Day 11

This was the first class with my new gi and I was prepared to be wiped out by the extra heat generated by the heavy material. I was pleasantly suprised that it was not the case. I think its in part to the great keikogi which I'll talk more about in another post.

This class was taught by a senior student, who at first seemed a little condescending with her comments, but once she realized the majority of the class was new, I think she lightened up a bit. We spent a good 20 minutes working on the technique for haya suburi, which was very tiring, but I don't think I was any more tired than the rest of the class after doing it for so long. The sempai taught a very fundamentals based class and went into a lot of detail about each movement we were doing. It was actually very helpfull in learning exactly how haya suburi is supposed to be done. Since we worked so long on the basics that are done during warmups, we did not actually bow into class until about 30 after the hour. The rest of class we covered simple foot movement and striking men.

We ended class with concentration drills and I was very happy to realize that I was now actually counting in Japanese instead of shouting in Japanese and counting in English in my head.

The endurance is still improving and my ankle is no longer giving me trouble.