Master Matt was out this past week and he won’t be back until the end of next week. As a result Dennis has taken up the role of Matt and leaving me with a little more responsibility as the head of the school, at least that’s the way I like to think about it. Even though I think everyone’s doing a great job, however, I found myself getting off track a little and not meaning to. My classes are running smoothly but I mistakenly added in some drills that were not routine and thus tweaked the dynamic. Once I found out what I did, I immediately went back to the original structure. The main reason I found out what I did was because Luckily, I had Dennis to push me back on track but it made me think that if I could get off track just a little and not realize it here at this school, then running a school on my own will have to take a ton of focus to stay on track. Focus that I hope I will learn as I go through it with Master Matt or Dennis.
Alex Tienda, third Dan at the Asian Arts Center