Today in class we watched a movie called Karate Girl. One of the strong lessons of this movie was the purpose of karate, which is to be used for protection. From the movie I also learned that in the past, martial artists identified enemies and allies by their fighting stances. This was an important component in the movie because the main character's sister was kidnapped at a very young age. However, because of their father's lessons in their style of martial arts, the two sisters were able to recognize one another and reunite in the middle of dueling each other. I think this concept was very creative because realistic cultural ideas were put into this movie.
In the dojo today we trained in jujitsu and how to break our fall (ukemi) when being thrown. Learning jujitsu is exciting because I always wanted to learn how to throw someone bigger than me and its one of the oldest styles of martial arts.
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