Tonight I learned many lessons:
- I have to spar Sensei Hartman more.
- I have to spar
more. - I have to not default to my kicking techniques, because my center is continually going up and down.
is not gay. - I am not as in shape as I need to be right now.
Sensei Hartman made some good points tonight about motivation. I decided about halfway through my Imagine 21 class that I took for work this week that I was going to train as if I am taking my Nidan test in October.
Whether I do or not will be a complete non-issue. I’m doing this to get myself back to the picture I have in my head of when my technique felt good. I also want to get above the stupid rank bickering that has been plaguing the brown and black belts lately. If I train for myself, none of that silliness matters.
As a few personal notes… if I don’t keep my center down, I’m going to continue this stupid flailing that has been happening. I need to commit to full techniques instead of aborting things halfway through; I need to make my own openings to hit when they close up.
Some days I just need to spar until I can’t stand up anymore. Tonight was almost one of those nights. God I love Karate.
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