I asked a co-worker about his son's martial arts class today. The boy is in the first grade, and has been taking this martial arts class for about two months. He said that last night, his son tested and passed and now is the proud wearer of a half-white half-yellow belt. Very impressive for such a little guy in such a short time. My friend went on to share an interesting observation - one he said would be appropriate for TWIT. After hearing his story, I couldn't agree more.
The story involves the building where his son takes his martial arts classes. The martial arts instructor sub-leases the big room with a cheerleading class. Picture if you will a huge room with mirrors on each end - half of the room is occupied by little girls doing flips, splits and trying to form human pyramids; the other half is occupied by a group of boys and girls of all ages, wearing white uniforms and doing kicks and karate chops. My friend went on to say that last night, he took a few moments to observe everything going on in the room. The cheerleading side was the loudest - the cheerleading instructor was yelling at the girls. The martial arts side of the room was the most quiet - the only sounds were the "hiiii-yaaah's" that the students would say. This isn't what you would expect, is it? We would expect the cheerleading side to be all cutesy and calm as the teachers taught the girls to do the cheers and routines - you wouldn't expect them to be cussing and yelling at the little girls. Nor would you expect the martial arts side of the room to be as calm as it was - you would expect them to be saying things like we heard in "The Karate Kid" - show no mercy to your enemy. It's just not something you'd expect to see, is it? Life is full of dichotomies, isn't it?
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