Karate lessons give child self-confidence to quit karate

From The Onion via CNN:

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (The Onion) – After months of being taught to develop courage, inner strength and other values of the martial arts, Daniel Finkelstein finally achieved the self-confidence necessary to stand up to his parents and quit taking karate lessons, the area sixth-grader reported Monday.

Karate classes like this have given Daniel Finkelstein, 11, the ability to abandon things halfway through.

Finkelstein, 11, who was bullied into beginner’s classes at Dragon Karate and Tae Kwon Do Academy by his father in July, reportedly drew on a number of recently acquired skills, including poise and self-assurance, when confronting his parents about how much he despised karate.

“Before karate, I used to let everyone – my mom, my dad, even my grandma – push me around,” Finkelstein said. “They would tell me what to do and I would just roll over and do it, because they were bigger than me and I was scared.”

“If it wasn’t for the focus and determination I learned in karate, I would still be in karate right now,” he added.

According to Finkelstein, having to punch, kick and spar with boys twice his size gave him newfound resolve, which the once submissive child would use when he decided he no longer wanted to have to punch, kick and spar with boys twice his size.Read More

who said karate was usless it gives backbone. I bet his dad will whoop his ass though when he says he aint taking out the trash or getting off thee computer

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ROTFLMAO! “That boys’ got a lot of quit in him.” -Ron White