Kitten goes Green!

6 thoughts on “Kitten goes Green!”

1. Grats!

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2. Gratz! My son Spencer gets his Brown Stripe Belt this Friday! Now we get to add Kamas to the growing arsenal in his closet. Why does HE get all the good toys? =)

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3. What school/martial art is Spencer training in?

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4. He’s attending a commercial Karate (self defense fusion really, there’s a lot of Thai Kickboxing and other arts mixed in) class at Black Belt America.

   I’m a little less than pleased with how they progress the kids (basically having them on a time table more than a rigorous testing schedule), but every time I think that Spencer shows me everything he knows and I’m impressed. I’d like him to know more forms, but they’ve done a lot of really good practical self defense work and I think Spence could handle himself well if attacked by a larger attacker.

   So, I’m not sure if I’m ACTUALLY dissatisfied, or if it’s simply that I have different preconceptions for what the class should be like.

   My impression is that the upper level students and the adult students are held to a higher standard. All the Black Belts seem very knowledgable (even the shiny new ones), so I think the classes/testing gets more rigorous as Spence gets higher on the belt rankings.

   Dang, I should restart my blog again . .I seem to have things to say! =)

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5. I’ve been very pleased by how our sensei handles training/testing. Basically, though there’s a minimum timetable (with lower belts, no testing until at least three months of regular attendance have gone by — which, since testing is every other month, means four months), you don’t test until he preapproves you as being ready. Both Katherine and I went through an extra two month cycle while yellow.

   Ours is pretty vanilla shotokan karate, so no weapons (aside from our hands and feet and elbows).

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6. Congratulations — Daddy/Kitten green belts.

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