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Originally Posted by narcsarge
Man Hawk! You, KT, and I could have some wild conversations about MA training and starting "later" in life. Since a lot of my school is geared to kids and adults are the minority, I enjoy it when we get new adults signing up. A lot of times it is because the kids were signed up first but the reason that they keep training differs with each individual.
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Oh yeah we could! I'm grateful that my school is small. And like you I love it when another adult signs up. I get a lot of stunned looks from parents that are at least 10 years my junior when they realize that I'm there to train. A few of them have stayed to watch Amber and I train a couple times and everyone of them has said something to the effect of: "I couldn't make it through the conditioning part of the training!" I smile and tell them, "Oh yes you could...if I'm in my mid 40's and can do it...so could you!"
Granted if it weren't for the fact that I'm on the trails frequently and had specifically been training for stamina/distance I would have had a harder time starting my MA training...that and I'm grateful for all the time I've put in with my lifting and yoga! My yoga, trail training and lifting training have been invaluable to my MA training. The trouble is 'fitting' it all in!
And training with teens has been a blast. I was just commenting to Sifu (Eric) that I was pleased to see "J" and "K" finally relaxing around Amber and I. The kids were so worried about hitting or insulting us in the beginning that they were holding back too much. It's been very good for them to have opponents that are taller and heavier to train with. I love watching their confidence building.
Amber was teasing me last week during class, she said it's very noticeable that I've worked as an instructor/leader of some sort because I'm always 'praising' my opponents through their attacks and correcting them on their holds when they get it wrong!