Our friend Wes Molebash published a new book and Allison pre-ordered it for Andy. I went over to An Unlikely Story to pick up the book and I ended up reading the whole thing before I even gave it to Andy to read. The book is very good with Wes’ amazing artwork and his sense of humor spread throughout. I made sure to snap a photo outside of the store so that we could send it to Wes. It would be great if he could come up here and do a book signing and maybe an interview with Jeff Kinney. I also took a photo of the display inside where the book was out for everyone to buy. I hope that it does well and am looking forward to the next one.
Tonight we had Krav graduation and both kids were able to move up to new belts. Andy did not have to make up the test that he missed on Tuesday and that is because of the level that he is at. He is definitely ready to advance. Eva had to redo the gun defenses after the graduation in order to be promoted. This I also understand because she is at a much higher level and is going to be going for her black belt next. Whether that be in six months or a year or more, that is her next step. And in order to be ready for that she has to be able to show proper technique and a proper amount of aggression. We worked on those techniques the past couple of days and she was ready. I got to be the one who partnered with her when she retested. She always goes more aggressive on me than anyone else.
I went to both the morning class and the night class today. Morning to support my friends in the morning who were graduating and night because the kids were nervous that the classes were going to be mixed with adults and teens. The night class was tougher than the morning. We did some of the same fun drills but we also did a not so fun drill called Sally. That one is rough.
I also went to the night class because directly afterwards there was a Krav social out at Angle Tree Brewery in North Attleboro. It was nice to chat with people outside of class. Of course we talked mostly about class and injuries and getting ready for the black belt test.