so, about a year has come and gone and i am still going to kenpo class. my son and wife drop a bomb on me about classes that i have not observed (after all, i am the master of the obvious). think it is time to change schools as:
1 - he is no longer motivated
2 - he is loosing his confidence
3 - he does not appear to be able to do anything properly
4 - he is complaining about going to class during the week
there are other schools that will take nik (and me) but it is back to white belt for both of us until we can test out.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
on kenpo
so, i have been taking karate with my son since January/February of 2009. i have had loads of fun, spent hours in the studio with my son learning what he knows, and am able to share something with my son that i will have with me for the rest of my life.
what gets me frustrated is the lack of respect by other students in the class. granted i am a yellow belt, but my understanding of martial arts was there was mutual respect for your fellow student regardless of belt rank.
having had a hyper extended knee, a split lip, and a broken finger, i am no longer going to be the sparring dummy for upper belts. granted my butt can probably be kicked by the uppers but i am dog tired of kicks and punches not being pulled after i have scored a touch/hit on them during sticky hands/feet.
be warned, i have had enough.
what gets me frustrated is the lack of respect by other students in the class. granted i am a yellow belt, but my understanding of martial arts was there was mutual respect for your fellow student regardless of belt rank.
having had a hyper extended knee, a split lip, and a broken finger, i am no longer going to be the sparring dummy for upper belts. granted my butt can probably be kicked by the uppers but i am dog tired of kicks and punches not being pulled after i have scored a touch/hit on them during sticky hands/feet.
be warned, i have had enough.
Monday, November 9, 2009
oink, oink
some form of the flu has a firm grip upon me since our return back from Disney.
people need to be more conscious of their hygiene when in small, confined placed (a la a commuter plane).
a gentleman (who shall remain firmly entrenched in my memory as the cougher in 10c) was sneezing, coughing, and sniffling through the entire flight from Cincy to Philly. Covery your damn mouth and nose for the love of god!
i could see the woman in 10a (in her business attire) nervously looking over at 10c whenever he went into his germ laced cough or sneeze. i am sure i am not the only one that came down with his "flu surpirse".
on the other hand, i do enjoy the hallucinations that a high fever brings (102.9 left ear 103.2 in right ear). the little men at the foot of my bed were quite humorous in their philosophical debate over the socio-ecomonical factors that make Mickey Mouse a far superior leader of the free world than Dubya whilst the third one recanted my favorite Patton Oswalt riff about Sky Cake and Sky Cookies and Sky Pie.
people need to be more conscious of their hygiene when in small, confined placed (a la a commuter plane).
a gentleman (who shall remain firmly entrenched in my memory as the cougher in 10c) was sneezing, coughing, and sniffling through the entire flight from Cincy to Philly. Covery your damn mouth and nose for the love of god!
i could see the woman in 10a (in her business attire) nervously looking over at 10c whenever he went into his germ laced cough or sneeze. i am sure i am not the only one that came down with his "flu surpirse".
on the other hand, i do enjoy the hallucinations that a high fever brings (102.9 left ear 103.2 in right ear). the little men at the foot of my bed were quite humorous in their philosophical debate over the socio-ecomonical factors that make Mickey Mouse a far superior leader of the free world than Dubya whilst the third one recanted my favorite Patton Oswalt riff about Sky Cake and Sky Cookies and Sky Pie.
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