Mmm.... Taco C
I stayed after Kajukenbo to work out a little bit. (I waited until they all left) We did a lot of sparring, but honestly that doesn't improve my endurance at all, which I'm going to need if I plan on going to this tournament in a few weeks. SO I decided I needed to do something that has worked in the past: dancing. Constantly moving really helps me keep my adrenaline pumping, and in sparring I like to pause and revert into a defensive mode every now and again, which lets my adrenaline fall.
I brought my ipod and jazz shoes and took a corner of the gym that wasn't being used (there are a few judo and jujistu guys that have the mats from 8:30 to 10, but that was it) and just went for it. I work myself out a lot better when I do improve and that type of thing, so I went through a few songs that really gave me inspiration, and used those to get myself working.
WOW, it was so great! I miss dancing a lot, too. ;___; I really wish I had the time and extra money to drive out to a nice studio in Austin and take classes, but I don't. T__T I danced for about 20 minutes straight, which is really good. Hopefully I can push that to 30 minutes, then 40, and so on. The last song I did improv to was "The Moment I Said it" by Imogen Heap, which is a great song to improv to. It moves and changes progressively, and while it changes pace in multiple places, it also continuously builds throughout and the collapses at the end. YES! I loved it. I loved dancing to it; I kept thinking of Mia Michaels and all of her amazing choreography, which pushed me to try different techniques and interpretations.
I need to start taping my improv. XD
After I met up with the boys at Taco C, and got into a ridiculously detailed discussion with Mike about NWN and NWN2. <333 I love my dorky boys, they help me unleash my inner nerd.
Mike: Jen, I love you, because you're a closet nerd. You have an inner dork that hides behind a cheerleading uniform.
Jason: And you like kicking ass.
Me: Who doesn't? Kicking ass is the shit.
Ken: No, the BFG 9000 is the shit.
[all of us]: YEAH IT IS!
I brought my ipod and jazz shoes and took a corner of the gym that wasn't being used (there are a few judo and jujistu guys that have the mats from 8:30 to 10, but that was it) and just went for it. I work myself out a lot better when I do improve and that type of thing, so I went through a few songs that really gave me inspiration, and used those to get myself working.
WOW, it was so great! I miss dancing a lot, too. ;___; I really wish I had the time and extra money to drive out to a nice studio in Austin and take classes, but I don't. T__T I danced for about 20 minutes straight, which is really good. Hopefully I can push that to 30 minutes, then 40, and so on. The last song I did improv to was "The Moment I Said it" by Imogen Heap, which is a great song to improv to. It moves and changes progressively, and while it changes pace in multiple places, it also continuously builds throughout and the collapses at the end. YES! I loved it. I loved dancing to it; I kept thinking of Mia Michaels and all of her amazing choreography, which pushed me to try different techniques and interpretations.
I need to start taping my improv. XD
After I met up with the boys at Taco C, and got into a ridiculously detailed discussion with Mike about NWN and NWN2. <333 I love my dorky boys, they help me unleash my inner nerd.
Mike: Jen, I love you, because you're a closet nerd. You have an inner dork that hides behind a cheerleading uniform.
Jason: And you like kicking ass.
Me: Who doesn't? Kicking ass is the shit.
Ken: No, the BFG 9000 is the shit.
[all of us]: YEAH IT IS!