LAST SUNDAY I APPEARED FOR GREEN BELT TEST AT
RAMESH NAGAR.THOUGH MANY APPEARED FOR DIFFERENT LEVEL TEST, MOST EYE CATCHING WAS BLACK BELT TEST.SHIHAN
YASHPAL SHIGH AND
…………..,CAME TO EXAMINE THE INDIVIDUAL FOR BLACK BELT.IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO LISTEN THEM.THEY SHARED THEIR PAST DAYS MOMENT , REGARDING THEIR LONG JOURNEY IN THE
MARTIAL ARTS.
FIRSTLY THEY ASKED THE INDIVIDUAL TO PERFORM KATA’S THAT IS VERY VITAL IN KARATE.IT IS ALSO CALLED PREPARED FIGHT.THEN THERE WAS A RIGOROUS PHYSICAL TAST.IT LAST ALMOST FOR 2 HOUR.A GREAT STAMINA NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THESE 2 HOURS. AND THE ONE WHO IS REGULAR IN THEIR TRAINING CAN ONLY SUSTAIN.AS WE CAN SAY IT’S A SUMMARY OF OUR TRAINING.IN THE TEST WE HAVE TO PROVE OURSELVES. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE NOT FOR ONLY MARTIAL ARTIST BUT ALSO FOR COMMON INDIVIDUAL i.e,
“OUR BODY AND MIND HAVE INFINITE ABILITY .OUR ABILITY NEVER RESTRICTS US,OUR THOUGHTS DO.IF WE THINK WE CAN, WE CAN;IF WE THINK WE CANNOT , WE CANNOT.”
THE ABOVE LINE ALWAYS GIVES ME STRENGTH WHILE THE TRAINING, AND ALSO TO TACKLE THE TOUGH SITUATION IN MY LIFE.OVERALL I WOULD SAY MARTIAL ARTS GIVES ME A STRONG WILL POWER, THAT TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE A VERY POSSIBLE ONE.
SOME TIMES WHEN I GET TRAINING,MY BODY EXHAUSTED, NOT WILLING TO GO ANY FURTHER, BUT IN MY MIND I ALWAYS HAVE NEVER BACK DOWN SPIRIT i. e, NOT TO GIVE UP.COMBINING ALL TOGETHER I WOULD SAY...
“PAIN ONLY MATTERS TO AN EXTENT.AFTER THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH MORE OR LESS OF IT YOU HAVE”
EVENTUALLY, SHIHAN J. K SINGH SAID THE FIVE IMPORTANT PIONTS TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE DOJO.
1.REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE.
2.KEEP EXCELLING.
3 BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR DOJO AND YOURSELF.
4.RESPECT YOUR SENIORS AND BOW TO YOUR JUNIOR AS WELL.
5 KEEP DOJO CLEAN AND HYGENIC.
ADDED FURTHER HE TOLD TO USE THE TALENT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE SOCIETY AND THE COUNTRY.
A VERY GOOD VERSE SAID BY A GREAT SCHOLAR OF MARTIAL ARTS…
“NO MATTER HOW YOU MAY EXCEL IN THE ART OF TE (HAND),
AND IN YOUR SCHOLASTIC ENDEVOURS,
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR BEHAVIOR
AND YOUR HUMANITY AS OBSERVED IN DAILY LIFE.”
WE ARE VERY GREATFUL TO OUR SENSEI MANISH KUMAR, SHIHAN YASHPAL SINGH AND SANJAY MAHROL,SUNIL KUMAR,RAHUL BASIN,ANURAG KOSHIK,………………………………..
FOR PROVIDING US SUCH TRAINING WHICH WILL BE FRUITFUL TO OURSELVES AS WELL AS OUR COUNTRY.