Got back into Boken today for the first time in almost a month. I LOVE Boken. It’s also super fun when you work with a partner.
Class tonight was Kata we worked Taigo 1, Taigo 2 and some Taigo 3 then drilled Cat Stance (Necko Ashi Dashi) and kicks into Front Stance (Zenkustu Dachi). It felt really great tonight and I felt like I was in good form and mood for Kata finally.
Then I went for a 2 mile in 24 minute run to top off tonight’s training.
Started with Nunchaku class, working drills and basica Kata. Then class was mostly filled with rank awards. Lots of people passed their rank tests last Friday. Then we worked Bo drills and Bo 1 Kata. As brief as it was Sensei poured a lot of work into it and it felt great.
After class I went for a quick run: 2 miles in 24 minutes.
Tonight I started Boken, training in Kendo. Very very cool. Samurai stuff – i’m very hyped to be doing this.
Then the second portion of class was Bo. Bo Kata #1 – I “kinda” worked through the entire thing. Mostly review and then watching and picking up what the others were doing.
Love the weapons portion of Karate.
Bo kata today. Worked through the first half of “bo 1” today. Some of the most fun i’ve had in class since I started. Weapons are fun to learn and you feel very powerful using them in kata like that.
PS: I need work on my Horse Stance…
Kata today. Worked through the entire Taigo 3. Kinda blew my mind a little but very fun kata. Can’t wait to keep working on this one.