Thank you for your review. It's interesting that you've picked up on this as I didn't think it was an issue. I don't claim to have nearly as much experience or credentials as your partner, but I have trained in karate.
I got the idea of this initiation from my one experience with judo. I attended, as a child, karate, but wanted to try something new and opted for judo. On my first and only lesson I was asked to spar with each student, one after another until I was pinned, which subsequently never happened as I managed to sweep and overpower everyone from my karate experience.
looking back, it probably is a bit reckless of an instructor to put a new kid through his paces like this and I imagine for the less experienced it could be quite off putting and detrimental, resulting in perhaps quitting the class.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know, that this was something that actually happened to me as a kid and that is my reasoning behind writing it in.
I hope you keep reading and that your enjoying the story so far.
Please review again.
Thanks.