2025-11-10

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

I gave out the results of last week’s rank exam and (as expected) everyone did very well. As usual, each student got called forward and had their personalized results read out loud, including what went well and what needs work. The things needing improvement were the usual suspects: Junior students need to work on getting their hips square hwile attacking and turned back when blocking. They also need the punching arm to go straight to the target instead of “hooking” across the body and then going out. The student testing for junior 6th kyu had some challenges stemming from the new things on his test, but that’s why I publish the rank requirements and put a QR code linking to them on everyone’s attendance card. No surprises!