ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENT AUTHORS (ANSA)
2022/23 ANSA WORLD CUP
GROUP STAGE MATCH
B1 vs B4 (Text)
You have 10 minutes to produce at least 100 words in response to the following question.
Write about something you think is highly underrated.
Your time starts now! Submit on or before 20:26 (GMT+1).
All the best!
ANSA… for the love of writing
Darkness
An environment out of light is unpleasantly underrated because it blurs the sights of humans around. This fact is undeniable but then it is underrated.
Formally, permanence is a never existing condition on earth but the humans in it counter the variabilities that occur on a norm.
Darkness elucidates the quality of a shiny substance, determines the time, and acknowledges human toils as they would likely need a break.
Yet, it is underrated as it doesn't worth its existence. Darkness is a never loved sky condition by humans limits it (in their thoughts), yet it has its credits.
©Amara -B1
Martial arts mastering: Painfully underrated in Nigeria
According to Wikipedia, Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement. Examples of martial arts include: Taekwondo, Judo, Boxing, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Karate, Wing Chun, etc.
Being a martial artist myself, take it from me that mastering any martial art is extremely difficult, but majority of people don't think so. The consensus of Nigerians is mastering a martial art is for fun or a simple waste of time, how saddening.
Taekwondo is mainly a kicking martial art. To master Taekwondo, you must be very flexible, fast and accurate. You will learn tens of kicks and you have to master them. There are jumping kicks, turning kicks, snap kicks and combo-kicks. Mastering just one of them usually involves practicing it repeatedly for hundreds to thousands of times.
Taekwondo being a traditional martial art also involves many forms(a sequence of organised and standardised movements) called poomsea. You have to memorise these forms and demonstrate them up to a minimum perfection level to be called a master.
A black belter in Taekwondo is usually called a master and to get a black belt requires years of sweat, pain and in most cases, injuries.