My second flu of the year. Right after I say “I don’t get sick often“. I made it to class on Monday, as I wrote about in the last entry, Thinking Outside of the Box, though I was feeling sick. I’ve been worse since and should have heeded Fogarasi Sensei’s advice more.
I take a staycation for a week and wouldn’t you know it, I get sick. I came down with a nasty cold and was on the fence about attending class at Contact Kicks dojo. I knew the results would be out from Friday’s test, and I didn’t want to let people down by not being there, but on the other hand …
We had testing on Friday night, which was physically demanding. I am still feeling the aftereffects of the conditioning. Yesterday I had my private class with Fogarasi Sensei. We worked one simple combination, with the focus on power and making it second nature. As I have written about before on here, I am fast and I have great reflexes, especially …
Two days before testing so I assumed it would be a lot of kata, kihon, etc., but instead we worked on our “Toolbox”. As Fogarasi Sensei said best, which I am still chuckling about, “you can’t make a pig fat in two days”! Osu! He tells us this is a Romanian saying used around the holidays, when preparing a pig …
“Fudō-dachi” Fogarasi Sensei calls. We all move into stance and yell “OSU”! “Seiza”! We step back and down into formal kneeling position. Fist at our hips. “Fudō-dachi!” Fogarasi Sensei calls again. We all get back up with “Osu!” “Seiza”! Again, we step back and down into kneeling position. Fist at our hips. “Fudō-dachi!” Fogarasi Sensei calls again. We all get …
Balance. We need it in life and in the dojo. In our technique and in our energy. As mentioned in recent blogs, we are preparing for testing at Contact Kicks Dojo, which means lots of practice of kihon waza, kata, syllabus, etc. Last night we had a real emphasis on kicks, and balance. After a lot warm up kicks, part …
