Class today

I enjoyed class today, the karate part of it.

Once a month, we do tests for things like push ups and sit ups and today was the day for this month. I haven't done much for physical exercise this month and it showed. That part of the class can be discouraging but the only person that I can blame is me. I'm going to be working out harder in class and spending more of my home time doing some kind of exercise. Next month's test is going to be a different story.

I have slowed down the pace of my teaching. Not really slowed it down but I'm going more in depth. I'm teaching more of the "why" now instead of the how. For my students to really grow, they need to know this. For those that are interested in going on to be instructors, it's vital.

In today's class, we really only worked on three self defense techniques and there is still a lot of work to do on them. We'll continue to pull them apart and put them together, fine tuning as we go. It's a lot of work and sometimes frustrating but in the end, it is well worth it.