Now that I'm back at karate again, I figured it was high time for "Life Lessons from the Dojo" to have its own dedicated home. So I've spent the last few days porting all my old content over to a new website. Moving forward, you can find all my life lessons at http://dojolifelessons.wordpress.com/

Note that I will not be updating my livejournal ( Read more... )

Today I got to help teach the kids' class, and even got an open offer to continue to teach the kids' class if I show up early enough. So... yay teaching!

( #249: Just because you're experienced in some things doesn't mean you're experienced in everything )

I got roped into helping teach the kids' class yesterday, which was fun but also revealed that I really need to work on getting back my "I am in charge and you all need to listen to me" voice. Ah, well. Just another thing to add to the list.

( #246: Practice hard, and the medals will come naturally )

Getting back into the swing of things… and continuing to find more differences between what I’ve been taught and how things are done at this new dojo. Ah well. It’s not like I wasn’t expecting it.

( #243: It’s hard to overcome the curse of knowledge )

Back to waking up early on Saturday for karate again. I can’t say it’s my favourite part of training, but at least I got to try out a whole bunch of Yoshukan katas.

( #240: The power of meaningful gifts )

Tonight was my first “real” class at the new dojo. I’ve already paid my fees for the first three months, so I guess it’s time to dive in head-first again…

( #237: Logistics are sometimes the hardest part of starting )

Tonight, after immersing myself in tai chi for two years, I returned to my first love: karate. I went to a trial class at an all-female dojo about a 20-minute walk from my apartment. The style practiced at this dojo (Yoshukan) is an offshoot of the style I most recently studied (Chito Ryu), so it was fairly familiar to me. I went with my white belt ( Read more... )

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