Today at Jr. Krav Sensei Brochu was away on vacation so I had Miss Jen as my instructor in the morning and we had a great class with some sparring fun. The kids had Miss Alex as their instructor and their class had more conditioning to it but they also got the chance to work with many different people during the class. Andy’s usual partner, Axel was there but they had a drill where Miss Alex would yell scramble and everyone would have to pick another partner. This gave the kids the chance to work with many different partners and learn some new things. Andy is so new to the class that they got the chance to learn some additional combos from the upper belts.
Overall it went very well. Many of the upper belts were so good with Andy. However there was one person who was the same rank as Andy who said to Andy when they partnered, “Oh, it’s the child”. I am surprised by that sort of behavior. Andy didn’t seem overly upset by it but I can tell that they were a bit upset. Andy has been working very hard and is showing a lot more maturity since starting Jr. Krav. And Andy’s actions in class will dispel anyone thinking that they’re just some little kid.