The other day, I was testing for my yellow stripe in my MMA class. During our testing period, we do extreme exercise and are really focused on what we’re doing. Multiple times during our kicks and punches, a black belt would come over to me and tell me that I was doing “a good job” and to “keep it up” and that “we’re almost done”. It was really frustrating because he wasn’t saying anything to the other white belts, just me. I was also, noticeably, one of the largest people there, with the exception of one man who was about the same size as me (and two belts above me). He was also breaking my concentration, and making me uncomfortable with his unwanted encouragement. During our break falls, the same black belt told me to go get a drink of water, and not any of the other white belts. I felt thoroughly embarrassed, and ashamed because I was the only person not doing break falls. It made me feel like I was being put on the spot and given special treatment just because I’m larger than the other people who were there.