He then went to a group lesson to see if he was ready. My poor kid was so small compared to the others. Most of them were probably between 6 and 8 years old and they towered over Guillermo.
First, the class did a few warmup runs to one end of the gym and back. Guillermo was easily among the slowest and when the first group of kids passed him on their way back to the starting line, Guillermo just turned around and ran after them, even though he hadn't even made it to the halfway mark. A bit later, some kids weren't listening, so the group had to do pushups and Guillermo couldn't do one, though he tried and thought he did 10. (I know the punishment is a bit extreme for a 4 year old, except Guillermo didn't care).
Later, the instructor led the group through a 20-step drill and while I am sure part of the drill was repeated at least once or maybe twice during the 20 steps, poor Guillermo couldn't keep up. When the group was facing left, he was facing right, when others were turning one way, he was turning the other way. I would have felt bad for him, except he had such a big smile on his face and he didn't care. He was just having fun.
After the lesson, the instructor told us he thought Guillermo should wait until January or next year to join in because at 4, the instructor said, Guillermo isn't going to really be able to memorize the steps (I'm sure there is a better word than steps). He thought Guillermo would just be going through the motions. He did say we could work out some deal with him so Guillermo could go once a week just so he keeps learning the discipline and respect part (and so he continues having fun). Will is all for that, but I'm not so sure. The good thing about us being told to wait is it saves us a ton of money. Taekwondo is expensive and I don't think this once a week special is going to be too cheap either.
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