"What other's call impossible, other's know as miracle, or skill."
-Alexander Borschel
So, I wanted to make a list of some of the most interesting experiences I have had in Martial Arts; I am not ranking these, merely listing.
1- Getting my black belt at 7. Getting another when I was 16 for another style.
2- My father impaling his competitor (without injury) at his neck, and his shinai going through his opponents helmet.
3- breaking my first cinderblock.
4- Watching a 16 year old (3rd Dan) break 3 inches of concrete.
5- Dropping 4 people at once, and then outside the dojo, fighting off 6 people and escaping the conflict, without hitting anyone once, or getting hurt myself.
6- Extinguishing a candle by punching.
7-Watching someone break a 1" slab of concrete by vibrating it.
8- Using meditation to go to sleep.
9- Punching 8 times in a second.
10- Watching someone do a front axe kick, then drop into a full split without injuring themself.
11- Watching the same (mentally handicapped individual) reach their 3rd dan.
12- And the biggest miracle- training since I was 4 until now, when I am 26. Even with pauses, I have only improved with time.
13- Disarming a master of Aikido and student of O-sensei wielding a sword during a demonstration, using a technique he had not seen before. While everyone else said, 'That's how you cut off your own leg' he said to me at the same time, 'It is good'. Only he and I knew what I did- and that moved me.
14- Watching an elderly woman over the age of 80 from the south, using a naginata, disarming a kendo master in a friendly match. She whooped his ass, so to speak.
15- Seeing someone in Tae Kwon Do do a tornado kick on a lit candle on top of a katana, while standing on a chair. He extinguished the flame, without knocking the candle over.
What are the martial arts events you have personally witnessed that post impressed you?
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