2006 Workout #104: What a barnburner!

Tonight we spent the pre-class and first class doing kata. I had 10 Sochin in before class, along with 5 Bassai Dai with Dad. After arrived and class started, we got another 15 kata in by alternating with and . We had some fine points spotted by , which really helped the feel of the opening movement… he recommended that we form the downward strike more out from our body toward the opponents stomach and it really made the movement feel much stronger. I ended up the night with a grand total of 25 Sochin, 5 Bassai Dai.

After we finished the kata workout, everyone had that special gleam in their eyes which pointed strongly to a sparring workout. I had a pretty ok night… not terrible, but not that great either. Matches of note: I got pounded down by Sensei Brewer tonight… for some reason my brain was preventing me from pulling the trigger again, I had a few attempts in vain to put some combinations together but not many of them worked out very well. I sparred with Dobbleaire-san before that… that guy is a handful. He busted me pretty hard in my left eye (left a small bump, don’t know if it will be black or not), so I dished out a stiff side thrust kick as he launched himself forward to attack. It folded him over pretty good, but this is the nature of advanced karate. You dish some out, you take some back. He was looking fairly tenderized in his face, so apparently some other people are taking the same approach. I always have a good time when I spar him, I like the sense of urgency that he forces.

It was a good night, I have several bumps and bruises to show for it. That’s the hallmark of a good night of karate!

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Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1577 / 2000 == 78.85%
Average Kata per Workout: 16.26
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 27
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 34
Workouts that gained more then 5%: 2