Karate Kids
The boys recently decided they wanted to attend an extra class each week at their Martial Arts school and Andrew's also been going in on his own to work out in the weight room another 2 or 3 times a week. That means they are there five days a week at the moment; both black belt classes (they are still preparing for their second degree test), sparring and now grappling. Thankfully the weapons class is on hiatis for the summer.
Adam is definately the star of the Dojo. He's always had incredible technique but now that he's had yet another growth spurt he's got the power to go along with the technique and it really struck me how good he's become when I watched him working with Mr. Cox the other day. Derrick Cox is a five-time world champion and one of three instructors they work with at the Dojo.
The entire class was doing kicking drills, partnering up to hold the paddles for each other. Mr. Cox was holding the paddles for Adam. I was reading when I realized it had become unusually quiet so I looked up from my book to see why. The entire class had come to a halt and everyone had backed off to the edge of the mat to watch as Adam executed one perfect kick after another in every combination Mr. Cox would shout out. They were doing 3 kick combinations, each containing at least one spin or jump kick and as I watched I suddenly realized what had drawn everyone's attention--Adam was backing up Cox up with each kick.
As I sat there watching him I couldn't help but think back to when he started Tae Kwon Do as a very small for his age 5 year old. When the kids were really small the only activity Adam ever expressed a lot of interest in was Martial Arts. Just after we moved here I gave in and enrolled him at a local Tae Kwon Do school hoping he'd make some friends before he started school. Andrew though it all looked cool and started soon after that.
Eight years later they've each got a black belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Karate. Andrew doesn't have the same passion for it that Adam does but both boys still enjoy it as much as when they first began and they've each gotten a lot out of the sport.
Adam is definately the star of the Dojo. He's always had incredible technique but now that he's had yet another growth spurt he's got the power to go along with the technique and it really struck me how good he's become when I watched him working with Mr. Cox the other day. Derrick Cox is a five-time world champion and one of three instructors they work with at the Dojo.
The entire class was doing kicking drills, partnering up to hold the paddles for each other. Mr. Cox was holding the paddles for Adam. I was reading when I realized it had become unusually quiet so I looked up from my book to see why. The entire class had come to a halt and everyone had backed off to the edge of the mat to watch as Adam executed one perfect kick after another in every combination Mr. Cox would shout out. They were doing 3 kick combinations, each containing at least one spin or jump kick and as I watched I suddenly realized what had drawn everyone's attention--Adam was backing up Cox up with each kick.
As I sat there watching him I couldn't help but think back to when he started Tae Kwon Do as a very small for his age 5 year old. When the kids were really small the only activity Adam ever expressed a lot of interest in was Martial Arts. Just after we moved here I gave in and enrolled him at a local Tae Kwon Do school hoping he'd make some friends before he started school. Andrew though it all looked cool and started soon after that.
Eight years later they've each got a black belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Karate. Andrew doesn't have the same passion for it that Adam does but both boys still enjoy it as much as when they first began and they've each gotten a lot out of the sport.
posted by Booklover at
3:38 PM
2 Comments:
what karate school is Mr. Cox at?
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Anonymous, at 11:39 AM
At Nicky's Pro Karate in Calabasas.
That's on Mulholland in the Gelson's shopping center.
Jackie
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Anonymous, at 12:14 PM
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