Independent Blog Post 5:

     Throughout my competitive karate life, I always manage to get 2nd places. Truthfully, I do have 1st places, but a majority of my trophies are 2nd places. During my early days as a karate practitioner, a.k.a non-black belt divisions I dominated mostly all of my divisions. As soon as I got my black belt, my skills instantly became second rate. In a majority of divisions I competed in, no matter what the size was, there was always that one person that was better than me that took the first putting me in second. I am hoping that my senior project will help me break my habit of second place and put me on top.