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Post by dek1 on Nov 27, 2011 8:49:56 GMT
Both my daughter and me passed our grading yesterday so we both are officially Green belts. We had a two and half hour course then the grading in total 12 students graded yesterday, 1 to 1st,Q 3 to 6thQ, 2 to 7thQ, and 6 to 9th Q, with one student given a double grading it was a good day for the club. What was good for us is that of the students grading it was a 50/50 split adults to kids.
I didnt feel i deserved my pass as i didnt quit get one part of the drills right but my daughter and some of other students were excellent.
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Post by malk103 on Nov 27, 2011 10:20:12 GMT
Well done!
You are sometimes allowed a couple of mistakes depending on club and Kyu grade you are grading at. What is just as important is the effort you are putting in.
A couple of times i've seen the grading stop and a warning issued that unless effort is 100% then they are wasting their time.
One chap did the wrong Kata - probably down to nerves - but the Sensei said he let him off as he did it soo well.
You are obviously at the right standard so accept the pass and train on!
I take it that you will now be on a new set of combinations and Heian Yondan?
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Post by dek1 on Nov 27, 2011 20:08:47 GMT
Yes Malk we have run over it once but now have to learn it.
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Post by fujicolt on Nov 30, 2011 1:10:22 GMT
well done to both of you! great for Dad and Daughter to share the experience  |
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Post by tomobrien on Nov 30, 2011 3:10:09 GMT
Great job for both of you! Keep goin!  Thanks, Tom |
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Post by dek1 on Nov 30, 2011 9:43:59 GMT
Fujicolt it is I only joined the club because my daughter was the lowest graded student and was moaning about being last in the line up all the time. Sadly her karate was stalled due to illness, being in and out of hospital with operations she lost a year of training. Since this year began she has had three operations and been in hospital a lot but still she trains twice every week even after her last op she was back in the dojo four days later. I am proud of her and her attitude to Karate and she spreads the bug through the family.
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Post by Bob Davis on Nov 30, 2011 11:48:28 GMT
Derek, I started back to training with my son when he was 10 and we came up through the ranks together, it was a great experience and gave us a lot of common ground and a place where we could interact together as equals rather than father/son. I believe this helped our relationship a great deal through the teenage years and still does, he's probably my "best" mate now (as long as he remembers who's in charge  ;D). |
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Post by malk103 on Nov 30, 2011 14:55:44 GMT
My daughter started just after me (the second time I started Karate) and my boy a few months after.
Luckily my daughter managed to learn quickly enough to grade and has been the same grade as me up to 1st Kyu, my son is 1 grade behind.
It was great to have an activity with just me and the kids (in addition to family stuff) and also fun to state that I was going to hit my kids tonight..... before explaining.....
Now with busy school/swimming lives Karate has been pushed back a bit but my daughter is gradually coming back, i'm not sure if she can commit enough effort/time to grade for BB next year though. My boy grades next weekend for 1st Kyu.
We have a couple of families where the kids have dragged their parents along or vica verca. I heard from another parent the other day that she would have started with her daughter but was embarrassed - we may have to run an adults beginner class.
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Post by kevin1689 on Dec 1, 2011 8:53:06 GMT
Hi all, I just joined. Of all the threads out there, this is the one that caught my attention. I share the same feeling that karate can help your strengthen the relationship with your kids.
My son (7 yrs) and I (much older) started Shotokan about half a year ago and we just did our first first grading together in October. We both passed but I got a double promtion (I was lucky). Of course I was super proud of my son. Now he wanted me to skip next grading so we will be doing the same thing again. Tough choice.
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Post by malk103 on Dec 1, 2011 9:32:10 GMT
Hi Kevin and welcome, that's a tough choice. I've been one belt ahead of my son all the way - although he's a little older than yours.
You could try the angle of you being better placed to help him through his grade as you are one ahead?
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Post by nathanso on Dec 2, 2011 7:04:56 GMT
Hi all, I just joined. Of all the threads out there, this is the one that caught my attention. I share the same feeling that karate can help your strengthen the relationship with your kids. I think that doing anything that your kids enjoy with them should strengthen the relationship, just like forcing them to do something with you that they don't enjoy will impair it. The key is to finding what your kids love to do and not trying to mold them to your interests. |
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;D).