I cannot stress how good it feels to get back into my dougi and get back into the dojo!!
So, second time round for training (not including my "own" training of course!) was once again kihon followed by kata and of course finishing up with kumite!
Kihon was similar to last weeks training, however this week was concentrating on forward and back shifting movement and KIME. As fast movement is still a "no-no" I merely slowed it up and concentrated on my stance positioning, balance, upper body and kime.
Kata. As always my favourite (and in my honest opinion my worst area) concentrated on "kimochi" or putting feeling and kime into the kata. As I am the only adult training, mostly kids and young teenagers, alot of the students tend to "chat" and/or mingle when it's time to self-practice...."BOOM" sensei blew up! Even though I was self-training it was a good reminder for me as well to step-up my training (within the realms of rehab) and to set some goals for my training rather than "just training".
Kumite, as sensei explained last week I should find my rhythm without bouncing....I think in some ways I did last night. I somewhat reverted to my old Shotokan method of kumite in the respect I stayed light on my feet and didn't bounce, but, internally I felt the rhythm (mine and theirs) and used countering as attacking means putting stress on my knees which is a "no-no".
So all in all......loving training and have set myself a goal....
To participate in this years #2 grading or next years #1 grading (depending on knee) and achieve my Shodan. (Thinking Sandan to equal my Shotokan rank might be pushing too hard)
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