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Overcoming Obstacles- Big and Small

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You think I only watch martial arts movies on netflix. You know I exercise nearly every day and love martial arts, all kinds. But there have been times when I stopped training   As a ten-year-old I had heard a little about martial arts from television.                 I went down to the local YMCA, watched a Judo class and became absolutely mesmerized.   The breakfalls, the throwing the incredible technique, magic to a ten year old.   I went home and showed my mother how to do breakfalls on the carpet.   Somehow I was never able to attend a class but always pictured my self in a uniform in the deadly oriental art.   Fortunately my first hands on experience came from my fifth grade teacher Mr. Pier.   He was a professional boxer who loved all sports and especially loved bringing the best out in our class.   Every season we played a different sport football in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring with the exception on rainy days, when we