Little Jackie Chan

Almost two years ago, we enrolled Patrick in martial arts. About a month ago, he was promoted to Phase I (from Little Dragon to Beginners). Usually a student has to be at least 7 years old to be considered to begin Phase I. Once he moved from Little Dragon to Beginner's class, his teacher thought he could move up to Phase I immediately. He was only in Beginner's class for 4 weeks instead of 4-6 months. I was a little nervous as the kids in Phase 1 were a lot older. There was only one kid who is 7, the rest were older. The class also is an hour long (instead of the 30 minutes Patrick was used to) and the last 15 minutes is spent sparring. Last week, Patrick received his safety gear and two days ago sparred for the first time. He surprised me and the other kids. Antonio who is the most experienced in his class (and the one he's sparring on the video below) told Patrick that he's got a mean round-house kick. I think Ronan would agree. I could not believe he just took off and had no fear going on the offense. Jackie Chan watch out!
En garde

Front-side kick!



Patrick sparring with Antonio who is eleven years old.
This is just his second sparring session--feisty little six year old!