Little Kenji In His Karate Uniform

This is Kenji now in his uniform for Karate Club. Taken before the training begin in the gymn. There are about 20 students with him on different age level. But for grade one they are only four and the youngest is 4 years old. His schedule is only during Saturday afternoon at 5:30 pm until 7:00pm. The actual training begins at 6:00 pm. The first 30 minutes is for cleaning the gymn. It is supposedly twice in a week but he can't make it since no one can take him to the gymn. Their master is Saito San and the assistant is another man and the son of the master.

Since Kenji cannot come by himself, I always take him there. I also help him to change his clothes because he don't yet familiarise the sequence on how to put on everything. Then their master will offer me a sit on one corner for watching them. In the beginning I can sit on the whole hours waiting their training to finish. I'm doing it due to the request of our son to sit and watch them. In fact the reality is he isn't feel comforted without me. I understand his feelings and yet eventhough it is really hard for me to sit and just wait them, I bear it for the sake of my son. I know with my presence I can give him more courage to go on in his training. But then later after three months I ask him if I can wait him in the car. I explained my difficulties and situation. And finally, he allowed me to skip on watching them.