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Conquer Your Weakness

Submitted by Pravs J on Tuesday, 30 June 200928 Comments

Conquer Your Weakness

This is a story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.

The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. “Sensei,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the Sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.

Several months later, the Sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the Sensei intervened. “No,” the Sensei insisted, “Let him continue.”

Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and Sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”

“You won for two reasons,” the Sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defence for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

The boy’s greatest weakness had become his greatest strength.

28 Comments »

  • bat said:

    Thank you.

    - 1 July 2009 at 2:33 am
  • Shipra said:

    amazing story and awesome moral!!
    “So, if we are strong headed we too can conquer our weakness and transform it into our GREATEST STRENGTH.”

    - 1 July 2009 at 2:42 am
  • Roopa P said:

    Good one..thank u..:-)

    - 1 July 2009 at 3:00 am
  • Jayvardhan Patil said:

    Really inspiring. Immediately tweeted on twitter :-)

    Jayvardhan Patil

    - 1 July 2009 at 3:37 am
  • subbu said:

    nice one….:)

    - 1 July 2009 at 4:25 am
  • Bruce said:

    Very inspirational and we should appreciate our weaknesses as they become handy down the road in life

    - 1 July 2009 at 4:32 am
  • kristine said:

    This made my day.. :)

    - 1 July 2009 at 4:56 am
  • samannaz said:

    good.thanksssssssssssssss pravs

    - 1 July 2009 at 4:59 am
  • Sampath said:

    Excellent…!!!

    - 1 July 2009 at 5:03 am
  • santosh said:

    nice story…

    - 1 July 2009 at 5:17 am
  • Divya Vijayakumar said:

    Amazing!!!! A very good story which wud keep us inspired and be an optimist…Thanx

    - 1 July 2009 at 5:35 am
  • Ahmad Alsaleh said:

    YES…. Good one Thank you Pravs

    - 1 July 2009 at 5:53 am
  • Kiran said:

    This is another example of how a belief in something, here the boy’s master can achieve anything a person can wish for..

    - 1 July 2009 at 7:42 am
  • Ritul said:

    Very nice. Thanks.

    - 1 July 2009 at 8:37 am
  • rajesh said:

    pichekichadu ra…..

    - 1 July 2009 at 8:41 am
  • Ntombizonke said:

    Amazing, one has to learn to make use of weaknesses into finding the best

    - 1 July 2009 at 9:01 am
  • sinali said:

    Another marvelous story triggered my thoughts - thank you

    - 1 July 2009 at 10:01 am
  • ankur Bansal said:

    Very good Story
    it will be very motivative story to all person.

    - 1 July 2009 at 1:06 pm
  • swathi said:

    good inspring message

    - 1 July 2009 at 3:56 pm
  • Shafski said:

    Wowowowowoww!

    - 1 July 2009 at 6:30 pm
  • Magdalena said:

    In our weakness, there will be God’s strengthness….it can make us a great conqueror.

    Thanks Prav…

    - 2 July 2009 at 8:55 am
  • sara said:

    One should always remember
    YOUR WEAKNESS IS YOUR ONLY STRENGTH…!!!!!!!!!!!
    TRY IT>>>>>

    FOR EXAMPLE,
    PARENTS, FRIENDS…..EVERYONE YOU LOVE or ONE WHO LOVES YOU.
    You are stronger when they are with you.
    & you are weak when they are away or not with you….

    RIGHT PEOPLE…???

    - 2 July 2009 at 4:50 pm
  • sara said:

    you can’t see them getting hurt…..

    - 2 July 2009 at 4:53 pm
  • Tripti said:

    exactly….if you believe in yourself….you can do the unbelievevable
    thinks.

    - 3 July 2009 at 11:11 am
  • Nilesh Duduskar said:

    Really amazing story!!!
    thankx a lottt…

    - 3 July 2009 at 4:24 pm
  • Riyu said:

    Great story & its true.

    - 4 July 2009 at 6:07 am
  • Savitha Nambiar said:

    First of all thank you for this wonderful message. GREAT ONE. To win the world one should be able to use his weaknesses as his strengths.

    Savitha

    - 7 July 2009 at 5:03 am
  • nidhi said:

    thought provoking story
    very admirable………

    - 7 July 2009 at 4:36 pm

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