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Well, not quite. But he’s been going to a kung fu-for-toddlers class for a few weeks now. It’s every Sunday morning, about a 10 minute walk from our apartment, just off the beachfront park (which means we often end a kung fu session with a trip to the beach, to watch the ships in the harbor and catch some ocean breezes. Life is good). He enjoys the classes for the most part, though he does lack a certain, shall we say, focus. And the motor skills to do a lot of the activities. But more often than not, he tries, and seems to have fun. Here, then, a bunch of videos from recent weeks, showing off his moves, or lack thereof.

Of course, it’s important to stretch before exercise. (Shot via a mirror, hence the low quality):

There’s a lot of exercises that call for Nyan to run up to the teacher and punch or kick various things. Let’s just say he’s got some work to do

But at least he’s enthusiastic:

One of Nyan’s favorite activities is where he has to scale a wall, swing his legs over, and drop down on the other side. Fun to watch too:

There are somersaults too, which Nyan also enjoys:

And finally, here’s Nyan putting his kung fu skills to work on the streets. Or at a shopping mall food court. Same idea:

Nyan loves to help. No matter what an adult is doing, Nyan has to do it too. It’s a great trait, almost always (and we’re still working on the best ways to use it to our advantage!). Here’s a good example, from a few months back. Uncle Jeff was visiting us in London from the U.S., and bought a few bottles of British beer that he wanted to pack up and ship home. Guess who decided to help out. (And he actually did a pretty good job helping!)

Some summertime housekeeping here at NyanThomas.com has led to us unearthing some unpublished videos from the past few months. We present them in no particular order other than roughly chronological. Enjoy!

In this first video, from January, our hero puts on the headset that Mommy uses to do conference calls for work, and attempts to commandeer her work computer as well. (And check out him shushing Mommy at about 40 seconds in. Cheeky!)

Nyan messing around with some old milk bottles, working on his motor skills. From February.

Shortly before we left London in April, Nyan at bedtime, talking in a silly voice about silly things:

Also in April, we went through a phase where every day after school, Nyan would take off running across the village green, and Daddy would dutifully record it on his phone. Here are several examples. It’s mostly just a lot of Nyan running, asking questions, being silly.