2006 Workout #120: Teaching and Sochin, what a wonderful pair!

Tonight was a fun class. It was Oedewaldt-san, , myself, and Garls-san on the black belt side of things, and we had just enough belt ranks to break into groups for the first class. Mike and I pounded the brown belts into shape for their test. We made it through the entire syllabus without too many breaks, and I got to have them try some of my newer theories on side kick. They appeared to do pretty well with it, I think I might be onto something with this.

Before class, I was able to get in 15 Sochin with my good buddy helping me with #1900. For the second class, Mike and I took turns doing kata in “hitting a makiwara” fashion when Mike noticed that I was continuing to scoot my feet around and fuss with my stance while I was trying to do the kata. A few repititions trying to stick my feet to the floor and it made a big difference. All of a sudden, my kata was coming from my center and my attacks felt strong.

We decided to turn the tide to end up the night and do one light, peppy kata. That put me at 26, which just wouldn’t do. I begged an extra 5 minutes from Oedewaldt-san and Mike and I turned out 4 more Sochin in a row, bringing my nightly total up to 30. It was a good karate night!

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Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1915 / 2000 == 95.75%
Average Kata per Workout: 16.95
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 6
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 41
Workouts that gained more then 5%: 2
Round Kick Challenge: 15 / 1000 == 1.50%