Sinus Tuesday

My sinus is back and the weakness and that drained feeling with it. I wasn’t going to miss class though, just take it easy. I got my juice and energy bar and soon I felt a bit better. I crashed on the bed for a whole minute before I got ready for class. I worked with the Bo before class. I am getting more familiar with the weapon and I feel that I can control the weapon easier and more efficiently than before. Soon a band of Ninjas were in close proximity and I had to improvise my movements to keep practicing. I effectively disguised my movements so that no one felt uncomfortable and they kept chatting while my enemies fell amongst their feet.

We weren’t a lot in class, I was sempai. After doing the plank and bicycle crunches, I took the stretches. I took a slow paced, but comprehensive stretch and made sure that my body was both warm and stretched out, ready for action. I got a junior to train with me. We did body conditioning and went on to more complex drills.

All the Senseis got a turn to think up a drill, I struggled a bit in the beginning as my partner resisted the moves. Some of the drills involved dangerous roundhouse strikes and I didn’t feel like getting a bloody nose so I added a bit of caution in the beginning. The Sensei immediately picked up that I was tens and I got the old “relax, it will be a lot easier”.

 The Sensei contemplated a wrestling class, but he decided against it, we did however do a bit of the Scissors take down using the arm bar to finish. I couldn’t contain myself anymore and I rolled out of the arm-bar as he tried to get it on. My partner was sluggish as I got into side mount. I attempted the paintbrush for a submission, but he saw it coming and resisted, I wanted a better position and went into top mount. He fought with his hands and I feigned a ground and pound like a MMA title fight, but the Sensei stopped us. It was fun to experience my mind strategising and to feel my body move to simple commands like, Paintbrush and side mount. All the wresting videos are defiantly helping my grown work.

Embrace the shadows.