Friday, April 22, 2016

How it's going...

      Hey everyone, First off I'd like to thank all of you again for taking the time to check out my blog. I've gotten a lot of feedback, which is great. I appreciate everyone's thoughts and ideas. I've taken them into consideration and they gave me a bunch of new ideas to go in depth with my topic. So I hope you enjoy.
       My goal to earning my brown belt in September is going well. I've been taking time to learn some new techniques. The brown belt techniques are complex, and there are also no basics to learn anymore, so that's kind of neat. But we've been mostly practicing for our competition.
       Our competition is coming up in May. I'm really excited about it, Mr. Myrtle and I have been talking about the competition. I told him I was disappointed about the last tournament that was in February because the judges didn't play fair. And it sucks to say but that happens often. But Mr. Myrtle told me not to worry because what we have at our dojo is something that people notice easy.
         When it comes to competitions, we're very professional. We all want to take Grand Champion home so we put everything we've learned into play. Performing your form in front of 3 black belts is a little nerve racking. I've been doing tournaments since I 7, and I still get nervous when performing. During your form, it is really important to keep your hand chambered to your side, make sure you have the correct movement/stances, and to make sure that you're being very clear that you know what you're doing, also make sure you kiai.
           Everyone knows what Kiaing is, the funny sounds that the karate dudes make. But its very important to kiai because if you got hit hard in the solar plexus, you need to let your air out so you're not winded. When someone gets winded in a fight they call time and make you kiai three or four times, while the other person turns around and takes a knee. Sparring is never nerve racking for me, I like to get in the ring and fight...but that might just be me. Everyone fights everyone, like I've said before if they're in your division that means you're fighting.
            Sparring is probably my favorite thing to do because it really shows you that if you can beat this person that you don't even know, you can probably win again if someone tries pulling something on the streets. But your confidence has to come into play, you have to get your head in the game and focus on how to dodge and counter, how to be the first one to hit not to get hit. I'm just so ready to perform my form and spar.
              I know I'm not even close to getting my brown belt, but I'm gonna be working as hard as I can to get it. Which means going back over my old material and learning new things at the same time, and also making it better than it was the last time I took a belt test. But, I have to go teach a class now so, I guess I'm getting closer to my goal faster than I think.


         

10 comments:

  1. Nice post! Though the red on black layout is kinda hard to read, or maybe that's just me. Good luck! :)

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  2. I told you before that you have already inspired me and I meant it; I spent my whole weekend taking a women's self-defense course at my friend's Dojo. It was really fun and I learned a lot, but it also made me realize how difficult this stuff is and how much I have to learn. I really respect what you are doing. You mentioned that you are going to teach a class. That's awesome, can you expand on that a little?

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    1. I'm glad you like it, April. Are you doing the classes with Zarrin? It is a lot to learn and it's a lot of work and pushing yourself. I'll be sure to mention my class teachings. ;) thanks april.

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  3. I really like what you are going for. I personally would love to take some type of self defense class but don't really know where to start. Will your May competition be before school is out so that you can blog on it and tell us how it went?

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    1. I think its before school gets out. But I'm most likely going to continue on with the blog until I get my black belt. If you're looking for a self-defense class then you should come to my dojo. It offers a lot of different classes. So if you wanna learn how to do Kickboxing. Grappling, Boxing, ect. But you do have to advance before you start getting into that. I highly recommend it. Talk to me about it sometimes. Thanks for the comment.

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  4. CRAAZZYYY COOOOLLL!!!! I hope you bring home the gold in your tournament and get your 3rd degree brown belt. Best of luck to you!!! :)

    I also like your tips on both tournament and street fighting. I feel that its very important to master both sides of fighting. Good work!

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    1. Thanks. Although its not Gold its first to thrid place and medals. Thanks a lot.

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  5. heyyy i love this idea!!! i was thinking of taking a class there this year but i couldn't really find the time work my busy work schedule. other than that i would like to say great job on all the progress you have made! keep it up :)

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    1. Thanks, Hunter. If you ever have the chance to take a class, take it there. There are multiple arts aside from Kenpo that they offer there. Thanks a lot. :)

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