tsukimaster

it's only paranoia when the voices in your head tell you it is.

Jodo white green blue 1st red 2nd red black 1-9 Karate white yellow orange green blue purple brown 3rd class brown 2nd class brown 1st class black 1-10

Maybe make him shower in the middle of class? Or keep some of that axe spray handy, might help a little.

In general, brown belt (or one step from black) but if the studnt is above average, showsa desire to assist, and CAN assist. Green might work.

good deal, thanks

Thanks everyone. You've been most helpful

Had that feeling about dillman myself...........

I suppose you have to weigh what you get for that amount of money. If youre gettng awesome training facilities with free gi's, belts and test, and a great system maybe it's worth it. But if it's just your run of the mill karate class.......... NO WAY

"Loose yourself" EMINEM

M.A. programs on ESPN are hit or miss. Some weeks they are on like 50 times, other weeks, never. But I will try to post the times here when I come across them.

One should not train when sick, especially if you are involved in a class where you can contaminate others. As you learned, training while sick can compound the illness.

if there were no newbies the arts would die.

I've taught everyone from a 6 year old, to a 90 year old man in a wheel chair. Everyone can gain some benefit fom the arts.

I would recommend that in order to get your moneys worth as a parent, wait until they are 10. If you go to a decent school they will not give your child a full black belt until the age of 16. So if your child earns a black belt before that they could be a junior black belt in a "holding pattern", that is re-learning the same stuff until they reach 16. Not to mention that most kids under 10 do not stick with anything for too long.

Learning a little of this and little of that usually turns out to be a lot of nothing. As mentioned previously, earn a black belt on system before playing with others.