First, Obama gets a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing; Now, a tae kwan do black belt after 0 kicks

Even President Obama himself during his just-concluded trip to Asia admitted that he was surprised to receive the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year without actually producing any peace.

In fact, the rookie American president ordered his own troop surge, boosting U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan to 68,000. Now, the Democrat may be preparing to send more again. And a Gallup Poll showed 61% of Americans didn't think he deserved it either.

Anyway, there he was in Seoul, South Korea on the last stop of his journey.

And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwan do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwan do himself, presents Obama with a coveted black belt.

After 0 long years of study.

What would Chuck Norris do? Probably bow. But never as low as Obama bowed for Japan's Emperor last weekend in Tokyo.

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lol- i understand what you’re saying. The website also claims some of the lefties might also be classified as ambidexterous.

http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html
Famous Left-handers

btw, my wife and i are both left-handed. We had hopes for our son, but alas, he’s right-handed. ;o)

My ten year old grandson is a black belt in Tae Kwan Do!

What a fool 0bama is being made to look like.

I think the entire world (led by the Chinese) is laughing at 0bama behind his back. Pretty soon it will be to his face.

Okay you Photo Shoppers, Produce some TKD Photos of 0bama for us!

...............I also saw many brown belts who were better than black belts but would not test and take the belt because their own personal standards wouldn’t allow them to.........

Interesting comments. I do not understand this one. What is it about their personal standards that did not allow them to take a black belt?

Usually, they performed as well physically as the black belts, but, during long journeys studying various martial arts (looking for the truest “way”), had set a much higher bar for themselves spiritually and in terms of self-discipline and self-control.

Believe me, I’ve seen black belts who were very good fighters but who had a ways to go regarding the spiritual side and self-control. And, as I said, many brown belts who were far beyond them because they had set the bar so high but still didn’t believe that they’d attained what they were seeking.

When you’ve been a black belt for a while, IF you continue your studies, you learn that black belt is really “mastery of the basics.” Now, don’t get me wrong, “Basics” is a loaded term, and, if you study a good system, you will learn a lot and be able to do a lot.

By “basics,” what you learn are the general principles that enable you to find your own way. And part of the “basics” is a certain level of self-mastery, humility, self-discipline. The point is that you can master the physical part far earlier than the spiritual part, but when you are ranked as black belt, you should have mastery over both the physical performance and the meditative/focus/spiritual aspect of the art, and from there, your journey is to combine them all harmoniously throughout your life.

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