the right to fight
For the first time in my life, I have now participated in an official sports event! It’s so rare that even my father came to see if this was for real. The event was Karate, the competition was not too extreem, with only 3 participants in my group (women senior!! It’s seems as though I’ve grown up and is now counted as a woman,… go figure). Anyways, I entered with mixed feelings. This urge to compete against others has never been a dominant feeling in me, I’ve always just competed against myself. Maybe it’s an only child thing. But then my fellow karate friends persuaded me to enter and I must say it was a rather nice experience 
I got to see another side of this sport I’ve been executing for awhile, and then I got to feel this competitive urge in me,.. for the first time almost. As barbarian as it might sound, I wanted to kick the girls, I wanted to win, and I did!
It’s good to know that I can have the right to fight and be rewarded for it. I just might start doing it more often..
Woo! Congrats!
Tournaments are fun, although only if there are lots of people you know cheering you on. Which reminds me, I need to hang up my medals again
Comment by Nick — October 23, 2006 @ 4:49 am
yeap! You should enter more karate tournaments! There are semi contact on in three weeks in Laksevåghallen. J:-)
Comment by Jannikke E. T. Berger — October 23, 2006 @ 7:18 am