newGuy12
Master of Arts
There is a white belt student at our school. He is a kid, about, oh, 12 to 14. Now, kids much younger cannot generate good power. They are not yet capable of it. But, he is at the age when he can, a little.
This kid, we will call him Viper (not his real name). He asks me, "Mr. Bobby, sir, will you show me that exercise that you did there?" He meant when I was holding on to the "katy bar" on the door and kicking and holding the side kick out, then, chambering it, then kicking and holding it out, then 20 round house kicks. Simple.
So, I showed him. I told him, "You turn the base foot good." Then, I struck the heel of the foot, reminding this white belt student that that is the weapon there, to smash the target with.
Haha, then, in sparring, I was able to "reach out and touch someone" AT&T style, I touched his head with the roundhouse kick, very lightly. But, he was then aware of that opening. Same thing, later, I kicked a front kick to the solar-plexus (lightly) and he then knew about that opening! Yes!
So, after the class, we are changing, and he asks to make sure the front stance is correct (it was not). I told him, "We will get dressed, and then on the way out, I will show you in the mirror, it will be better." But, he wished to have me look at the stance immediately, I said, "You must give more width, to be stable side to side." He got it. Then, we looked at the back stance for good measure. He was off, but we got him closer to the ideal.
Then, some kid yells, "Viper, your Mother is here." He says thank you, and Sir (which is very uncomfortable to me, but that is our custom at our school).
I told him, "If you are back here Monday, we will review these things."
Now, this is a small thing, but it is huge to me. This kid is under the impression that I can help him to learn this TKD. And, I do have a knowledge of the basics, so, yes, I can.
And, (and this is the good part), he really wishes to learn it! I told him, you know, you must have good stances if you wish to be a yellow belt student, but, FORGET THE TEST, you must learn these stances to really learn the TaeKwonDo!
So, you know what? At this point, call me a fool. I am not a psychologist, and I don't know about the inner workings of the mind, nor do I care to. Ha! You can have all of the trophies, you can have all of the movie parts.
This kid, "Viper", he lifts my soul! Its so simple, but, if this guy really wishes to learn, oh, then, My, My, My! We can flat-out rock-n-roll then! Oh!
We'll see if he sticks with it, if his interest in this TKD persists!!!!!!!
Then, we will watch his TKD techniques get better and better!!!
This kid, we will call him Viper (not his real name). He asks me, "Mr. Bobby, sir, will you show me that exercise that you did there?" He meant when I was holding on to the "katy bar" on the door and kicking and holding the side kick out, then, chambering it, then kicking and holding it out, then 20 round house kicks. Simple.
So, I showed him. I told him, "You turn the base foot good." Then, I struck the heel of the foot, reminding this white belt student that that is the weapon there, to smash the target with.
Haha, then, in sparring, I was able to "reach out and touch someone" AT&T style, I touched his head with the roundhouse kick, very lightly. But, he was then aware of that opening. Same thing, later, I kicked a front kick to the solar-plexus (lightly) and he then knew about that opening! Yes!
So, after the class, we are changing, and he asks to make sure the front stance is correct (it was not). I told him, "We will get dressed, and then on the way out, I will show you in the mirror, it will be better." But, he wished to have me look at the stance immediately, I said, "You must give more width, to be stable side to side." He got it. Then, we looked at the back stance for good measure. He was off, but we got him closer to the ideal.
Then, some kid yells, "Viper, your Mother is here." He says thank you, and Sir (which is very uncomfortable to me, but that is our custom at our school).
I told him, "If you are back here Monday, we will review these things."
Now, this is a small thing, but it is huge to me. This kid is under the impression that I can help him to learn this TKD. And, I do have a knowledge of the basics, so, yes, I can.
And, (and this is the good part), he really wishes to learn it! I told him, you know, you must have good stances if you wish to be a yellow belt student, but, FORGET THE TEST, you must learn these stances to really learn the TaeKwonDo!
So, you know what? At this point, call me a fool. I am not a psychologist, and I don't know about the inner workings of the mind, nor do I care to. Ha! You can have all of the trophies, you can have all of the movie parts.
This kid, "Viper", he lifts my soul! Its so simple, but, if this guy really wishes to learn, oh, then, My, My, My! We can flat-out rock-n-roll then! Oh!
We'll see if he sticks with it, if his interest in this TKD persists!!!!!!!
Then, we will watch his TKD techniques get better and better!!!
