Gear Up!

After Troy got his yellow belt tonight, his instructor, Mr. Tyson, told him that his next belt was camo, and then Troy would be able to start sparring. After Troy walked off, Mr. Tyson whispered to me that he couldn’t wait for that, because he was looking forward to having an excuse to knock him and Jacob, another boy in Troy’s class, out.

Now, I should explain that Jacob is an unending ball of energy. He never sits still. He’s moving, fidgeting, doing cartwheels, and bouncing, all which is laced with incessant talking. And Troy succumbs to his bad influence, so the two of them together is exasperating. Most classes, Mr. Tyson is dealing with it on his own. And on the days that Troy doesn’t go to class, Mr. Tyson is dealing with Jacob alone. There’s even a third boy, Ty, who is also disruptive, so when he comes, Mr. Tyson has three of them. So, I completely understand why he’d want to gear them up and kick them across the room.