A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.
"Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
"No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. "Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?" "You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
"Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and we blame others, the circumstances, and ourselves for it, but we never know that our weakness can become our strength one day. Each of us is special and important, so never think you have any weakness, never think of pride or pain, just live your life to its fullest and extract the best out of it!
"You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind." - Darwin P. Kingsley
From India, Coimbatore
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746"Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
"No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. "Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?" "You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
"Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and we blame others, the circumstances, and ourselves for it, but we never know that our weakness can become our strength one day. Each of us is special and important, so never think you have any weakness, never think of pride or pain, just live your life to its fullest and extract the best out of it!
"You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind." - Darwin P. Kingsley
From India, Coimbatore
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hi Great story hope that we have such teacher in our life who will make our weakness into strength if not a teacher then power to realize on our own vaishali
From India, Mumbai
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Dear Member,
Thought-provoking. Sometimes, weakness becomes our best strength, and one should not worry about their individual weaknesses. Hang up your weaknesses to stand and look ahead with a positive sense. Thank you very much. It gives new energies and a boost to confidence.
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Ramesh
From India, Visakhapatnam
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Thought-provoking. Sometimes, weakness becomes our best strength, and one should not worry about their individual weaknesses. Hang up your weaknesses to stand and look ahead with a positive sense. Thank you very much. It gives new energies and a boost to confidence.
Regards,
Ramesh
From India, Visakhapatnam
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Hi, The story is really inspiring and it does remind somewhere someday we have also felt the same. Regards, Pooja
From India, Calcutta
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Hi, it's really inspirational. Thank you for posting it. I always feel that the attitudes or beliefs we have can be transformed into positives respectively, but it should depend on the situations we face. We can use the same emotion or attitude for negative and positive results, but it depends on our emotional balance and mental strength. Inspirational stories like this will make our attitudes stronger because people like me, who often treat ourselves poorly due to our weaknesses, will get more inspired.
Once again, thank you very much for posting this. One thing I want to tell you, Peer Saab, is that I don't browse this site daily, but whenever I do, I will definitely look out for your postings because I find most of them valuable and worth spending time on.
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Once again, thank you very much for posting this. One thing I want to tell you, Peer Saab, is that I don't browse this site daily, but whenever I do, I will definitely look out for your postings because I find most of them valuable and worth spending time on.
From India, Bangalore
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