2025-02-05

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

Thanks so much to Sensei Dave Bracklow of ISKF Tempe and Sensei Barry O’Brien for covering my classes while my wife and I were in Thailand for two weeks of teaching English and a week of vacation. All the students seemed happy to see me. Maybe they miss me, but maybe my subs were just working them extra hard while I was gone. I’m good either way. I had one student demonstrate a remarkable increase in speed since I left. I really don’t care how they improve, so long as they improve.

We have a rank exam coming up on February 19, so I went through everyone’s attendance cards and let them know who’s definitely eligible and who’s potentially eligible if they don’t miss class between now and then.