However, she was only fully participate in the class after 4 weeks of sitting at the back of the class and do nothing but see. She was not ready.
Thankfully, the instructor is kind and being patience to consider her.
Every Saturday morning to the wushu center became very challenging to me and SC, as she would change her mind and totally resist to step into the classroom at the very last minute. Persuasive and encouragement were the key elements. I take the task to get her in a wushu class as high sensitivity and carefulness.
Sometimes we sit at the back of the class, with spending of 30 minutes to persuade her to join in the group for lesson. Other time, it was little effort from us to push her to join the others for the lesson. The "sitting" time reduced week after week, then she "evolved" to the stage when she wants me to join her to follow the instructions to do the stances. I felt embarrassing, but got to do what a mum has to do. It was just a while and perhaps 2 weeks of being a student of my self, I managed to let go. I sit behind and watch her wushuing instead. By the time she was comfortable to step into the classroom and beam to wave her hand to me after greeted Ryan, the instructor, it was almost 2 months later.
Very soon, year ending and we were told that the children will be having their assessment on 10 Jan 10.
SC and i were unsure on this, kept asking the instructor for detail and pondered whether to let her 'try'. At the back of our minds, we would pull her out if she is uncomfortable with it. Surprisingly, she had fun on all the stations to complete the required movement test. She was willing to try even she was not been taught some of the things.
One of the station was testing on horse stance. she was able to hold for more than a minute.
she is the tiniest among all. looking at her tested for different movements and poses, she is once again, gives me a very strong sense of strength.
