Archive for the 'Karate' Category

Karate 63

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

I think my knee popping is gradually getting better. This is my last class for about a month as we head off to the States. We might try visiting a dojo in San Diego but not likely to happen, really. It’s just a remote possibility.
It was so hot that I got some [...]

Karate 61

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The last class of the summer season in Devon consisted of 100% black belts and…us. New belts and certificates were given out to the black belts who ranked higher in Toronto in both karate and kobudo.
We went through an extensive warm-up then practiced the x pattern using various blocks and punches, followed by a [...]

Karate 60

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

In the first lesson since the marathon, we went to the Elmwood Dojo last night. I loved that class as it was a small one and all about Kata with the Bo followed by karate Kata. We got there a bit early so after a warm-up I had a chance to practice my [...]

Karate 59

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Last Tuesday’s class in Devon was interesting for a number of reasons. As orange belts, we know we are pathetic and only vaguely know our Kata and our basics. We know some of the theory behind the moves, but we are still unclear as to how to accomplish them. Part of the [...]

Run 68, 2008

Friday, August 8th, 2008

I ran 11 km today in 1:31:14 for an 8:18 pace. I did not get out there until about 2 in the afternoon when it was about 31 degrees, pure sun and hot hot hot. I ran out of water at the 9 km mark in spite of trying to conserve it. [...]

Karate 57

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Boy did I slack off today in terms of the warm-up. I am really nursing myself right now and keeping things less intense than I want to so I can heal up totally before the marathon. It’s kind of a euphoric feeling, knowing that your training is at an end and all you [...]

Karate 56

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Only 5 people showed up today including me. We practiced Bo Kata. Our Bo’s are pretty heavy so my arms are sore from swinging it around all night.
I’ll probably add more notes later, but right now I’m off to bed since I have to get up at 4 AM tomorrow in order to [...]