On The Road To Black Belt
Motivation | Written By: Andre Vatke
On the road to Black Belt you'll have plenty
on opportunities to quit.
There will be that class that pushed your
buttons at the wrong time. That time when
your back gave out from going at it too hard on the ground. The broken bone from
a technique gone awry.
There will be the heat, the aches, the
bruises and of course that board that didn't break and instead almost broke you.
Focus on these things and the road to Black
Belt will lead you somewhere else.
Focus instead on the laughs, the comradery,
the shared triumphs.
The technique that wouldn't click and the
encouragement and support of your fellow classmates in helping you get it
down... in a way that works for you not just "by the book."
Focus on the new found confidence, your new
physical skill, your inner peace knowing fully that fear and pain will not stop
you.
Focus on increased physical fitness, pounds
lost, legs that lift higher than they did before! Look back and see how far you
have come.
And don't quit...
The road to Black Belt isn't traveled in a
week, a month or even a year.
Black Belt isn't just a term to be used
lightly or to make things sound cool. It's a state of mind and the result of a
won't quit attitude.
I earned my Black Belt in Dynamic
Self-Defense, not because I'm the worlds best fighter, the stereotypical athlete
or even the best student in the class. I earned my Black Belt because I didn't
accept the excuses to quit.