Got to Start Somewhere - Again

We've been busy at the dojo. As a second kyu, I've been responsible for teaching kids' class along with our Sensei, two shodan, a first kyu, and two second kyu students. The first kyu was a second until about a week ago. Anyway, I've enjoyed it mostly because my younger daughter has been a student since day one of the kids' classes. She is phenomenal. Even Sensei is impressed with how she is doing for a ten year old. One Saturday she had three adults surrounding her, including me, and she was doing jiyu waza, and doing pretty well, too. Yes, I've taught her a few techniques beyond children's class, but she has great instincts.

After class on Saturdays Sensei says to her, "Ready to work?" And off the two go for twenty minutes, just the two of them. I told her that these are the times she'll look back on fondly.

School is going well; I have a good class.

Teaching the Big Ones

I was honored last week when Sensei asked me to teach one of the adult classes in his absence. Floored was more like it. My only thought was that he likes the way I teach the kids' classes. I was nervous, and glad I had another person at my rank at class. I checked tha accuracy of what I was going to teach with him before I demonstrated the technique to the class. Class went well, and several people said they thought it was a good class, so I was fairly pleased with the way everything went.