Kata tonight. We started off with basic foot work of Taigo 1. Then drilled Pinan 1 a dozen times. I’m feeling more confident for my rank test Friday after tonight. I feel ready with Kata at least. I’ll drill Kata and the other areas I need to make sure I’ve got covered tomorrow and Friday building up to the test that night.
Started off with Kettle Bell work and then some body weight stuff that focused on core training. I piled on a quick run, a loop around the neighborhood, after I got back from class then practiced kata for 30 minutes.
Kata today. We reviewed Taigo 1 just the feet movements, then Taigo 3 and Pinan 1. I had serious trouble starting off Taigo 3, I forgot to start the hand positions first. Had to do pushups for that mistake. Ugh. Need to focus more as I get closer to the 25th for rank test. Gotta work this out…
Private Lesson: Had a great private lesson with Sensei this morning. Drilling kata and tweaking things. Taigo 1 (just footwork), Taigo 2, Taigo 3, Pinan 1 and Bo 1. Hard work and had some great conversation to start the day as well.
A running theme for me is “Calamity springs from carelessness” though. I felt like I was taking the session seriously but I made some pretty carless mistakes that would have cost me dearly in a rank test.
I’ll continue to drill these kata on my own then schedule two other private lessons as we get closer to rank test so I make sure i’m doing things correctly and working on focus.
Private Lesson: Another great private lesson. A full our of drilling and learning Pinan 1. The final throws are difficult and require good stances, I need more work but I feel like i’m finally figuring out how to store these Kata in my brain finally. It’s funny how simple movements are difficult to attempt to do perfectly.