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119

We worked on Kata in class today. Started with some Taigo 1 and Taigo 2 drills which lead into Too-San and Naihanchin work. 

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Day 112

Worked Kata drills at the Dojo. Taigo 1, Taigo 3 and Too-San. Sensei worked in plenty of push ups and a physical challenge to end the class on. Really hard, pressing, focused class tonight. 

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Day 92

Kata tonight. We started off with basic foot work of Taigo 1. Then drilled Pinan 1 a dozen times. I'm feeling more confident for my rank test Friday after tonight. I feel ready with Kata at least. I'll drill Kata and the other areas I need to make sure I've got covered tomorrow and Friday building up to the test that night.

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Day 84

Private Lesson: Had a great private lesson with Sensei this morning. Drilling kata and tweaking things. Taigo 1 (just footwork), Taigo 2, Taigo 3, Pinan 1 and Bo 1. Hard work and had some great conversation to start the day as well. 

A running theme for me is "Calamity springs from carelessness" though. I felt like I was taking the session seriously but I made some pretty carless mistakes that would have cost me dearly in a rank test.

I'll continue to drill these kata on my own then schedule two other private lessons as we get closer to rank test so I make sure i'm doing things correctly and working on focus. 

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Day 64

Got back into Boken today for the first time in almost a month. I LOVE Boken. It's also super fun when you work with a partner. 

Class tonight was Kata we worked Taigo 1, Taigo 2 and some Taigo 3 then drilled Cat Stance (Necko Ashi Dashi) and kicks into Front Stance (Zenkustu Dachi). It felt really great tonight and I felt like I was in good form and mood for Kata finally.

Then I went for a 2 mile in 24 minute run to top off tonight's training.