One of my classes is an intermediate youth class, ages 7-10 (or thereabouts). This particular one is currently mostly girls and takes place on our smaller floor. The floor is wider than it is long so when I want to do any type of drill that requires some distance the class will line up in smaller lines facing the end, which in this room is either the back of the building or the parking lot. The parking lot is slightly more appealing than the back of the building so we usually start out facing the parking lot and moving in that direction.
Today we were working on kicks and the class was moving from one end to the other. A simple drill that lets me get a feel for how the student has progressed once they have learned the basics of the technique. There are any number of drills but my assistant was working with some other students and this allowed me to take a look at the group as a whole as well as individually.
We started out and the class progressed through the clips, moving down and back on the floor. Once, when the class was about half-way down the floor moving towards the window one of the blue belts raised her hand to ask a question. Nothing surprising, my students were encouraged to ask questions and I stopped the drill. We bowed and she asked her question.
“Instructor, may I get my brother out of the rain?” and she pointed to the sidewalk outside. Sure enough there was her brother having a grand old time out in the rain.
“I’ll take care of it,” I smiled. I stepped off the floor, moved past the smirking parents and ushered the free spirit into the room.
And then we continued our kicks.
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