2005 Workout #25: Three Ways to Death…

Tonight was intensive training on three way kick, a la the Saturday workout that had me floored. It’s good to get to work on something that you know you’re bad at, but damn did it hurt to push it that hard. Everyone was dragging as we headed into the second class, so much so that most people left after the first class.

It was only Hickman, Dobbleaire, Erbe, McCabe, , and I for the second class. We went through the Shodan and Nidan tests at a pretty fast clip, and finished it off with kata time at the end. McCabe-san and I did the basic four, capping it off with what will now be known as The Empi Trifecta. By this time we were all spent, and it was time to head home.

This weekend is a clinic with Sensei Otis in Chicago, we’ve gotta figure out driving arrangements and I don’t really want to ride with Vitamin O but I know I’m probably going to have to.

Oh, before I forget, I got a KICKASS picture of my Dad and I taken during class photos this year. I’m going to get at least an 8×10 to put in the library. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get a karate picture taken with my Dad, but it sure came out well! I also had the good luck to find all of my old Karate documents that were hidden around my parents house from years gone by, including my Sensei Kanazawa autograph/calligraphy that he did for us. It looks like a mountain and is awesome, I was so happy to lay eyes on it again.