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一个10岁的男孩在车祸中失去了左臂，但他仍然决定学习柔道。 男孩向一位年长的日本柔道大师学艺。孩子练得很好，但他不明白，师傅为什么在三个月的训练中，始终只让他重复同一个动作。 "师傅，”男孩终于忍不住问道，“我是不是可以学点儿别的动作了？” 师傅回答说：“这是你唯一需要学习的动作。” 男孩虽然不解,但却非常信任自己的师傅,于是继续练着。 几个月后，师傅带这个男孩子去参加他的第一次比赛。 令男孩觉得不可思议的是，他轻易地就赢了头两场比赛。第三场比赛似乎更难，但他的对手在比赛中开始失去耐心，向他冲过来。这个孩子立即用他学过的唯一招击败了对手。 就这样他进了决赛。 这一次，他的对手更壮、更强，也更富有经验。有那么一阵，男孩似乎抵挡不住了。考虑到男孩可能会受伤，裁判叫了暂停。他正准备停止比赛的时候，男孩的师傅走到他跟前。 "不能停，”他说，“让他继续比下去!" 比赛继续进行之后不久，男孩的对手就犯了一个致命的错误：防漏。男孩迅速用他那唯一的一招绊倒了对手，贏了这场比赛，取得了冠军。 回家的路上，男孩和师傅重温着每一场比赛里的每一个动作。 男孩终于鼓起勇气，道出了心中的疑惑。 “师傅，我怎么会用一个动作就赢得了所有的比赛呢？ “你获胜有两个原因。”师傅回答道，“第一，你已经基本掌握了柔道当中最难学的一个动作。第二,要对付这个动作，你的对手唯一可以做的就是去抓你的左臂。” 就这样，男孩的最大弱点变成了他的最大的长处。 The One-armed Judo Player One 10-year-old boy decided to study judo, though he had lost his left arm in a car accident. The boy found an old Japanese as his judo master. He was dong well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. “Mister,” the boy finally said, “shouldn’t I be learning more moves?” "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you，LL ever need to learn,” the master replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later, the master took the boy to his first tournament. To his surprise, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged； the boy used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Worried that the boy might get injured, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the master came up. "No," his master said, "let him continue.” Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake ： he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion! On the way home, the boy and his master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy plucked up his courage to ask what was really in his mind. "Master, how did I win the tournament with only one move?" "You won for two reasons,” the master answered. ‘‘First, you，ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." The boy，s.biggest weakness had become his biggest strength. |
