Daily Archives: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tonight we pretty much were shown everything we would need to grade to green. We were shown Pinan Shodan, which is the first Pinan kata. They teach Pinan Nidan (the second kata) first because Pinan Shodan has more difficult moves with new techniques not needed at a yellow belt level. We were also shown ippon kumites 11 through 15. The white belts practiced their own forms too. One new white belt, an adult, needed to learn ippon kumites from the more advanced white belts even though they were children. So Trotman Sensei told the little ones to attack and block hard, not with limp spaghetti or noodle arms, but with force and determination. So I was astonished when a little one (with his great imagination) asked whether he should use hard spaghetti arms, like uncooked spaghetti. I guess imagination is not always an asset here. I am not sure the … Continue reading →