Blog 22: 3- column logic chart FINAL

3 column chart final

Blog 19: Senior Project and ELSRs

Q1) What ESLR have you excelled in your senior project?
A1) I believe I have excelled in the effective user of technology because of the constant updates I do.
Q2) Please explain why you have excelled in this ESLR.
A2) I believe this is my strong suit because of the multiple pictures that are taken at my Taekwondo.
Q3) Provide Evidence from your senior project to support your claim.
A3) Look at previous post of mentorship photos.

Blog 18: 2-hour Meeting Answer #3

Q1) What is your essential question?
A1) What is key in winning a sparring competition in a National championship?
Q2) What is your third answer to your essential question?
A2)  My third answer for my essential question is experience.
Q3) What are three details to support or justify your third answer?
A3) -Practice makes perfect
       -Effective training develops a fighter who reacts automatically, with speed, power, and accuracy.
        -Effective training reinforces a strong mentality and a desire to win.
Q4) What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
A4) I used my research book "Competitive Taekwondo : Winning training and tactics". because it helped me with a lot of my understanding and my research.
Q5) What do you plan on doing next?
A5) I plan on continuing my research on sparring techniques and trying to apply them to myself when I personally spar.
     

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

Q1) What is your Essential Question?
A1) What is key in winning a sparring competition in a national championship?

Q2) What is your second answer to your essential question?
A2) My second answer that I was able to draw a conclusion through all my research and mentorship is, Execution.

Q3) What are three details to support or justify your second answer?
A3) Just like my first answer, I broke down my second answer into two parts:

• Speed 
• Timing 

Speed and timing are one of the most basic yet vital pillars in sparring and also because Taekwondo Sparring  is renown for its fast and power kicks. With speed the Taekwondo athlete is able to deliver the punishing strike and with timing the athlete will be able to score the point or even score a K.O.

Q4) What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your Essential Question?
A4) Through my research with the "Competitive Taekwondo Strategy" book, my mentorship, and my personal experience with sparring.

Q5) What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?
A5) I plan to continue my research on my 2nd answer by looking up more training drills to improve kicking speed and reaction time.

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

Q1) What are you current;y doing for your independent component?

A1) I am just continuing my mentorship at the Taekwondo school I work with.

Q2)What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project? The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November. Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

A2) The book that I am using for research checks, "Competitive Taekwondo: winning and training tactics" helped me alot in my research checks and senior project in general. I learned a lot of training methods and drills for sparring competitions. I also learned what it takes to win or lose in these types of competitions and the factors to success and failure. For the next research checks I plan to continue to look up more information about Taekwondo sparring.

Q3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did. For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched.

A3) Look at previous posts.

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

Q1) What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

A1) My working EQ was "What is the best way to coach a winning Taekwondo competition?"

Q2) Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation?

A2) I am not going to revise my EQ at this time.

Q3) What are possible to your current working EQ?

A3) The few possible answers that I was able to think of are:

• keep training 
• win or lose take it as valuable experience
• have a role model so you have someone to look up to
• stay positive
• have a set goal 
• never stop learning.

Topic Choice

A. What is your topic and why?

I chose Taekwondo as my topic because I have been training and practicing Taekwondo since I was about five years old and it has changed my life completely both physically and mentally and it has made me become the person I am today. Ever since I was little I always watched things liked power rangers and dragonball z and I always wanted to do the things they did, but I couldn't because I was always been on the heavy side and it hurt my self esteem a bit. When I joined Taekwondo I gained a lot of confidence, loss weight, I became much stronger and I learned new things I didn't know my body was capable of doing. Over the years I grew a strong passion and love for this sport and the fact that I was able to earn my black belt at the age of eight it helped a lot. When I reached my teenage years I faced new challenges more difficult than the previous ones. Things such as national competitions and becoming a referee and even becoming an instructor. Recently I have competed in the 2012 Taekwondo national competitions and reffing for tourn but it doesn't even compare to being an instructor for the school I train at. In the past I have always been a helping instructor but not until this summer I have actually tried becoming the lead instructor in the classes. I have learned that I love working with kids of all different ages and sizes with the most interesting personalities. Yes there might be the naughty kids that don't listen but the fact that I am teaching to become a better person brings a smile to my face. I even worked with kids at the age of three and even adults and other teenagers. I feel if I never did Taekwondo I would've never may have experienced these challenges and adventures and so for that reason I am grateful.

B. What do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic?

Well Ipoly taught me how to tolerate different people with different personalities and it gave me a huge advantage on how to become an instructor because I work with so much kids with different backgrounds and I knew how to react and respond with any challenge or situation that was thrown at me. Basically what i want to accomplish with Taekwondo this is year is to hopefully become a full time instructor and eventually go up the ranking and go to Korea to test for my master degree. Right now I'm a second degree and I plan on testing for my 3rd degree at the end of senior year and earning the title as an instructor. My dream vision is becoming a Taekwondo master and owning my very own Taekwondo school.

• As an I-poly citizen I plan to use Taekwondo to help me become a better citizen because I won't do anything disrespectful to anyone both at Taekwondo and at I-poly. I also will use Taekwondo to try to become a better leader and follower when I ever need to be. If any negativity or stress is put upon me ill use Taekwondo as a stress reliever in my practicing sessions so I can keep calm and think straight.
• As a effective communicator I plan to be very positive with criticism whether it is good or bad because in Taekwondo I can use criticism as a tool to improve my teaching skills and I can use criticism at I-poly to improve my work. 
• As an effective learner I plan to be very organized and get due dates and get my work done ahead of time. I plan to make sure I don't slack off or procrastinate because that was the demise of my grades in previous components. Becoming more organized will help me become a better learner because if I am organized there will be less stress for me and I won' t forget anything.
• As an effective user of technology I plan to make sure I completely understand how to use the blog and any other programs to use that will help me in any presentations. By knowing how to use the blog I will contact any teacher if i need help with any core work or senior projects. Also by learning how to use any other program can help my senior project or any presentation because it can help with bringing my grade higher.