I would like to encourage you all to take a few moments to read this moving and inspirational article from thenational.ae.
The article is about the magnificent work done by Mr Hosam Ayyad. Ayyad sensei is the head of the Japan Karate Association in Jordan and a much respected teacher of martial arts.
You can not be anything but deeply impressed with and inspired by the work Mr Ayyad puts forward for helping children with disabilities.
Mr Ayyad has dedicated 18 years of his working life to teaching children karate, those suffering physical and mental disabilities in particular.
Over a period of 18, years, Mr Ayyad has taught more than 1,000 physically and mentally challenged kids, many of whom come from underprivileged families.
I have said it before and I'll gladly say it again: This, to me, is what martial arts really is all about. I respectfully salute you Ayyad sensei.
Showing posts with label Jordan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jordan. Show all posts
Friday, July 16, 2010
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Shattering Stereotypes
Wendy Chang shatters the stereotype of a meek Muslim woman the way a karate chop splits a piece of wood.
The 35-year-old nurse was raised Catholic by her parents, who emigrated from Beijing, but converted to Islam after she met her husband, whose father moved to the United States from Jordan.
Today, the Redwood City native, wears a traditional Islamic head scarf, but can accessorize with a second-degree black belt in martial arts, which she's studied since a co-worker stalked her 12 years ago.
"It was a very threatening and scary experience," she said. "I decided I needed to take control of my life again."
Chang met he husband during self-defense classes in Fremont and now teaches occasional empowerment sessions for Muslim women in Hayward.
Source
The 35-year-old nurse was raised Catholic by her parents, who emigrated from Beijing, but converted to Islam after she met her husband, whose father moved to the United States from Jordan.
Today, the Redwood City native, wears a traditional Islamic head scarf, but can accessorize with a second-degree black belt in martial arts, which she's studied since a co-worker stalked her 12 years ago.
"It was a very threatening and scary experience," she said. "I decided I needed to take control of my life again."
Chang met he husband during self-defense classes in Fremont and now teaches occasional empowerment sessions for Muslim women in Hayward.
Source
Monday, July 17, 2006
Still no sign
Apparently there's still no sign of the taekwondo team that was kidnapped in Irak two months ago.
Story:
Two months after 17 men were abducted, relatives watch the morgue and grasp at clues, however flimsy the source.
The athletes disappeared two months ago, as if swallowed by the desert.
In all, there were 17 men — youthful taekwondo competitors and coaches on their way to the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, hoping for visas that would land them in a Las Vegas tournament.
They were traveling in two of the taxis that negotiate one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the world: the searing desert highway between Baghdad and the border.
Source
Story:
Two months after 17 men were abducted, relatives watch the morgue and grasp at clues, however flimsy the source.
The athletes disappeared two months ago, as if swallowed by the desert.
In all, there were 17 men — youthful taekwondo competitors and coaches on their way to the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, hoping for visas that would land them in a Las Vegas tournament.
They were traveling in two of the taxis that negotiate one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the world: the searing desert highway between Baghdad and the border.
Source
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