first sign of lack of discipline - bringing an undisciplined friend with me.
I finished the introductory program. Because of my
lack of discipline, I dropped out. I did learn one thing in my
JUDO training, I learned how to fall.
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Two years past and my interest in the martial art arises again. This time it was Tae Kwon Do. Tae Kwon Do, the Korean art of the feet and hands. I was about twelve years old; my mother knowing my desires signed me up for another four week introductory class, this time without my friend.
