Our Karate Kid
Ben has been asking to learn Karate for a few weeks now, as his friend at School, Austin, also goes, so we signed him up at the local Woolwell centre and last night he had his first lesson from 17:30 to 1830. Kelly went with him, as she had signed him up and knew all the details, and he did very well after a shaky start where he was crying for a bit. We think it was because he was nervous, and afterwards, he said he didn’t like all the people watching. The instructor took him to one side and gave him some one on one tuition, which helped loads! Ben settled down and did very well throughout the hour, so much so, that he got a certificate after the session had ended. It was for doing so well in his first session. As it was a complete surprise to him, and to Kelly, he was thrilled and had a massive smile on his face and apparently ran to the front to get it! 😉 The instructor spoke to Kelly as well about him crying etc and said not to worry, and he just needs to keep going to build his confidence up. He also said that Ben had some really good co-ordination skills already, so we may be looking at the next Karate Kid here!
When he got home he bounded through the front door to show me his certificate, and I got him to show me what he had learnt. So until bedtime, he was Karate’ing his way around the house!
We are very glad that he enjoyed it and wants to go again, but part of the deal to do Karate, was for him to do swimming lessons this year as well, so we will see how he goes with that! 😉
Here is a photo of Ben and his certificate when he got home, and one of the certificate on its own.
1st Karate Certificate
Ben and his 1st Karate Certificate
