WHAT IS POWER?

Being strong means having the measurable blessings of the world in one way, concepts such as authority, power, domination, position, fame, career, money, muscle strength. And for the sake of all these gains, that is, with the intoxication of being strong, people create a virtual living space by covering their own truth and galloping after it without question. Here is a typical example of this…

‘ONE ARM CHAMPION’

A boy in Japan was in a car accident when he was ten years old and lost his left arm. However, the boy had a great ideal… He wanted to be a good judo master when he grew up. His father, who saw that the boy’s dream was destroyed with the loss of his left arm, fell into a great depression, went to a famous judo teacher in Japan, thinking that there might be a ray of hope, and asked if there was anything to be done by explaining the child’s condition.

The judo teacher said: “Bring the boy and see.”

The next day, father and son appeared before the teacher.

Hodja looked at the boy and said: “Okay.”

“Bring the boy’s things tomorrow, we’ll start work.”

The next day, when the boy came, his teacher showed him a move and said: “Study this move.” The child practiced the same movement for a week. Then he went to his teacher and said, “I learned this move, won’t you show another move?” he asked.

The teacher’s answer was: “Keep working”.

After two months, three months, six months, the child has completed one year in school. He repeated the same movement throughout the year. He went back to his teacher:

“Hodja, I’ve been working on the same movement for a year, and I’m doing well. Won’t  you show me a new move?”

“You practice the same move, my son. When the time comes, we will take a new action.”

After two years, three years, the boy completed five years under the supervision of his teacher.

One day, his teacher came to the boy and said: “Get ready!” said.

“I signed you up for the big tournament. You’re going to play tomorrow. “The boy is shocked.

He doesn’t have a left arm, and he only knows one move in judo. He thought that he would not have a chance in the tournament attended by famous judokas;

But he did not speak of his respect for his teacher.

On the first day of the tournament, the young man had his first match.

He made the only move he knew to his opponent and

Won. Then the second, third game... Quarter-finals, semi-finals and

Unexpectedly, he qualified for the final.

In the final, the young man faced the country’s unbeaten champion for the last ten years. The opponent is a master at judo. The young man could not stand it and ran to his teacher.

“Hodja,” he said, “we have come this far by chance. But take a look at my opponent, champion of the years. And I am missing an arm and there is only one movement that I know of. That’s enough for me. Let me not go out and be a disgrace. Let me withdraw from the tournament.”

“No,” said his teacher. “Even if you are defeated, be defeated with your honor.”

The child was helpless and the match started.

After taking the trophy, he ran to his teacher:

“Sir. How did this work? I don’t have an arm and I only know one move. How did I win?” “Look, son,” said his teacher; “First, you’ve been working on the same movement for five years. You’ve worked so hard that now there’s no one on earth who can do that move better than you. Second, that movement has only one counter-movement.

That’s why your opponent has to hold you by the left arm!”

The lad again made the only move he knew and

He became the champion by knocking down his opponent in the move.

Ayşe ÇAKIR/ Turkish Language and Literature Teacher- Antalya Dr. İlhami Tankut Anatolian High School