A Long Day of Training

This past Tuesday I had extra energy for the first time since starting here, so I took the all six classes. For the first two I trained with black belts and had a moderate workout.

The randori class was fun. I figured I would take it because my 1st kyu test is going to be a killer, especially if it is run by Sugano Sensei. He gave the first kyus here 4 attackers instead of the required 3. Anyway, I think I did pretty well. I got stuck whenever someone did a double shoulder grab on me. I tried the kokyu technique that usually goes with that particular attack and it didn’t work. I think I didn’t have enough movement going.

At the 4:15 class taught by Sensei I trained with Mike Jones. Sensei walked by and told him to be hard on me. Then they both chuckled and Mike said “There you go, orders from the top.” Mike was hard on me, but I took satisfaction in the fact that he was sweating and breathing hard too. He gave me a lot of good advice.

I was pretty tired after that class so I worked with beginners for the last two. The next day I hurt everywhere. I’m still sore. Especially my right arm.

I spoke with a few people from winter camp and yes Dee I did bake a cake because Mike told me. This one was chocolate chocolate chip with peanut butter, cream cheese frosting. I think everyone likes it. I’m still waiting for Sensei to have a piece.

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  3. “Chocolate chocolate chip”. Hmm. Does that mean you can have “strawberry chocolate chip”, or “pickle chocolate chip”, or “vanilla chocolate chip”? It must be a new way of classifying chocolate chips I have yet to learn. 😎

  4. If you want pictures then buy me a camera.
    The first chocolate refers to the flavor of the cake. The second refers to the chocolate chips in the cake.

  5. Some of the great advice was forgotten. However Yamada Sensei basically told me that my stance was too narrow and I needed to bend my knees more. This is something I think I developed since I came here and my legs became tired all the time. The next thing he mentioned to the whole class was that a lot of people would flinch and dodge around the shomenuchi instead of moving off line and meeting it. I was sort of doing both off and on and wondering why I was having so much trouble with the technique.

    Mike Jones gave great advice on hand changes for nikkyo techniques and how to stay connected. Basically he’s in the process of making my ukemi less “floppy” Whenever I train with him and do something wrong I usually get whacked in the face or end up with the wind knocked out of me. I learn pretty quickly the right way to do stuff that way.

  7. I like your floppy uke style. It is like trying to throw a jello mold. I have never seen anyone do that, it’s cool looking. It is best you loose it if it is hurting you, though… kinda sad, the end of an era.

  8. What the heck is a jello mold? Do you mean a bowl?

    And why are there two incognitos? Or is “incognito” a name anyone can use when they’re to scared to use their “known” name? 💡

    On top of that, why can’t I think of anymore annoying questions? ARGHH.

  9. Check your email, Incognit…, I mean, Icogne…, oh, whatever! 😉

    And what’s up with posting at 1 a.m.? (You know what’s really sad, I almost responded last night at 3 a.m.)

  11. Incognito just means using an assumed name, you are going incognito by using the name “grasshopper”. I just thought it would be more ironic than using any other handle, like naming your dog, Dog.

    A jello mold is a giant peice of jello, not the mold used to shape it, but the jello itself. Check it out http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1819,158170-228200,00.html
    I was just saying that trying to throw Tonya is like trying to pick up the JELLO with one hand, it is hard to do because it flops around with little structural stablity because of her flexibility.

    I am often up to 1 am and latter. Students never sleep, unfortunatly.

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