Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流?)

The dojo is closed Thanksgiving Day and that Saturday (Nov 26th). Enjoy the holiday!

This is the last week to register for the Midwest Convention in Lincoln! Great instructors! Don’t miss this opportunity!

Teaching perseverance (otherwise known as grit).

Last Saturday we presented rank awards in the Little Dragons class (ages 5 – 8). Everyone attending class that day was being promoted except for one student that had not yet learned his dachi drill (stance drill). Toward the end of class I spoke to him privately, explaining that he had not failed his test, he simply hadn’t passed it yet. Once he learned his dachi drill he would be promoted. He just needed more time and training (he is a good student).

Once rank awards were about to begin it became obvious that I hadn’t conveyed the message as clearly as I should have. So I stopped to explain that if a student does not receive their promotion that does not mean that they have failed, but that they need to learn the skill so that they can be promoted. I asked the students “What do you do when you fall down” and they all answered in unison “You get back up.” It was at that point that a student yelled out “We endeavor, we don’t give up. We keep going.”

I love my students!

Tuesday night Little Dragons class (5 – 8 year olds) was wonderful! We had some students asking about the different blocks (when would you use this block as opposed to another block) when one of the students chimed in with “Or you could always just move offline.”

I love it when the students listen and learn!