Most students know Mrs. Trueman as their biology teacher, but something they may not know as students is that Mrs. Trueman is a black belt in karate, and she teaches karate.
“I got my black belt probably 8 years after I started karate. It was a lot of hard work and something that I did on a regular basis.”
Her two kids also do karate. Her son has a black belt, and her daughter is halfway to a black belt.
After Mrs. Trueman’s retirement, she and her son plan on owning their dojo. Mrs. Trueman and her son are investing in her current dojo with the plan to take over when she retires. A dojo is a place where you learn karate.
The man who currently owns the dojo is starting a new one, leaving this dojo to Mrs. Trueman for her second career as a karate instructor.
Mrs. Trueman’s dojo would follow the usual rules of a karate dojo. Some of these rules are things such as bowing when coming in and leaving the dojo out of respect. This is important to her because she understands, with her years of experience, that it is important to respect the space you use. Not only that, but she understands and respects that it is important to the culture, and she plans on maintaining that respect.
“There’s a set of rules for martial arts in general. Respect is just the big thing.”
The importance of respect for her karate dojo has been taken into her classroom teachings at LVA.
