I took my belt test for my green belt in Kumdo (kendo) today. I was surrounded by about a dozen kids under 7 years old, 3 of whom were red or black belts (wtf??). I gotta say I was shocked by the pure enthusiasm these kids had for kumdo. We did our basic warmups and I'm used to half-hearted kiyoeps and groans during pushups but these kids were fucking SCREAMING they were so excited, including the one girl.
Now there were two kids around 12-15 years old (i know this cause one of them is a student of mine) and they were about as lethargic and half-assed as they could get away with (which is to say, what wouldn't piss off the sensei).
So here's the dillemma reiterated facing Korea. The young kids are just like all other kids everywhere on the planet; excitable, enthusiatic, hard to control but eager to please and generally fairly sweet natured. By the time their 12 they make american potheads look eager. Something is very wrong with the system here.
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