With the chill slowly creeping in like a dreaded snake the non wavering souls possessed by those committed Ninjas were reminded about the grading. The grading is about four weeks away and I might be allowed to grade.
We started our warm ups with the plank, a Pilates exercise followed by 20 normal push ups and then 20 wide push ups followed by 60 crunches. After a couple of stretches we were ordered to get bags and line up in two rows.
We didn’t do a lot of drills on the bag and after about 5 variations we went over to syllabus work. The pressure is on to get our ducks in a row for the Grading. I felt more comfortable with all the moves and their executions. My mind is opening up to all the possibilities and I no longer fall over my own feet as muscle memory takes over.
We ended of the class with Kata Dante and the rest of the students went on their marry ways, but a few remained and practised the nine cuts sword kata as well as Sword etiquette kata. I feel I am slowly but surely becoming one with the sword. The sword course was the catalyst for my training and advancement with this versatile and deadly weapon.
Meet the shadow with a smile.
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