A young kid learning Karate

A father was worried about his son, who was already 16 years old, but lacked the strength of character expected of a man.

The father visited a Karate Master (Blackbelt Expert) to request him to train his son.

The Karate Master agreed and said, "Alright, you shall leave your son with me. Within 3 months, i will certainly train him to be a man of mettle. However, you cannot visit him within these 3 months."

The father agreed to this.

3 months later, the father came to bring his son home. The Karate Master had arranged for a match between the son and a karate instructor (also a Blackbelt), so as to show the result of the 3 month training.

During the match, the son dropped to the ground at every single blow delivered by the karate instructor. He stood up immediately to meet the challenge again, only to fall flat on the ground again at once. Yet, he stood up once again.... This happened repeatedly, for a total of 14 rounds.

Then, the Karate Master asked the father, "What do you think? Does your son demostrate enough strength of character ecpected of a man?"

The father said. "I am so ashamed. I have sent him here to be trained for 3 months, but the result i see is that he is so vulnerable and drops down to the ground the moment he gets hit."

The Karate Master said. " It is really pity that you only see victory and loss on the surface. Didn't you see the BRAVERY and WILLPOWER in your son who immediately stood up when he dropped down to the ground? This is the true strength of a character in a man!"

The moral of the story tells us 2 things.

A PERSON WHO HAS THE QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO STAND UP ONCE AGAIN AFTER HE HAS FALLEN DOWN. MOREOVER, HE WILL TELL HIMSELF TO "TRY AGAIN".

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DEFEAT ONE'S OPPONENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED VICTORIOUS.