9th Kyu - on our way
So a little while ago I started going to a Karate class with my daughter. She's very busy, in band, glee club, drama, and so on - but last year she gave up ballet, which she'd done for five or six years at this point, and with that, gave up the only physical activity in her roster of things-shes-busy-with. Given that I prioritize physical activity -- I work out most days, either running, spinning, weights -- and know how important it is to take regular exercise, I was adamant that she needs to at least do something that would raise her heart rate a couple times a week. So I suggested Karate. Now, I've been waiting to suggest Karate for almost a decade. My daughter is ten now, but I've wanted to study Karate seriously for much longer than this. When I was my daughter's age, I did a few years with the South African JKA. My sister and I were in an after school care programme, as both of our parents worked, and in both of my primary schools there were Karate classes t