ピッタ・タウファトフアのインスタグラム(pita_tofua) - 4月19日 05時58分

My life is about to change once again.... First let me take you on a journey ...This is me. I was a happy but also an angry kid, a strange mix. I dreamt of becoming an Olympian but I was much smaller than the others. Being angry and fighting with the bigger boys was how I coped and tried to fit in. It wasn’t that I wanted to fight but sometimes I felt that I had to. My Father is dark skinned and Tongan and my Mother is white. One day the class bully, twice my size, turned to me in class and said that my Mother should return back to her country as people like her were stealing and didn’t belong in Tonga. She was a nurse and we were very poor. I stood up and broke my chair over the bully’s back, this resulted in a fight and we both ended up in the Principals office crying and asking each other for forgiveness... We didn’t want our parents to find out we were fighting in school as that meant more punishment.. so we hugged and told the principal we were best buddies and our parents never found out...Growing up in Tonga was a strange mix of fighting and forgiving....

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codeelite I remember this kid hehe Damm can’t believe 25 years ago we all do taekwondo together first in halaleva at our master hours then in town tungi arcade where they had fale fana then lavengamalie where we suto hitch hike to trainings man proud of u toko u kept going

goats4lifelilac Thanks for sharing your memories. As a woman of mixed heritage, I can relate to the struggles of people making rude, bigoted, or ignorant comments. You turned out so well, you’re a true inspiration!

rafaelgarrido85 Your story is inspiring. As usual you are brave enough to share very personal experiences with your followers. It's hard to picture you as an angry and small kid. That's quite a journey!

hoisivet Thanks for sharing !my kids are enrolled at a local dojo and have learned restraint and discipline from the sport and their great teachers, you are a great role model for then

danielmasifilo I feel the story bro and can relate bro. #hybrid Tongan/palangi keep shinning the good positive light on the kingdom and representing right #inspiration

bethmclean123 I like your new attitude...be a lover not a fighter...it suits you better. Congrats on all your hard-work, growth and success!

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