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 our self 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
733"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 our self 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
Hi, Good Posting. Inspired me a lot and forwarded the same to all my staffs. Regards, Kalpana
From India
From India
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
From India, Mumbai
Hi,
It is amazing how Peer happens to be able to send us one piece of wisdom after another day after day without flagging a little like the meaning of his first name Peer "the wise one"
Great Job Peer
Ravi Gorowala
It is amazing how Peer happens to be able to send us one piece of wisdom after another day after day without flagging a little like the meaning of his first name Peer "the wise one"
Great Job Peer
Ravi Gorowala
Dear Member
thought provoking.
Some times weakness will becomes our best strengths
and one should not worry about their individual weaks
hang up your weaks to stands and look ahead with possitive sense
tahnk u very much . It gives new energies and a booster to confidence
Regards
Ramesh
From India, Visakhapatnam
thought provoking.
Some times weakness will becomes our best strengths
and one should not worry about their individual weaks
hang up your weaks to stands and look ahead with possitive sense
tahnk u very much . It gives new energies and a booster to confidence
Regards
Ramesh
From India, Visakhapatnam
Hi, The story is really inspiring and it does remind somewhere someday we have also felt the same. Regards, Pooja
From India, Calcutta
From India, Calcutta
Well really an inspiratinal one Really enjoyed it and get a good moral.... Keep sending such inspirational articlas.. :lol:
From India, Gurgaon
From India, Gurgaon
Hi Peer Mohamed Sardhar,
I am a newbie on this site and probably from a different stream also. I am a Software Engineer by profession.
I absolutely loved your post and this is one the best post I have seen so far.
So often in life we forget that basics is all matters, everything else fall in place automatically.
Thanks for your wonderful post.
Warm regards
Spark
From United States, Englewood
I am a newbie on this site and probably from a different stream also. I am a Software Engineer by profession.
I absolutely loved your post and this is one the best post I have seen so far.
So often in life we forget that basics is all matters, everything else fall in place automatically.
Thanks for your wonderful post.
Warm regards
Spark
From United States, Englewood
hi its really inspirational thanq 4posting it. i alwz feel that the attitudes or beliefs whatever we hav both _'ve n +'ve one's can be transformed into +'ve n _'ves respectively, but it should be depend on the situation's we face. we can use the same emotion or the same attitude for negative n possitive result but it depends on our emotional balance n mental strength. by inspirational stories like this vil make our attitudes more stronger coz people like me who alwz downtreats ourselves with our weaknesses vil get more inspired.
once again thank u very much for posting this. onething i want 2tell u Peer saab that i dont browse this cite daily but whenever i browse it i'll definitely lookout for ur postings coz i find most of ur postings valuable n worth of time spending on it.
From India, Bangalore
once again thank u very much for posting this. onething i want 2tell u Peer saab that i dont browse this cite daily but whenever i browse it i'll definitely lookout for ur postings coz i find most of ur postings valuable n worth of time spending on it.
From India, Bangalore
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