Tuesday class was great. I had a very stressful day at work and when I came in I just couldn’t calm down, still thinking about it. I told myself stop because this is karate, and just as the sensei always says – we’re protected by him in this room.   But it’s not always easy. Well, literally on the second move when warming up, the sensei passed by, took one look at me and said “please relax.” I...

... So he actually had us all lay on the floor and do a round kick – side thrust kick, hook kick with the foot horizontally stretched out. So it was in a way almost aerobic, actually he even said – “karate aerobics” ;)     My hips were killing at the end which I suppose is a good thing.   Then Ms. M. took the lower belts for kata. She told me again to work on balance and that overall she...

...Hollywood decided to cash in on because they ran out of comic book heroes. What's next? Sailormoon? On a side note I must say piccolo doesn't look too bad. But then again... the rest of the movie is sucking for me, there had to be something good about it. Karate kid anyone? ON A REAL SIDE NOTE! THIS MOVIE HAS CRUSHED MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS... just had to get that off my chest...lol

Oh, what a cool class I had yesterday. Karate just makes me so happy!   First of all, I practiced my kata till I dropped on Wednesday. It was a good night – my ex wasn’t home thankfully, and after I put my son to bed, I watched an episode of The Office so I could return it the next day, and then just practiced for another hour and a half. It was perfect. I think, if I had all the time in...

Went to Karate last night. Kids weren't feeling up to it so just JD and I went. They worked us really hard because tonight is Belt Testing. I'm not testing this time, so not ready, but maybe next month. Maybe. Anyway, so I am really sore but it's a good sore. My abs are killing me! I didn't make my goal of loosing 25 lbs total by last week, but I think I might hit it next week. Working hard, eating...

...than 10 minutes. 2) god forbid i have a heart attack while running, i really don't want the last thing i ate to be gatorade. like, give me some ribs, universe. i just want to eat ribs. in any case, i think i'm going to take karate classes. because karate is fun. and it's a good work out. and, according to this place, "goju karate begins and ends with respect." how amazingly awesome is that???

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So my karate instructor is a Batfan/comic book geek/fantasy novel reader. We talked about Mercedes Lackey for like twenty minutes. -BEAMS-

...he is the most dangerous person in that room. So how odd it is that he has such a calming effect on me yet he’s probably someone who can kill you, and as he told me once, do not be fooled – when I don’t kick you it is not weakness but mercy. No kidding…   And today is Wednesday and I feel like I wish I had another karate class today. I cannot wait till tomorrow!   Rant over.

My little man tested for his fist belt in karate last night. I'm really excited about this program. He's in Sanchin Ryu which is a non-competive style of Karate. This is the perfect thing for Evan since he's kind of shy. We tried to put him into a more main stream karate class and it was so totally intimidating to him we had to let it go. He's so much more at home with his class and Senseis. All the...