Since we've changed the schedule a bit, I now go to the Black Belt only training first which provides a great warm up, but we had our first warm day yesterday in some time and the garage where we practice was overly hot. A few of the others wore t-shirts and immediately chided myself for thinking I should be fully suited. I was immediately sweat soaked.
While I've been gone one of the few returning black belts has started studying for 2nd degree as well. They wanted us to study together, but while I was gone she learned the entire Koryu Ni Pi Po. So last night she had the dubious honor of teaching me the rest of the kata. Due to it's length we were only able to move forward a bit more. Daniel Sensei says that I'm a little over half way.
We finished up the session with a couple exercises devised from the kata Pachu. There is three elbows and then a take down. Always fun.
On the way to class I noticed a man by the side of the road. He was on his side and there was some blood. I assumed he was hit by a car so I pulled over as quickly as I could and ran over to him. A small group of people went to his aid and we found out he stumbled while mowing and fell on his face. He had a hell of cut on his face from his glasses. He was pretty disoriented, but his wife had come out. We had him on his feet by the time I left. I realized later that he might have been on blood thinners by the way of he was bleeding.
In regular class we worked on foundational moves from the kata Wando. Which was a nice review for me because it's one that I need to have squared away for my test.
It took me a very long time to get to sleep last night, probably due to the excitement of being in class, but I got the added bonus of foot cramps when I finally relaxed. When I did get I sleep very hard and had pleasant dreams.
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