2006 Workout #113: Another Mapleton Monday…

Tonight it was Nidan bonanza in Mapleton. is out of town on training this week, so it was up to us to cover for him. , Oedewaldt, and I showed up to cover things and we decided collectively to break up the class into three groups to teach the individual belt ranks. I ended up with the white belts, which included two new students. I think they were friends/relations of Jesse-san’s and they both did incredibly well. We went through the entire introductory lesson and still had time to get them started on rising block, downward block, and proper breathing and kiais.

I haven’t had the opportunity to teach new white belts in a long time, so it was a nice departure from the norm for me.

For the second class, , Dad and I did some kata off to the side while Kevin ran the rest of the class through their paces. I was able to put down 11 Sochin tonight, however the katas felt somewhat off. It took some careful examination from the others to realize that I was tensing a little too much going into the punches and it was slowing me down and messing with my timing a little. I think I got it mostly worked out for #10 and #11.

It was a good night tonight, made a little progress and got to teach a bit. Just what the doctor ordered for a Monday night. Also, the new gym floor looks fantastic! 🙂

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Sochin Counter
Accomplished / Goal == Percent Complete
1761 / 2000 == 88.05%
Average Kata per Workout: 16.61
Estimated Workouts Remaining: 15
Workouts that gained more than 1%: 37
Workouts that gained more then 5%: 2
Round Kick Challenge: 15 / 1000 == 1.50%