2008 Workout #19: Kata Bonanza…

It was just Erbe-san and I to start the class tonight, Sensei Brewer showed up a few minutes after seven. led the class through a good warmup while Erbe-san and I made plans. Those plans changed rapidly, when halfway through my basics I gave Sensei Brewer the option of stepping in and he told me I was doing find and to do Heian Shodan.

So we did. I gave tips, took questions, offered some ideas to sharpen up the whole class (we had a lone blue belt and several brown belts) and I thought the class ended up really well. The best part about doing kata was that I got to do it with them, so I had a good sweat going by the end of the first class.

For the second class, we did still more kata. All the Heians and Tekki Shodan twice and Bassai Dai once. We focused on going slow and working on the fundamental body mechanics… as Sensei Brewer said beforehand it was more of a cerebral workout however I think it ended up considerably physical too. I was sweaty by the end, so it was a good night of karate stuff.

I haven’t had the opportunity to take a full class in awhile, it was a nice change of pace!