Hapkido Secret
“You are so brave”, “Bien Macho”, and “Very strong” are sentences that I hear every day in hapkido classes. “Aren’t you scared of doing a front flip with a broken arm?” I will answer saying that I am not scared at all. I will run to the special mat in which we have to fall on and every time I jump to make the flip I remember. I remember the time in which I broke my arm, the horrible crack, the enormous pain (yes I did cry). I do the flips scared and nervous if I am going to fall well or if I am doing to fall andhurt myself. I sweat and my heart starts beating a lot. I only remember the moment in which I fell.
I only do the flip because I want the yellow belt more than anything. I want to one day have a very good belt as blue or red. I also want the yellow belt because it makes me feel protected because I will finally know how to protect myself. I don’t want to be bossed by anyone of being scared for people that annoy me. I also scare my self and I make myself do the flip (even thought I scares me half to death) because I love to see the face of happyness of the hapkido professor. I think that I look for approval too, as Sharan.
I may be the guy in hapkido that all the new guys and some of the old guys look for, but I am a coward. I may be the “example of a good hapkido student” (quotation, quotation) but I am not perfect and I am not superman. I feel scared as everyone and if it was my call I will love to wait till the cast if over to do flips. Maybe one day I will lose the fear of my injuries. One day.
Good confection, I like the way you wrote the confection in slow and descriptive way, good job.
ResponderEliminarNice story, I never knew you were in hapkido. I really like how you sound determined to get the yellow belt in this confession.
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