Day 41
Hit the gym hard this morning. It’s been about 7 days since one of these series. Olympic lifts and heavy weights. Felt like i’d been missing it for sure.
Karate class was Kata. Worked on Taigo 3 all class long, it felt great.
Day 37
Today was stances. We went through the 3 basica stances, Zenkutsu Dachi, Kiba Dachi and Neko Ashi Dachi. Then did Kata – painful legs today as a result. Very good class though.
Then hit the gym for bench press work, a good solid hour doing different presses and sets. Then ran through some punches and footwork again before a 10 minute run.
Day 36
We reviewed Taigo 1 & 2 today for several rounds. Then started on Pinan. Overall it was a good class, I do like the kata based classes they are a good workout and relaxing at the same time. They also make you think/use your brain.
Day 33
Class today was Basics. It’s a discipline and focus drill where you get commands in Japanese and execute the specific movements or attacks.
Charleot
Sah Go Sey Chumbee
Chun Gin
San Don Chun Gin
Hah Don Banue
Sah Don Banue
Very fun to do those as they get called out to you.
Then I hit the gym for a brutal workout. Dead lifts, rows, bench press and other sets of full body type work. Then hit the court and ran about 13 laps, with 1 or 2 being a sprint to catch back up to my running partner. Finished out the day with 20 minutes of full stretching.
Gloriously exhausted now.
Day 28
Good long day back in the saddle. Hit the gym hard with a fast mile and a circuit. Then worked all my kicks and kata for rank test tomorrow night. Then followed up with 1 hour of kick and punch drills.
Later I went to fight class at the Dojo which is an hour of warm ups and at least 6 rounds of fights.
It was a long day but worth it to prepare for tomorrow.