Sometimesourbiggestweaknesscanbecomeyourbiggeststrength. Take, forexample, thestorytofone 10-year-oldboywhodecidedtostudyjudodespitethefactthatthehadlosthisleftarminadevastatingcaraccident.
TheboybeganlessonwithanoldJapanesejudomaster. Theboywasdongwell, sohecouldn'tunderstandwhy, afterthreemonthsoftraining, themasterhadtaughthimonlyonemove.
"Mister," theboyfinallysaid, "shouldn'tIbelearningmoremoves?"
"Thisistheonlymoveyouknow, butthisistheonlymoveyou'lleverneedtoknow," themasterreplied.
Notquiteunderstanding, butbelievinginhisteacher, theboykepttraining.
Severalmonthslater, themastertooktheboytohisfirsttournament.
Tohissurprise,, theboyeasilywonhisfirsttwomatches. Thethirdmatchprovedtobemoredifficult, butaftersometime, hisopponentbecameimpatientandcharged; theboydeftlyusedhisonemovetowinthematch. Stillamazedbyhissuccess, theboywasnowinthefinals.
Thistime, hisopponentwasbigger, stronger, andmoreexperienced. Forawhile, theboyappearedtobeovermatched.
Concernedthattheboymightgethurt, therefereecalledatime-out. Hewasabouttostopthematchwhenthemasterintervened.
"No," hismasterinsisted, "lethimcontinue."
Soonafterthematchresumed, hisopponentmadeacriticalmistake: hedroppedhisguard. Instantly, theboyusedhismovetopinhim. Theboyhadwonthematchandthetournament. Hewasthechampion.
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