I realize it has been a few months since I posted on my blog. Once you get busy, the grains of time seem to slip unnoticed through the hourglass, passing without so much as a single sound but swiftly, oh so swiftly.
May and June literally cascaded into each other as they do when all hell breaks loose in the last two months of the school year. I trained very hard during that time focusing solely on the the tournament at the end of may, and also on my upcoming belt test. The tournament was a learning experience. I don't particularly like sports where there is judging involved, and this proved to be the case in the tournament. I managed to get one grumpy judge.... the rest is history. I also learned that rules can be bent ... no hitting in the face, turned out to be alright as I managed to take a few in the kisser... ok quite a few in the face, yet nothing was called. Chalk it up to learning experience. I did realize something about myself, an important something. I learned that I could be calm, and composed, and not nervous. (I know those words do not usually fit in my vocabulary of words of description when it comes to me). I managed to do this for myself! The pride and the confidence within myself came with it. In the end, it really didn't matter that I did not place because I won something better than a medal. It was the knowledge that you can really do anything when you put your mind to it.
July 9th, 2010. I finally got my yellow belt. I should have been tested in may, however when your cosmos become filled with the end of the school year data, IPPS, testing, meeting with consultants and field trips, I truly forgot about it !!! My test went by wonderfully. Lots of things I did well, some things I need to work on, like breathing with the movement (not after it! ). Side kicks with my left leg need better retraction, and my stances are too wide! My self defense went really well, culminating in the perfect reap take down of my sensei. Needless to say I was very happy!!
Now to focus on orange!
Summer highlights
- being told by a black belt that I have awesome timing for sparring!
- getting kicked so hard in the face that I saw stars and ended up sitting on my bottom!
- learning Hiean Nidan by myself without help and being complimented on how its coming along last class
- learning that I have asthma and realizing how different my world is when I can actually breathe! INHALERS FOR THE WIN!!!
September goals!
1.) back to 4 days a week training
2.) working on Heian Nidan together with my partner-in-crime Chris, so we can do team kata in tournaments together.
3. ) Do as many tournaments as possible!
