by Gene Crawford | Jan 22, 2013
Kicks, kicks, kicks. Tonight was sidekick for 45 minutes. I loved it, I needed it. I’m feeling more confident about my kicks every class. It is a ton of hard work to do it with precision and form and hold each chamber the appropriate time and breathe correctly.
I also received the official invitation to Rank test. I’ll admit i’m nervous, but what a great opportunity to practice “empty mind”. Truly learn it and deal through it with a live Rank test. Facing the unknown is important in Bushido. I must be ready to be open.
by Gene Crawford | Jan 16, 2013
Today’s class was led by Sensei and we did kicks. Man did we do kicks. I started on Side Kick. It’s pretty clear that I have limited flexibility, despite my classmates’ approval of my other kicks.
Challenge: Be able to do 3-5 Side Kicks with the other round of kicks at the beginning of class next Wednesday.
by Gene Crawford | Jan 14, 2013
Worked out at the gym with Giovanni today. Ran for a mile at about 8.5 min mile pace, then lifted for 45 minutes and then boxed for another hour. Moster workout today. Really enjoyed myself.
Generally getting faster but have a ton of work to do on focus and endurance.
by Gene Crawford | Jan 9, 2013
Attended the Martial Fitness class at Dojo tonight after the boy’s classes. It was a great workout. Mixing cardio with kicks is outright fun and great practice. There’s a great group of people attending these too. I hope to attend a few more of these in the coming months.
Side note: my feet are sore from jumping rope and kicking the heavy bag as hard as I can.
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.
