My son goes to karate twice a week but a couple of weeks ago he went on a different day to normal and there was another kid there that we've not seen before.
He was such a sweet looking thing, mixed race so masses of black curly hair and a very innocent expression. My son got partnered with him and he seemed so gentle and cute.
Anyway after the session my son mentioned that he wasn't keen on him as he kept hitting him hard on purpose when the sensei wasn't looking. I said "don't be daft, it was probably accidental" and he just gave me a "look".
Anyway he continued to go on this day every week (despite saying that this kid puts him off) and I didn't see a problem, still thought the kid was cute but then last week we saw him on his way TOO karate and oh my god...was I mistaken!
The first thing I heard him say was "Fcking hell!" in responce to something his 'mum' said (which was not even picked up on by her) before she said something about "hey did you see her fcking eyebrows? stupid cow!" and he replied with "oh for f*cks sake I'd smack the silly cow" to which she replied "oi language!" and then laughed!! .
They had a little kid with them (about 3 years old) who was running behind us shouting "piss off! piss off!" and kicking puddles at the back of my legs.
I was so shocked then to top it off the lad from karate said something about "oh look, theres poofter boy martin" (about another club member) to which my son said "don't let him hear you say that, he's nearly a black belt" and the kids turned around and said "shut the fuck up, you" . His mother and the bloke she was with then started ripping the piss out of my coat as they were walking behind me.
I've NEVER experienced anything like this before and I live in a bad area. Once he was in karate itself he turned back into the "sweet kid" again but I decided to stay and watch the lesson and heard him say to my DS "your brother is a lower belt then you and he's still being cocky with you, I'd smack the little shit..." and then later he said "oh I cant wait to fight him...I'm going to knock him out, he's got a right big gob". (about my youngest ds).
Then I witnessed what I had missed before and that was this kid hitting my DS full force whenever he thought nobody was looking. The instructor however HEARD the blows and told him off (but to actually 'hear' them...that shows how hard he was hitting him).
None of the other stuff was said in ear shot of the instructor so I was mortified when he went over to the kid and asked him to train at the other classes my DS goes too. I'm worried he is going to put DS off. I'm feeling put off so I'm sure he must be but then why should he have to give it up for some thug, the idea of karate was to teach him to stand up to bullies.
Am I being precious?