A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the
fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating
car accident. The boy began lessons with an old
Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he
couldn't understand why, after three months of training
the master had taught him only one move.

"Sensei," 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 know," the sensei replied.

Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher,
the boy kept training. Several months later, the
sensei took the boy to his first tournament.

Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two
matches. The third match proved to be more difficult,
but after some time, his opponent became impatient and
charged; the boy deftly 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. Concerned that the boy might get hurt,
the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop
the match when the sensei intervened. "No," the sensei
insisted, "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 sensei reviewed every move in
each and every match. Then the boy summoned the
courage to ask what was really on his mind.

"Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only
one move?" "You won for two reasons," the sensei
answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the
most difficult throws in all of judo. And 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. "Sometimes we feel that we have
certain weaknesses and we blame god, the circumstances
and our self for it but we never know that our
weakness can become our strength one day. Each of us
is special and important, so never think you have any
weakness, never think of pride or pain, just live your
life to its fullest and extract the best out of it.