Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Turning our weaknesses into strengths makes us 1. A 12-year-old boy, Kim overcame his weakness by unknowingly making it his 2.
Poor Kim 3his left arm in a terrible accident and was 4. To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo (柔道) club. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought this would make him 5.
Everyone wondered how a single-armed boy could learn Judo. 6, the master happily accepted him. Kim practiced nothing but a single stroke(击). He trained for all 8 months in mastering a single stroke. The boy was 7 and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.
Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke and grew in confidence as 8 could do that particular stroke better. The boy was 9 by the master to compete in a Judo championship tournament.
Everyone 10 Kim and his master. Even the boy was not sure about why his master had chosen him.
To everyone's surprise, Kim easily 11 six competitors with his single stroke. He struggled a bit in the semi-finals but managed to win the match. Then the final match began. The opponent (对手)was very strong and the referee (裁判)12with Kim's master about stopping the match as he feared the opponent could 13Kim. However, his master 14and told Kim to continue the match. With a huge effort, Kim 15 the match.
Kim thought it was 16 and asked his master how he had become champion. His master told him" My dear boy, you learned the most 17stroke in Judo that very few
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If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left arm, into such a great 20. Why can't we?