Post project reflection



For my project I went to my karate school in Riverview and took some pictures, as well as took some old ones out of my folder. I did not need to do much research because I’ve been apart of karate for over 6 years. I received my black belt in 2007, for witch you need to train at least 5 years for. The reason I believe that karate in would be good in anyone’s life is because of what it did to me, I was a C student and after I joined karate I got all A’s and B’s. Not only that but I became more confident in myself, I found it easier to focus on school work as well.

Slide 2: back round
The history of tang soo do karate goes back to WW II when Korean farmers had to defend themselves with what they had against Japanese invading forces. Many of their weapons like the Coma and the Nunchuku were originally farmer’s tools. I know all of this because I was tested on it during my black belt exam. I think its important to know the back round of what your getting into, no matter what it is. Back round info lets you understand how things have changed over the years.

Slide 3: students
This slide was meant to show what someone could learn if they were to become a student, it also shows the diversity between ages. The two in the picture are friends of mine; they are practicing self defense moves like the other students. As another example of the age difference, my aunt who is close to 50 years old is a second degree black belt. A rank above me, though now she focuses more on teaching than learning. I wanted to take a good picture where you would be able to see the age difference between the subjects as well as showing the rest of the students as much as possible.

Slide 4: classes
Here I wanted to describe how one can go about using a karate school if you’re not a student. I listed the classes that are open to non-students; I have helped teach several women’s self defense classes, i recommend it for anyone who would like to learn a few basic self defense moves. Usually classes cost between thirty and fifty dollars for the entire course, witch is from three to six months.

Slide 5: classes
A continuation of the last slide although here I elaborate on the classes a bit more, cardio kickboxing class is free to current students at the school. I have done this class several times. It is good for anyone that wants to exercise, loose weight, or blow off steam. The class is usually on after six pm and is on several days a week.
Women’s self defense course is offered to any woman who wants to feel safe. They teach self defense moves as well as preventative measures in how to deal with a possible attacker. A student volunteer will dress in padded clothing, and you are given the chance to use your defensive measures against him.
Little ninja’s is a class for 7 years and under, where kids learn karate and self discipline

I Advocate Karate

I chose to write about karate for this project because it’s very important to me, karate helps me concentrate and focus on my assignments. I also have experience with the subject matter and I find it easy to explain. I currently am a black belt although for medical reasons right now I am not in any karate classes. But in May I hope to return to help teach.

I hope to convince people to think about taking up a karate class. Classes include but are not limited to: self defense, cardio kickboxing, or Little Ninjas. Self defense would of course be a class that teaches only self defense moves, cardio is a class that focuses on exercise, little ninjas are classes designed for kids that teach discipline. All of these are classes that anyone who has no experience with karate can join, you are not expected to test or move up levels, simply to learn while enjoying yourself. I’m not advocating that everyone join karate classes because they aren’t for everyone, what I’m advocating is to join a class that’s right for you.

I hope to share this interesting world with you in hopes that you may, if time allows, walk into a school and join a class. The classes I described above are not classes that are limited to karate students because they require no previous knowledge of karate. Self defense I especially recommend for anyone with no knowledge. I helped teach a class where the students were middle-aged and could not be expected to run or punch or kick.

Screen shot

A screen shot of me at work, as you can tell music right now as I am typing this. Music helps me concentrate on my work, it might be distracting for someone else but I find silence more distracting than music. Composing something on the internet is much different than composing something in school or at work, mostly because of anonymity of the internet, and the upload speed.

On the internet people are faceless, words on a thread, unless if they supply a picture. The lack of face to face interaction does not scare me, because behind the blogs of anonymity you can say what you really feel with no one to bash your ideas except through another thread. The anonymity of the internet supplies free speech to all (if you know how to use it).

Upload speed in this case refers to the speed at which information is communicated. You can upload a video to YouTube and have millions of people watch it, or blog about politics, or turn in homework minuets before the deadline (hopefully not though). Information travels from one side of the world to the other in a matter of seconds, this cannot be accomplished with a phone (unless it has internet access) because some information is in the form of pictures or videos, or animations or power points.

The composing processes on the digital medium operate under 2 main conditions anonymity, and speed. The animation world is especially competitive; with whoever uploads it first gets first dips on the views. Anonymity refers to the ideal of free speech with out anyone barring your access to the world. Speed refers to the transference of digital information.