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>>Narrator: What is this thing we call Judo?
Not just this thing that puts a lot of pressure on our kids, competitions, tough days
or this thing that makes them sweat and bring home stinky uniforms
But what is Ju-do?
It is two words in Japanese
Through the skit, you will come to understand what Judo is
It is two words and I will already tell you that the second word "do" means way
You will see which way
Please give a round of applause to Maytav and Uriah who will present the fable of The Big Tree and the Little Tree
[applause]
[pause]
>>Big Tree: Hello Little Tree
>>Little Tree: Hello Big Tree
>>Big Tree: Tell me Little Tree, how is it to see everything from so far down, so low?
>>Little Tree: That's how I am
>>Big Tree: Tell me Little Tree, how is it to be so skinny and weak?
>>Little Tree: I don't have much of a choice, right?
>>Big Tree: Did you see how many branches I have?
>>Little Tree: I saw
>>Big Tree: Did you see how much fruit I have?
>>Little Tree: I saw
>>Big Tree: Did you see how many people sit under me?
>>Little Tree: I saw
>>Big Tree: Did you see what a big trunk I have?
>>Little Tree: I saw. Yes, I also saw that
>>Narrator: And then the wind began to blow
[wind]
>>Big Tree: Why do you sway back and forth so? Are you such a weakling?!
>>Little Tree: Yes Big Tree, What should I do when my trunk isn't big and strong like yours. When the wind blows I have to bend or I will break
>>Big Tree: What will you do when a strong wind comes?
>>Little Tree: I don't know. We'll live and see
>>Big Tree: Oh I am sure that when the strong wind comes it will break your roots, you'll pop out of the ground and fly away!
>>Narrator: And then there came a strong wind
[wind]
>>Big Tree: [Laughs at the Little Tree]
>>Little Tree: [laughs]
>>Little Tree: He who laughs last laughs best
[applause]
>>Narrator: A big round of applause for Maytav and Uriah
Hold on, let's explain what happened here
Here we have a little tree and a big tree
And the big tree was making fun of the little tree, right?
But in the end the one that did not fall from the strong wind was the little tree
Because he knows how to do something that the big tree doesn't know how to do
He knows how to be flexible
His branch is flexible and pleasant
Therefore he can move with the wind and continue to grow
Something that the big tree doesn't know how to do. He only knows how to be broken.
He knows how to stand up in breezes and medium wind, but he will break in a strong wind
OK this is the begining of understand what is Ju-Do
"Ju" in Japanese is "soft" or "flexible"
Judo is the flexible way or the soft way
So a big round of applause for these two!
[applause]