Children

How does one make a child obey?

Sigh. The children at my dojo do not understand respect and discipline. Or, rather, they have been conditioned to run freely. I know I often complain about this, but it's vexing.

As, yesterday, I was requesting for a younger brown belt, about ten years old, to help me with the white belts. But, he stayed put and started whining. It's rediculous. As one person, one black belt candidate, I cannot attend to two or three groups at once. So, I need help.

If they do not obey me, I understand. I'm not the sensei. I'm just a black belt candidate. But these two brown belts, a majority or the purple belts, and more than I can count of white belts refuse to listen to the sensei. (Currently, we have no green or yellow belts because they all disappeared.) Frustrating. I know I have no power to do anything, but, I do have a right to put in a complaint. If the brown belts are not orderly, no one else will be.

Oh, in cause you were wondering, no, I don't teach the class. I just assist at the beggining of class before all the other higher ranks come.

It's so irritating. The young brown belts jump up and down with joy when the class is dismissed. That is not okay behavior. If you don't want to come to class, stay home. We don't need you. Show composure during the bowing in and bow out of class. And all the time in between.

I know I'm being overly harsh, but the young brown belts constantly piss me off. (Sorry for the bad language. ) If the sensei personally lectures you in private to improve your behavior, you better do it. At this rate, they will get kicked out. Especially if they keep up this behavior when we go to our sister dojo next month. If the head sensei and his wife, the other head sensei see how poor they behave, they will get kicked out permanently. Even then, I highly doubt they will take the hint that was shoved down their throat.

I apologize for my rant. I just wish for a way to have these young brown belts understand the extent of their foolishness.