2022-09-12

2022-09-12, Monday

Teaching my regular classes at the Ross Farnsworth - East Valley YMCA.

We’ve got another new student! Let’s hope this momentum keeps up! Last week, while walking downstairs to grab the key to the exercise room, a family was standing at the front desk and the daughter said something about karate when she saw me. I put on my best “sensei face” and hollered at the front desk guy “Give that girl a poster!” He did … and the family showed up to class today. Hooray! That brings my “Youth and Family” class up to five regular attendees. Now I just need to get more grown-ups in the adult class.

Because we had a new beginner in class, we spent a bit more time on the basic-basics than we normally would, but it looks like she’s been pretty athletic and has a good sense of body movement (particularly for an 8-year-old) and is picking things up quickly. On the flip side, I’m concerned that my senior student, a 13-year-old, isn’t being challenged enough, so I’ve asked her to start staying 15 minutes into the adult class for a bit more of a challenge. Hopefully she’ll be able to do that.