2008 Workout #64: Can’t do much right tonight, but that’s ok!

Tonight was an excellent basic workout put forth by Sensei Quinn! I was having some trouble with tension in my hips and shoulders, which led to me to be stiff and erratic all night. My feet wouldn’t move as I wanted them to in stances, and I realized too far through the class that I wasn’t folding my hip to let my stance moving naturally. Once I did that, it got considerably better but it was a pretty frustrating first class.

brought his Japanese foreign exchange student to class tonight. He’s the equivalent of our brown belt in Goju-ryu, and seemed very polite. It was pretty impressive to get to hear he and Sensei Quinn conversing in Japanese. With some help, the exchange student walked us through the Goju-ryu versions of Heian Shodan and Heian Nidan. They were pretty similar and it was something different that we don’t often do.

It was a good one tonight!!