by Gene Crawford | Jan 2, 2013
Today’s class was amazing. Great warmup, kicks (I wasn’t on my A game for sure…) then Kata, and Sensei worked in some blocks and punches with me on Taigo 1. Some hard practice and the day was just great. After class, I picked up some fight gear so I can start making the weekly fight class at the Dojo. This looks to be very fun. Hopefully I wasn’t too overexcited looking when Sensei said it was cool to start sparring.
After class, Gio and I hit a quick and strong triple set of weight machines then did some kickboxing training for a good 40 minutes. Long day working out but started the year out strong and exciting.
by Gene Crawford | Dec 16, 2012
by Gene Crawford | Dec 12, 2012
“I lack confidence, because I do not remember the details.” That’s what I said to Sensei at the end of class today. I won’t make that mistake next class, hopefully i’ll be lucky enough to do kata again for him. I definitely got better from last class to this one and noticeable progress through class for sure.
Confidence comes from knowledge and practice – confidence makes you better at what you’re doing. What a great lesson to pull out of today’s class.
The same is said for the post-karate workouts with Giovanni. Olympic sets and boxing for an hour. I’m now drained but feel better for it all today.
by Gene Crawford | Dec 10, 2012
Today was a special event put on by the Dojo where Sensei invited his Sensei to teach for 3 hours. For 3 hours we learned “the cross” Kata which is his own creation. Being a white belt there were several stances and movements that I have no clue how to perform properly but through patience and instruction I made it through the Kata pretty much… Then some pretty ruthless self-defense moves in between.
There were more black belts in the Dojo than i’ve ever seen anywhere at one time. It was humbling to be around that much knowledge and when I was lucky enough to get into a conversation with any of them I just focused on soaking up as much as possible in such a short time. I hope this happens again.
It was a great lesson and evening of Karate that I won’t forget.
by Gene Crawford | Nov 26, 2012
Very humbling class today. Worked all the way through the full floor of Taigo One Kata and I couldn’t get it, the mental the physical – it just wasn’t happening no matter how hard I tried. Many practice sessions of this Kata are in my future. Very humbling indeed.
