Age 17: The day I beat my father

Now that's a day I'll never forget. It was a Sunday and my family and Mitsukuni's were practicing Kendo and Martial arts. I was fighting my father in a match. I remember, it was next point wins. I was sweating and I felt a lot of pressure. I've never even tied with my father in a kendo match before. No one could beat my father (except for my mother). It was getting intense I say that he let his guard down and I say an opportunity for a wrist strike, so I took it.

So I won I actually beat my father in Kendo when he has 32 years of Kendo experience and I just beat him. The room was quiet and still. I couldn't tell what his facial expression was under that head gear. Satoshi was just in shock, my mother didn't want to say anything, but I could tell she was surprised. Mitsukuni's parents were just as shocked at Satoshi.

Mitsukuni just started to clap and cheer for me. Then slowly my brother and my mother started to claps as well and so did Mitsukuni's parents. My father removed his head gear and bowed.

"Well done son." He said to me.

I felt proud. If Mitsukuni cheered I'd don't know what would've happened.