2023-12-13

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

Kyu gradings in the youth and family class went well, but ran a bit longer than I’d like. I had four grading for 8th kyu and two for 9th kyu. Results will be announced at our next class on Decemmber 18. As a reminder, I like to take the evening to think about everyone’s performance and write up individual feedback, explaining what each person did well and what they can do to improve for next time.

The adult class has their kyu grading next time, so we spent tonight going through the test just to make sure there were no surprises. The white belts were a bit lost going through the 8th kyu test, but being placed firmly outside your comfort zone is okay every now and then. We worked on some sparring drills near the end of class and I got a bit frustrated, so I took a moment at the end of class to make some things clear. Everyone gets frustrated from time to time and, when I get frustrated, I’m not frustrated with them. Rather, I’m frustrated with myself for not coming up with a way to explain things that’s getting through to everyone.