What you missed on Thursday was important

Just got home from Karate. I had one of the worst teaching days ever. I just wasn’t into it and I had one kid sit out the whole time, because I wasn’t sure I wanted to deal with him. I’ve never done that. I usually talk to the kid before it escalates to a level where I have to kick them out. But my instructional class went pretty well, though I was so tired by the end of just doing the basics at full speed. How will I do it on Sunday?

While we practiced on our own I was told I’ll be fighting with two people, the only other person who has to fight two people is Ali. First things first, I hate fighting to a point where I usually opt out of it at any chance I get. It’s not that I’m scared of getting hit or anything, I just never really got into it. Though I’m started to enjoy it a bit more. Anyhow, my fighting skills are not up to par with any of the other black belts, since most all of them go to competitions and fight whereas I just fight in the dojo. So, Sensei told me today that he has paired us up with a designated partner for the fighting component of the grading. I don’t usually like fighting the two people who I’ve been paired up with since I’m not comfortable fighting with them. One of them is so out there, and I can’t bring myself to score on the other one. That’s all fine and dandy, I can get my self mentally prepared to fight them, but I’m no good at blocking my face and not too long ago, oh maybe 6 years ago, Sensei Shiomitsu yelled at me for not blocking my face. Not only once, but he yelled at me twice! I hope he’s been completely rested and nice this time around.

So there you have it, the one thing I hate the most I’ll have to do twice. I just have to remember to move around as much as I can. Tired them out before I get tired. Like that’s easy.

I wrote this on 3 February 07 when I was feeling .

Comment

  1. ali says,

    I think you should talk to Sensei and tell him that you don’t want to fight twice. Second, your fighting is wicked, especially your mawashigeri.

  2. Krishna says,

    Is this testing for like a dan? And may I ask what mawashigeri is?

  3. sh!ma says,

    yep, it’s a Dan test.

    Mawashigeri = roundhouse kick.

  4. ramanan says,

    Shima is just like Chuck Norris. It’s all round house kicks all the time.

 
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