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He\u2019s spent the last month working on how he was going to showcase the skills that he has learned. He\u2019d drilled himself with his nunchucks for hours, and worked on his kicks so that he could show off breaking boards in front of the friends and family who came. He was ready for all of it.<\/p>\n

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Then he broke his foot on Monday night, and instead of dazzling us with his skills, he wore a boot and dazzled us all with his grace and self-deprecating humor instead. I\u2019d expected a few words of complaint, but there haven\u2019t really been any. Instead he\u2019s spent his time teasing his younger siblings and cracking \u201cgimp\u201d jokes with his sister.<\/p>\n

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What should have been a night of his showing us how much he\u2019d learned in all his years of karate ended up being a showcase of all he\u2019s learned in life \u2013 humility, wisdom, perseverance, and an ability to find joy even in disappointment, and those are skills that will carry him for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

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