11/18/20:Online Jiu Jitsu: LO5_A

 During this pandemic many thing are different including jiu jitsu. Unfortunately I have not been able to attend classes in person so I have had to do them online. Which is okay but at first it was very difficult because I didn't have the equipment to sufficiently do kickboxing and I didn't have a partner to do jiu jitsu drills with. I was using a stuffed animal and once you've choked out a teddy bear once you've choked it out enough. I went on like this for a few months occasionally getting my siblings to help me but usually they didn't really wanna get choked either. So annoying. Anyway, soon my parents let me get some equipment for kickboxing but the thing was that I needed someone to hold the pads. And also we had started doing more jiu jitsu in class instead of kickboxing which also needs a partner. So I told Cooper (my younger brother) that he is to help me for jiu jitsu classes. As my little brother it is his duty to help his sister learn better ways to beat him up. But also now I have to adjust to working with him every jiu jitsu class. It was a process. He wasn't as familiar with the sport so I had to help teach him what to do. I also thought it would be good for him to get something out of this, so I also taught him some kickboxing moves I had learned. I made sure to be very encouraging when he messed up and help him correct it whether he was holding the pads or punching the pads, I made sure to gently correct him. Although this isn't a big school group project, this was very helpful for me to learn how to handle leadership in a group setting. And yes it was only Cooper there, but it still helped me learn what was effective when being a leader in a group. You have to be patient and gentle. Working with Cooper was very beneficial for both of us because it helped us both improve our skills in jiu jitsu and kickboxing, ability to pick up new skills, and learn how to be a good group leader. Although this isn't what regular group work looks like, it is working collaboratively with someone and we are both able to learn from this.

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