I went to class on Saturday and it was a tough one.
We started off with a shortened version of the usual warm-up. Then we did a running warm-up. We did just plain running across the room, touching the target, and running back. Next we ran, touched the target, and then ran back backwards. We then did sidesteps all the way down and back. We also did one of my favorites, where you twist your waist and step behind and in front of your other foot. Anyone know what you call that? Haha. So then we did running in place (with kihaps) and then ran across the room. We did that twice. Then we did ten push-ups, get up, and run across the room and back. We did fifteen sit-ups next, got up, and ran across the room and back. After everyone was done with that we did backwards sit-ups. You lay on your stomach and lift your upper body using only your back muscles. We ran across the room and back yet again and then we lined up in partners. Of course, Donna and I were partners. We did straddle splits afterwards and then stood up and did partner front snap kicks. Following those, we did partner roundhouse kicks. Then we had our one minute break and came back and did our form.
We did so many things in that class that it felt never ending! But it was a lot of fun!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Injury
Of course, on Friday the 13th, Donna finally agreed to go to sparring.
So we went and we started with warm-up. But instead of normal warm-up, we did a running warm up. EW! Next we moved onto to targets. Since there weren't many of us, we all lined up and Master Kim held the target. We did a few drills with those. Then we moved on to sparring. We got our gear on and headed to our spots. Donna and I started off pretty good. We hit each other a couple of times but other than that we did pretty good. Then Master Kim told us to rotate partners, making Donna partners with one of the men in the class and me partners with Master Kim. Oh boy! Master Kim wasn't wearing any gear so I felt like I shouldn't kick him. So I did a few kicks. I had no chance of hitting him of course, but I still tried. So at one point, I sort of ran towards him. He put his foot up and I fell down, flat on my back. I scrambled quickly to my feet and he said, "You ran right into my foot!" I replied, "I think your foot ran into me, sir!" So after a little while more, Donna and I were partnered up again. We were doing about the same as before. Then I think I went to punch and Donna went to kick and my fist collided with her knee. Immediately, I felt a terrible pain in my wrist and it dropped to my side. I continued sparring but I couldn't make a fist. We kind of just went through the motions. Finally, the class ended. I left and went home and iced. Two days later, we went to the hospital. I had a bad sprain. Then I went on vacation and came back the 28th. I have two more classes to catch up on. I'll keep you posted!
So we went and we started with warm-up. But instead of normal warm-up, we did a running warm up. EW! Next we moved onto to targets. Since there weren't many of us, we all lined up and Master Kim held the target. We did a few drills with those. Then we moved on to sparring. We got our gear on and headed to our spots. Donna and I started off pretty good. We hit each other a couple of times but other than that we did pretty good. Then Master Kim told us to rotate partners, making Donna partners with one of the men in the class and me partners with Master Kim. Oh boy! Master Kim wasn't wearing any gear so I felt like I shouldn't kick him. So I did a few kicks. I had no chance of hitting him of course, but I still tried. So at one point, I sort of ran towards him. He put his foot up and I fell down, flat on my back. I scrambled quickly to my feet and he said, "You ran right into my foot!" I replied, "I think your foot ran into me, sir!" So after a little while more, Donna and I were partnered up again. We were doing about the same as before. Then I think I went to punch and Donna went to kick and my fist collided with her knee. Immediately, I felt a terrible pain in my wrist and it dropped to my side. I continued sparring but I couldn't make a fist. We kind of just went through the motions. Finally, the class ended. I left and went home and iced. Two days later, we went to the hospital. I had a bad sprain. Then I went on vacation and came back the 28th. I have two more classes to catch up on. I'll keep you posted!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Flying Sidekick
I went to class again tonight because Donna and I skipped Monday and Tuesday (we went to high belt family class tonight).
We started off with double front snap kick and double punch. Then we moved on to practicing skipping roundhouse kicks facing the mirriors. After that, we did a sparring drill where we had to attack with a skipping roundhouse kick and then our partner would block and punch. Then we switched jobs. We moved on to doing another sparring drill. We had to do a skipping roundhouse kick and our partner would slide back and roundhouse kick to our face. Again, we switched jobs. When we were done with that, we turned to face the mirriors as we were instructed. We were going to do jumping back kicks. Let me tell you, any time the words 'jumping' and 'kick' are in the same sentence, Donna and I just look at each other and moan. So, anyway, we tried our hardest and when we had practiced 'enough' (and I use the term loosely) we got big shield targets and started using jumping back kicks on those. We were okay. We started off terrible, but we got slowly better. As soon as we kind of figured out what we were doing, Master Kim called out, "Free sparring, no contact." I don't exactly love those words either. So Donna and I attempted to sparr. We did a few good kicks and I even blocked and punched as I never do. I punch a lot though. Later, Master Kim said the dreaded words..."Happy Thursday!"...to which we all reply, begrudgingly, "Happy Saturday, Sir!". As you've probably realized, 'Happy... (whatever day it is)" is not a good thing. That means we have to do sit-ups and push ups. So we did. Following that, we had our one minute break and came back for curriculum. Again, it was one step sparring and self defense. So Mr. Poccobello was working with us, some kids, and another lady. We went through it step-by-step and then Mr. Poccobello sent Donna and I to work on our own. We actually weren't doing too bad. And I did really well at the flying sidekick! I got so excited when I kind of, sort of did it right. I felt much better than I did after last night's class. I'm happy now! YAY!
We started off with double front snap kick and double punch. Then we moved on to practicing skipping roundhouse kicks facing the mirriors. After that, we did a sparring drill where we had to attack with a skipping roundhouse kick and then our partner would block and punch. Then we switched jobs. We moved on to doing another sparring drill. We had to do a skipping roundhouse kick and our partner would slide back and roundhouse kick to our face. Again, we switched jobs. When we were done with that, we turned to face the mirriors as we were instructed. We were going to do jumping back kicks. Let me tell you, any time the words 'jumping' and 'kick' are in the same sentence, Donna and I just look at each other and moan. So, anyway, we tried our hardest and when we had practiced 'enough' (and I use the term loosely) we got big shield targets and started using jumping back kicks on those. We were okay. We started off terrible, but we got slowly better. As soon as we kind of figured out what we were doing, Master Kim called out, "Free sparring, no contact." I don't exactly love those words either. So Donna and I attempted to sparr. We did a few good kicks and I even blocked and punched as I never do. I punch a lot though. Later, Master Kim said the dreaded words..."Happy Thursday!"...to which we all reply, begrudgingly, "Happy Saturday, Sir!". As you've probably realized, 'Happy... (whatever day it is)" is not a good thing. That means we have to do sit-ups and push ups. So we did. Following that, we had our one minute break and came back for curriculum. Again, it was one step sparring and self defense. So Mr. Poccobello was working with us, some kids, and another lady. We went through it step-by-step and then Mr. Poccobello sent Donna and I to work on our own. We actually weren't doing too bad. And I did really well at the flying sidekick! I got so excited when I kind of, sort of did it right. I felt much better than I did after last night's class. I'm happy now! YAY!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Stupid Blue Belt
I went to adult class tonight and it was a pretty easy class. It started off with warm-up and the usual. Then we practiced our spinning kicks. We weren't doing too bad, actually. After that, we did a sparring drill- the 'attacker' does a roundhouse kick and you slide back and do a roundhouose kick to their face. We did another one but instead of kicking, we blocked and punched then kicked. Surprisingly, we had our one minute break right after that. When we came back, Master Kim came over to Donna and I and he told us to do one step sparring. I hate one step sparring. I HATE HATE HATE it. I don't jump high enough for any of my kicks. I'm short and I like to stay low to the ground. I've been there my whole life and I don't care if I get much taller (maybe to 5'4"...PLEASE?). So anyway, after that, we lined up and left. I can't wait to get my next belt.
I don't even want to highlight this class. I'm going to eat ice cream.
I don't even want to highlight this class. I'm going to eat ice cream.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Good Spinning Kick (Yes...I said GOOD!)
So yesterday I went to class again. It was a family class (High and Low Belt). Master Kim wasn't there, so Mr. Furjanic taught.
We started off with the usual. If you don't know what I mean by that you need to go back and read all my posts again. Then we did two front snap kicks and double punch. Next we layed on the floor again and did the stupid leg lifts with our hip turned and our foot tucked up. We did probably about twenty on each side. We stood up and did some roundhouse kicks to the face. We did that twice on each side. Then we did a few sidekicks and had a one minute break. Overall, it was a pretty easy class. Next we practiced our form. Donna and I barely knew it, but we went through step by step and then section by section with Mr. Poccobello and we eventually sort of got it. Then Mr. Poccobello made the little girl we were working with do it by herself in front of us. After she had finished, he said, "Donna and Caitlyn, you can do it together." Donna moaned and he said, "Fine. Donna, by yourself then." Donna decided to do it together (good choice, Donna). So we stood up and sort of did it. Then we went through it one more time. We lined up and bowed and such. Then, Donna and I stayed after to practice spinning kicks. We started ot with a arget but after my first kick, we agreed we weren't ready for targets. Eventually, Mr. Furjanic came over and helped us. I love working with Mr. Furjanic one-on-one. He's a really good teacher. We were doing better when Miss Stottle came over. She helped us some more and by the time we were done she said we were doing pretty good.
Class Highlights:
Funniest Moment: While we were doing front snap kicks, Donna accidently kicked me. She immediatly blamed it on me. Luckily, it didn't hurt me. It hurt her though. I laughed like crazy.
Most Challenging Moment: Doing our form on our own! AHHHHH!
We started off with the usual. If you don't know what I mean by that you need to go back and read all my posts again. Then we did two front snap kicks and double punch. Next we layed on the floor again and did the stupid leg lifts with our hip turned and our foot tucked up. We did probably about twenty on each side. We stood up and did some roundhouse kicks to the face. We did that twice on each side. Then we did a few sidekicks and had a one minute break. Overall, it was a pretty easy class. Next we practiced our form. Donna and I barely knew it, but we went through step by step and then section by section with Mr. Poccobello and we eventually sort of got it. Then Mr. Poccobello made the little girl we were working with do it by herself in front of us. After she had finished, he said, "Donna and Caitlyn, you can do it together." Donna moaned and he said, "Fine. Donna, by yourself then." Donna decided to do it together (good choice, Donna). So we stood up and sort of did it. Then we went through it one more time. We lined up and bowed and such. Then, Donna and I stayed after to practice spinning kicks. We started ot with a arget but after my first kick, we agreed we weren't ready for targets. Eventually, Mr. Furjanic came over and helped us. I love working with Mr. Furjanic one-on-one. He's a really good teacher. We were doing better when Miss Stottle came over. She helped us some more and by the time we were done she said we were doing pretty good.
Class Highlights:
Funniest Moment: While we were doing front snap kicks, Donna accidently kicked me. She immediatly blamed it on me. Luckily, it didn't hurt me. It hurt her though. I laughed like crazy.
Most Challenging Moment: Doing our form on our own! AHHHHH!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
The Spinning Kick
Last night I went to adult class for my first time as a blue belt. It was already really hot when we were getting lined up. Luckily, there were at least four white belts so I knew it was going to be an easy class.
We started off with the usual front-snap-kick-double-punch-and-switch-feet drill and then moved on to roundhouse kicks on the floor. Then we got up and worked on speed for our roundhouse kicks. Master Kim then told the instructors who were there to take the white belts and do target kicking. Meanwhile, we practiced speed for our back kicks. Then we practiced the dreaded spinning kicks...duh duh duuuun! Me and Donna just couldn't get them. Donna wasn't too bad but I was horrible. I kept getting stuck... a.k.a. not spinning. Donna actually came over and helped me by holding my arms and basically forcing me to spin. I got a little better but then we switched feet and I failed that side too. Master Kim was actually laughing at me. Oh well...I guess I just need practice!
After the spinning kicks, we had a one minute break and when we came back, Donna and I worked on our one step sparring and form. Mr. Peters came over and helped us with our form. We did okay, but by the time I was done, I was really confused.
Class Highlights:
Funniest Moment: I slipped while doing a spinning kick and almost fell (Pretty boring funny moment, huh?)
Most Challenging: Spinning Kicks
Favorite Part: Form
We started off with the usual front-snap-kick-double-punch-and-switch-feet drill and then moved on to roundhouse kicks on the floor. Then we got up and worked on speed for our roundhouse kicks. Master Kim then told the instructors who were there to take the white belts and do target kicking. Meanwhile, we practiced speed for our back kicks. Then we practiced the dreaded spinning kicks...duh duh duuuun! Me and Donna just couldn't get them. Donna wasn't too bad but I was horrible. I kept getting stuck... a.k.a. not spinning. Donna actually came over and helped me by holding my arms and basically forcing me to spin. I got a little better but then we switched feet and I failed that side too. Master Kim was actually laughing at me. Oh well...I guess I just need practice!
After the spinning kicks, we had a one minute break and when we came back, Donna and I worked on our one step sparring and form. Mr. Peters came over and helped us with our form. We did okay, but by the time I was done, I was really confused.
Class Highlights:
Funniest Moment: I slipped while doing a spinning kick and almost fell (Pretty boring funny moment, huh?)
Most Challenging: Spinning Kicks
Favorite Part: Form
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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