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Tuesday’s Karate was interesting. When we entered the Dojo and talked to Sensei John he mentioned that he would be picking someone “at random” to lead the warm-up session. He usually gets some of the orange belts out the front to demonstrate techniques, and has been getting Tony (who’s currently Orange belt and training to be a Sempai out to do the warm up on occasion.

So, Tuesday, it was actually me that got to go out to the front of the class and tell them all what to do, and have them all respond with enthusiastic hai’s as I instructed them to lift their knees up, chop their legs, etc.

Most enjoyable. We also did our first one on one hitting, kicking and blocking. It became immediately obvious why one technique is important. Block badly and the block hurts more than the thing you’re trying to stop.