2006 Workout #96: Sochin and sparring, what a combination!

Dad and I got to the dojo a little early tonight, I knocked out 15 Sochin and helped him and through a few Bassai Dai. I was able to sneak in five more Sochin during warmups, which made the grand total for the night 20.

The first class was a pretty strong progression through basics, for some reason I was getting very winded and found it hard to breathe in the dojo tonight. I quickly got over it and made it through the first class without incident.

Sensei Brewer and went in together to get us Yudansha Kai (Black Belt Club) tshirts made and gave them to us as gifts. They were designed by our very own and are SWEET. They have the club logo off-center on the front of the shirt with “Yudansha Kai” in both English and Japanese. The sleeve bears the kanji for “Sensei”. They are very cool and we are lucky to have senseis that recognize us like this.

In between classes, a bug entered ‘s butt and he wanted to spar. I could tell this, because he edged his way up to me and threw a few techniques. I responded in turn and before we knew it we were mixing it up all over the dojo floor. It was really fun to get to spar with him, we both traded great shots with one another and worked on our respective weak points. I tried to figure out his threatened area, so I took the opportunity to test my distance and respond accordingly. It worked, some of the time. The rest of the time I got punched, or kicked. I wanged a pretty neat hook kick that was caught on film by our resident photographer, Garls-san. Before we knew it, most of the class was watching us. That was pretty neat.

The second class was sparring. I had to face the dubious pair of Sensei Brewer, followed by . I had a pretty OK night of sparring, however something wasn’t feeling quite right. For whatever reason, I had trouble pulling the trigger on attacks tonight. I did end up getting some pretty good shots in on a few people, but I didn’t feel comfortable most of the night.

I also got relatively banged up tonight, one of our brown belts has a healthy foot sweep that he attempted to deliver repeatedly to the back of my knee. I’ve got an ice pack on there right now, it was starting to bruise so I decided to take pre-emptive action. A few other bumps and bruises to report, but getting to spar like we did tonight was totally worth it.

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Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1360 / 2000 == 68.00%
Average Kata per Workout: 15.28
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 42
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 31
Workouts that gained more then 5%: 1