This week Emma was called out front and took the warm up, and did it very well indeed, though i think we need to make everyone warm up more because the general fitness level of the class is quite low. Conversely the speed of uptake on the 1st and 2nd Kata has been very good according to Sensei John, who’s been surprised that a whole class has kept largely in-step at such a brisk pace.

This week we were introduced to travelling kick combinations, using
Mae Geri and
Mawashi Geri alternately whilst moving forwards and backwards.

We went through both the
first kata and
second kata, which use almost identical patterns, and then we were introduced to the first few steps of
third kata.

We’re going to try and fit an extra class in each week from now on. Going once a week is OK to begin with, but we need to get a little more experience before we can start to practice together at home and know we’re not going to injure ourselves. Sensei John has also suggested we attend the Sunday
Sempai training class, which sounds attractive, both because we’d learn more by being surrounded by many more experienced practitioners, but also because once qualified we’d get to ditch the coloured belts and have a stripey one instead.