The Truth in Dodgeball ドッジボールの真実
At the end of the Gracie Jiu-jitsu kids class, we play free-style dodge ball. It’s a simple game where teachers kick multiple balls (large, soft, bouncy balls), and students ran around to avoid them. Kids love this, and I am proud of myself for getting good at kicking a ball after all these years of absence since high school P.E. But the severe truth I faced this week…
As I shuffle around the room, I sensed someone behind me so I looked. There, a student hiding behind me to avoid getting hit! Not just one, but several other students, four or five of them all in a different time, thought this was a great strategy and I kept finding a different student behind me each time!
What? They take advantage of an older and slower adult and strategize to win? How clever. How observant!!
But it won’t be as easy from now on, children. I will move around faster than ever!
お手伝いしている柔術の子供クラスでは毎回、クラスの最後にフリードッチボールをします。大きめの柔らかいボールを先生達が蹴り、子供達は逃げ回るというとてもシンプルなゲームで、大盛り上がり。私もついつい熱が入ってしまうのですが、今日突きつけられた真実。。。
なんか後ろで気配を感じるなと思って振り向くと、子供がボールに当たらない作戦の一つとして、私の背中を盾にして隠れているんですね。それも一人でなく、かわるがわる4人、5人と!
なぬ!先生の中でも動きの鈍いおばちゃん先生を狙い、利用するとは!頭いいじゃん。観察力ある!
ということで、もっと敏速に走り回れるように運動します。待ってろよ、子供達!