王艷欣

Sometimes your biggest weakness can be your biggest strength. Take， for example， the story of one girl who decided to study judo （柔道） despite the fact that she had lost her left arm in a car accident.

The girl began lessons with an old Japanese judo instructor. She was doing well. So she couldnt understand why， after three months of training， the instructor had taught her only one move. “Sir，” the girl finally said， “Shouldnt I be learning more moves？” “This is the only move you know， but this is the only move youll ever need to know，” the instructor replied.

Not quite understanding， but believing in her teacher， the girl kept training.

Several months later， the instructor took the girl to her first tournament （比賽）. To her surprise， the girl easily won her first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult， but after some time， her opponent became impatient. The girl deftly （巧妙地） used her one move to win the match. Still amazed by her success， the girl was now in the finals.

This time， her opponent was bigger， stronger and more experienced. For a while， the girl appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the girl might get hurt， the referee （裁判） called a time-out. She was about to stop the match when her instructor intervened. “No，” the instructor insisted， “Let her continue.”

Soon after the match resumed， her opponent made a critical mistake： she dropped her guard. Instantly， the girl used her move to pin her opponent.

The girl had won the match and the tournament. She was the champion.

On the way home， the girl and her teacher reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the girl summoned the courage to ask what was really on her mind. “Instructor， how did I win the tournament with only one move？” “You won for two reasons，” the teacher answered. “First， youve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second， the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

The girls biggest weakness had become her biggest strength.

有的時(shí)候，你的軟弱之處反而擁有強(qiáng)大的力量。比如我們下面要講的這個(gè)故事：一位在車(chē)禍中喪失了左臂的小女孩，決定去學(xué)習(xí)柔道。

小女孩跟一位年長(zhǎng)的日本柔道教練學(xué)習(xí)。她的學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)展得不錯(cuò)，然而三個(gè)月過(guò)去了，教練卻只是重復(fù)地教授她一個(gè)動(dòng)作，這使得她很迷惑不解。最后，她問(wèn)教練：“老師，我是不是該學(xué)更多的動(dòng)作？”教練回答說(shuō)：“這是你學(xué)的唯一的動(dòng)作，你只要把這個(gè)動(dòng)作學(xué)好就是了。”

盡管女孩并不太明白教練的用意，不過(guò)她相信教練的話(huà)，繼續(xù)努力練習(xí)。

幾個(gè)月后，教練決定帶她去參加一次柔道競(jìng)賽。令女孩驚訝的是，她竟輕松地?fù)魯×饲皟蓚€(gè)對(duì)手。第三個(gè)對(duì)手雖然比較強(qiáng)悍，但經(jīng)過(guò)一番苦戰(zhàn)后，對(duì)手就開(kāi)始變得心浮氣躁。女孩巧妙地使用她唯一的一招贏得了比賽。女孩自己仍然感到不可思議，但她卻已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了決賽。

這一次，她的對(duì)手更加高大、強(qiáng)壯，而且富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)。女孩在有些時(shí)候甚至顯露出敗相。由于害怕女孩受傷，裁判宣布暫停比賽。正當(dāng)她準(zhǔn)備下場(chǎng)時(shí)，她的教練卻制止了她。“不要暫停讓她繼續(xù)比賽。”教練堅(jiān)持說(shuō)道。

比賽重新開(kāi)始以后，她的對(duì)手犯了一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤：她放松了自己的防衛(wèi)。女孩立即用她那一招擊敗了對(duì)手。女孩終于贏得了這場(chǎng)比賽，也成為了這次競(jìng)賽的冠軍。

回家的路上，她和老師回顧了比賽的每個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)，女孩鼓起勇氣問(wèn)老師一個(gè)困惑已久的問(wèn)題。

“教練，為什么我只用一個(gè)招式就贏得了這場(chǎng)比賽？” 老師回答說(shuō)：“有兩個(gè)原因：一、我教你的招式是柔道中最難的一個(gè)動(dòng)作，而你把它掌握得很精;二、對(duì)手想要破解這個(gè)招式只有一個(gè)動(dòng)作，就是抓住你的左手?！?/p>

這個(gè)女孩最軟弱的地方，竟然成了她致勝的關(guān)鍵所在。