It was a very lightly populated workout tonight, the black belts outnumbered the lower ranks. Oedewaldt-san took the first class before Sensei Brewer showed up, and the rest of us vacated to the other room to work on kata. I am in the process of implementing some technical changes that were suggested by Sensei Hassell, so it was back to growing pains for me.
Among the changes:
* I allow my head to bob forward during the kata sometimes, so I was trying to keep my head directly over my shoulders and in line with my hips.
* As previously mentioned, I need to solid up my techniques for the slow portion of the kata. Sensei Hassell recommended performing each movement of the kata like I had to hit a makiwara to help rectify this.
* Generate more “shock and impact” with my techniques.
I was able to put down 34 kata tonight, but let me tell you… these changes make this kata much more tiring to perform. I was about ready to fall over by the time we were through, but there was enough gas left in the tank to do a few Gojushiho Sho and Meikyo with
It was a very tough workout tonight, but I was glad to have done what we did.
Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1885 / 2000 == 94.25%
Average Kata per Workout: 16.98
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 7
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 40
Workouts that gained more then 5%: 2
Round Kick Challenge: 15 / 1000 == 1.50%
Monthly Roundup
Total Kata completed in October: 333
Average Kata per month: 188.5
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