If Fiona decides yes and Delia decides no, that makes my decision particularly difficult. We started Delia in karate so she could feel mastery over her sister in something. What if the girls don't want to do it at all and I do? Will the family put up with my absence night after night?
Meg told me she wants to stop at purple belt, because to advance to brown the purples have to fight the line of browns - about 6 kids in general, and it's not important how well they fight but rather whether they get back up after they get the wind knocked out of them a couple of times ... I have trouble watching this line fight at testing, because some of the boys take hard shots to the midsection and cry, and I know she doesn't like fighting as much as she likes kata and drilling, so I told her if she wants to stop at purple that's entirely up to her and I'm not going to push her. But I do want her to continue to stay in karate for her own benefit at least until then, because as you said, my protective instinct is riding high.
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Date: 2005-07-16 01:09 am (UTC)Meg told me she wants to stop at purple belt, because to advance to brown the purples have to fight the line of browns - about 6 kids in general, and it's not important how well they fight but rather whether they get back up after they get the wind knocked out of them a couple of times ... I have trouble watching this line fight at testing, because some of the boys take hard shots to the midsection and cry, and I know she doesn't like fighting as much as she likes kata and drilling, so I told her if she wants to stop at purple that's entirely up to her and I'm not going to push her. But I do want her to continue to stay in karate for her own benefit at least until then, because as you said, my protective instinct is riding high.