Daily Archives: Saturday, December 6, 2008

Man, it’s hard to keep count sometimes. I had to go back and change the number because I noticed I had two Karate 73 posts. I was really unsure I could make today’s class because of the intense pain in my right big toe, but somehow the pain disappeared only to come back later this evening, long after class. Now I can barely hobble along on that foot. But it’s nothing serious, it will disappear and I will be back to normal for my 11 km run tomorrow (complete with Yaktrax). I think the foot pain is just a remnant of last Wednesday’s kick where I performed a series of front thrust kicks and on one, I missed, hit the very bottom of the hanging bag, and bent the toe back too far. We did the usual warm-up, which varies greatly from class to class. The warm-up exercises do vary … Continue reading →