On December 17th, Gabriel Sabloff & I were certified Sifus under Sifu Tei's Wing Chun association. We each received a spiffy pair of butterfly knives, a certificate, and embroidered sashes.
Yesterday, I was working with some of the kids on Leadership Training. Now, Rome wasn't built in a day, but we did explore the following:
1) The importance of speaking loudly and confidently when leading a class through a form.
2) The difference between saying something with uncertainty ("side kick???") and saying the same thing confidently ("side kick!").
Within ten or so minutes I could see most of the kids improving. It wasn't that the kids were no longer shy or uncertain, it was just that they understood the importance of acting and animating like leaders, and by acting with confidence they soon began to feel confidence.
Mini-mission accomplished.
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