Karate Kid? Perhaps Not.

Other than swim lessons, we have not signed Isaac up for any sport or activity until now.   For the past month-and-a-half he has been attending a weekly karate class.  He was super excited to start and looks stinkin' cute in his uniform:

After the first few classes, the students started sparring.  This is when we discovered that Isaac was perhaps not ready for this particular karate class.  The class is very fast-paced, overcrowded, and not well organized and, as we discovered while watching him spar, he really still has no idea what he's doing even after 6 hour-long lessons.   This is a video clip we took of him sparring with another boy his size.  Not only are they not using any actual karate skills that were taught in the class, but they are also not even close enough to hit each other even if they tried (and they did!).  They maintained a safe distance of about five feet apart, and while bouncing around, kicking, and flailing at will, they resembled a pair of uncoordinated dancers, rather than trained martial arts students.  Isaac is the one closest to the camera:

Still if nothing else, this moment was good for a laugh (the entire row of parents was watching and stifling laughter during this sparring session) and he had fun while it lasted.   We decided to remove him from the class until he's a little older and can follow the fast pace of this slightly unorganized  karate class.