I think that's why we don't kihap on counted things, but count REALLY LOUD in Korean, so we all know what number we're on (or, if like me, you don't know how to say twenty/thirty/etc. you sometimes think you have ten more to go...).
Walking stance is ewie. I hate it in forms and always over balance on it.
Twelve is also an age when kids here are usually moving from having been in kids' class for a while, and learned the discipline, to being in the adult class. If they're just starting at that age, they can do the kids class still. And some keep doing the kids class because it's where they fit in better. Boo has a friend who just got his second degree yesterday and is twelve and prefers the kids classes with his friends, also I think the middle Goldmeer still does kids classes and he's now a third degree and he's pretty mature, but he's also smaller, and seems to prefer them. So it is maturity, too. On the other hand, we have folks who move up to adult classes in part because they want to be pushed harder, and worked harder and at a faster pace than the kids go.
Oh, and I know one girl who was sent back down to kids classes. She was okay, but her focus wasn't completely there, so she's thirteen and still working with the kids because she learns more there. So it definitely isn't twelve as a hard and fast age. Unless the kid is 6' tall at twelve. Of which we have had more than a few. The eldest Goldmeer is now 15 and has been taller than Kev for at least a year...
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on 2012-05-13 11:34 am (UTC)Walking stance is ewie. I hate it in forms and always over balance on it.
Twelve is also an age when kids here are usually moving from having been in kids' class for a while, and learned the discipline, to being in the adult class. If they're just starting at that age, they can do the kids class still. And some keep doing the kids class because it's where they fit in better. Boo has a friend who just got his second degree yesterday and is twelve and prefers the kids classes with his friends, also I think the middle Goldmeer still does kids classes and he's now a third degree and he's pretty mature, but he's also smaller, and seems to prefer them. So it is maturity, too. On the other hand, we have folks who move up to adult classes in part because they want to be pushed harder, and worked harder and at a faster pace than the kids go.
Oh, and I know one girl who was sent back down to kids classes. She was okay, but her focus wasn't completely there, so she's thirteen and still working with the kids because she learns more there. So it definitely isn't twelve as a hard and fast age. Unless the kid is 6' tall at twelve. Of which we have had more than a few. The eldest Goldmeer is now 15 and has been taller than Kev for at least a year...