There's an awesome battle going on in my head at this time; one that pits natural human laziness against my desire to train and compete in karate tournaments, hence the name "Lazy Budo." Lately, I've found that laziness is winning out, and I thought that perhaps this might be a good way to keep myself on track and push forward and reach new levels. While the main focus will be my training, and keeping track of my progress, life does tend to get in the way as well. So expect to see rants and ravings of a very irate student from time to time.
Well to kick things off, with my knee being hinky of late, I've taken the precaution of dialing back on the pounding that it's been receiving, and started swimming again. It's been almost 9 years since the last time that I did any real kind of swim workout, and let me tell you - the pool is kicking my ass! Not to mention that I have a gimpy shoulder that likes sliding out of the joint to boot (I'm hoping the swimming will help to strengthen the joint), but the rest of my body just is so not used to this kind of workout anymore.
Sadly, lethargy took over this morning, I didn't wake up to make it to the pool before leaving for school, and it looks like tomorrow will be a mess as well with me being backed up on work. If all goes well, though, I will have a solid hour of sparring in between classes.
My goal for tomorrow's sparring session is definitely working on cutting angles and combining that with ashi barai (sweeping) and mawashi geri (round-house kicks) attacks. My idea is to use the angles offensively as well as defensively. Use the cut to avoid an attack and set up my counter, or to cut on the angle to create a broken rhythm.
The dojo workout tomorrow night will be focused primarily on good body mechanics, making my body move more efficiently through as small a space as possible.
Thanks for reading, and wish me luck!
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