2005 Workout #10: Engines failing, switching to impulse power…

I was really considering taking last night off, since my energy levels were at a week-long low. Work was a bit of a bear yesterday, and by the time to get ready for Karate rolled around, I mostly just wanted to sit on my can.

As usual, when I drag myself up off of the couch my workouts are pretty good. We spent last night doing basics in ridiculously low stances, which felt good, and then we did the first three katas. By this time I’m sure Tasha was about dead, but for some reason she stuck it out and continued to train into the second class. She got her first dose of an all-sparring second class and she did pretty well with it.

I had and Erbe-san as my partners and I felt pretty good on the jab-reverse punch combinations that we started out with. There were a few times that I landed several solid blows on Erbe-san and he was happy to return the favor. A bit later we did some kicking drills where your partner was to drive their knee into your chest to get maximum extension of the kick, and Erbe’s legs are the size of trees so I hit the dirt on about the third one.

By the time things got done I had figured out how to brace myself in such a way to take a shot like that, however with my build I found that my instincts to move backwards and out of the way were really hard to fight when you knew something like that was coming. I got a lot out of those drills, but I could tell by the time we were done visiting at Steak and Shake afterwards athat my arms and legs would hurt today. I have a goose egg on my left arm and several bumps and bruises and I really feel as if my body’s falling apart.

I know would probably tell me to put some tape on it, which is what I plan to do. I knew it would be a bit of a challenge to get in the habit of working out 4-5 times a week, but I get tonight to heal and then a Saturday morning workout and week one of this schedule is at a close. I can do this, but I need to safeguard my own health in the process. I don’t want to get irreversibly injured on the pursuit to Nidan.