Midday – Had some time free so trained with the Gkr Consultants. Hard basics, kicks with partner. Kata. No comment.
Evening – Gkr Senior class – a grading class for the lower grades so very much to format. Hard basics, combos, kata and at last some sparring. The sparring is good because I get different people to try stuff out on. At the moment I’m working on dominating, moving forward, testing/feeling the guard, pushing the opponent back. Trying to get in close so the big kickers can’t use their weapons so well. Not too bad, I can stop most of the incoming, but I still tend to meet up with an untidy mess of arms close in and don’t quite know how to capitalise on the position. I think elbows are the answer and much more lateral movement.