Tuesday – 30 in the first class – 12 new beginners. There’s been another recruitment drive in the area, wish they’d given me a little warning. So just simple stuff – basics mainly, as per the Gkr sell-in. The new guys got a chance to hit the sensei – good conditioning for me. Most newbies just aren’t used to the idea of hitting another person, especially an adult. It seems, well – wrong. I still remember that feeling. So I let them practise on me, and its a little test- the ones that like it will stay…
Usual 8 in the second class. Evolving attacking combos using kicks and strikes to enter then elbow flow into back fist and hammerfist. Strength stuff and light kumite to finish. Quotation was “The obstacle is the path”, a current favorite.
Wednesday – Gkr senior training – lots of new wannabe instructors, we mainly did basics and simple combos. Boring. Then hook kicks and high round kicks – sensei’s speciality, he demonstrated rather too long…just an opportunity to show off. I have big issues with this but everyone else laps it up. WTF! Took the kicks carefully, don’t want to undo the good progress the physio is making with his seat belt…Few rounds of kumite to finish.
Thursday – still have a bad cold, physio and other commitments tonight so just light Intuflow to music. Nice, relaxing. And its strange/funny/amazing kung-fu movie night on tv, excellent!