Blogs on my training journey
Friday night was fight night and it was awesome! Interestingly, I was contemplating not going to the Dojo, because CPPS was acting up and I wanted my concentration for class, as things happen fast I didn’t want to be injured because I was distracted by pain. I decided to go anyway and it turned out to be my best […]
Last night was my first class back at Contact Kicks Dojo in a week. It’s been a rough month being sick with the flu. Last night was the first day in a while that I was beginning to feel like my old self. It was also the first really warm day of the year, at around
This past Friday was my birthday. I turned 44 and celebrated by going to “fight night’ at Contact Kicks. As most night’s it was a great class, under the watchful eye of Fogarasi Sensei. We also had the honor of being joined by Senpai Michael Spineti, from Heart & Soul Academy in Montreal, to train
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Last night’s class at Contact Kicks concentrated on kata, with the class divided by kyu levels. It made me a happy camper, as kata practice is one of my most loved components of Karate, along with application, or bunkai.
It’s been a rough couple of weeks. First I get slammed with a cold that turned into a bronchial infection. Spent a few days in bed with my dog as company, so obviously missed a couple classes. Then, as I’m feeling better from the cold, I get a flare up of chronic pelvic pain. I mentioned
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Neuroplasticity. Probably not a word that you hear in conjunction with Kyokushin, but that is what last night’s lesson was. The class was focused on kicks and knees, with the counter block and strike. Beginning with partner pad drills up and down the Contact Kicks dojo floor, culminating with partner work. In the partner drills,
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