It’s been a crazy couple of weeks.  I’ve been traveling for work, we’ve had family functions take us out of town, and our kids have had activities of their own that we’ve been attending.  Needless to say, training has suffered.  My wife has been doing a great job of getting my son to his classes while I was away, so he’s not as bad off as I am.

During my travels, I had the opportunity to watch a black belt test at another club, and also a kids’ sparring class at a second club.  I returned in time for our own black belt test, so in the last two weeks I’ve been able to observe three different approaches to training.  When I first started writing this blog, I commented many times on how the training has changed since my earlier years.  Well, seeing these three approaches, or at least their results, has really emphasized that, while what we do may seem strange to me, there is no doubt that it works.  And, truth be told, it doesn’t seem so strange any more.

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