0/14/2006

Been awhile since i've updated.....

Working out with Shihan Hartzog and Sempai Phillippe is going great. There is a new addition to our class! His name is Matthew and he is a true beginner. No previous martial arts experience and No previous work out experience. It is so nice to see an empty vessel during classes. Some of the shotokan habits that I have are hard to break, but they are coming. Lately we've been emphasising kihon to get Matthew up to speed. It's nice to review and refine kihon to try and achieve perfection because quite often after we become familiar with a block or punch, we skip certain steps or adapt it. This may be possibly due to laziness, but moreso because with speed comes a little improvisation and as we know haste makes waste. The only thing I wish we could do is kumite a bit more.

My main focus for October will be to increase my stamina,dynamic stretching height, and getting back into the work out mode. I've been really slacking on the eating portion of my diet and the record of my work out sessions as you can tell.