I made the spectacularly poor choice of wearing a black t-shirt. By the time we'd got through a few katas I was completely soaked. But because it was relatively dry the shirt was fairly dry by the time we stopped. We ran through Ni Pai Po and Koryu Ni Pai Po multiple times.
I don't mind running through NPP over and over again because it is steadfastly refusing to stick in my brain. After a multitude of times and a lame attempt at videoing after class last night I've actually retained a few more moves. Olivia tells me that she ran into the same problems when she was learning it, but she only had six weeks ahead of me on this. I guess that's a life time in Karate learning.
Mark came back when I was guessing he wouldn't. Due to his age and fragility we talked and made sure that he wouldn't be chosen as Uke anymore. At the very least we are supposed to be very conscious that we need to be careful with him, especially with take downs and throws. We don't want to be responsible for a detached retina.
We got to class and did a test prep I think. Well we were supposed to do ten kata anyway, which is vaguely like a test. I'm roughly on my eight one, but I'd call it seven point five because I can't through it without help.
We ran through the bunkai for KNPP which is just a quick exchange, but it ran out the clock.
The additional note - I found out that Olivia might be eligible to take her Nidan test with me next May. Time in belt is based on attendance, so even though she got her first belt long ago her eligibility is based on her recent restart. I hope this isn't the case because I'd like her and Kevin to test with me.
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