Hard work truly pays off !

Well, grading is part of my martial arts training, it's kind of like an examination. Emotions run high and you can feel the tension.

 March 6 2013 , was my grading. It consisted of ground fighting, an intensive warm up consisting of fireman carries and drills and partner work. There knife defence, 2 on 1 sparring, dive rolls, basics and much more.
2 and a half hours worth of exhilarating work and training. After all,  you want to show your Doshu what you have learned and  that  you are willing to rise to the challenge.

I wasn't feeling so confident about this grading infact I was the complete opposite  because I know there are many things that I need to improve on but in result, I  did receive my promotion.

what I took away from that : "hard work really does pay-off in one way or another" after that grading I knew exactly what I needed to work on and even though I wasn't expecting a promotion I did receive one, I felt pride in myself because I am one of the two girls that train with the  big boys.

Dance teacher for the morning :)

As you may have known, I taught Ms. Galy's and Ms. Law's dance class (period 1 ) as I did mention it in a previous post but time to put the video up !! WOO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AboPZLJYZxs  

( Sorry for the bad quality, as this wasnt taken from my iphone or camera) 

PS: turn the volume higher than usual because it's hard to hear

ENJOY !! :) feel free to comment 

Not as easy as it looks !

March 12, 2013 Dominique and I, taught a Hiphop combo to 3-4PE classes at once !!! So that's approx. 90-120 students. OH MY ..

We stepped up because we were really looking forward to Hiphop NOT line dancing haha . At first we were a bit hesitant, but we agreed to it and Trust me it was not easy.

There were a lot of people that weren't really willing to participate. Dominique and I came to realization *how do other people feel when we don't participate in what there trying to lead* :O Sometimes we don't realize it because we've never been in their shoes.

Overall it was a great experience
Being able to take such a leadership role and I would definitely do it again.

IDEA: I think within classes we should do a "project" where pairs or groups of 3 have a day to teach PE ! And do something new, it lets them play a leadership role.