tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373833978949742595.post261466444319434737..comments2023-09-22T10:50:05.462-04:00Comments on Bushido Road: What's in a Name?Feliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017194727231120284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373833978949742595.post-85313538561039204312010-05-11T12:01:21.320-04:002010-05-11T12:01:21.320-04:00My first class with Sensei S found me without my b...My first class with Sensei S found me without my black belt. I'd only had it for a few weeks and I remember the horror when I reached in my bag and realized I didn't have it. I thought I'd lost it - before I remembered locking it in the equipment closet at another class a few days before. I went belt-less and felt like a ninny, but it was a great class :-)<br /><br />But that old adage about the obi just holding your gi top closed/keeping your gi pants up is true, though as my jacket kept flying open even with the little strings on the side tied...Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017194727231120284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373833978949742595.post-56236371830203865402010-05-11T10:21:05.946-04:002010-05-11T10:21:05.946-04:00I forgot my brown belt recently when I turned up t...I forgot my brown belt recently when I turned up to help with the junior class. Sensei leant me a white belt which caused much amusement amongst the children who thought I'd been demoted!Sue Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373833978949742595.post-54651042003111778762010-05-07T20:11:14.118-04:002010-05-07T20:11:14.118-04:00Great post! After more than a year teaching, I sti...Great post! After more than a year teaching, I still giggle inside when the whole class choruses "Good morning F Sensei"! (My real name also begins with an F - best letter ever ;) I think it takes time to grow into any kind of teacher role, but after a year I bet you feel like a black belt now!<br /><br />I forgot my belt once and Sensei leant me his spare black one - VERY embarrassing!Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862755858989481557noreply@blogger.com