My Introduction to Karate , and Kung Fu
The Green Hornet was my favorite T . V . show because it had Bruce Lee playing the role of Kato . The Green Hornet and Kato fought crime with Kato using his Kung Fu , and Karate . I watched the show each week to view Kato and his Karate , and Kung Fu moves . My next favorite T . V . series was Batman . Batman was also a crime fighter that could out think , and out gadget any villain . His sidekick was ‘ Robin ’ the Boy Wonder . Together they would take on mobs and defeat them . I always wanted to see the Green Hornet and Kato go against Batman and Robin . I felt the Green Hornet would beat Batman and Kato would beat Robin .
Be careful what you ask for , you just may get it . The Green Hornet and Kato met Batman and Robin . Before the big fight , the Green Hornet told Kato to take it easy on Robin , because they were good guys also . Well , the big fight came and the Green Hornet beat Batman while Kato took it easy on Robin but Kato did kick Robin up on a table . I will never forget this great T . V . fight … no , not ever .
One day while I was walking down the hallway in school , going to my next class , I heard several voices say here comes James Rice . Some people stopped in their tracks to speak to this person who was in elementary school with me . Yes he was older and in a higher grade . After I got to my class , I asked a classmate whom James was . The response was , he is James Rice , and he knows Karate just like Kato . When James walked down the hall his head was up high , and he walked with great pride , and dignity . There was also a glow about him , and at that moment , I knew I wanted to have that glow as well . I also wanted to experience the walk of pride that James demonstrated . Afterwards , I started reading books on Karate , Judo , and Kung Fu . James Rice became my first Judo / Karate instructor , because I stayed on him and I asked questions each day I saw him .
What I learned from this is , Karate was something that took hard work 10