I really thought I was going to die halfway through our little 'fitness bootcamp' today. somehow continued on and got some sort of second wind thing...I'm always really quite disgusted by the sweaty smear I make on the floor doing pushups/stretches whatnot after and during...one of the benefits of doing this sort of thing outside is you don't ( Read more... )

Karate was lovely today. Warmed up with basic stances and combinations then worked on distancing in sparring, then we got to start on opposite sides of the room and run towards each other to spar until one of us got a good hit. I got a nice kick in and let down my guard and got punched in the nose. Haha. I also went flying across the room and one ( Read more... )

karate was awesome and full of giggles today. no, seriously ( Read more... )

I wore a corduroy skirt for the first part of today...went music shopping, bought the Strauss concerto and the Schumann Romances...I shall play with them on the trip come hell or...uh...high water...hehehehehehehe ( Read more... )

aaaaah. twas so nice to get back to karate after the stupid week off after grading thing. We worked on/learned Tekki ...I already forget which one it was, the third one...sandan or nidan but it doesn't matter. Lots of (to me) complicated arm stuff, but nothing completely off the wall - I could imagine most of them, although I'm still not sure about ( Read more... )

Karate was pretty good. I'm not a huge fan of the classes where we self train for most of them though. Our instructor seems to think they're a good idea before grading though, so whatever. We went through some warmups and basics for about a half hour then were left to our own devices ( Read more... )

I fail at distinguishing between am and pm whilst tired, apparently.

did enough crunches and situps yesterday that my stomach muscles are complaining today. Ow. I wonder if I'll get that crazy 'I have a wooden board for a stomach' look that I've observed on a few martial artists...seriously, I was looking at one picture, and the guy didn't have a ( Read more... )

Karate was good. Roundhouse kicks are feeling better. We worked on doing one, staying up, then kicking again and adding a reverse punch, which really made you concentrate on staying centered, balance wise. Did a bit of five step sparring. I fail at counting, apparently. I also get pretty bored with it pretty fast. My left foot...it does not listen ( Read more... )

You know what? I get to go to karate this week. Glee.

...stupid roundhouse kicks still end up being pirouettes though - grrr

aaaah. That's better ( Read more... )