Another cold day this morning, but my home warm-up left me sweating so the five-minute drive wasn't too bad. I just ran around until Keith showed up. I was trying to practice the jumping outside crescent kick when he came. So embarrassing.
Today was all Il Soo Sik, or aka one-step sparring. I can remember the first four, but after that I need a lot of prompting to remember the sequences. There isn't any cute names to help me remember what's next, but it's getting there slowly. There is fourteen of them and we got to eleven today.
One thing that I struggle with is to keep my eyes on his face. I usually watch my hands and feet to make sure I have good distance, but that's a no-no in SBD. It's a strangely intimate feeling to be doing strikes on someone all the while staring them directly. In my old school we kind of focused around the neck and shoulders to give us a body view. Old dog, new tricks.
The video below shows them all in sequence. A helpful tool for me at any rate.
My side lesson was how deep to bow. I've been bending to 90 degrees and since Keith can't bend over to far because of his back he saw how far I was going and corrected to me about 50 degrees. That was a lot easier on the hamstrings. hah!
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