2007 Workout #6: I lived!

I returned to the dojo on Saturday morning after a week of nursing a pulled muscle in my back. I was intent on taking it easy, however I couldn’t resist the lure of partner drills and some slow sparring.

Everything held together well! I worked on stalking down with marginal success. I did a round kick that made my instep catch him square in the elbow, which is already bruising quite nicely. Getting to talk through some of the strategy of stalking and reacting to your opponent really helped cement some of the aspects of this style of sparring. I actually feel much more in control when I’m sparring in this fashion, and that is a Good Thing.

I rounded out the workout with 50 pushups (both regular and tricep) and 100 abdominal exercises, all-in-all a good workout!