Combat Endurance Training

After my staff meeting today I was sitting in the lobby of the Karate school doing some paper work.

All of a sudden the door swung open just like one of those old swinging doors in the old classic westerns on t.v.

I looked at the door in anticipation and in comes about 4 ft. tall and all of about 50 lbs slinging this big bag full of Karate stuff. I swear the bag was as big or slightly bigger than the little guy toting it.

I told him he could crawl into the bag if he ever wanted to hide from grandpa or grandma

The little guy drags this monstrosity past me and then heard me talking to his grandparents about dance.

He pipes in and says that he wants to also do dance and baseball. Holy man, how many hours are there in the day?

No matter, this little guy has plenty of energy to fill every minute of every hour.

I tell him that if he starts dance lessons that he’ll have to use his martial arts to fight off all the girls. He chuckles and gets ready for class.

Then class starts and I watch him and his other little buddies and they are pumped up. Their movement is crisp and they all mean business. High energy level with real purpose. There’s a focus and a fire in what they do.

These little guys and gals know how to get after it.

Working with and watching kids gives me a boost of energy. I’ve been told that I’m just a big kid myself and that’s just how I like it. What a tragedy it would be if I was working with people that didn’t help me stay young.

Could it be that all of us adults could use a little more laughter, some wild eyed enthusiasm, along with as many chances to have loads of fun just like these young ones do.

There’s real value in being around these youngsters. High energy level, using our imagination, and dreaming big dreams without any limits are things that we can all benefit from.

Fred Nicklaus