What can a sport mean

It's a common thing to ask someone about his/her hobbies/free time activities. Alongside reading and watching films karate plays a very important role in my life. I think every people should do some sports, it keeps you in good condition and guarantees a healthy life (well, in the competitors' case, it's a bit more colmplicated). If I tell someone I do karate, they usually associate to some Bruce Lee or jackie Chan film, with all that fancy technics, but in real life it's a bit different. Of course we learn useful technics to defend ourself but that's not all. Oh and as my classmate pointed to the fact, against an attacker with a gun I doesn't stand a chance. However it can help you remain calm in weird situations. Also it does have a spiritual part. You can think of it as stupid religional stupidity or as we, karatekas see, it's a ceremony where you can show your respect to the founder of karate and the other masters and where you can seek inner peace. Alongside with the Winnetou books, karate had a great effect on my attitude and on my value system and in a positive way.