Day 17

In tonight's class, we got our first taste of what it is like to strike an opponent. We split up into 5 groups and each group had one person in full bogu to strike. It took a couple of passes to adjust to striking an opponent instead of simply air. I had a blast. I'm not sure if I was purposely stepping into my target when striking men, as I kept knocking shoulders with him as I continued through after the strike. The hardest part was striking do. Up to this point, every strike has been linear and now do was added into the mix which throws a 45 degree movement into the picture. I think I finally got it at the end. I poke with the sempai who was my target and he helped me out with some pointers. I hope to be able to apply them next time we have live opponents.