tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305399402024-03-07T09:06:59.494-05:00gonewiththetoekarate and stufffrotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-90335407526421118592008-10-30T07:56:00.001-04:002008-10-30T07:58:11.867-04:00This week in karateThere is nothing more fun than being thrown down to the floor. Except maybe throwing someone else to the floor. We did a lot of bunkai Monday night. We worked on Pinan Sandan bunkai also which I had only done maybe twice and over a year ago. It’s a lot of fun. There’s an excellent take down at the end when the attacker gets you in a bear hug from behind and you have to grab his/her hands, frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-78437175480008099142008-09-27T18:28:00.006-04:002008-09-27T19:16:22.357-04:00weaponsWent to weapons today. We worked on nunchuck dai ichi and kama dai ichi. While I've been away, they have changed some things on each kata. Why? Well, I guess over time some things have been tweaked and tweaked until they are all of a sudden different than the original intention. So at some point, Kyoshi took a closer look and fixed them. One big change is what hand we hold the small weapons in frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-61787814261936467932008-09-22T06:14:00.004-04:002008-09-22T06:23:56.165-04:00It feels really good to be back in karate. And by “really good” I mean very sore and bruised, but happy. I went to Monday and Wednesday class last week, both are taught by Kyoshi. Luckily for me, Kyoshi was not there on Monday, which meant he didn’t have to go thru the torture of watching me screw up royally. Sensei D and Renshi S taught class that night so it was a bit less bad-ass than it frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-81178719041585298382008-09-08T07:40:00.004-04:002008-09-08T07:46:27.560-04:00Frotoe, "Get your a** back to class -we miss you" KyoshiI got an email from Kyoshi. I better do what he says....I'm in such bad shape right now, trying to do kata at home with weights on my arms and legs just isn't cutting it. Its been 6 months for crying out loud!frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-73161227397948869472008-05-01T06:32:00.002-04:002008-05-01T06:55:36.387-04:00someone light a fire under me please!I have basically hibernated for the past 2 months. I am in TERRIBLE shape. It started when I joined the Shape Up RI thing thru work. We had teams, we wore pedometers and I had all these ideas of starting running again and more karate etc etc. Instead...I became the laziest slug on earth. Passive aggressive maybe? Seasonal Affect disorder? Too much stress? I don't know. All I know is that I frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-49922066659681775482008-03-24T08:29:00.004-04:002008-03-24T08:37:11.879-04:00More stuff growingI found a couple other random things growing that I've dug up and brought inside. One is a baby Holly plant, and the other is a baby Azalea. I think I'll raise these as possible bonsai.frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-4712550360678178272008-03-24T07:56:00.005-04:002008-03-24T08:05:42.969-04:00stuffs growing :)Ok, so I don't have anything interesting to say regarding karate because I haven't been. Just too busy with other aspects of my life. I'm jonesin' for it, though. Hopefully this week I'll get my dormant ass in there. Until then, i have some pictures. There are some crocuses...some lilies..and along side of my front walk there are tulips growing. I just planted those in the fall and I am so frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-78354834062482200292008-03-19T05:58:00.000-04:002008-03-19T05:59:11.170-04:00HellooooI'm still here~I'll post soon :)frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-86021009652090640282008-02-19T06:53:00.003-05:002008-02-19T07:00:11.780-05:00Stuffa couple crochet pictures for your amusement..(since I haven't been to karate in a couple weeks) the quality sucks because i took the pictures with my camara phone. The top left is a baby blanket I made for a co-worker, the hat on the bottom I made for my niece (its much more vibrant than it looks) and above is a hacky sack I made for my son. I wish I had taken more pictures of the things I frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-71813756917090621552008-02-01T06:22:00.000-05:002008-02-01T07:26:39.079-05:00Warrior SpiritSo, what do you and your friends do when they all turn/turned 40? I've got an idea, pack your sleeping bags and pillows, drive down to NY, have a sleep over at your dear friend's apartment, go down to St Marks Street and get some ink! I highly recommend it. Here's what I got-It means warrior spirit or essence of warrior. At first I thought it just meant 'warrior' but upon further research I frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-2373029891247857132008-01-14T05:52:00.000-05:002008-01-14T09:09:13.805-05:00My new favorite weapon and some self defense tooSo I went to 2 classes on saturday (C and I, actually) First was weapons. There are 2 weapons classes that go on at the same time, one is all bo, the other is all small weapons. C went to bo class, I went to small weapons. I successfully passed Nunchucku dai ichi and got to start learning Kama dai ichi. So far, they are my favorite weapons. (i haven't learned Sai yet, though but thats next ) frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-71966767759836669292008-01-07T07:44:00.000-05:002008-01-07T07:45:45.564-05:00Holiday Make-up classSaturday there was a 2 hour make up class. C and I went, of course, because I love torture. C went snowboarding on Friday night and was exhausted so if it was up to him, it would just be me going to this class. But it was not up to him. :) The class was packed. We all warmed up together and when it was time to touch your toes, Kyoshi said.."Kids, do you hear that "uuuuggghh" sound? Thats thefrotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-34294036138976650312007-12-22T06:01:00.000-05:002007-12-22T06:54:27.062-05:00Warning: Angry rant below....I need to vent. Our school has had a "dress code" forever which is T-shirts (instead of gi tops) are allowed on saturdays(all year) and every day during the summer months only (June thru September). And they have to be karate-related t-shirts. The rest of the year, full gi is what you wear. I don't think thats unreasonable. But lately at the dojo, I've been noticing some students wearing t-shirtsfrotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-54888790294041710262007-12-16T07:51:00.000-05:002007-12-18T06:28:53.072-05:00Spar WarsSo, Saturday was Spar Wars. My son and I were signed up for the 1pm time slot. We got there in time to watch some other matches and we stayed for a while after to watch some more. I had never seen Kyoshi spar seriously before yesterday. He is a big man. He is also very fast and very powerful. He teaches while he spars and if you're paying attention you can learn a lot. If you're not paying frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-28227995916080375072007-12-03T06:13:00.000-05:002007-12-03T15:38:53.573-05:00Nunchucks and Spar WarsSo I went to 2 classes on saturday. First was weapons. I brought my big girl nunchucks and had some refresher training on Nunchuku Dai Ich. By the end of the class I could get through the kata without help so that means...next week is Kama!!! I'm very excited. I have to say, though, I'm really enjoying the nunchucks. Anyway, after that class I had regular class, where we did a lot of partner workfrotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-50065436228808795472007-11-29T05:42:00.000-05:002007-11-29T05:51:14.556-05:00still hereSorry its been a while. Not much to talk about, Thanksgiving was good, started out at 6am with the annual Thanksgiving Cardio Kickbox "so you can have extra pie" class. It lasted for over an hour and was pure torture..I loved it. There was no class that weekend because of a inner school Tourney. I didn't participate in that one. I really need to get to class tonite.frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-49652549208434819362007-11-11T07:38:00.000-05:002007-11-11T09:11:22.542-05:00QQS 2-5pmso QQS was fun. I came home feeling pretty good about things. Sore and exhausted, but good. The run went fine. We had to run for 1/2 hour on the bike path across from the dojo. I almost did 3 miles. Its weird how even if you haven't run for almost a year, your body doesn't forget how to do it. Not like I had forgotten how to actually run, but the pace and the breathing just fell into frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-70517294167169570932007-11-07T05:24:00.000-05:002007-11-07T05:45:44.925-05:00QQSQQS is on saturday. I need to go. QQS is 3-4 times/year and is for black belts only. I think I've mentioned it before, it lasts about 3 hours, starts with a 3 mile run, then sparring and kata and weapons. QQS means Quality, Quantity and Spirit testing. I am so out of shape right now the run will probably wipe me out, but its important to go and do your best regardless. It is fun, too. frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-47836797283260939172007-11-05T05:42:00.000-05:002007-11-05T05:50:17.880-05:00There's a 4th day of November too?Well, I've already blown the NaBloPoMo daily blogging thingy. Why? cause I forgot, thats why. I have no good reason. But, I will continue to blog daily thru the month just because I said I would. DOH!frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-32885582654065280112007-11-03T19:03:00.000-04:002007-11-03T19:09:18.159-04:00NoelWe're getting the remnants of Hurricane Noel today. Its incredibly windy and rainy. My kids and I stayed in our pajamas all day. My husband had to go to work so he had to get dressed and face the storm. But the rest of us lurked around the house all day. I watched HGTV and crocheted. It was excellent.frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-8268179013408565552007-11-02T06:24:00.000-04:002007-11-02T06:34:28.672-04:00New Black BeltsThis saturday is Black Belt Spectacular-(graduation to BB). It was a pretty large group this time going up in rank and most of them are going to 2nd, 3rd and 4th degree. I heard the practical exam was challanging. After their 3 mile run, they came back to the dojo, got in their gi's and began to spar. Not challenging enough for Kyoshi just "as is" though, and he turned off all the lights. frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-3542840860480453722007-11-01T16:01:00.000-04:002007-11-01T16:30:26.178-04:00every day for a monthI'm taking on the NaBloPoMo challange. Thanks for the invite BBM! I'm certainly not a daily blogger but I am up for the challange. Yikes! who knows what I'll be talking about...frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-9480452699790025382007-10-31T08:26:00.000-04:002007-10-31T06:29:10.068-04:00Breast Cancer Awareness MonthPlease click the link every day to help!frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-59864151352833203352007-10-21T06:28:00.000-04:002007-10-21T06:54:40.179-04:00yep, I did miss a lotI knew I was going to fall behind. Apparantly, its been all about bunkai the past couple months. Kyoshi has been teaching Passai Sho bunkai. I've only seen this done a couple times, never actually did it myself, though. There are a couple really vicious takedowns in this bunkai-one of which you end up flat on your face. We've also been working more on Pinan Sandan bunkai. I've only done frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30539940.post-77112140486324540782007-10-17T06:09:00.000-04:002007-10-17T06:32:22.345-04:00finallySo I finally got back to class on Saturday. It felt great. I went to weapons class and reviewed the 5 bo kata I knew, then to regular class at noon. The warm up alone almost knocked me on my butt. We did mostly kata after that which was fine by me. We did all 5 kihon kata as a group then broke into smaller groups by rank to work on whatever kata we needed to. I worked with another shodan frotoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05229341195876947860noreply@blogger.com2