Every summer I have people that take 1 2 or 3 months off. I know summers great. I spend all summer teaching the serious students who really want to excel. The vacationers will come back and within a week or two the are asking when the next test is. After a few years of doing this. I’ve had people say so and so has been a _____ belt for x number of years and they wonder why they haven’t gotten to brown or black belt.
Simple math is -2+2=0. In other words if you take off for 2 months you have to train for 2 month just to get back to where you were. Now the person who didn’t take off is 2 months further along. Lets see you fell back 2 months and they gained 2 months. Sounds like 4 months to me. Then the same person who takes the summer off, usually trains 1 or 2 days less a week than the one who didn’t take off. In addition to that, in class attentiveness is different and I’d venture a guess that practice at home is non-existence in the vacationers home.
Another equation: More KARATE = Less BULLIES.
Take the summer off, or go back to school as a champion. It’s an easy choice to me.
Just saying.
