2006 Workout #28: Better Fighting through Sochin…

This morning marked the triumphant return of my Dad. He and I arrived around 10 after 8 this morning and started in on our kata training.

I was able to knock out 20 Sochin, however I was fighting the whole way to do it. For some reason I’m turning my feet out before I move in stance, but in order to fix it I lose focus in my rear end, causing my butt to stick out. When I try to fix that problem, my feet turn out as I move. Its a vicious circle.

I have to say my protein supplement is helping with my recovery, however I seem to be more prone to muscle fatigue and cramping as a result. I had to take three or four water breaks in order to keep hydrated enough to continue.

We also got some sparring in, and it is remarkably obvious that I’m doing a lot of kata. I was having a hard time with the sparring training, however I was able to land a nice front kick/lunge punch combination on Erbe and a few nice techniques on .

For some reason, our fearless leader was really keyed up today. You could tell he was enjoying himself all the way through the 30 kata and free sparring that he did. He kicked my fool behind during our sparring session, nothing really sticks out in my mind that was effective enough to mention. He was on today, for sure.

I suppose this is probably one of my cyclical downturns in my training, I will pop out of it in a week or two. I hope. 🙂

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Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
354 / 2000 == 17.70%
Average Kata per Workout: 16.86
Estimated Completion Workout: 119
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 9