I must apoligze for this particular entry. I had set aside the post to recap things and realized after weeks of allergies, sickness, and work schedules that I have not finished it... nor been to class in far too long.
I wore my new gi for the first time... VERY cool. It took me a while to remember how to tie a belt. I will admit I did look it up on youtube for a quick reference and learned that a good belt 'knot' is not a knot at all but more of a complex folding pattern. This makes A LOT of sense considering when one falls on thier front-side, the LAST thing they want is to fall onto a knot in thier belly. Think of falling on your keys, center it in your belly and then add the force of someone throwing you... OUCH!!!!
I do remember having my head bounced off the mats more than once by one of the students. He was chided by Sensei a bit, which I felt awful for. 'SLOW DOWN!!! He is still working on his rolls bare that in mind.' We were working on a technique designed to defend against someone bum rushing you. You step out of the way and push the head down as the pass by. Another version of this is to turn the head nd set it on your shoulder as you drop your level down. This is so far one of the more lethal techniques we've been shown since it obviously will break someone's neck if done 'imporperly' or properly, I guess depending on perspective and intent. After 4 weeks though, I can barely remember much more about the class currently.
I know during warmups, I felt less dizzy... nothing esle stands out in my mind currently. I may come back to this later if I can remember further details.
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