2008 Workout #37, Perfect Pushups #21: I wonder how many ribs I can break with my short sword…

Tonight was a good one! When I came in, was colorfully knocking out a new pushup and situp regiment, so and I joined in and knocked out two sets of pushups in 15-10-5 configuration.

I was assigned warmups, so I made the class knock out another 30 pushups, which brought us to a grand total of 90. After the class was over, and I did 10 chair pushups to bring us to 100.

The workout tonight was great… very sparring-centric. I started out the night across from Sensei Quinn for freestyle three time attack. The attacking side started the offense with a lunge punch and then the situation was allowed to disintegrate into free sparring for a few movements. I found out very quickly that my ribs were actually somewhat sore… but only when I locked down on a reverse punch. Right after I got to spar with … I came in for a lunge punch and caught him bringing up his foot for a front kick. Thank goodness for my cup! I ended up with a big red spot on the inside of my thigh. Bruises rule!

In between classes, and I went through Unsu once. Its going to be a long year learning that kata but I sure do like it! The second class was very centered on basics. For some reason the locking down was really bothering my ribs, but I made it through. I felt relatively solid, by the end of the workout the floor was accumulating puddles and it was getting hard to keep upright.

After class, Sensei Brewer really burned me… made a quip about everyone in the advanced class having broken my ribs at some point. His timing was perfect, nobody was expecting it… totally awesome. Someone suggested that it was seppuku time for me, I wonder if I can find my short sword…