Saturday has to be the best day of the week...I get to spend nearly the entire day in the dojo doing the things that I love most: training and teaching. Today it was more assisting with teaching, Sensei had total control over the classes; I actually prefer this from time to time, because it allows me to work one-on-one with students rather than attempting to get an entire group to understand an idea. As has once again become the habit, Saturday is kumite day, nearly straight and pure jiyu-kumite with the kids. Some of these kids are awesome at what they do, and I can't wait to see what kind of animals they will become as they grow older.
The adult class was the most fun I've had in a while, practiced first on close distance fighting, no clinching, but operating in the clinch range. Your front foot was put right next to your partner/opponents. The point where they touched became a pivot point, and you couldn't move your foot from that spot. Limits what you can do, and really makes you think about your defense. Work both sides like that, with full force attacks and your body is really feeling it. After that there was jiyu-kumite with one side only allowed to use hands for attacking and the other only allowed to kick. I focused on making my mae-geri really work for me; both front leg and back leg. The timing is easy, but the difficulty is getting the forward thrusting action rather than an upward swing as can become habit during kihon.
Took it easier during competition training, as I've been competing less to let my knee heal a bit sooner, but still worked on kata a bit. Hopefully get some real kata work in this week. Tournament tomorrow, and then back to the books...exam on Tuesday night (another night of no dojo this week...).
Wish me luck!
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