2024-01-31

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

The two new students in the Youth & Family class are coming along well. Both of them picked up gedan-barai relatively quickly, which is typically the hardest “basic” for brand new students to learn. We’ve started working through Taikyoku Shodan, and we’ve made it up to the first kiai.

I had a feel-good moment after class tonight when one of my white-belt students asked me for “homework.” He’s going to be traveling out of town for business next week and won’t be able to attend class. Since he’s a beginner, it can’t be too complicated, and since he’s going to be a in a hotel room, it can’t require a lot of space, so I sent him a few exercises to improve his ankle flexibility.