Josh Foster

Josh Foster is 16 years of age and now goes to the high school of hidden valley.  He has a part time job at Woods – Rodgers law firm, where he is the computer tech there. When I met Josh he seemed like your ordinary high school student, but no he isn’t.  Josh has 8 black belts in martial arts. Including, taekwondo, aikido, judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program), apache Knife, and kung fu. I was astonished at those accomplishments of his, when I was thinking in my head how someone of his stature has that type of talent in the martial arts world.  Josh was very open in telling me why and how he does martial arts. “I am not in the sense of gifted and naturally talented, but I use martial arts as a stress reliever, for everything else that goes on in my life”, says Foster.

Josh doesn’t have any siblings and lives in an apartment with his mother. He took martial arts classes down on Brambleton taekwondo near Ed’s barber shop. That is where he began his skills and knowledge about martial arts and got his beginner belts. Now Josh is teaching martial arts to students back at Brambleton taekwondo and giving back to the  community and giving the students’ knowledge about the sport and what martial arts is and what purpose it is used for.  Now Josh didn’t play a sport that his high school offered to students.  “I didn’t really like all the other conventional sports at the school, that’s probably why I love martial arts as much as I do now”, says Foster.

Martial arts for Josh may seem like something he is wanting to pursue through the rest of his life, but Josh has other plans. When Josh was talking to me about his future plans other than martial arts, he seemed very adamant in his response. “I have always wanted to attend the college of Radford and get my degree in computer science and come out with a job in that field and not have to pay off school loans”, says Foster.  Josh likes to kick, punch, and knock people out cold to relieve him of his stress. But at the same time wants to go to school and get a degree and live a traditional life as well. But if you ever see Josh walking around the halls best try not to make him angry, because you never know what type of black belt he might pull out and most likely beat you with.

By: Jack Tresky