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Congratulations!!!!

Whatever you celebrate this Holiday Season-have a good one!!!!

Congratulations everyone-well deserved awards!!!

Children will always rise to the level of expectations set for them and those who are ready (as young as 4) spar at my dojo...there are so many great things to learn from it and it can be done safely if you are willing to put in the effort. Drills build skills!

15Love-it's always best to ask your sensei as the traditions vary even among dojos of the same style. Personally I do not like to address BB's as Mr or Mrs as I feel that it is a general title of respect and not just for BB's or "special" people. I prefer a more familial custom at my dojo where BB's are addressed by their title and first name, i.e., Sensei Mike, ChoGyoNim Jared, etc. It's the martial tradition that I grew up with so I keep it going.

Sounds like an awesome firts class-here's to many more~!

Welcome and congrats on starting your martial arts journey!!

Welcome! Hope you enjoy-looking forwrad to hearing from you in the forums!!

Congrats everyone.....looking forward to the big reveal!!

Congrats!!!

Hence we get to the meat of it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Welcome to KF!!! Reading list recommedation: Shotokan Mysteries by Kousaku Yokota

Congratulations!

First day of class in 1978-Tang Soo Do at the YMCA!

Welcome-enjoy!

Solid advice here! Honor your teacher by maintaining integrity-always.

Woo hoo-congrats!!!

A great point here. And, while the kids may learn the same curriculum there should be no comparison between the under 18's and the over 18's-only comparison within their own group based on cognitive, behavioral, and physical development.

Great insight into a complex subject-handled vey well!!!!

GREAT article!!!!

The watered down dojos of today are only in it for the profit and the stroking of egos. Anyone can open a dojo, form their own association, and call themselves Master after a few years or so-does not make them legit! Their longevity speaks only to how good they are at perpetuating the lie and how many fools walk in their door. Yep-strikes a personal nerve......

Just ran 2.7 miles-longest since getting back from a long recovery. Have been averaging 2 miles a day for the past 2 weeks-feeling pretty good!!! Working on kata-study, practice, study, practice!

Nice!

With small kids you have to change activity every 7 minutes or so-otherwise they lose focus. You can do the same piece of curriculum but change it up, for example: Do your forms in a line by the count, then run to the other end of the dojo (or do a few laps) and make a single file line-everyone does the first 3 moves of thier form one at a time and then runs to the other end of the mat to form a new line, then have them pair up and watch each other do their form-making one positive comment and giving them one thing to correct, then do one or two techniques from their form gaianst a blocker, etc. Breaking up the class with spontaneous bursts of physical activity will help the ADHD crowd as well. Another tactic I have used is to have the ADHD kid in the class come in a few minutes early and have them run laps-or give them extra things to do during warm up because the extra activity gets them engaged in class sooner.