NW School of Martial ArtsOne of my teaching colleagues posted an NPR piece today on Facebook and it got me to thinking. You can read the full article here, but basically the idea is that when given an impossible math problem, East Asian students spend more time tackling it, trying again and again to solve it, when American students
Normal class Mon, Thurs, Fri, and Sat. Wed 11/14 is cancelled due to another event being held at the hall. Saturday 11/17 will be normal class, but the afternoon Arnis seminar has been cancelled. We are working on rescheduling with our guest instructor.
November cancellations: 21, 22.
The Masons are running a food and toy drive, so if you have any donations to contribute, please bring them in! The donations go to the Stanwood food bank, so it’s a great opportunity to help out our neighbors and community.
Great job to all of our students who participated in the double elimination sparring tournament at TMA Overlake on Saturday!
I saw some great fighting techniques and strategies out there, and was impressed with the mental strength and sportsmanship of all of our fighters.
We had 2/6 students come away with medals–but like one of the black belt judges said, the true medal is inside. The act of training to participate has propelled you to new heights of skill, and knowing you participated and did your best is satisfying, no matter the outcome.
Congratulations!!