This past week has been hellacious to me… work has been driving me into the ground, and a laundry list of other social events have kept me out of the dojo a lot more than I would prefer in nice weather such as this. An appointment kept me late tonight, but I decided to get in one class in Mapleton.
It’s better than no class, as my beautiful wife says.
And it was. I got there at the tail end of the first class, in between the classes I did one Sochin kata so I could get Sensei Brewer’s input. He said it was coming along, and offered a few points that I need to work on. I’ve gotten a lot of good kata feedback from very good resources this week. It bodes well for the rest of the summer. 🙂
I’m starting to feel comfortable in the kata. Tonight was the first night that I felt stable throughout the kata, and my movements felt like they were gradually picking up power as the kata continued. I like that feeling, I hope it comes back frequently.
For the second class, we did all the Heian katas required for the people taking their test. We capped off the class with some three-time attack and three to five time attack. It was a nice, laid back workout that I really needed. Work has been taking it out of me and I find the dojo very cathartic and refreshing in times like this.
Tomorrow my wife and I make for Indianapolis and the beckoning maw of Gen Con! I will come back with a Flickr album and a lot of stories, I’m sure!
Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1057 / 2000 == 52.85%
Average Kata per Workout: 13.73
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 69
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 25
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