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Baby_Huey wrote:
During my year long(so far) study of TKD, there have been some skills that I've learned that I wasn't expecting to pick up. I talking about things that I didn't realize were part of the art. One of the most recent ones was sewing. I knew how to sew on a button but learning to hem new uniforms and sew on school patches was something I never expected to learn. Trust me I'm not a seamstress but a useful skill to have. What other skills have you all picked up that is not necessarly martial arts related?
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That's interesting you mention that...
You'll pick up a lot of skills through martial arts training, if you hang in long enough.
The skills for dealing with different people is a big one... a typical school sees people from all walks of life, from the rich to the poor, the highly educated to the more basically educated. I've trained with doctors and other such professionals, cops, firefighters, industrial laborers, construction workers, school age kids, you name it... Being able to communicate with everyone on level ground, and learning from them, is a crucial skill in life.
Don't know how to organize people and things toward a singular goal? Participate in a community fund raiser with fellow students for a local charity. You'll learn a lot from doing it, elevate the profile of your school, and help other people out at the same time.
A common theme in martial arts, is that we teach people to lead a better life THROUGH teaching them martial arts. We do that being ACTIVE participants in LIFE, while we're studying martial arts. We learn other skills, because the opportunity and necessity to learn them presents itself while we're doing what we do.
It's one of the most awesome things about martial arts training I can think of, and candidly speaking, it's one of the reasons I love martial arts.
), and i taught myself how to use a sewing machine when i was 14. 
