laundry is on its way to being done. I was a little late to my last karate class tonight because we were too busy playing four square. does anybody else here play four square anymore? it's a good one.
connect four is good too.
but I had to go to my karate class one more time before the final exam because we have five techniques to show the Sensei. think of all of the most badass special forces dudes who go into the toughest situations and are ready to fight with weapons or without. well these guys are monsters at martial arts, but they really focus on ten to twelve techniques that they can do in their sleep. or drunk, or blindfolded. there are tons of things that martial artists learn, but this is a pretty interesting take on what they actually use. it's practical to condense the things you know into easy to remember techniques, so that's what my Sensei had us do.
we had to learn five techniques and have our Sensei sign off on them that they were ok, and then we had to perform them. well tonight was the night that people were going to finish up their techniques. I never got to start with mine last wednesday, because I had a commitment with one of my friends who needed some of us around.
so I walk in there and my partner is about ready to go. everybody is already showing Sensei their techniques, but he is breaking them down and showing them what they did wrong and what they should be doing. so we decide just to hold out and practice a little bit before we go up to him and ask him to sign off on ours. well, we wait an hour because everybody is taking so long. then we decide to let him know we are ready to go. he comes over. we both do all five of our techniques, and he says, "ok, you're both good to go!"
we turned around and bowed, face palmed because we waited so long, and left.
could have spent this time studying for my two tests tomorrow, or watching An Inconvenient Truth for extra credit, or just wasting time with my distracting roommates. or playing some more four square... awesome.
-Mel
connect four is good too.
but I had to go to my karate class one more time before the final exam because we have five techniques to show the Sensei. think of all of the most badass special forces dudes who go into the toughest situations and are ready to fight with weapons or without. well these guys are monsters at martial arts, but they really focus on ten to twelve techniques that they can do in their sleep. or drunk, or blindfolded. there are tons of things that martial artists learn, but this is a pretty interesting take on what they actually use. it's practical to condense the things you know into easy to remember techniques, so that's what my Sensei had us do.
we had to learn five techniques and have our Sensei sign off on them that they were ok, and then we had to perform them. well tonight was the night that people were going to finish up their techniques. I never got to start with mine last wednesday, because I had a commitment with one of my friends who needed some of us around.
so I walk in there and my partner is about ready to go. everybody is already showing Sensei their techniques, but he is breaking them down and showing them what they did wrong and what they should be doing. so we decide just to hold out and practice a little bit before we go up to him and ask him to sign off on ours. well, we wait an hour because everybody is taking so long. then we decide to let him know we are ready to go. he comes over. we both do all five of our techniques, and he says, "ok, you're both good to go!"
we turned around and bowed, face palmed because we waited so long, and left.
could have spent this time studying for my two tests tomorrow, or watching An Inconvenient Truth for extra credit, or just wasting time with my distracting roommates. or playing some more four square... awesome.
-Mel
