When I tell people I do Karate they always think that it is about beating people up. However, when one takes a closer look into what Karate actually is one realizes that it is so much more than that. One can apply things one learns in Karate like self-discipline, perseverance, and focus to anything in one's life. When one does so, one sees just how much concepts learned in Karate helps one with things far beyond defending one's self and how it can help one achieve greatness in all aspects of life.
When one looks at what Karate is actually about instead of the common misconception that Karate is all about violence this fact appears obvious, but most do what they do with most things in this respect, which is being negligent, listening to what others tell him or her, and occupying the time that could be spent researching and experiencing things wasting time playing video games or watching simpleminded videos of felines playing piano. Only when one looks up from this absolute mindlessness does one realize that Karate is so much more than attacking others. Unfortunately, this reason is also why many have this mindset, even though Karate is really so much more than this.
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Self-discipline helps me with this because instead of wasting my time with something meaningless, I budget my time between my homework for all my classes and can exceptionally complete everything I need to for school. Focus helps me with this because when one is on the computer, there are a great deal of distractions. Focus lets me ignore these wastes of time and concentrate on my assignment, instead of watching videos of pigeons play ping-pong. As a result of doing these simple things, I complete assignments on time, never freak out about tests, and earn stellar