Voice Writing Activity

Step One

The proudest moment in my life is probably when I flew to Japan to participate in the karate world championship. I’ve been doing karate for a long time now, and my teacher has built a small team starting in 2017 to go and compete in Japan. We trained a lot, I went to the usual classes, so four times a week, plus an extra class for the special training. We did fundraisers to collect enough money to fund the trip, since it was pretty expensive. We had to pay for the flight, the hotels. the food, etc. We were around twelve or thirteen competitors in the team, the rest of the people were coaches and parents. The stadium was very big and held around three or four thousand people. By the way, I got to see the Olympic stadium being built, it was right next to it and it was huge. In the end of the competition, no one from our team won or was even close to it. In my case, it wasn’t so much because of the lack of training, but the enormous pressure on my shoulders. I was the most stressed I’ve ever been in my life and it showed in my fighting. I couldn’t fight calmly and I lost because of it. However I learned a lot from my experience and it still makes me proud that I was able to participate in a competition of that scale, since they didn’t select just anyone to go. The journey was amazing and even though we all lost, we won a great lesson that we will never forget.

Step Two

My karate teacher organised a small elite team to go participate in a competition in Japan in 2017. I trained five days a week for around a year and participated in the fundraisers that were held for funding the trip. When we arrived at the stadium, it was big and there were a few thousand people there. It added to the stress I already had a ton of. When it came time for me to fight, I felt all the pressure on me and I couldn’t clear my head. I fought badly, like if I haven’t trained for this whole time. I lost the fight because of it. I was upset at the time, but looking back at it now I know that this experience has thought me a lot and I am proud to have been part of such an amazing and unique journey.

Step Three

The proudest moment in my life is when my karate teacher chose his best student, which was me of course, to fly to Japan. Of course, since I’m a black belt, I’m one of the best in Canada, winning several competition here. My team and I trained five times a week, not like I needed it, since I had the talent to win without training. I participated in fundraisers so other people could pay for me, because I didn’t want to pay for myself. When we got to Japan with the other people’s money, we got a nice hotel and relaxed. On the big day, we saw the stadium we were in and it was bigger than my ego. There were so many people there, we had to wait hours in a line outside to get in, and it was raining cats and dogs. Once I was in the ring fighting, all the pressure got to me and drilled me into the ground. I felt heavy and got exhausted just by thinking about the fight. The great Canadian champion lost that day, but not because of his capabilities, but because he was still new to traveling to different countries and was scared to show his skills off to the new audience. In the end, I was still proud of myself for being this amazing guy who represented the whole of Canada by simply being there, in Japan. I don’t expect anyone to thank me for my deeds, but I know that they mean to do it deep down in their hearts.