A 9 year old student at Johnson's chose to incorporate "setting and achieving a personal vicory" as part of his belt test. He talks about how three of the tenets of TaeKwonDo helped him to achieve his goals in swimming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Essay: Set and achieve one personal victory by Siddhartha Das I am a member of the Walden Creek Wahoos swim team. Last year was the first time I swam

One of our Junior Students by the name of Soham Basu decided to live a day mute and to make that part of his next belt test. At Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy, we call this empathy training. Random House defines empathy as "the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. " To teach empathy involves getting the student to identify with another person...to understand what it would be like to walk in th

Taekwondo Essay on the martial arts journey by Rishi Sundaresan Everyone has a goal in his/her life, and they have a process to achieve it. The process can take days, weeks, months, years, or decades. If one wants to do well on a test in a few days, the process will take a few days. Martin Luther King’s Goal of African Americans having equal rights as Whites took years to accomplish. Overseas, Mahatma Gandhi’s goal of India being free from the British took about a decade to a

My name is Renuka Dabli. I am 9 years old. I am in 4th grade, and a student of Johnson’s Taekwondo. As part of my Black Belt Project Last Year I conducted a leadership project to educate people on how to prevent diabetes. I chose this topic because my dad has diabetes a,nd I am seeing very closely how tough life becomes when one has diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which a person gets high blood sugar. There are 2 types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Diabetes can seriously

One of our young students talks about a personal victory of his...He used the tenet perseverance to achieve his goal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been on a cricket team for a few months now. We play against one other team in our league. In the first few games we had, we lost. As a team, we all set goals as individuals, so that we can each improve in the areas we are weaker in, a

Now, we all know that eating a balanced diet of fruits and vegetables is one of the keys to a higher quality of life. Everyone also seems to know that physical activity of at least 30 minutes a day will make them feel better, seem less tired, and help with their concentration. I can go on to say that every body who drinks, smokes, and raids the coffee machine 10 times daily all pretty much know the same things and have access to the same information regarding their health. Wh

Renuka Dabli-9 year old and Johnson's TaeKwonDo student has prepared a Diabetes presentation that she plans to teach to 1,000 people. As a student of Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy, Renuka is challenged daily to take her skills out of the dojang and to put them to use in the world. After the Johnsons had challenged each of their students to step up and develop a leadership project concerning diabetes, Renuka appeared ready for the task. Having a Father with the dise

Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy A Life-Skills and Leadership Academy Dedicated to Excellence in Martial Arts You all probably know that Tejas conducted an SAT Clinic for students here at the academy over the past few months. He did this because of his understanding of what a black belt means and SHOULD mean in society. Let's face it. You probably know of people that do not represent the black belt in all of its forms in our communities. This is because other instruct

The "Black Belt" Terminology is not used exclusively in the martial arts. For example, Six Sigma, a business management strategy, uses belts to rate those certifed - with black belt referring to the highest belt that one can achieve. Many have referred to the black belt as a metaphor for excellence in life. One can be a "black belt" chef or a "black belt" taxi cab driver. The term black belt can simply refer to those who excel in any field. The question that remains is, "How

1. How long have you been taking Tae Kwon Do lessons? I have been taking Tae Kwon Do for eight years now. I started when I was eight and I've been commited ever since the first day. Although it occupies much of my life, the journey has been worth it. 2. How did you come up with the "Run For Their Lives" idea? I am very much involved in community service and other wildlife programs. I have always had a passion for saving nature, especially because it's unfortunate to watch our