Friday, January 18, 2013

Foto Friday--Is the World Ready?

Hyrum has been begging to start karate since . . . October? When I finally made the appointment for his introductory lesson, he was READY! 

He listened.  He followed directions.  He said, "Yes, SIR!" and "KEEE-YAW!" at all the right moments.  He punched and jabbed and kicked and bowed.
It helped that the teacher is young and cool and good with kids.  He related well to Rum and helped him understand that martial arts are a sport and a way to learn self-discipline and control, not just learning to throw punches.
No one has been prouder of a pristine white belt and new uniform.

I don't anticipate a black belt out of this class, but that's not the goal. We've been down this road twice before, and I like how martial arts give energetic kids an outlet for their exuberance while teaching them self-discipline and that they really can do hard things. 

Hope your weekend is fabulous!
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10 comments:

  1. DianaJanuary 18, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    Go, Rum!!

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  2. karenJanuary 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    He'll be great! Lexi and Matthew in Colorado are taking some kind of martial arts class and they love it! Mommy is pregnant with #4, so I'm sure it's nice to have an activity to help them blow off a lot of steam, as well as teach them some useful things.

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  3. The Bipolar DivaJanuary 18, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    Oh I hope he has a great time!

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  4. PondsideJanuary 18, 2013 at 9:58 PM

    He is so cute and so proud!
    I remember that stage - seems so long ago that I had one in a little suit like that (I used to know what it was called, but have deleted the word from the brain mainframe!)

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  5. GabeJanuary 19, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    He is the cutest little karate kid I've ever seen!

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  6. Susan AndersonJanuary 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM

    I think it's a great discipline, when you have the right leader. And this guy sounds like a good one!

    =)

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  7. UnknownJanuary 20, 2013 at 6:23 AM

    Looks like he's already enjoying himself. Karate is definitely great for teaching self discipline. We're thinking about enrolling E into a martial arts class when she's ready too. Hope we get lucky and find a good teacher too!

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  8. {cindy}January 21, 2013 at 3:59 AM

    oh he looks so happy jen!
    i love that.
    have a happy day

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  9. Welcome to the Garden of EganJanuary 21, 2013 at 12:48 PM

    No. They probably aren't ready, but dang he's cute!

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  10. CBJanuary 21, 2013 at 7:57 PM

    Well whether he can do it or not he looks pretty happy with himself and awfully cute!

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