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Importance of Learning Self Defense

My son is attending Taekwondo lessons again.  It’s his passion ever since, and if he didn’t stop for 2 years, I’m sure he would have been promoted to red or black belt by now.  At the start of the summer vacation, he asked if he could again attend Taekwondo lessons, his Dad and I said yes.  So, this May, he went to the gym near our place where he used to attend his lessons, and he signed up and enrolled.  Since then, he has been religiously attending his lessons, five times a week.  I’m just not sure what would be his schedule when school starts, because he intends to continue his lessons even during school days. 

We knew the importance of self defense that’s why we encouraged him to attend Taekwondo lessons while he was still in grade school.  I still remember the first competition that he joined, which I actually just watched on video, because I was scared of watching it live during the competition itself.  His Dad went all out in supporting him but he admitted later that he was also very nervous while watching the competition, and true enough, when they went home and showed us the video, I wasn’t also prepared to see my son getting kicked by his opponent.  He even got a silver medal from that competition, and it would have been a gold if he didn’t get a deduction for turning his back on his opponent during a match, which we learned was not allowed in Taekwondo. 

Tomorrow, he will be having a promotional test and I know he’s been eagerly waiting for this opportunity. He also mentioned that his instructor is also very eager for him to get this promotion because Earvin has been attending his classes for so long, and he’s really overdue for belt promotion.  

So, tomorrow we’re off to watch his promotional test, I hope he’ll pass it with flying colors.

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