2024-06-03

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

It’s good to be back after two weeks off and I want to extend a huge thank you to Sensei Dave Bracklow from ISKF Tempe who taught my classes during my absence. In other news, I had one student return to class after taking a few months off, and bring two new students with him, so classes continue to grow.

Most of tonight’s practice was dedicated to just getting a feel for where students are at, overall. I’ve scheduled our next rank evaluation for August 14 - a bit more than two months away - so I want to be sure I know where each student needs to improve before then. We also had a chat about having the courage to ask for help. I told my students I’m happy to come a bit early, or stay a bit late, if they need extra help, but they need to make the effort to ask for help and put in the “homework” time to make the lessons stick.