Guest Blog Post: Sensei Mike I. 4/29/15

With the spring black belt test just days away I want to talk to you about hard work and dedication. Being dedicated means that you commit to something and see it through to the end. It also means sticking with something even when it is hard. One great example are our black belt candidates. They face many challenges along the path to black belt. These can include other sports, schoolwork, and classmates and friends deciding to commit to some other sport or activity.

The second piece to the puzzle is hard work. Black belt, like so many other things, is something that you ca are not given, but that you must earn.  To learn and truly understand the material takes many hours of practice. In the past few weeks many of these students have attend karate classes 4 and even 5 times during the course of a given week. These students truly embody the principles of black belt and without even knowing have shown that they are leaders at Amerikick Medford.

Make sure to check out their black belt essays, which will be posted soon. The topic for their essays is, "What Black Belt Means to Me." Don't forget to visit our Facebook page for updates about their progress.