JUST A THOT:-

The sports in my life have played a pivotal role in sculpting my personality. The better part of my character has been developed over the years only through my involvement in various sports .

On record the first sport or rather martial art that I took up was Taekwondo.

Taekwondo as a martial art not only helped increase my physical strength but also taught me the virtues of patience, tolerance, determination and meticulousness.

It created in me tenacity and perseverance and shaped much of my moral fibre.

My fondest memories however of that period of time in my life are of every single moment that I spent in my Taekwondo classes.

One feels a burst of passion, freedom and inner strengh unleashed within them on doing any martial art.Even as I reflect on those times I am infused with a great and inspiring warmth that helps me to deal with the battles of day-to-day life.

I was rarely injured while practising Taekwondo & I don't remember ever inflicting any serious injuries upon my opponent.
The best part of Taekwondo was that you usually had combats with full protective gear so you never actually hurt anyone ; The greatest you could do was perhaps throw your opponent off their feet with a powerful roundhouse kick and multiple punches.

Taekwondo has another very unique feature. The practioner doesn't learn how to fight one opponent at a time but two. The basic punch is carried out with an ingenious technique such that the other arm's elbow is thrust backwards simultaneously allowing self defence from both sides.

My favourite move was the flying kick. When I had started learning Taekwondo, it used to fascinate me , how human beings could gain enough strength and agility to be able to practically "fly" across distances around 4-5 metres
and even break collosal concrete or ice blocks with their bare hands!!
I was most enthusiastic when I started to learn the same & in my excitement jumped a fraction too high and fell just a few centimetres short of the target. But I did not give up for even a single moment.. Instead I sprung up after each failed attempt trying to improve on my technique. Finally after around fifteen attempts I managed to execute a fine kick that even sent my coach who was holding the target a few steps backwards. That was one of the happiest moments of my life... and it was this delight which came from finally mastering a difficult move that I can never forget from my Taekwondo days.
The same delight I feel now after doing an immensely difficult math problem or returning a nearly impossible serve in a game of tennis....
The exhiliharation of victory and the satisfaction that your effort has finally paid off was just one of the many enriching experiences I had during this vibrant phase of my life.Taekwondo is till date a sport that is closest to my heart which has created in me the spirit of a fighter.