Kung Fu do what you do to me
I haven’t been the same since my teenage lobotomy
- ash

Gryphon get’s Kudos today for really working hard for his new Orange Belt.  He had everything down but was struggling with One Pinyan.  For those of you who are not exposed to daily martial arts this is basically a fairly long (for a 7 year old) coreographed set of movements.  Behind the movements of course is a very ridged body form that must be maintained.  Bent knees,  exacting hand &foot placements, and so forth. Up until 2 days before the test he did not look like he was going to make it.  In his class however, you don’t take a test unless your master expects you to pass.  So there was this poor kid knowing he was expected to pass, and struggling.  Suddenly the day before the test, after hours of  moves & Kiais it seemed to come together.  In the test he was perfect.  His instructor looked at us with a broad grin.  I think he was almost as amazed as we were.  So . . . Contrats to the kid!  Great work & lots of practice do pay off.  A great lesson when growing up.

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